Tue.Nov 08, 2016

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Why Do You Go To Work?

HarQen

If you’re thinking “um…because I have to. What a stupid question,” this post is for you. Unless you don’t have to work, chances are you work because you have bills, rent, a family or some combination of the three. You probably don’t have the choice of whether or not you work, but you do have a choice to enjoy going to work or dreading it. What do you enjoy about your job?

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10 Red Flags You Should Be Looking Out For in All Candidates

Social Talent

Have you ever looked through a potential candidate’s resume and thought to yourself ‘something just isn’t right here?’ Similarly, have you ever been screening a candidate and for some reason, warning signals start to go off in your head whereby you just know that this person isn’t going to be a good fit for the job? We recently talked about the importance of introducing a scoring system in place when you’re interviewing candidates so that you don’t let

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How To Start Salary Negotiations Off On The Right Foot

Spark Hire

There’s a slight disagreement about whether or not employees are being paid fairly. A 2016 report from Payscale found that while 73 percent of employers feel they offer fair pay, only 36 percent of employees agreed. As a recruiter, you’re in a unique position to help close that gap because often you’re the first person to begin discussion about salary negotiations with candidates.

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1:1 Recruiting: The Secret to a Great Candidate Experience

Social Talent

Candidate experience isn’t just a buzzword. Having a great candidate experience can seriously affect the number (and quality) of applications that you receive. Can your company afford to have people saying bad things about them? Trust me, people put a lot of stock by the opinions of random people that they’ve never met. Think about the last time you bought something from Amazon.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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The Complete Social Recap of SmashFly Transform™

Symphony Talent

2 days. 13 hours. 4 keynotes. 10 sessions. 2,000+ tweets. 250+ recruitment marketing leaders. 3,000+ live streamers. 1 epic after party. THIS is the first-ever Recruitment Marketing Conference, The post The Complete Social Recap of SmashFly Transform™ appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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4 Pre-Interview Poses to Boost Your Confidence

Undercover Recruiter

Confidence, confidence, confidence! It’s one of the most widely used words when it comes you job interviews and presentations. When you’re in its bubble, you’re ready to take on the world; your walk has swagger and your smile has charm, it’s a wonderful feeling! However, like any emotional state, it can change within an instant. View Article. 4 Pre-Interview Poses to Boost Your Confidence.

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The Best Times to Find the Perfect Intern

SmartRecruiters

For small and underfunded companies, interns are a fantastic way to get some extra, eager, and competent hands on deck at a far less prohibitive cost—while contributing to the success of future professionals and entrepreneurs. Identifying the right time to post jobs, however, can be a tad tricky. Post too early, and potential interns won’t be looking yet.

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What Career Advice Should You Listen To?

Undercover Recruiter

There’s a lot of career advice floating about online and sometimes it’s hard to know what to actually listen to. Weeding out tips from those who have a hidden agenda is a great place to start! To help keep you motivated and find some job-related clarity, we asked 10 career coaches and recruitment experts to pass. View Article. What Career Advice Should You Listen To?

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4 Undeniable Similarities Between Recruiting and Marketing

Jibe

In the past few years, we’ve heard a lot of people say, “recruiting is marketing.” We’ve even said it ourselves. While the main difference between recruiting and marketing is who the target is—buyers versus candidates—the list of similarities between the two disciplines is massive. That said, it’s no surprise we’ve seen lots of professionals in recent years move from marketing to recruiting roles, or to a hybrid role like “employer branding manager.

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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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Making The Case For Change In Order To Hire The Talent You Need

Unbridled Talent

Is your organization struggling to attract and recruit talent with the skills and experience needed to remain competitive, and grow? If so, you’re going to need to rethink your recruiting process, and explore new avenues for hiring, and recruiting globally could be one path you choose. Click the link below for my latest post on VISANOW’s blog to understand how to successfully approach introducing a global hiring strategy in your organization: Making The Case For Change.

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Ask This, Not That to Avoid Inappropriate Interview Questions

CareerBuilder

Almost everyone has experienced that mind-blowing moment when something you always thought to be true turned out to be false – like learning that all Froot Loops taste the same or that the Bearenstein Bears were actually the Bearen stain Bears. For some hiring managers, that “aha!” moment could come with major consequences. A 2015 CareerBuilder survey found that 1 in 5 hiring managers has asked a question in a job interview only to find out later that it was illegal to ask.

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Money Trees: Facebook, LinkedIn and The Future of Recruiting.

Snark Attack

Facebook has reportedly thrown the opening salvo in its long anticipated move into the recruiting and hiring vertical, with TechCrunch reporting yesterday that the ubiquitous social network has confirmed it is beginning to roll out a “Jobs” tab, which allows employers to post (and, of course, promote) job openings directly to company’s followers and fans […].

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How to Develop Your Company Salary Philosophy

Glassdoor for Employers

As organizations become more public about their practices regarding equal pay, the topic of salary transparency will begin to enter the mainstream.

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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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What Talent Acquisition Can Learn from Marketing

JWT Inside

A Marketing Department’s goal is to communicate their company’s brand, mission and values to entice new customers. Talent Acquisition has a similar goal: attract and obtain new employees. Talent Acquisition and Marketing go hand in hand. There are several important takeaways Talent Acquisition can learn from its counterpart. Here’s what Talent Acquisition can learn from Marketing: Think outside the box: Talent Acquisition is more than just posting jobs and waiting for candidates to find you.

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Mobile Recruiting Checklist: Is Your Hiring Process Truly Cell Phone Friendly?

