Wed.Jul 20, 2016

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Hello, My Name is Intern

ExactHire Recruiting

Interns are like Play-Doh. We’re easy to find, easy to train, but if you leave us out to dry by ourselves we might stiffen up and become molded in a way that can’t be changed. As a current intern for ExactHire, I’ve been offered the ability to work on different projects and writing assignments, and have been included in various company culture activities all the while being treated as an equal (that still has much to learn).

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How Pipedrive Hired 30 Engineers in 6 Months

Stack Overflow

In 2016, Pipedrive passed 30,000 business customers, collectively having a myriad of sales concerns, preferences, and demands from our sales management tool. This means our engineering team had to grow, too. The main reason: to speed up development of all those features our customers want, without compromising our high standards for deployment. Pipedrive had already attracted many great engineers, but when hiring for a large quantity of candidates who meet your quality requirements, you may have

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5 Recruitment Alternatives for Small Businesses

RecruitLoop

There are a number of serious alternatives small business owners and hiring managers can consider when selecting new employees. This post offers a brief overview of five major alternatives to the traditional job interview.

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How Pipedrive Hired 30 Engineers in 6 Months

Stack Overflow

In 2016, Pipedrive passed 30,000 business customers, collectively having a myriad of sales concerns, preferences, and demands from our sales management tool. This means our engineering team had to grow, too. The main reason: to speed up development of all those features our customers want, without compromising our high standards for deployment. Pipedrive had already attracted many great engineers, but when hiring for a large quantity of candidates who meet your quality requirements, you may have

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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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Social Media Lurkers: Creepy or Valuable?

AkkenCloud

Since the emergence of social media and online communities in business, there has been a debate surrounding member contributions and engagement as being the most important metric in determining someone’s social influence. . How is social influence determined? My friends and I often joke that it seems like it is calculated using some Dr. Seuss like mathematical algorithm that’s based on some combination of the number of friends or followers, likes or loves, pins or shares, thumbs-up or thumbs-do

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The Art of Giving Employee Feedback

CareerBuilder

Having a small staff promotes close relationships between managers and employees. People tend to get to know each other well both professionally and personally, and a family-like camaraderie may fill the workplace. While such bonds provide a great sense of being a team, they can make delivering criticism difficult. Leaders may put off having tough (but necessary) conversations because they don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.

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Are You Renting or Owning? A Key Decision in Talent Acquisition

Symphony Talent

Ah, the age-old debate of renting vs. owning. Only in this instance, we’re talking about talent acquisition assets. Why are so many talent acquisition professionals renting? They rent. The post Are You Renting or Owning? A Key Decision in Talent Acquisition appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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5 Things That Need to Be On Your Careers Page

WebRecruit

A careers page is an excellent tool to help give your candidate attraction strategy a boost. Careers pages are slightly different to careers sites (read about the difference in our blog, 5 Differences Between a Careers Page and a Careers Site ) but their overarching purpose is the same; to act as a destination for jobseekers to apply for your roles.

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3 Ways Staffing Firms Can Use Glassdoor to Boost Their Business  

Glassdoor for Employers

To remain competitive in the staffing industry, you’ll need to set yourself up for success to make top quality placements. One of.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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Recruiters – how are your influencing skills?

RecruitmentJuice

Influencing skills are critical for recruiters, so how can you develop yours? The ability to persuade or influence others is a key skill in recruitment whether this be influencing a company to use you for their recruitment or persuading a candidate that the job you are recruiting for is right for them. There are many different ways that you can persuade or influence others.

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The 5 Golden Rules of College Hiring

CareerBuilder

Soon, students will be returning to campus from their summer sojourn. For those facing their final semester or year, one eye will be kept on their studies, while the other will focus on life beyond campus. Here are five golden rules to follow to get in front of the brightest students: Choose the Correct Communication Channel. Companies are consistently looking to go where the talent may be.

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Recruiters – how are your influencing skills?

RecruitmentJuice

Influencing skills are critical for recruiters, so how can you develop yours? The ability to persuade or influence others is a key skill in recruitment whether this be influencing a company to use you for their recruitment or persuading a candidate that the job you are recruiting for is right for them. There are many different ways that you can persuade or influence others.

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Healthcare Career Rounds – Best states for docs, Passive job seekers, more

Hospital Recruiting

SocialHire.com offered a blog post with five solid tips to help job seekers and employers know if they are working with a good recruiter, or not. 1. Listen more than they talk. Recruiters exist to match the best candidate and the best employer, as quickly and efficiently as possible. It’s not our place to judge or steer anyone in any particular direction; we’re here to work for both parties and secure the desired outcome for both.

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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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Top 10 Cities for Hiring in the U.S.

iCIMS

Learn to differentiate between so many seemingly similar candidates with applicant tracking software.

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Recruitment Marketing: We’ve Entered the Second Wave

Jobvite

Appcast and Jobvite are teaming up for our next webinar! The second age of recruitment marketing is here. After years testing the original nascent ideas that came to market, the industry is now shifting to the prevailing models that have proved success, leaving less productive ones behind. Innovation in technology has allowed recruiters to catch on to the tactics of marketers, and in today’s competitive hiring scene, recruitment marketing is the driving force behind measurable outcomes and

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Respect: Find Out What It Means To Recruiting

Recruiting Daily

When I say car salesmen, what do you think of? I imagine some of the first words would be slimy or sneaky. Needless to say, it’s not usually the best connotation. Even the mental image is probably consistent – slicked back hair and a bad suit. We’ve made these mental notes from folklore and tales of mistakes made along the way, trusting the guy on the other side of this transaction.

