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How to Win Over Candidates with Effective Interview Follow-up

Lever

Candidates have long been encouraged to follow-up on interviews with a note to thank the interviewers for their time, and reiterate their interest in, and qualifications for, the position. However, many organizations don’t extend their candidates the same courtesy. Qualified candidates are in short supply, and many organizations are benefitting from selling the candidate on the organization as much as the candidate is selling them on their qualifications.

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Enhance Your Life With Gratitude

HarQen

In the second and third week of November, reminders to be thankful flood social media. But how many of us actually take time to be thankful? Gratitude is an incredibly powerful thing, so why is it we are only really encouraged to practice being grateful in November? Greek Philosopher Epicurus said it best, “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”.

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Winners, Losers and Leaches at the SEEK Awards

The Whiteboard

It’s Friday and that means I have to write a blog. Which I love doing. Really I do. It’s been over 6 years of this now dontchaknow? But it was also the SEEK Awards in Auckland last night and well you know how these things go right? I don’t know who once decided that Awards ceremonies should be paired up with excessive drinking but they probably didn’t have to write a blog the next day.

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How To Improve Interview Questions With Your Mission Statement

Spark Hire

Your company’s mission statement is important to your business and your employees. It helps lay a pathway for you and your team in your day-to-day work as well as guidance for future work. Your company looks towards its mission statement for guidance when making decisions. When considering the great importance of your mission statement, it is key to make sure that any new hire you bring on board understands the company mission and culturally fits within the philosophy of your mission.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Questions to Ask When Video Screening Candidates

iCIMS

Interviewing can be costly. Depending on your hiring goals, you may have to spend a lot of time and energy sifting through dozens of resumes to whittle down to a group of great candidates.

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The Toughest Jobs to Fill In 2017

Yoh

It goes without saying, but 2016 was quite the year. Politics aside, the past twelve months represented some shake-ups in the employment ecosystem. With the year coming to a close, many talent acquisition professionals are hopeful for the start of a new beginning. However, historical data from 2016 elludes to a foggy forecast for a number of already difficult to fill positions.

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Ask a Developer: What's Appealing About Remote Work Options?

Stack Overflow

Employers that offer remote work options understand the benefits of looking beyond their cities for the right developers. Not only does it allow recruiters to reach talent they otherwise would not have found, but it also enables them to keep their best developers when life events force them to move to another location. The common perks of remote work is well-documented, but we were curious to find out about those that recruiters don't discuss quite as frequently.

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Young Professionals: Stress Less About Being Inexperienced

Undercover Recruiter

A younger friend of mine spotted his dream corporate role being advertised recently, within weeks of graduating from his business degree at university. Based on his existing industry knowledge, understanding of the company itself, part time work experience and academic qualifications, he made the perfect candidate. However, admitting defeat early, he told me he hadn’t applied.

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Avoid These 5 Outdated Tactics for Recruiting & Hiring Candidates

Jobsoid

Going old-school might work for music or fashion, but in recruitment and hiring, you need to get with the times or lose out. Your competitors are waiting to swoop down on that candidate you’ve been eyeing, and your […]. The post Avoid These 5 Outdated Tactics for Recruiting & Hiring Candidates appeared first on Jobsoid.

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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 to Be Every Client’s Preferred Recruiter

Undercover Recruiter

As a recruiter proactively targeting new business, I’m sure you can relate to the frustration of spending hours on the phone, finally getting through to the right point of contact, then being told that they get hundreds of calls “just like this” and politely (sometimes not so politely) being shunned off. Or maybe you feel like. View Article.

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Thinking Out Loud: Diversity

Recruiting Daily

When the topic of diversity comes up, it often becomes a shoulder shrugging, silent session. Enough already. There's something you can do.

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How to Grow a Successful Employee Referral Program

Jobvite

It’s every hiring manager’s nightmare. After taking weeks, possibly even months to market job openings, sort through resumes, and interview applicants, a new hire fizzles out within the first year. While there is a list … Continued.

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The Top Five Strongest Interview Questions to Ask and The Importance of Understanding Aspirations

Recruiting Blogs

Depending on the hiring manager, recruiter or human resources department - interviewers may not necessarily have as much time to interview as they wish. I've seen interviews that last from thirty minutes to a chain of interviews lasting eight hours. Regardless, interviewers need to make sure to take advantage of the time spent interviewing and more often than not, they ask questions that don't necessarily give a real understanding of the candidate.

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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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Go Mobile Before Your Candidates Are Gone

JazzHR

Experts forecasting the latest recruiting trends say with the advent of mobile job apps, big brand job boards like Indeed and Monster will be the next dinosaurs of the HCM market. But the recent multi-million dollar acquisition of Monster , by staffing firm Randstad, shows there’s still inherent value in today’s automated job boards – so long as they remain where candidates are.

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Pros and Cons of Call Center Outsourcing

Recruiting Blogs

A number of businesses have at one point or another considered call center outsourcing as an option. This is mostly due to the benefits of saving money. However, there are many pros and cons that must be considered. Regardless of what size business you own, these must be taken into consideration for you to make the best financial decision possible for your business. .

