Browse through our collection of articles and helpful advice, direct from the office of DAVRON to aid in your job search, find helpful interview advice, and employment retention topics.
Have you ever been asked, “What did you like least about your last job?“ in a job interview? This question can be tricky to answer, and can jeopardize your candidacy if you’re not careful in your response. Why do they ask this question? Potential employers will ask this question because… Read More »What did you like least about your last job? | Answers for Tough Interview Questions
Downsizing and layoffs are painful for both for the company as well as the impacted employees. While nothing can take away this pain, outplacement services help ease this difficult transition. Because of this ease, outplacement is becoming increasingly popular among companies of all sizes. Four out of five employers provide… Read More »3 Reasons Why Companies Should Use Outplacement Services
Writing a job description is more than a “Help Wanted” sign, – it’s a “Help Wanted” advertisement for your company, letting the world know you’re hiring. In order to attract applicants, think of job seekers as consumers that you need to sell your company and position to. Here’s how: How… Read More »How to Write a Job Description to Attract the Best Candidates | Job Description Checklist
Why Should You Invest in Helping People Who are No Longer Your Employees? Effective outplacement services help laid off employees find new jobs, protect the company’s reputation, prevent potential lawsuits, and lessen an employer’s unemployment insurance taxes. Approximately 70% of companies offer outplacement benefits in their severance packages, if you’re… Read More »How to Get the Most from Outplacement
If you’ve ever had to fire an employee, I’m sure you would agree it can be a difficult situation. Sometimes, firing an employee is your company’s only option. It’s not something any business owner or manager looks forward to, but is often a necessary step towards more efficient production or… Read More »6 Steps to a Smooth Termination | Grace and Goodwill
Land O Lakes, Florida: DAVRON recently completed their annual food drive and charity pull-up/push-up contest benefiting Christian Social Services. For many families in the community, the only meals their children receive are those provided by their schools. The monetary donations from DAVRON’s employee fitness contest and generous food drive donations from… Read More »DAVRON Charity Fitness Contest and Food Drive Benefit Christian Social Services
Learn how social media can affect your job search. Potential Employers may research you online. Surveys show that at least 70% of employers conduct social media research in their screening process. Other studies say it could be up to 90% of employers use some form of social media screening in… Read More »“Clean Up” Social Media before a Job Search | How Social Media can affect your Job Search
How’s your resume working out for you? Are you tired of submitting your resume and not getting calls back? Here are a few simple ingredients that will take your resume from bland to BOOM – you’ve got an interview! As a hiring manager, I look through hundreds of resumes on… Read More »7 Resume Hacks | Land More Interviews and Get Hired Faster!
Modern applicant tracking systems (ATS) use what’s called parsing technology to “parse” out different information in your resume. At the top a candidate may have their first and last name, address, phone number and email. Parsing would separate all of those into separate fields. The next part of your resume that… Read More »How to Format Your Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems
What is outplacement and what is available? Outplacement companies can help you and your human resources team during the layoff process. These companies offer a range of services, with corresponding levels of cost. They may include: Resume Writing Assistance Job Search Training and Advice Career Counseling Networking Access to Job… Read More »The Benefits of Providing Outplacement to Laid-Off Employees
Resume writing can be a pain, and with 25 percent of Americans searching for a new job in 2019 it can be hard to make yourself stand out based on a piece of paper. The average initial screening time for a candidate’s resume clocks in at just 7.4 seconds, so… Read More »The Ultimate Guide to Writing a Resume in 2019
Have you ever interviewed with a company, felt like you absolutely crushed it, only to never hear back from them again? You’re not alone, even though you may feel like you are when something like this happens. Before you can definitively say you’ve been ghosted, here are four steps you… Read More »Four Steps to Take When a Potential Employer Ghosts You
As the last step of any interview, it’s standard practice for an interviewer to ask if the interviewee has any questions. If you say “no”, you’ve just missed out on a huge opportunity to further reiterate why you are the perfect candidate for this position. You’ve also shown that you haven’t done… Read More »Top 3 Questions to Ask at the End of Every Interview
It’s easier now than ever to apply for jobs. With companies like Indeed, LinkedIn, Monster and ZipRecruiter, you can slide your resume into recruiters’ inboxes with a click of a button. But just because you can doesn’t mean you should. What is a serial applicant? A serial applicant is someone who recklessly… Read More »How to Avoid Becoming a Serial Applicant
Modern applicant tracking systems scan resumes for keywords. Most candidate searches are done using keywords. If your resume doesn’t have the right keywords, or if the keywords aren’t placed correctly throughout the resume, you risk never making it in front of the hiring manager. Here are two steps you can… Read More »How to Optimize Your Resume for Keywords in Two Easy Steps
Trinity, Florida: DAVRON has generously gifted 40 students in the graduating class of Trinity College of Florida access to CareerShift, an online career search portal. This online career search portal is a powerful tool for graduates to aid in their career search upon entering the job market. The portal allows… Read More »Davron Donates Career Search Resource to Trinity College Alumni
Original article, published in the Tampa Bay Times Laying off employees is often a necessary evil in the business world. Regardless of the size of the business or the reason for the layoff, the process is usually unpleasant for both parties involved. However, there are some methods and pointers that can make… Read More »The Art of Laying Off Employees
You just interviewed with a great company. You think it went great and you’re waiting to hear back. Should you send a “thank you” note? Absolutely! Why should I send an interview thank you letter? Sending a thank you note after interview is important for a variety of reasons. A… Read More »Thank You for the Job Interview | Interview Thank You Letter
Two critical mistakes you could be making while using the Monster Job Search mobile app While there are a lot of great advantages this tool has to offer, there are also a few shortcomings that could be affecting your job search if you’re not careful. In this article, we’d like… Read More »Monster Job Search Mobile App
A resumes purpose is to get your foot in the door. It needs to show why you are a fit for the position. When writing, your resume take into consideration who will be viewing your resume, how much time will they devote to reading your resume, and knowing this, how… Read More »What to know before writing your resume
Original article, published in the Tampa Bay Times Recently, we had a candidate come in for an interview. Let’s call him Mr. Career. Mr. Career had a box of cereal tucked under his arm. He said he saw on social media that we were participating in Feeding Tampa Bay’s Cereal for… Read More »Be “Mr. Career”, Not “Mr. Iwanna Job”