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The Product Specialist Job Description Blueprint for Dealerships

Hireology

How to Attract the Right Talent.

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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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As One Great Global Adventure Ends…

Undercover Recruiter

This article is sponsored by AXA, a multinational insurance firm. Will Moore is the first winner of the Great Global Adventure by AXA, a competition that offers a world-first prize – an all-expenses paid travelling experience, that includes two top internships with international AXA teams, a volunteering opportunity, and the chance to tick off his bucket list.

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Recruitment Marketing: We’ve Entered the Second Wave

Jobvite

Appcast and Jobvite are teaming up for our next webinar! The second age of recruitment marketing is here. After years testing the original nascent ideas that came to market, the industry is now shifting to the prevailing models that have proved success, leaving less productive ones behind. Innovation in technology has allowed recruiters to catch on to the tactics of marketers, and in today’s competitive hiring scene, recruitment marketing is the driving force behind measurable outcomes and

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4 Shortcuts to Having a Productive New Hire in No Time

Linkedin Talent Blog

Just for years ago, for most companies the average time to hire was 13 days. Now it's over 23 days. Not only does that negatively affect the candidate experience - which is key to recruiting the best - it means that it takes longer for a new hire to become a productive employee. Lose-lose. This was the issue facing my own company, Red Branch Media.

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Recruitment Marketing: We’ve Entered the Second Wave

Jobvite

Appcast and Jobvite are teaming up for our next webinar! The second age of recruitment marketing is here. After years testing the original nascent ideas that came to market, the industry is now shifting to … Continued.

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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Considering “Do-It-Yourself” Online Background Checks?

HireRight

As businesses become comfortable using the Internet to handle a variety of support functions, a surprising number and diverse sorts of “Do-It-Yourself” services have become available, including “Do-It-Yourself” (DIY) online background checks. While seemingly simple and affordable, such services present potential risks that could pose a threat to a businesses’ brand.

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Monitor Recruiting Numbers with The 100 Point Sheet

Top Echelon Contracting

The 100 Point Sheet: This monitoring device was created by a recruiting firm owner who possessed advanced college degrees in mathematics and computer science and wanted to objectively measure a very subjective business. He wanted to insure that his recruiters. The post Monitor Recruiting Numbers with The 100 Point Sheet appeared first on Top Echelon.

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Don’t Miss Opportunities to Recruit Top Talent

Harger Howe Recruitment

It seems like every day there is a story in one industry or another about being in the right place at the right time and honestly, working on recruitment marketing is no different. Connections can be made at any time or at any place even if they aren’t relevant right away. Of course, there are typical methods of recruitment such as job board postings, direct mail and email campaigns, which are each effective in their own right, but what companies need to consider is that there are many other way

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Retention: Keeping Great People on Gigs

Recruiting Blogs

Compensation Data Facts - What's What in Compensation. Contractor completion bonuses solve retention issues for temporary workers. Companies that offer project-ending bonuses for contractors have a 90% retention rate and significantly higher project completion rates. PeopleTicker provides Market Intelligence to Human Resources professionals and Procurement teams helping organizations benchmark their existing suppliers, and design more cost effective new programs that maximize both full time reg

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Future-proof your I-9 compliance for 2024

Speaker: Join I-9 Experts:

Got I-9 compliance on your mind? Spending endless amounts of time ensuring you stay compliant? Get your questions answered with an expert panel from WorkBright. During this one-hour webinar, Workbright will dive deep into I-9 best practices, navigate the nuances of the new 2023 'alternative procedure,' and learn actionable ways to ensure your audit trail is squeaky clean.

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Our Top 3 Most Popular Recruitment Microsite Blogs - July 2016

Harger Howe Recruitment

A strong recruitment microsite is a great tool to drive candidate traffic and, more importantly applications. Recruitment microsites are unique as they function based on segmentation. Just think about segmentation for a moment, it’s a process that subdivides categories until they are incredibly specific; so you know you’re hitting the right audience.

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Professional Services of the 80s and 90s continued.

Recruiting Blogs

Compensation Data Facts - What's What in Compensation. DID YOU KNOW? . Professional Services history continued… An earlier wave of growth in the early 1980s was driven by demand for strategy and organization consultancies while the growth in the 1990s was driven by strategy and information technology advice. In the second half of the 1980s the big accounting firms entered the IT consulting segment.

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Expert Interview: Caitlin MacGregor, CEO of Plum, Discussing Online Recruiting

Plum.io

HOW HAS ONLINE RECRUITING EVOLVED SINCE YOU GOT INTO THE BUSINESS? Since coming into the business, online recruiting has evolved from being an online job search platform where job seekers can search and apply for jobs to a competitive marketing tool. We have seen an evolution of the business having the upper hand at choosing candidates, to a world where candidates are now being sold on the idea of working at a certain location.