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We have over twenty years of experience in recruitment. In our blog, we summarise the lessons and insights we have learned over the years. Whether you’re a company representative, an employee at any stage of your career, a talent looking for a new job or just interested in HR management and workplace phenomena in general our blog offers timely and useful information just for you.

As recruitment consultants, we mostly write on our blog about the lifecycle of employment and what we see as the pain points of working life. Recently, we’ve been talking about issues such as the migration of IT work to home offices, induction or lack of it in both telecommuting and telecommuting, responsible recruitment practices and managing a self-directed and diverse team.

Our latest blogs

How to Find a Good Technical Salesperson?

9. June 2025|Yleinen|

Finding a good technical salesperson requires a thorough recruitment process that evaluates both technical expertise and sales skills. A successful technical salesperson combines strong product knowledge with persuasive communication, solution-oriented thinking, and genuine interest in customer needs. Effective recruitment demands careful preparation of job postings, diverse interview techniques, and the ability to assess a candidate's fit with organizational culture. By avoiding common pitfalls in recruitment, you can find a salesperson who brings real added value to your company. Recruiting a technical salesperson is one of the key business decisions that directly affects your company's performance and growth. A technical salesperson serves as the link between customers and the company's technical products or services, making the role particularly demanding. A good technical salesperson not only increases sales figures but builds trusting customer relationships that lead [...]

What Questions Should You Ask a Technical Sales Candidate?

8. June 2025|Yleinen|

In technical sales recruitment, it is essential to find candidates who master both technical details and sales skills. During the interview, it's advisable to ask about the candidate's experience in selling technical solutions, their ability to explain complex technical matters simply, their problem-solving capabilities in customer situations, and their readiness to learn new things. It's also important to determine how the candidate builds trust with customers and how they balance technical expertise with sales orientation. Technical sales recruitment differs significantly from traditional sales recruitment because it requires the seamless integration of two different areas of expertise – technical understanding and sales skills. A technical salesperson serves as a bridge between engineers and customers, translating complex technical features into understandable benefits for the customer. This dual role makes recruitment challenging. The recruiter must evaluate the candidate's ability [...]

What makes a candidate a good leader?

7. June 2025|Yleinen|

A good leader is an individual who combines strong interpersonal skills with the ability to think strategically. Essential characteristics include emotional intelligence, a clear vision, consistent communication, and the capacity to inspire others. A good leader can also adapt to changing situations, make difficult decisions, and take responsibility. During the recruitment phase, identifying these qualities is critically important, as a leader's impact on organizational culture and success is significant. Finding the right leader can determine the entire future direction of a company. In today's professional environment, leadership has undergone a substantial transformation. The traditional commanding leadership style has shifted toward coaching leadership, which emphasizes collaboration, inclusion, and developing employee potential. The challenges of the modern work environment – such as remote work, globalization, and constant change – require new kinds of skills from a leader. [...]

What to Ask in a Job Interview?

6. June 2025|Yleinen|

In a job interview, asking your own questions is just as important as answering the interviewer's questions. Well-crafted questions demonstrate your interest in the position and help you assess whether the job is right for you. Prepared questions give you the opportunity to guide the conversation and uncover the true nature of the role, company culture, and future prospects. The right questions can also distinguish you favorably from other candidates and leave a positive impression on the recruiter. Your questions during a job interview are crucial, as they show genuine interest and an active attitude toward the position. When you ask carefully considered questions, you demonstrate to the recruiter that you're prepared and have seriously thought about your career. Thoughtful questions set you apart from other applicants. They also give you the chance to evaluate whether [...]

How to Compare Job Applicants?

5. June 2025|Yleinen|

Comparing job applicants is a crucial phase in the recruitment process, where decisions are made about which candidate best meets the position's requirements and fits into the organization. Effective comparison requires a systematic approach that evaluates applicants based on consistent criteria, taking into account both professional expertise and personality. To ensure objective comparison, it's beneficial to utilize various assessment methods, scoring tools, and perspectives from multiple individuals. A thorough comparison process helps identify the best talent and minimizes the risk of recruitment errors. The comparison of job applicants forms the core of the recruitment process, as decisions made will influence the organization's operations well into the future. Failed recruitments can lead to significant costs for companies—both financial and temporal. These costs arise not only from initiating a new recruitment process but also from decreased productivity, disrupted team dynamics, and time invested in orientation [...]

What Mistakes Should Be Avoided in Recruitment?

4. June 2025|Yleinen|

Recruitment errors can be expensive for companies both financially and time-wise. The most common mistakes include inadequate job descriptions, neglecting candidate experience, poorly prepared interviews, rushing decision-making, and unclear recruitment processes. Avoiding these mistakes requires careful planning, clear communication, and allocating sufficient resources to the process. When recruitment is viewed as a strategic partnership with both the recruiter and the applicant, the best possible outcome can be ensured while avoiding costly hiring mistakes. Recruitment errors cause significant costs to companies that extend far beyond mere direct recruitment expenses. The cost of a failed recruitment can be as high as 30,000 euros when considering orientation, lost working time, and initiating a new recruitment process. An unsuccessful hire also reflects on the work community, as the wrong personnel choice can reduce team productivity [...]

The expert behind the blog

Operaria’s blog is written by Aliisa, our team’s creative content producer, who you can find out more about here. Alongside her marketing and service development work, she is responsible for producing content for the blog and contacting experts in various fields for our guest blog posts. Guest contributors to Operaria include recruitment and HRD strategist Annika Vallo and workplace mediator Sari Soivio.

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