Tue.Nov 22, 2016

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Giving Thanks to 5 Unsung Heroes and Heroines of the Recruiting World

Lever

Thanksgiving is near, and many of us are desperately scouring the web for that mac 'n cheese recipe that won us endless bragging rights last year. As thoughts of smoked turkey, mashed potatoes, and freshly baked apple pie waft pleasantly into our minds, it’s time to also remember everything that we’re thankful for.

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Problems are Awesome

HarQen

Yesterday, our CEO played us this TED Talk about a man who lost his legs in a climbing accident and proceeded to build himself new ones. One of his messages to the crowd was “a human being can never be broken, technology is broken. Technology is inadequate.” That is something we say here at HarQen often, that recruiting technology is broken. That we can do better.

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9 Things Recruiters Can Do to Create a Truly Memorable Candidate Experience

Social Talent

83% of professionals say a negative interview experience can change their mind about a role. In other words, the way they’re treated has a lasting impression on the way they view the company. Which is why, in today’s blog, we’re looking at 9 things your company can do to create a better candidate experience in your organisation using examples from companies known for theirs: 1.

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Face to face interviewing and gaining candidate commitment

RecruitmentJuice

With the advent of national and international recruitment many years ago, I saw a huge decline in face to face (f2f) interviewing as the norm. When considering best practice, then of course, meeting with the candidate that you are going to put forward to a client is the best option. So, why do so many companies not even consider this, when it’s an option to them?

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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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How to Attract the Perfect Employee (Infographic)

Social Talent

With job markets the world over becoming more and more competitive, consumer insurance company BGL have created a new infographic to show how businesses can convince the crème de la crème of prospective employees to join them. From an attractive salary to the promise of career development, there are plenty of ways to make your workplace an attractive place for job hunters, here are some of the most important: Source: bglgroup.co.uk.

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Make Your Social Media Updates Sexier

FireFish Software

Social networks are everywhere – built for everything from professional networking, to micro-blogging and connecting with people you haven’t seen since school. The average user spends almost 2 hours on social media sites every day, and whether their intention is to connect with recruiters or not, if you can make your social media updates sexier, they’re more likely to connect with you.

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Black Friday Watch: Where Are Seasonal Retail Workers in Shortest Supply?

Indeed

Black Friday will soon be upon us and millions of shoppers will shake off their post-turkey stupor to hunt down deals. This year hopes are high that it will be a successful day for retailers: according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), holiday sales for 2016 are expected to increase by 3.6% — which is better than the average growth rate during the economic recovery.

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Your Recruitment Website is Live, Now What?

NPA Worldwide

Today’s guest blogger is Rick Maré with JXT. Rick is the founder and CEO of JXT, the number one provider of cloud-based digital marketing solutions for recruiters and corporate recruiters. Rick has coached thousands of recruiters, empowering them to take their businesses and careers to the next level. Connect with Rick on LinkedIn. Here at JXT we work with a large number of recruitment agencies.

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eBook: 5 Things Successful SMBs & Franchises Do For Their Employees

Hireology

(Note: Below is the first section of our latest eBook on the five things successful SMBs and franchises do for their employees. To skip ahead and read the entire eBook, please click on the download link at the bottom of the page.). What does the blueprint for a well-structured business look like? For starters, it begins with culture. According to a recent Entrepreneur article , workplace culture is an essential attribute for successful franchises.

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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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3 Chrome Plugins To Accelerate Your Talent Sourcing

Undercover Recruiter

Despite the advancement of technology with the invasion of AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, hiring is still pretty much a painful process for many. You start off confidently with a vacancy handed down from your hiring managers, thinking it would be a walk in the park. A job ad goes here, a social post there. View Article. 3 Chrome Plugins To Accelerate Your Talent Sourcing.

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The Worst Ways to Read and Scan a Technical Resume

Stack Overflow

Even if you’re not currently drowning in applications, the task of reviewing developer resumes is tougher than many recruiters anticipate. You probably know the tech stack that your team uses, and you even might know some of the basics of those languages. But even with that knowledge, it’s tempting to scan a resume for a few qualifications before bringing the candidate in for an interview.

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How to Ask More of Your Employees During the Holidays

Glassdoor for Employers

From gift shopping and party prep to family gatherings and travel, the holiday season is a busy time for everyone. Between Thanksgiving.

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Is RPO The Best Talent Acquisition Strategy For Your Organization?

Yoh

You know the saying you don't know what you don't know? I feel like it was made for Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO). With so much confusion surrounding what RPO is and how it really works, it seems fitting to address how to determine whether RPO is the right talent acquisition strategy for your organization.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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Rap Up: Employer Branding Breakdown

Recruiting Daily

Uncertainty has driven a lot of curiosity when it comes to employer branding so the team over at Jibe surveyed practitioners to figure out their strategy.

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The Most Popular Companies for College Graduates (and What They’re Doing Right)

Linkedin Talent Blog

After graduating in the spring, a fresh new batch of new grads entered the “real world.” They’re hip, they’re cool (literally too cool for school now) and just about every company is trying to win them over. But for many companies, the challenge is understanding what it is that will appeal to these new young professionals. And, many fear that what they are saying about their company might not engage this unknown group.

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I've Implemented Coaching, But Now What?

FlashPoint

Coaching. It's a hot topic and prominent feature among leader development programs. You've heard of its benefits and how it can transform leaders and organizations, but how do you measure that impact? How do you justify its use?

