Fri.Apr 29, 2016

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The Most Popular Recruiting Tools Among Start-Ups (Infographic)

Social Talent

Thanks in part to their relatively small size, most startup companies have the freedom to use the latest online tools to help them do all manner of things from accounting to marketing. Which also means they have the privilege of trying and testing some of the latest recruiting tools the market has to offer. As a result, Stacklist have decided to ask hundreds of startup founders about the tools they use to help with their hiring efforts.

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Is Your Recruitment Database a Mess?

FireFish Software

I recently wrote a blog on stockpiling candidates. One of the problems that I talked about is that collecting unusable candidates in your database results in lots of unnecessary work for recruiters. Recruitment databases can quickly overflow with dud data. Here’s what to do if you’ve stockpiled useless information on candidates.

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Welcome to The New Broadbean London Office

BroadBean Technology

Due to our growing success and expanding UK team, we moved to our new offices in South Quay, Canary Wharf at the beginning of April. We were also joined by the UK Careerbuilder team who now sit one floor down from us at The South Quay building which, we're sure you will agree, is a fantastic location and space for us to join forces and get those collaboration juices flowing.

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Careers Page Teardowns: Apple [Case Study]

Firmplay

We’re pretty excited for this one. Why? We’ve focused the first couple of posts in our “Careers Page Teardowns” series on smaller, lesser known companies. In this post, however, we go big. Really big. We take a look at Apple, the tech giant that has shifted entire industries. Their careers page is, quite simply, one […].

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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How Small Businesses Can Turn These 3 Fears Into Opportunities

CareerBuilder

When people think of companies that exemplify how business should be done, you never hear about the companies who make up the vast majority of the economy: small and mid-size organizations. We continue to want everyone to be Google, Southwest Airlines, or Zappos. When you work in a small organization, seeing all these examples likely gives you angst — not encouragement.

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Jobvite Infographic: Clocked In, But Not Tied Down

Jobvite

Once upon a time, job satisfaction was a reliable indicator of how long employees could be expected to stick around. Today, however, the correlation isn’t so clear-cut. More than half of happily employed workers say they’re open to a new opportunity, while 35% of all job seekers say that they change positions every 1-5 years. To win the affection of today’s job-hopping generation, companies need to stay up-to-date on where job seekers are finding work, how they’re researching company culture, an

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Majority of Small Businesses Use Social Media to Screen Job Candidates

CareerBuilder

Job candidates realize that presenting themselves in the most favorable light on application materials and in interviews increases their odds of landing a position. To get a better idea of whether what you see is really what you’re going to get, employers traditionally have relied on talking to references and performing background checks. Increasingly, they also are turning to social media.

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Jobvite Infographic: Clocked In, But Not Tied Down

Jobvite

Once upon a time, job satisfaction was a reliable indicator of how long employees could be expected to stick around. Today, however, the correlation isn’t so clear-cut. More than half of happily employed workers say they’re open to a new opportunity, while 35% of all job seekers say that they change positions every 1-5 years. To win the affection of today’s job-hopping generation, companies need to stay up-to-date on where job seekers are finding work, how they’re researching company culture, an

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Senior Account Exec/Account Director for DC Area Direct Response Fundraising Agency

Jeff Rothman

Career Opportunity Washington, DC Overview Working in client services for a direct response fundraising agency is not for the faint-hearted.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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Is Your Recruitment Agency Software Slowing You Down?

Top Echelon Contracting

In a previous blog post, I addressed “4 Ways Software Can Speed Up the Recruiting Process.” Well, know I’m going to look at the other side of the coin. (And not just because I like money and references to money.). The post Is Your Recruitment Agency Software Slowing You Down? appeared first on Top Echelon.

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6 Job Seeker Tweets That Will Make You Chuckle

Linkedin Talent Blog

The first thing some people want to do after an unusual, daring or cringe-worthy job interview moment is pretend it never happened. Others just can't wait to announce it on social media. One look at Twitter and it's clear that there are plenty of people in the latter camp. And to be honest, there is something incredibly refreshing and relatable about reading these social media confessions no matter whether you are a recruiter or a job seeker.

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Why Most Independent Contractors May Be Considered Employees

Applicant Manager

There are plenty of reasons that some people choose to go out on their own and work as independent contractors: flexible hours, unlimited income potential, control over income taxes, and control over the trajectory of their careers. There are also many reasons companies like to hire independent contractors, two of the most common being scalability and cost.