MightyRecruiter

We live in a world where the smartphone is the most popular computer in the world and where, according to Glassdoor , 45% of jobseekers say they use their mobile device specifically to search for jobs at least once a day. To recruit in that world, it’s not just ideal – but rather absolutely necessary – that employers create an environment where candidates can seamlessly apply for job opportunities and move through the hiring process.

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How to Measure If a Candidate Will Be a Quality Hire, Before Making the Offer

Linkedin Talent Blog

A recent LinkedIn research report indicated that these three metrics are what recruiters believe are most important when it comes to measuring new hire success: The length of time new hires stay at the company. Time to hire. Hiring manager satisfaction. It’s not a surprise that both 1 and 3 relate to quality of hire – this metri has been on the top of every talent leader’s list for years.

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Making The Case For Change In Order To Hire The Talent You Need

Unbridled Talent

Is your organization struggling to attract and recruit talent with the skills and experience needed to remain competitive, and grow? If so, you’re going to need to rethink your recruiting process, and explore new avenues for hiring, and recruiting globally could be one path you choose. Click the link below for my latest post on VISANOW’s blog to understand how to successfully approach introducing a global hiring strategy in your organization: Making The Case For Change.

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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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Welcome to Our New Marketing Intern: Janice Nerida

Prominence

Here, at Prominence, we are an ever-growing team, and we have a new team member to introduce; Janice Nerida! Janice has joined us as a Marketing Intern having recently completed her postgraduate degree in Marketing at AUT in July of this year. We’re lucky to have Janice as she was the only Marketing postgraduate to accomplish the AUT EDGE Award. This marks her as highly employable, co-operative, curious and creative!

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Making The Case For Change In Order To Hire The Talent You Need

Unbridled Talent

Is your organization struggling to attract and recruit talent with the skills and experience needed to remain competitive, and grow? If so, you’re going to need to rethink your recruiting process, and explore new avenues for hiring, and recruiting globally could be one path you choose. Click the link below for my latest post on VISANOW’s blog to understand how to successfully approach introducing a global hiring strategy in your organization: Making The Case For Change.

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What Paris Taught Me about Coaching

FlashPoint

v-Santos // cc by 2.0 //. INCHING TOWARD THE EDGE. Imagine you are sitting at a small table on the sidewalk in front of a café in France. You are surrounded by other patrons, all speaking French. Everything is different from what you are used to: sounds, smells, street signs, the menu. The waiter approaches, and you ask if he speaks your language. He responds with a “no” or, at best, “un petit peu” ( very little , in French).

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Ask This, Not That to Avoid Inappropriate Interview Questions

CareerBuilder

Almost everyone has experienced that mind-blowing moment when something you always thought to be true turned out to be false – like learning that all Froot Loops taste the same or that the Bearenstein Bears were actually the Bearen stain Bears. For some hiring managers, that “aha!” moment could come with major consequences. A 2015 CareerBuilder survey found that 1 in 5 hiring managers has asked a question in a job interview only to find out later that it was illegal to ask.

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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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What Paris Taught Me about Coaching

FlashPoint

v-Santos // cc by 2.0 //. INCHING TOWARD THE EDGE. Imagine you are sitting at a small table on the sidewalk in front of a café in France. You are surrounded by other patrons, all speaking French. Everything is different from what you are used to: sounds, smells, street signs, the menu. The waiter approaches, and you ask if he speaks your language. He responds with a “no” or, at best, “un petit peu” ( very little , in French).

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Video Interviewing: What To Expect As a User.

Hire-Intelligence

You have heard all about video interviewing and its potential benefits to your hiring process. You may have read blog posts and reviewed the websites of several vendors trying to get a better sense of what to expect but still are a bit confused. Here is where I break it down for you.

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Weekly Diversity and Inclusion News: November 2 - 8, 2016

ROIKOI

This week, WNBA remains the industry leader in diversity hiring, Linkedin releases a survey on diversity in venture capital, and more.

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Top Tweets of the #SourcingChat – The Importance of Mobile Recruiting

Recruiting Blogs

Digitalisation has paved the way to building new connections and maintaining distant relations; be it professional, family or otherwise; it’s possible in a digital world such as the one we live in. There has been a long standing debate revolving around the importance of Mobile Recruiting and we’d like to get different perspectives about it as well. Therefore at Sourcing ADDA ( @SourcingAdda ) we’re constantly on the look - out for different perspectives and debatable topics hence this month’s #

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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3 Methods for Bridging the Skills Gap With Contract Staffing

Top Echelon Contracting

During the past few years, there has been a skills gap in the United States. That talent shortage has translated into nearly 6 million open positions throughout the country. According to CNNMoney.com, there were 5.8 million openings in June of.

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External Assessment Tools: Part Four of a Five Part Series on Recruiting

Applicant Manager

This is part four of our five-part series about effective recruiting in a candidate driven market. By: Edna Nakamoto and Jessica Barrett. In part three of our series on recruiting, we discussed internal screening. Today, we’ll be looking at some of the assessment tools available to us when our search for talent takes us outside the organization. With the average cost of recruiting, hiring, and training being $4,000, and the cost of turnover being $16,000 for entry level employees and $120,000 fo

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Job Posting Optimization and Best Practices

Recruiting Blogs

The first thing potential job seekers see is the job title. It is the job titles that come up when searches are done on company job boards and more importantly on career sites (like Monster, Careerbuilder, etc.). So to stand out and get the best from those pools of talent, it is vitally important to have great job titles. Copywriters know that the most important part of an advertisement is the headline.

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