The Hiring Community

Your future employees need more transparency into your company.

It’s important for companies to gain some awareness on what they can realistically offer and own up to those standards because candidates will appreciate the honesty and transparency that you share with them.

Don’t be afraid to let candidates know the good and the bad.

If organizations can be more upfront with their requirements, it shows them as more inclusive and authentic during the job search process.

And you never know, maybe that honesty is enough for a candidate to take your job and STAY, knowing exactly what the climate they're walking into is.

There is nothing wrong with some transparency, when it comes to your retention strategy, the more the better.

Check out our newest Season 2, Episode 5 featuring Nate Guggia, Co-Founder of Before You Apply, on all streaming platforms!

Start thinking about your employees as influencers.

Your top players and hiring managers in particular, have a voice that incoming talent wants to hear more from.

Smart people want to work with smart people.

Pass the mic to your smart people.

Recognize them.

Empower them.

Let them take over your instagram, twitter or LinkedIn page for a day.

Have them collaborate with your marketng and recruiting teams to show potential future employees why you're a great company to work for.

People want socal proof. Employee influencers provide compelling social proof that invites a steady stream of applicants to WANT to come work with you.

Listen to Season 2, Episode 5 of the podcast with Nate Guggia for moore Employer Branding scoop on all your favorite podcast platforms.

What is employer branding?

It's about how you represent yourself as an organization and how you are seen in the eyes of candidates.

Just like marketing, companies need to focus on how they can market their employer reputation out to candidates in order to attract the best talent pool for future jobs. Think of a 'recruitment enablement' team, much like 'sales enablement.'

Many early stage start-ups in particular, miss the mark on what it takes to hire the best engineers long-term by cultivating their employer brand early.

Ask this question as a leader: How can I make the job of the recruiter easier?

To learn more on how companies can implement and enhance their employer branding, tune into the latest episode of the Career Catharsis podcast: Season 2, Episode 5 with Co-Founder of Before You Apply, Nate Guggia.

Read this if you want to learn how to discover your own strengths…

Recruiting guru, Mike Bettley, shares one of the ways to identify your strengths is to understand that there are two dimensions to strength: competence and commitment.

Competence being the ABILITY to do the skills you are good at, while commitment is how much you ENJOY doing it and PRIORITIZE doing it.

It’s important that what you are doing and what you identify as your strengths are things that make you happy. And even if you don’t have the competence for a skill, if you have the commitment and drive to learn more, you can always develop and improve the competence over time.

Another way to help you understand where your strengths come from is by taking a personality test. Even a simple online assessment can be handy to learn what you are naturally good at or jobs that you gravitate towards. We suggest taking the 16 Personality Quiz based on Myers Briggs to gain insightful results.

Tune into Season 2, Episode 4: You’ve Got Talent with Mike Bettley and host for more personal development tips!

How do you know if a job is the right one for you?

When we spend so much time looking for jobs, we can start to get confused on what type of jobs or companies we actually want to work for. With the endless possibilities of roles, we tend to get into a mindset of “we’ll take anything!”

And although there is merit to keeping an open-mind and being flexible, it’s important to know and identify what our strengths are and how our future jobs can harness our passions in a positive way.

As Ex-Recruiter for Google, Mike Bettley, emphasizes, if it seems like a lot of work to apply for that position, you’re either not excited enough for the company or you haven’t done enough research.

A job that aligns with your strengths and passions will make you eager to learn more about the company and position because it is something that you are genuinely excited about.

So next time you are applying for jobs, ask yourself this: Can I see myself excited in this position? If you don't have enough information, get curious and learn more. If you're still not excited, it might not be the right fit for you.

For more job seeking tips, tune into Season 4, Episode 4: You’ve Got Talent, available on all streaming platforms.

Nobody has it all figured out so don’t worry about being 100% confident all the time!

Even as a successful talent leader, Mike Bettley gets candid about his moments of self-doubt in his career.

Mike stresses it’s important to not compare your career journey with others as everybody’s career path is different.

He adds, the more uncomfortable you feel with the uncertainty of a job, the more you will push yourself to go beyond your strengths and learn new things.

To hear more on how you can build confidence during your job search and handle self-doubt, check out the rest of Season 2 Episode 4, You've Got Talent, on your favorite listening platform.

Why do we feel the way we feel?

As a spiritual guide and life coach, Amit Kataby aims to help you discover the answers to this question by bringing you on a spiritual journey to go beyond your conditioned mind: all the habits, beliefs, links to the past.

Understanding the ‘why’ behind your decisions, actions, and emotions can open new possibilities, opportunities, and discoveries for your present and future self.

Check out this clip from Season 2, Episode 3: Stories We Tell Ourselves with Amit Kataby to learn more on developing your self-awareness.

Full episode available on your favorite streaming platforms!

With everyday feeling the same, how can we spark motivation to keep us going?

Daily rituals are what keep Life Coach, Amit Kataby, motivated and she encourages us to find our daily practices at home to start the day off on the right track.

Whether it is exercising, meditating, reading or journaling, rituals can get you in the right mindset for the rest of the day. It’s about staying consistency in order to give your days some structure and interrupt a mind that may be on auto-pilot.

Once you establish these rituals, you can find yourself looking forward to tackling everyday with renewed energy and motivation.

Now, what are some of your daily rituals that you plan to or currently practice? Comment below!

For more insight on journeying closer to self-realization, listen to Season 2, Episode 3: Stories We Tell Ourselves with Amit Kataby.

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Do you find it difficult to be alone?

While loneliness has been on the rise in a world defined by the constant hustle, we may be feeling even more alone now during these Covid lockdowns and restrictions.

But how can we make it more manageable?

It all starts with self-love. Find ways to enjoy spending time with yourself and appreciating everything around you, even without others to share that experience with.

Learn the value of spending quality time with yourself, versus feeling 'alone'. Lean into your senses and witness your inner dialogue change as you seek out gratitude instead of complaint.

In this preview, our recent guest speaker, Life Coach, Amit Kataby, shares her inspiring and insightful perspective on our daily lives and how we can become more attuned with the small moments in life.

Meditation is a common and accessible way to get in touch with your thoughts. Amit introduces the topic as a way that can help you develop and practice self-love during these difficult times.

This is one of our favorite episodes to date. An episode you do not want to miss out on! Check out Season 2, Episode 3 on all your favorite streaming platforms to unpack, The Stories We Tell Ourselves.