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It is often said that your journey defines who you are. Journey for a typical H-1B immigrant is: Apply for H-1B Change job(s) until you land at your dream company Apply for green card, or return to home country when the time is up Continue to apply for H-1 extensions until green card arrives After getting the green card, apply for citizenship when the time arrives, or continue to live on green card or return to home country One would expect someone who has traversed through this journey, either in it’s entirety or until an intermediate step, would have empathy towards others who are yet to start the journey or are at a worse stage than you in this process. It is this very reason that I continue to participate in the forum even though I am neither an attorney nor do I gain nothing financially from it. It’s just..
Read MoreThis is a true story. Every word. It was my last night in London after two weeks of (OK, and a bit of RWC). A few beers, and into a cab. It was there, in that taxi, that I met one of the most extraordinary people I have ever encountered. The cabbie and I exchanged pleasantries. Traffic, weather, rugby. I remarked on what sounded like a Welsh accent (Not common in a London cabbie). He confirmed it, and I asked how he came to be driving cab, in London, and for how long. At this point I had not really looked at the driver, whose name turned out to be Merv. I had a vague image of a middle-aged, fit looking man, so when he said 19 years as a cabbie, I felt confident to remark, “ah, most of your working life then.” “Not at all”, he grinned. “This is..
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This is a true story. Every word. It was my last night in London after two weeks of (OK, and a bit of RWC). A few beers, and into a cab. It was there, in that taxi, that I met one of the most extraordinary people I have ever encountered. The cabbie and I exchanged pleasantries. Traffic, weather, rugby. I remarked on what sounded like a Welsh accent (Not common in a London cabbie). He confirmed it, and I asked how he came to be driving cab, in London, and for how long. At this point I had not really looked at the driver, whose name turned out to be Merv. I had a vague image of a middle-aged, fit looking man, so when he said 19 years as a cabbie, I felt confident to remark, “ah, most of your working life then.” “Not at all”, he grinned. “This is..
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If you are a Recruitment Director, worried about , you will be acting on this. If you are a recruiter, I hope your leaders are dealing with this stuff. If not, you might want to . Fast. 750 attended my , most of them Owners and Managers of Agencies. We covered a lot of ground in three hours, and here is a taste; …before someone else does it for you! Engineer micro internal change based on a plan for the future. Self-disrupt! The secret to success in business is very simple. It’s the ability to that underpins success. The most compelling reason most of us in this room will fail is a for the way the . Not everyone will . There will be . And big losers. No wave of economic recovery is going to save you, if what you are selling is not what the customer wants! The is all about the . Not so much clients. Talent is the epicentre..
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If you are a Recruitment Director, worried about , you will be acting on this. If you are a recruiter, I hope your leaders are dealing with this stuff. If not, you might want to . Fast. 750 attended my , most of them Owners and Managers of Agencies. We covered a lot of ground in three hours, and here is a taste; …before someone else does it for you!Engineer micro internal change based on a plan for the future. Self-disrupt!The secret to success in business is very simple. It’s the ability to that underpins success. The most compelling reason most of us in this room will fail is a for the way the .Not everyone will . There will be . And big losers.No wave of economic recovery is going to save you, if what you are selling is not what the customer wants!The is all about the . Not so much clients. is the epicentre of competitive advantage. Candidate identification..
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Thanksgiving is a blessing in disguise. With your friends and family near, make this day as special as you can and thank them with your heart. Happy Thanksgiving! The post appeared first on . Source: Recruiter Co
Read More[unable to retrieve full-text content]Thanksgiving is a blessing in disguise. With your friends and family near, make this day as special as you can and thank them with your heart. Happy Thanksgiving!The post appeared first on .
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The is a complex beast. The only problem is that most of todays’ agency recruiters are in fact . No disrespect. You just are. Holding on to the past like a security blanket. And that’s a shame because it means you will miss out on the of recruitment that is fast upon us. The is about accessing candidates your competitors, and more importantly, your clients, cannot. And for that to happen you cannot rely on redundant talent acquisition strategies that no longer work. Any recruiter, who for jobs, is destined to fail. So, what to do? Firstly you have to reinvent yourself as a ‘skills hunter’. This is all about being proactive, aggressive and smart about identifying, approaching and seducing candidates. It involves digital sourcing, phone sourcing and active social sourcing, where you use social sites as database of candidates that you target and hunt down. But the modern recruiter..
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The is a complex beast. The only problem is that most of todays’ agency recruiters are in fact . No disrespect. You just are. Holding on to the past like a security blanket. And that’s a shame because it means you will miss out on the of recruitment that is fast upon us. The is about accessing candidates your competitors, and more importantly, your clients, cannot. And for that to happen you cannot rely on redundant talent acquisition strategies that no longer work. Any recruiter, who for jobs, is destined to fail. So, what to do? Firstly you have to reinvent yourself as a ‘skills hunter’. This is all about being proactive, aggressive and smart about identifying, approaching and seducing candidates. It involves digital sourcing, phone sourcing and active social sourcing, where you use social sites as database of candidates that you target and hunt down. But the modern recruiter..
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