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7 Amazing Employer Brand Videos on Glassdoor

Glassdoor for Employers

In today’s candidate-driven market, a positive, well-defined employer brand is essential to attracting and retaining top talent.

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The Best Hiring Practices For Emerging Franchisors

Hireology

Franchisors spend significant time, money, and effort identifying a market opportunity, devising a concept, and developing a business plan that will be attractive not only to customers but investors as well. When a franchise brand is created, it enters a critical phase of the lifecycle during which it lays the foundation for the future success of the company—hiring.

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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: Showcase Your EVP Through Your LinkedIn Company Page

Social Talent

When it comes to Employer Branding, there’s no question or doubt that a LinkedIn Company page is one of the best ways to show candidates what your organisation is really about. But underneath all of the funny quotes, job opening announcements and blog post links, have you ever considered whether or not your page clearly showcases your EVP to potential candidates?

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Fine Tune Your Recruiting Strategy to Target Top Performers

Hoops

Recruitment strategy is a major factor in your organization’s success. For small and medium-sized businesses in particular, hourly front line talent is the company’s lifeblood. Yet many companies scrutinize their employees far more rigorously than their recruiting processes. To attract the top available talent in a cost-effective manner, our HR experts recommend learning about best practices in recruiting and refining your strategies.

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How to Grow a Successful Employee Referral Program

Jobvite

It’s every hiring manager’s nightmare. After taking weeks, possibly even months to market job openings, sort through resumes, and interview applicants, a new hire fizzles out within the first year. While there is a list of reasons why a new employee might not work out, it often comes down to lackluster performance and personality. In fact, one-third of new employees quit within the first six months following onboarding!

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The Future Is Now, How APIs and Machine Learning Can Change Talent Acquisition

Jibe

Earlier this week in San Francisco, Jibe participated in a Google press event and the launch of new machine learning APIs for the Google Cloud Platform. Specifically for enterprise HR, Google announced its Google Cloud Jobs API which understands which of a company’s jobs best match a jobseeker’s preference. For talent acquisition leaders machine learning might seem like something out of a sci-fi movie.

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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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75% Of Employers Have Hired the Wrong Person, Here’s How to Prevent That

CareerBuilder

Ben Goldberg, CEO of Aurico. Going deeper than what you see in a candidate’s resume is becoming more and more crucial as the competition in the job market continues to stay fierce. Candidates resort to practices such as embellishing or misrepresenting themselves to appear attractive to companies that are hiring. Some trained HR professionals might spot these details, but many of these so-called facts may not reveal themselves until a thorough background check is performed.

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Head of Hiring at Time Inc. Takes Down Frustrating Millennial Myths

Linkedin Talent Blog

Millennials (born between 1982 and 2004) have been in the workforce for more than a decade. And yet, recruiters are still struggling with how to reach this key demographic group. That’s understandable, as it’s tough to make a clear judgment call about such a wide group of people based on the conflicting accounts that media gives: “They’re lazy.”. “They’re entitled.”.

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How to Grow a Successful Employee Referral Program

Jobvite

It’s every hiring manager’s nightmare. After taking weeks, possibly even months to market job openings, sort through resumes, and interview applicants, a new hire fizzles out within the first year. While there is a list of reasons why a new employee might not work out, it often comes down to lackluster performance and personality. In fact, one-third of new employees quit within the first six months following onboarding!

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12 Memes and Gifs That Sum Up The Way We All Feel Before Payday

Social Talent

Payday. So close, yet so far. The days leading up to the glorious moment when your bank account gets a much-needed injection of cash can truly feel like an eternity. We’re sure that you can relate to the rollercoaster of emotions that you experience in those desolate few days, but just to refresh your memories, we’ve put together a list of the 12 memes and gifs that sum up how we all feel before payday.

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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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How to be a Pro-Active Candidate

Recruiting Blogs

The Recruiting and Talent Aquisition Industry has its own unique "language", our vernacular is a jumble of idioms, acronyms, abbreviations, hashtags, and secret codes (well not really). It is no secret, however, that the myriad of Recruiting Firms, Headhunters, Corporate HR, and the multitude of Experts, have sorted the entire spectrum of the workforce, the Talent Tree, if you will, into one of two baskets, the low-hanging ripe fruit of the "Active Candidate" or the not quite ripe so-called "Pas

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Why Reactionary Growth Hiring Is Bad For Culture.

Converticulture Recruiting

There are very few instances where “reactionary” anything returns a positive result–hiring is definitely not one of them. Anytime a business is waiting to react vs. being proactive (where they are going vs. where they have been) they are probably already behind. When it comes to the human capital and thus the culture of a company the risk is too high to be reactionary.

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75% Of Employers Have Hired the Wrong Person, Here’s How to Prevent That

CareerBuilder

Ben Goldberg, CEO of Aurico. Going deeper than what you see in a candidate’s resume is becoming more and more crucial as the competition in the job market continues to stay fierce. Candidates resort to practices such as embellishing or misrepresenting themselves to appear attractive to companies that are hiring. Some trained HR professionals might spot these details, but many of these so-called facts may not reveal themselves until a thorough background check is performed.

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