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Welcome to Our New Marketing Intern: Samantha Smith

Prominence

We’re delighted to welcome our new Marketing Intern, Samantha Smith! Samantha is undertaking her internship with us as part of her Bachelor of Communications degree at Unitec Institute of Technology. She loves to write and is a great fit with the team of writers that we already have here! Apart from writing, Samantha loves everything about food; and not just eating at restaurants like the rest of us, but cooking!

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Moving Forward in HR and Recruiting Uncertainty

An era of uncertainty has arrived in recruiting. The unpredictability that exists in the labor market can make it difficult for employers to know how they should respond in this environment. Despite the turbulence, recruiting professionals should be encouraged by recent trends. Applications per job are up over the last year across companies of all sizes, and more than half of all recruiters expect their teams to grow in the next year, with nearly two-thirds expecting their recruiting budgets to

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Improving Workplace Performance Through Transparency, Trust and Thanks

TalentCircles

The need for transparency in the workplace has never been more pronounced than it is currently. And, judging from recent employee satisfaction surveys, the expectation for transparency is only going to increase. In fact, one TINYpulse survey reported that “Management.

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Weekly Diversity and Inclusion News: November 16 - 22, 2016

ROIKOI

This week, Microsoft ties executive bonuses to diversity goals, LinkedIn ditches internal college recruiting to improve diversity, and more.

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Why and How Persona Profiles Should Inform Your Recruiting Strategy

Recruiting Blogs

Smart recruiters know that candidates are consumers in today’s competitive talent market. To fill job openings with top talent, recruiters need to sell those positions and the associated companies to jobseekers. Still, too many recruiters and hiring managers continue to try to sell blind. Good salespeople and marketers draft buyer personas to understand who will buy their product.

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5 Things You Need To Know To Make The Interview Process Faster

Spark Hire

The interview process requires a delicate balance. While it’s important to be thorough when vetting candidates, having a process that drags on can cause you to lose your top choice. As a recruiter or hiring manager, it’s important to walk the thin line between quick and effective without letting the quality of your hires decrease. Knowing which parts of the hiring process to change — or cut entirely — is never easy.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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WhatsApp Group Chat - Employee Promotion Processes followed by Organisations

Recruiting Blogs

Appraisals are common knowledge to Talent Acquisitionists and the similar fields in the Recruitment Sphere. We’ve all had our appraisals for the present year. Ever wondered what happens during the appraisals and when the performers are rewarded for their hard work via promotions and what processes are followed by organisations? This seems a lot to take in at the beginning, well don’t get overwhelmed just yet, as our popular Wednesday discussions just got better.

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How Will You Use Talent Analytics in 2017?

Glassdoor for Employers

Where has 2016 gone?! It’s time to gear up for 2017 and implement tools that are going to set you up for.

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Why decision makers don’t make decisions.

Recruiting Blogs

The logic is simple enough. When you’re in a decision making position you’re expected to make decisions. Trouble is, every day managers all over Australia – and the world – struggle to actually do it, putting things off for all manner of reasons and generally erring on the side of procrastination and compromise. Even at a micro level, managerial indecision like this can have a significant impact on the bottom line.

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How to Interview a Rock Star Recruiter

Contract Recruiter

Here at ContractRecruiter.com, we have over the years developed and refined a successful and repeatable process for screening and interviewing corporate-side, contract recruiters that has served us well. I thought I’d share it with my readers so that you too can think about adopting it for your own organization. I use the term “contract recruiter” throughout this article because our company is comprised solely of contract recruiters.

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Small HR, Big Impact: Boosting Employee Engagement and Excellence with Innovative HR Tech

Speaker: Aino Ilkka - People and Culture Lead at KAITO Insight

In the fast-paced landscape of small growth companies, harnessing the power of HR technology is the key to achieving remarkable results in employee engagement and HR management. Aino Ilkka, People and Culture Leader, will share practical tips and lessons learned through case stories and cover how to successfully source, implement, and scale HR tech for the best ROI.

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What Contingent Workers Don’t Want in a Job Aside from Crummy Pay

Recruiting Blogs

What Contingent Workers Don’t Want in a Job Aside from Crummy Pay. Pay is an essential motivator in the contingent hiring process, but only up to a certain point. Which is why making compensation decisions isn’t the only thing CPOs and HROs need to evaluate. While we know contingent workers want to earn a comfortable living wage, we also know that they’ve chosen temporary work to satisfy their idea of what work is all about. . 40.4% of the workforce is now made up of contingent workers and it

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8 Must-Have Resources for Successful Recruiting and Hiring

Capterra

Many hiring novices think all you have to do is post an open position online and wait for great candidates to come to you. Unfortunately, hiring isn’t that simple. The hiring landscape currently favors the job seeker and skilled candidates are able to be selective in where they apply. It takes about 27 days for a company to make a new hire , according to Officevibe.

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Creating Facebook Hiring Ads: A Step-by-step Guide for Recruiters

MightyRecruiter

As someone who spends my time teaching companies how to recruit on social media channels for free or at least very inexpensively, it may seem strange to be asking you to consider Facebook advertising. But sometimes it’s wiser to invest a few dollars, especially when that investment lets you tap into a user base of 1.17 billion people quickly. Not to mention, promoting your open positions via Facebook is cheaper than many available forms of online job advertising.