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Career Advice and More from Our Team
LinkedIn Profile: What Grabs a Recruiter?
Based on their client’s needs and preferences, executive recruiters use LinkedIn as a key source to find their client’s ideal candidate. As a LinkedIn user who is actively job seeking, it’s important to understand the features that LinkedIn provides while...
The Most Revealing Questions to Ask Employers
When preparing for a job interview, you should realize that the questions you ask the interviewer are equally important as the questions you will have to answer. At the conclusion of most interviews, the interviewer or hiring manager will ask, “Do you have any...
Ask a Recruiter: How Does an Executive Recruiter Use LinkedIn?
In almost every industry, business people use LinkedIn to research companies, connect with others in the network, and probably most importantly, to hire or be hired. As executive recruiters, LinkedIn is one of Bristol’s most valued resources. Steven Kessler,...
The Art of the Humblebrag: Resume Extraordinaire
By Fatemah Mirza Most people aren’t bad writers, but nearly everyone has a difficult time writing about themselves. Our clients often get so caught up in their day-to-day tasks that they may lose track of the bigger picture. They’re not sure how to communicate...
Ask a Recruiter: What are Common Misconceptions About Executive Recruiters?
Not all search firms are created equally. From how executive recruiters operate to what industries they serve or job titles they target, job seekers need to understand the differences. Armed with that knowledge, candidates and recruiters can work together to...
Clients and Executive Recruiters: How to Create a Successful Partnership
This year marks Bristol Associates’ 50th year in business. As experts in Executive Search, our experience has taught us a few things about the recruitment business. One that stands out is that a successful search is best achieved when there is a cooperative...
Ask a Recruiter: What are the Top Questions Recruiters ask Executive Candidates?
It’s the job of executive recruiters, acting on behalf of their client companies, to discern what skills, talents, abilities and personal characteristics add up to the perfect hire. Often that mission requires “reading between the lines” when interviewing...
Ask a Recruiter: What Do You Wish You Never Had to Tell a Candidate?
There are probably a million reasons a candidate doesn’t get hired. Some reasons lay with the client (the opening has been put on hold), and some rest with the candidate (lack of relevant experience, for example). As executive recruiters, the Bristol team regularly...
Social Media and Getting Hired (or Not)
by Nora Bright Social media and our online presence is an ever-increasing phenomenon. People on both sides of hiring, employers and candidates, spend more and more time engaged online. Candidates are looking for openings and researching companies; employers are...