Crowdsourcing for Recruiting: Has Its Time Come?

Crowdsourcing for Recruiting: Has Its Time Come? - Be Group, - Crowdsourcing, Talent Acquisition, Hiring

  By Ed Epstein,VP, Staffing Solutions, Be Group   Companies like Amazon, Cisco, IBM and Starbucks all use crowdsourcing techniques to generate ideas new product and service innovations. What is crowdsourcing? Coined around 2005, it’s the process of obtaining services, ideas or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people or an online…

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Top Six Reasons to Ghost Someone

Top Six Reasons to Ghost Someone Copyright: fizkes / 123RF Stock Photo

We lied. There are zero reasons to ghost someone. Have you been ghosted? Have you been the ghost? What is the term, “Ghosting?” Briefly, it’s the term used to describe ending a relationship by not responding to emails, texts or calls. What’s becoming more the norm is for employers to express interest in a candidate,…

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How To Hire Generation Z Employees

How To Hire Generation Z Employees

Now that we have finally figured out how to work effectively with Millennials (Generation Y), Generation Z employees are coming into the workplace at a rapid pace and their needs are very different from past generations. Generation Z applicants have the following demographics: Their parents are Gen x’ers Over 23 million Americans make up the…

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How to Write the Perfect Post-Interview Email

How to Write the Perfect Post-Interview Email

Landing a job takes more than just nailing your interview. An additional key component of the job application process today is your follow-up email. The secret to the perfect post-interview email? Personalization! Consider these ideas: Include something the interviewer said in the conversation that stood out to you. This proves you listened and makes the…

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Be Group Launches Beferral

Beferral is a trusted candidate referral program by Be Group. When you join Beferral, you help us to identify qualified candidates for our open positions. Sign Up for Beferral The process starts as you build your circle of colleagues, or your Beferral network. When someone is referred from your Beferral circles and becomes employed, Be Group…

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How Important is the Summary Section of Your Resume?

How Important is the Summary Section of Your Resume?

The summary section of your resume – aka your “elevator speech” – is probably the single most important ingredient of your resume. While it’s your first introduction to the recruiter or hiring manager, your resume is read – on average – in about 10 seconds. That means it better be good in order to buy…

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Talent Placement firm Be Group Launches in Philadelphia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Talent Placement firm Be Group Launches in Philadelphia Entrepreneur, Staci Bender Epstein Launches Her Second Company; Placing Marketing and Communications Professionals at Companies Throughout the Region   Jan. 27, 2015 (Philadelphia) – Serial Entrepreneur, Staci Bender Epstein announced today the launch of her second company, Be Group. Epstein has a track…

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2015 Philadelphia 100® Nomination Search

The Philadelphia 100® is an annual project conducted by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia Business Journal and Wharton Small Business Development Center. The Philadelphia 100® winners are recognized as the fastest growing, privately held companies in the region each year. By tracking the fastest growing, privately held companies in the Greater Philadelphia, we: Help to…

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Be Group Supports Phorum 2015 in Philly

Be Group is thrilled to be a supporting organization of Phorum 2015.  Having attended Phorum conferences over the past three years, I know that 2015 will be even bigger and better than previous years.  Some of the enhancements for 2015 are a change in venue to Penn Museum (parking and network issues resolved – yay)…

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