Mon.Dec 02, 2019

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Do you really know how to reference check?

Social Talent

Do you really understand the purpose of a reference check? I mean really? The reason you are completing a reference check is to confirm the information you already have. That’s it. What a reference check is not: A chance to convince you you’re making the right decision. Let’s face it, if you need convincing at this stage, perhaps it’s an indication of some internal doubts you may have about that candidate.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Importance of Candidate Experience

Hospital Recruiting

Aleksandr Davydov/123RF.com. One of the many advantages to a career in health care is the perpetual demand. No matter where you live, now or in the future, health care providers enjoy excellent job security. With the physician shortage expected to top 120,000 by the year 2030, clinicians will often have many employment opportunities to choose from and as the expression goes, “first impressions are everything”!

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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Hiring Process

TalentCulture - Recruiting

As artificial intelligence evolves, we’re going to increasingly rely on it for boosting the hiring process. In Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, author Max Tegmark asserts that the “rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology.” So it is, as we already see in hiring. AI is already saving HR teams time and money while attracting the best candidates in these key ways: […].

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3 Tips for Recruiting During the Holidays

Proactive Talent

As the holiday season approaches, it’s likely you’ve started planning the perfect dinner, shopping for that ugly Christmas sweater, and discussing New Year’s shenanigans. But how does a recruiter get a candidate through the entire hiring process with limited time left in the year? With a proactive and adaptive approach, you can still be successful without compromising anyone’s holiday vacations.

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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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Measuring the Business Benefits of Flexibility: A Win for All Sides

TalentCulture - Recruiting

As always, I’ve been following the trends that are really going to change the way we work. Among them: the need to continue evolving our concept of the workforce and the tools changing how, where, and when we work. Generation after generation is moving closer to a completely digitally-enabled form of working. We’re now welcoming the first wave of Generation Z into our organizations.

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5 Real Life Experiences That Will Yield Good Answers To: What Are Your Weaknesses

Celarity

By Katherine Konrad, an experienced marketing professional and recent Celarity contractor . Unless you’re Michael Scott from the hit show, The Office , who believes his weaknesses are his strengths, answering this timeless interview question is the least-fun to answer. That is, if you’re saying any interview question is “fun” to answer. If you are: you are a rare unicorn.

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What to Wear to an Interview

Recruiting in Yoga Pants

There sure are a lot of experts out there telling us what we shouldn't wear to interviews and/or the workplace. One author proposes a no bling rule (check out my response here ). Someone else says no yoga pants (thanks for inspiring this blog!). And now we have NO ORANGE CLOTHING. Yes, I understand that not all companies are the same. While I, in tech, can get away with pink hair and Star Wars t-shirts, I know that this would not fly in a bank in my Midwestern home town.

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Five Steps To Successfully Hiring For Cultural Fit

Forbes Human Resources Council

Candidates are attracted to culture, and that makes it a tool for us as leaders to draw in talent that understands our culture and adds to it.

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Lessons from the CIPD conferences: people-led transformation

Kallidus

Themes from the CIPD conferences in 2019: part 2. It’s been a few weeks now since our time at 2019’s CIPD ACE in Manchester and after taking some time to review my notes, another common theme cropped up across a range of talks at this year’s event.

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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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By the Numbers: November 29, 2019

BountyJobs

Top 10 Reasons Why Recruiting Through the Holidays WINS. Think the holiday season is when you should put on the hiring breaks? Think again! Planned strategically, this time of year can take your talent acquisition goals leaps and bounds past your original plan of attack. Stick with us kid, and you’ll go places…even when hiring for talent during the so-called ‘holiday slump’ Getting Social.

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3 Things Recruiters Should Never Say to Candidates

AkkenCloud

When it comes to recruiting , applicants are often the ones under fire. So they should be, considering that selecting people with the right personality and skill set for a position is at the heart of what you do! Still, your reputation as a recruiter also hinges on your ability to find the best candidates. These are people with such fantastic resumes that they can pretty much take their pick of jobs.

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How to Tell a Client You Don't Have the Candidates

FireFish Software

There’s a war for talent going on, so it’s not unusual to find yourself in a situation where you’re avoiding a client like the plague because you can’t find the candidates they’re looking for. If this sounds like you, don’t worry – you’re not alone! The important thing is that you take control of the situation so you protect both your client relationships and your reputation too.

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The Key to Having Your Temp Employees Return: Make Work Worth It!

The Staffing Stream

Hiring for seasonal jobs picks up during the holiday season as retailers increase staffing to accommodate their seasonal sales growth. Perhaps you can’t afford to keep them on the payroll once holiday work demand ends, but you’d like some of them to come back next season. Perhaps you can even see a few of them becoming employees at your company. How do you make sure that happens?

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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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The Keys To Successful Career Development

Forbes Human Resources Council

Career development is a lifelong enterprise that we should focus on during all months of the year.

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What makes a good executive search firm?

Executive Search Insights

That’s what we are asking on Linkedin ! Join the discussion… The post What makes a good executive search firm? appeared first on GatedTalent.