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Attracting Candidates with Competitive Physician Salaries

Harger Howe Recruitment

Did you know that 59% of the candidates surveyed in Career Builder’s 2016 Candidate Behavior Study stated that a higher base salary would make them look for a new position? That’s over half of the candidate pool! In addition, according to that same study, 76% of employed workers are actively seeking a new position. With a number like 76%, employers need to realize that retention is directly tied to salary just like it is with initial hiring.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. 'I Interviewed Over 100 People at Goldman Sachs, and This is What the Most Impressive Job Candidates Had in Common'. -- by Jacquelyn Smith. 2.

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Greylock Talent Partner: "Recruiting Is A Promise"

Entelo

"When the President of the United States personally asks you to a job, you do it.". From setting up Mozilla's hiring processes when they were only 20 employees strong, to working with top Capital Hill brass with the United States Digital Service, Dan Portillo has done it all. Currently serving as Talent Partner with Greylock, Dan agreed to swing by Entelo HQ and chat on our podcast about the challenges he's experienced along the way.

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5 Unexpected Ways You're Sabotaging Your Own Productivity

Recruiting Blogs

Each day businesses assess and rate their productivity, always aiming to achieve a higher percentage or meet a different goal the following day. As a worker you might not have the best, most productive day of work every day, but reviewing a few of the unexpected ways that you can sabotage your own productivity will remind you how you can get the most done (and then hopefully use some of that vacation time you’ve been saving up).

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Rising Wages Linked to Shortage of Talent

JazzHR

The competition for top talent continues to be fierce among U.S. private sector companies, according to the latest quarterly report published by ADP Research Institute , an affiliate of payroll services provider, ADP. Report findings demonstrated that the U.S. labor market improved in the first quarter of 2016, with faster wage growth in almost all industries and across all age groups.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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7 Top Interview Tips

Recruiting Blogs

It’s getting hot, even for Thailand. I was down by the seaside for a while until I move back north. However, at the moment being less than 10 minutes’ walk from the beach is fantastic. I’ll be on my travels again next week and will of course keep you all updated. As you know at the beginning of the year I set up www.virtualdemon.com. This is a virtual assistant and administrative online business focusing on the recruitment sector in the UK.

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3 Ways You Should be Using Glassdoor

Glassdoor for Employers

When learning about your company, people from the outside world trust what they hear from employees more than any other spokesperson. A recent study from Edelman confirmed this, and says not only do they want to hear from employees about how customers and employees are treated, but other issues including business practices and financial performance.

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TLS Continuum: The Missing Link

Recruiting Blogs

Last week in our weekly blog post we talked about what the TLS Continuum was, however I left out of the discussion a valuable point about what is missing from most continuous process improvement efforts. That missing element is critical thinking. Hey I get it, it is just not you. Our next generation can’t critically think either. The base of the TLS Continuum is critical thinking so it is important that we understand the role it plays in process improvement.

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Jobvite Infographic: Clocked In, But Not Tied Down

Jobvite

Once upon a time, job satisfaction was a reliable indicator of how long employees could be expected to stick around. Today, however, the correlation isn’t so clear-cut. More than half of happily employed workers say … Continued.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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5 ways to Reduce Risk with your background screening process

Recruiting Blogs

Over the past few years, litigation has tripled in employment background screening, due to increased regulations and scrutiny of the background screening process by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and other industry-specific auditing agencies. Recently, employee/candidates have filed a significant number of class-action lawsuits, causing companies to pay out millions of dollars in settlements, creating a wake-up call for organizations to take m

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HR Check In: Recruiting Advice You Don’t Want to Miss

Jibe

This week’s roundup of HR articles is not to be missed. We’re showcasing a dictionary of recruiting terms, a description on the best recruiting app on the planet, words of wisdom from the greatest tech company on how they recruit, and the magic number of interviewers per candidate. Go ahead, get reading! Crelate’s Glossary of Terms for Professional Recruiters (HR Tech Weekly).

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Why to negotiate $alary (Infographic)

Recruiting Blogs

Asking for a raise is a difficult conversation for most people. Money is a sensitive topic, and often bosses can be less than sympathetic. Before you try to negotiate, be sure to understand what you're fighting for! .

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