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After all, what do HR managers look for when selecting applicants? What exactly do common selection procedures in recruiting look like? Is it worth submitting an unsolicited application? And how seriously do HR managers take data protection? Applicants have these and many other questions on a regular basis – this range of courses helps to answer them and helps applicants to present themselves optimally as a personal brand to potential employers and to gain experience in the application process. If you then know what recruiters really look for in job interviews, there is almost nothing standing in the way of hiring.
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What recruiters & HR professionals don't tell: The perfect candidate
There are many criteria for rejection when looking for a job that cannot be looked up anywhere. As a rule, those responsible gave precise ideas about who they wanted to hire, including in terms of age, gender and origin. So I'm not telling you anything new? Clear ideas about the ideal candidate While I was working as a recruiter, I got a call from a...
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Artificial Intelligence in Human Resources: How Recruiters Use Bots & Robots
We are in the age of intelligent "bots". But how can HR managers use artificial intelligence and robots for themselves? Artificial intelligence makes our lives easier In their hit “Mr. Roboto" from 1983 Styx sang: "My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain IBM" In the "Progressive Rock" of the 1980s it was still a vision that...
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Job advertisements that really make a difference: polarize & be honest!
Several studies show that most readers of job advertisements do not understand exactly what the job advertised is. The next hurdle for potential applicants is to reconcile their own experience, qualifications and expectations with the often exaggerated requirement profiles. Operating instructions instead of comprehensible text The majority of job advertisements also seem implausible, somehow fake...
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CV or competence profile? Personal branding in recruiting application & job search
Personal branding is trendy, especially when it comes to job applications. But can it replace in resumes? Or to put it another way: Do marketing and image count more than certificates? And does this make recruiting inhuman? Resume or personal branding? Do certificates and certificates have more significance than the personality behind the facade? Are resumes just old-fashioned? And what role do...
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Recruiting vs. professional reorientation: When Barbie & Ken make personnel decisions
Learning a job and doing it for a lifetime - this is how the German standard continues to look. But that's like Barbie and Ken making hiring decisions. What is the result? Professional reorientation is a trending topic among the most-read articles Best of HR – Berufebilder.de® belongs to the subject of professional reorientation. Also on Google...
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How the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) makes life difficult for applicants & 10 tips on how to get the job anyway
The General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) is actually intended to ensure more transparency and less discrimination in the application process. Often, however, the opposite is the case. An overview. The Ossi discrimination An unusual dispute before the district court of Stuttgart caused a stir in German HR departments in 2010: An applicant had not been invited to an interview and then had a window construction company because of discrimination…
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Questions in the discussion talk from hard to bizarre: The Top 10 in the job interview
In a way, job interviews are like a game of cat and mouse: Applicants only want to present their good sides if possible, HR managers want to learn as much as possible about job seekers - and sometimes develop amazing creativity in the process. Questions in job interviews – a hot topic There is no doubt that the topic of “questions in job interviews” is booming, and we notice that again and again…
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Write application letters from a personal point of view: 10 tips for more empathy when applying
Cover letters are always a topic of discussion: many HR experts find them too long, too inefficient, and simply superfluous. Companies like Deutsche Bahn have long since abolished it. And many applicants would also prefer to give themselves the warm effusions. What recruiters really want from applicants “Dear Sir or Madam…. blabla… work in your publishing house” That was…
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Match applicants & jobs exactly: 5 basics for job search
Applying is a complex topic: HR managers would like to see immediately who is a really good match, as at this honey booth in New York - and who is not. Applicants often make it harder than necessary for them to recognize this. Recruiters – spoiled for choice? No question, matching is an important issue when it comes to finding jobs in…
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Data Security in Recruiting: Paperless Personnel File - 9 Tips
Electronic personnel files are on the rise in HR departments. It simplifies and optimizes workflows in personnel management. Employee information is available at any time with a click. But what about data protection? 1. Special requirements for the digital file Whether a personnel file is kept in paper or electronic form is initially of secondary importance. Basically it is always...
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Job Interviews for Recruiters: 7 Criteria for Top Candidates
There are interesting and insightful criteria for engaged and smart interview responses and behaviors that mark top candidates. Knowing them facilitates and improves the selection criteria and, above all, helps to avoid expensive wrong appointments. 7 tips. 1. Authenticity Authenticity is usually a sign of credibility, genuineness, reliability, coherence. With authentic people, or…
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4 truths about job references: job hunting without secret codes
The German reference practice is an absolute curiosity in the global working world: the performance of an employee is evaluated in a rigid form using antiquated language that has not changed significantly in 50 years. That needs to change! Dusty and superfluous Dusty on the one hand, superfluous on the other, because many HR departments issue certificates of favor, so…
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Counter nasty questions quickly thanks to applicant storytelling: 5 tips for job interviews
A job interview is like a negotiation between business partners. We'll show you what's important in 5 tips. Application is just the first hurdle. Basically, an interview is like a negotiation between the applicant and the employer: it's about being very well prepared and with a lot of knowledge about your own wishes and goals, the interviewer and his...
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Avoid standard applicant answers & socially desirable behavior in the job interview
Undisputed: The dilemma that candidates deliberately present themselves in a good light in job interviews and that you therefore only get to know them to a limited extent exists. So what are the possibilities of getting a real, honest picture of candidates despite the phenomenon of social desirability? Avoiding socially desirable behavior Socially desirable behavior can only be exhibited if the…
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What Personals Really Look For: 10 Don'ts When Applying
Some applicants receive rejection after rejection. But it is not always due to the lack of qualifications: Often enough, banal formal reasons are to blame for the application being rejected immediately. But what do recruiters really pay attention to? Application 2go: It's not that easy, especially for start-ups and young internet companies, application seems easy and relaxed. Example Twitter:…
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Convincing recruiters & HR managers in job interviews: with objectives to success
Again and again have up Best of HR – Berufebilder.de® different authors asked how open or authentic applicants should behave in job interviews. Job interviews – the big mystery? There were various tips and hints on these topics, but also a wide range of suggestions and points of criticism. For this reason we would like to address this topic in this…
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Cultural Fit & Self-Image of the HR Industry: The End of HR?
Cultural fit was the subject of a panel discussion at the some time ago Süddeutschen Newspaper. Studies also show how important the topic is. Where does human resources actually stand - and where will HR stand in the future? Reinhold Messner: Cultural fit in extreme situations I've been dealing with the topic of cultural fit for a number of years. So…
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Cultural fit in the recruiting process: motives and personality of the applicants deciphered
In recruiting, it is becoming more and more common that applicants and companies should be a perfect match in terms of suitability, personality and values - cultural fit. But how can this be achieved? Recruiting processes: people, a standard model? The paper fits snugly in the printer. The bratwurst does not slip through the grate when grilled: Much of what…
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Recruiting Leaks from Job Interviews: The Top 10 of the nastiest questions
“What do you think they will ask in the interview?” This question occupies all applicants, there are countless guides on the subject. However, no guidebook author would probably have come up with these questions. Black sheep... The more I occasionally hear about the application practice of German companies, the more I have to shake my head. From HR managers who put application folders on the floor...
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Job interview & job interview: 5 tips for perfect preparation [+ checklist]
Is your next job interview coming up? Would you like to be perfectly prepared to have the best chance of getting your dream job? We will show you helpful tips and tricks with which you are guaranteed to score points with future employers. What should you pay attention to in the interview? A successful job interview is the most important prerequisite for recruiters in the – often – extensive…
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