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Rushing to Fill Seasonal Roles, Companies Risk Low Morale, Bad Customer Service, and Even Theft

Recruiter

Retailers rejoice: It's shaping up to be a stellar holiday shopping season. According to the National Retail Federation, 2019 holiday sales may rise by as much as 4.2 percent over 2018, possibly reaching a total of $730.7 billion. Making the most of this revenue boom requires beefing up the sales-floor workforce, and the retail sector may need as many as 590,000 seasonal workers this winter.

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CEO of fast-growing local company got his start mowing yards

Professional Alternatives

Chris Myers got his start as an entrepreneur when he was a kid mowing yards. Today, he’s the CEO of Professional Alternatives of Houston LLC, a staffing agency that specializes in the placement of mortgage, credit, executive, IT and clerical professionals on a direct-hire and temporary basis. Myers founded Professional Alternatives — which employs 17 — in 1999, and today it ranks on Houston Business Journal’s 2013 Fast 100 list, which is based on revenue growth from 2010 to 2012.

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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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One of our favorite stories: Women in Engineering at Expedia Group

Stories Incorporated

Reading Time: 4 minutes. In 2018, only 13% of engineers were women, despite more women graduating with engineering degrees than ever. More shocking: 30% of women who left engineering said their company’s culture was the reason. For women currently working in engineering, there is still a persisting culture issue: 61% of women in engineering report they have to prove themselves repeatedly to get the same level of respect and recognition as their male colleagues. .

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IT talent: 10 Power Moves for Talent Retention

Professional Alternatives

10 power moves for IT talent retention Don’t wait until you see the waning signs. Adopt these power moves to keep your best employees happy right where they are. 1. Listen: “You don’t need any special tools to detect if an employee is unhappy; your best tools are your ears – listening can go a long way,” advises Coffey. 2. People want to work with up-to-date technology: “In terms of retaining IT talent, it has always been, and always will be, about the technology,” says Coffey.

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What makes a good executive search firm?

Executive Search Insights

That’s what we are asking on Linkedin ! Join the discussion… The post What makes a good executive search firm? appeared first on GatedTalent.

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How To Position Yourself For A Promotion

Forbes Human Resources Council

There are a few things you can do to better to align yourself for the next opportunity.

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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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Improve Retention at Your Company by Giving Back

The Staffing Stream

There is not one key to building a strong staffing company; there are hundreds. Hundreds of interactions the company has with clients, suppliers, and candidates which can either lead to poor or strong relationships. It is vital to make every interaction count. Where Distinctive Workforce Solutions (DWS) has found success in growing the business quickly while maintaining a quality crew who love the company, is by engaging the entire staff deeply and emotionally in our mission.

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How to source on the lesser known sites!! Scribd!!

Recruiting Blogs

Scribd is a site that says it is the largest digital library. This can be a great place to find candidates however a lot of recruiter do not search here. The reason is simple they do not know how. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and pull out an old tried and true tool, a simple search with some extras, and a whole lot of website searching. .

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Why Your Side Hustle Needs an Email Marketing Strategy (and How to Create One)

PowerToFly

Who doesn't love a good side hustle ? If you're serious about turning that side hustle into a real money-maker, either as an additional income stream or as an initial step in starting a full-time business, you're going to need an email list and an effective email marketing strategy. If you're ready to take your side hustle to the next level, read on to learn about why an email marketing strategy for your side hustle might be your best investment yet, plus see our top tips on how to get started w

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Insiders Know-How - Guide to Running Your Own Business

Recruiting Blogs

I am delighted to have had my chapter: The Psychology of Being a game-changing entrepreneur, featured in this book!!! Written by some of industry’s most knowledgeable thought-leaders, Insiders Know-How: Running Your Own Business is produced in an informative, conversational style with valuable, insightful advice and case studies. [link].

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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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Six new Savage podcasts…

Greg Savage

Podcasts are a great way to provoke thought. Share ideas. To learn. On the commute even. Here are several I did recently, and I hope there are a few nuggets for you to take away. Debunking Recruitment. Podcast with Shane McCambridge. Apple: Spotify: Google: Stellar: Wide-ranging chat about how to be a great recruiter, tips […].

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How Can Facilities Managers Improve Sanitary Waste Practices?

Recruiting Blogs

Now that climate change has become harder to dismiss, many of us are more aware of how human activity impacts the environment. This gradual surge in awareness has targeted all aspects of life with an amplified call for changes in behaviour. Even small aspects of our daily routines can be harmful to the environment. . The sanitary sector is certainly not exempt from this and many women may take the creation and disposal of these products for granted.

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Do you classify employees correctly? California’s law got stricter

Workable

The AB5 bill codifies the decision of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of the company Dynamex. In general, this law makes it harder for companies to misclassify employees as ICs, and thus obliging them to provide their workers with all benefits attached to employee status by California’s Wage Orders (e.g. minimum wages, rest breaks). Please keep in mind: Workable is not a law firm.

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