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8 Best Strategies for Sourcing Underrepresented Talent

Ongig

Use inclusive language in your job posts The language you use in your job posts encourages or discourages prospective diverse candidates from applying. For example, a report from Linkedin shows that women apply for 20% fewer jobs than men because they feel they need to be 100% qualified.

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Top 4 Things We Learned from Greenhouse Summit 2015

Entelo

The first ever Greenhouse Summit opened its doors this week, combining the forces of over 300 talent pros to discuss their top techniques for finding the best people and transforming their company into a lean, mean hiring machine. Tell a story to capture candidates’ willpower – don’t sell the job description! March 25, 2015.

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10 Tools for Eliminating Racial Bias

Ongig

We found 10 tools to reduce racial bias…from job descriptions to resume screening to interviewing. Racial bias is often present in job descriptions and there are text analyzer tools that can help remove it. The picture below shows an example of what an assessment would look like from the candidate side.

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40 Surprising Remote Work Statistics (2022)

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Remote work statistics show that WFH makes remote workers happier, more productive thanks to fewer distractions and more loyal thanks to increased job satisfaction. Oh, and the reduction in worldwide commuting is good for the planet, with greenhouse gas emissions reducing since 2020. Job Description Library ). OwlLabs ).

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Part 3: Hiring Manager Roadblocks, Avoiding Panic

Glassdoor for Employers

This blog post is the third in a series of five posts based on our webinar with Greenhouse , 10 Hiring Manager Recruiter Roadblocks and How to Overcome Them. The job description is the first impression most candidates see of your company. Our job postings are also targeted by geo location and user information.

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7 Tips on How to Hire a Software Developer [Guest Post]

Ongig

Conduct Interviews with Technical Assessment Tools. Note: For more examples of bias in job ads, check out 25+ Examples of Biased Language. A Greenhouse study found that hires from employee referrals make 25% more profit than other sources. Consider using Ongig’s Text Analyzer to create effective and bias-free job descriptions.

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5 Tips for Recruiting Diversity in Engineering

Ongig

Along with revamping programming language, creating bias-free job descriptions is key to inclusive hiring in tech. Here are 2 examples: The screenshot below shows a Data Scientist job description using the word “blacklisting” which is considered exclusionary to people of color in tech. Shout-Outs.