Our process is only as good as our delivery.  We partnered with our client to find 6 qualified candidates for their Business Development Manager position, fulfilling it perfectly with the final choice.

Company Description

A Chicago-based product-development consulting firm offering user research, design, engineering, and prototyping.

The firm specializes in Global User Research Design Strategy and Planning, Digital Experience Design, Technology Innovation and Development, Medical Design and Development, Pharma Delivery Devices and Systems, Risk Mitigation and Quality Management.

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The government offered fresh data in January, showing that the job market is gradually improving.  But there still aren’t enough jobs to go around. Even as hiring picked up in November, the number of job openings declined, according to the Labor Departments’ monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

Looking for the right fit?

But why have job openings declined when there are a large number of people looking for work (13 million at the last count), many of whom are highly qualified and raring to go? Are employers just “saying” they can’t find qualified candidates or are they playing the waiting game?

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Green shoots peek through state’s economic frost

Illinois companies embark on comeback, as Illinois’ growth trails the nation’s

For Cary McMillan, CEO of True Partners Consulting LLC (tax advisory firm), one signal of a strengthening economy in the past year came with a sharp edge: A competing firm offered jobs to about 20 of his staffers and succeeded in luring away about six. “If business was terrible, they would not have come after my people,” he said. He shared the anecdote with good humor but added, “It was not funny at the time.”

Source: chicagotribune.com (January 2012)

Green shoots of economic recovery?

At CreativeSourcing, this is an interesting take on how companies find staff for their job openings.  They sometimes go right to the heart and directly approach the people they want to hire rather than use a professional recruitment firm to filter out a candidate. But this tactic has its drawbacks.

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Once you’re close to getting an offer, having faith in the professional’s ability to close the deal will work to your advantage.

Say you’ve been informed of your status as the leading candidate or you’ve received an official offer of employment. Your courtship as a potential candidate for the headhunter’s client has indeed been a journey.

Finishing this journey depends on trust and faith. You have to trust the headhunter can communicate with the client and reinforce why you are the best candidate for this job. You have to have faith in the headhunter’s ability to fulfill your expectations about compensation and other benefits—and to negotiate in earnest. And yes, you have to have faith you are up to a new assignment.

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As the unemployment rate edges 10%, the Nightly Business Report sought out employment professionals to discuss the marketplace. The discussion centered on what employers are looking for in a hire and the hurdles faced by potential candidates.

Employers are being especially prudent when selecting a new employee. The costs incurred hiring a new employee and uncertainty in the future of our economy slows the hiring process. Job openings go on hold or hiring managers wait for the perfect candidate that can make an immediate impact.

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