Tue.Dec 27, 2016

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How to Track Your Employee Turnover Rate — And When to Take Action

Lever

Some employee turnover is healthy in an organization. It makes room for fresh ideas and innovation in your organization, and gives your former employees the opportunity to learn and grow in a new environment. However, too much employee turnover is often a sign that something is wrong. When you work hard to recruit top-tier talent, it’s important to consider whether you can retain them so you don’t waste precious resources and risk hurting your employer brand.

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10 Tricky Interviewers to Watch Out For

Undercover Recruiter

No matter how much preparation you do for your job interview, there’s no guarantee you won’t get an absolute shock in the form of an interviewer with a totally uncomfortable style about them. Sound negative? No, it’s called being realistic. Ideally you’ll be greeted by someone who’s relaxed, friendly, professional and approachable.

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Background Checks

Glassdoor for Employers

You are in the process of outlining a new employee screening process at your business. You know that you want to vet.

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The Hidden Cost of a Poor Candidate Experience

Stack Overflow

It’s never fun to hear that a developer had a negative interview experience with your company. But as easily as you could dismiss that as “one person’s opinion,” delivering a poor candidate experience has far-reaching implications that make it much more difficult to meet your hiring goals. Beyond leaving a bad taste in a developer candidate’s mouth, here are a few of the hidden costs of a poor candidate experience.

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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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Independent Recruiter Blog – Top 5 Posts of 2016

NPA Worldwide

If you’re catching up on any reading over the holidays, check out the top posts of the year on our independent recruiter blog: Bad News About the Future of Staffing and Recruiting Pay attention to these points from Scott Love addressing the shrinking talent pool, the increase in the number of recruitment firms, and the ways that technology have made it easier for companies to do their own recruiting.

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The New Business Playbook for Agency Recruiters – How to Shoot, Score and Close in No Time

1-Page

Everyone knows the secret to successful sales is consistency. Top producers will keep the hopper full of new business to come in on top at the end of the month. In recruiting, we are constantly doing business development in order to diversify our portfolio and mitigate our risks of a hiring freeze dramatically impacting us. […]. The post The New Business Playbook for Agency Recruiters – How to Shoot, Score and Close in No Time appeared first on 1-Page Blog.

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Are Your Employees Planning to Leave in 2017?

CareerBuilder

Now may not be the time to get too attached to workers. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, more than 1 in 5 workers (22 percent) are planning to change jobs in 2017. Among younger workers, the numbers are even higher. More than a third of workers ages 18 to 34 (35 percent) expect to change jobs in the next year. Employee retention is critical to the long-term health and success of your business.

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A Look Back at 2016: The Best of Team exaqueo

exaqueo

Looking back over the year is a time to ponder accomplishments as well as opportunities both taken and missed. It provides gratification on all we’ve done and perspective on how to shape what’s next. At exaqueo, 2016 was a milestone year filled with change, growth, travel and excitement. We relocated our headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Charleston, SC.

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Are Your Employees Planning to Leave in 2017?

CareerBuilder

Now may not be the time to get too attached to workers. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, more than 1 in 5 workers (22 percent) are planning to change jobs in 2017. Among younger workers, the numbers are even higher. More than a third of workers ages 18 to 34 (35 percent) expect to change jobs in the next year. Employee retention is critical to the long-term health and success of your business.

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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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8 Common Characteristics of Big Billers in Recruiting

Top Echelon Contracting

Success in recruiting starts with success in your head. If you start to think like a big biller, you will eventually become one. It’s not the other way around. First, decide that you will become one, and second, find out.

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5 Recruiter Resolutions for 2017

Phenom People

After spending the last five years in recruiting, I can safely say that there are a lot of recruiters out there that make it difficult for the recruiting profession to maintain a positive reputation. I felt this issue was validated – especially after recently interviewing a large group of recruiters who felt the same. Read More.

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7 Hiring Trends to Watch for in 2017

ReferAGig

2017 is nearly upon us, which means another New Year marked by new trends. The world of hiring will not be immune to change. As the United States economy continues to grow and technology rapidly adapts and evolves, hiring will see a few marked shifts take place. Below, we have compiled seven of the biggest hiring trends to watch for in 2017, and what each trend means for you and your company’s screening and hiring policies. 1.

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Happy Holidays from AkkenCloud

AkkenCloud

Best wishes to you and your family during the winter holidays! Please note that the AkkenCloud offices will be closed on Monday, December 26th and Monday, January 2, 2017 so that our employees can enjoy the holidays with friends and family. In the event of an urgent matter during this time, you can reach someone from our team by calling our emergency phone line at 866-590-6695 x 8.

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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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Remote Team Management: 8 Steps To Create A 'Best Place to Work' Company Culture

Forbes Human Resources Council

Managing a distributed team requires concerted effort on the part of the CEO and management team.

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The Benefits of Hirings Veterans!

Hire-Intelligence

Each year as many as 360,000 military men and women join the civilian workforce. Programs such as the Veteran Jobs Mission and the White House Joining Forces have helped reduce high unemployment numbers for veterans in recent years, however former military personnel still face several challenges when trying to find civilian work.

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Hiring On All Cylinders at the Future Workplace Meetup: Modernizing Work For Modern Talent

Entelo

Hiring On All Cylinders was in the house at a recent Future Workplace event sponsored by Fidelity Investments. Talent acquisition heavyweights and thought leaders mingled with VPs of Talent, CHROs, and other eager learners in the industry. Joined by Entelo VP of Talent and Operations, Jill Witty, the HOAC team sat down with Randstad CHRO Jim Link, Future Workplace Founding Partner Jeanne Meister, Fidelity SVP of Talent Tara Amaral and others to chat about what the future holds for modern organiz

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The Importance of RecruitingProfessional Staff for Your Attorney firm.

Recruiting Blogs

Assembling a competent team of staff is key to running a successful car accident attorney’s firm. Are you looking for professional, well-groomed attorneys, paralegal staff, and administrative staff with a legal background? Do you need staff who are willing to commit to a long-term career with your firm? There is nothing worse than being in the situation where you can't deliver a quality, timeous service to your clients.

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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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5 Workforce Trends and How Recruiters Can Take Advantage of Them

Top Echelon Contracting

Believe it or not, the New Year is upon us! How did it happen so quickly? That’s a topic for another blog post. No, what we want to talk about now is the topic of workforce trends for 2017.

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How To Assess A Candidate’s Leadership Potential

Spark Hire

It’s not hard to find an employee who can eventually advance into a management role. You can train virtually anyone who’s intelligent enough to tackle budgets, hire when open positions become available, and land new clients. However, the difference between a manager and a leader is a drastic one — and it’s essential to recognize this distinction.

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How to Get Employee Feedback about Total Rewards Statements 

HRsoft

If you’re not already surveying your employees to determine what they think about your existing total rewards program, it’s time to start. Doing so could unlock valuable insights about how you need to improve communication, which benefits they value most, and what they still need from you to better understand their total rewards package. Here are some strategies for accessing insights from your employees relating to your total rewards program: Survey Them.

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WhatsApp Group Chat – Impact of Joining Goodies on Branding

Recruiting Blogs

There’s been so much talk about branding especially Employer and Employee Branding including Individual Branding. We’ve even spoken quite a lot about the measures to boost the offer to joining ratio and giving goodies to welcome new joinees on – board works. If you’ve been searching for ideas then you’re in the right place. Many organisations have implemented several measures to ensure that the hire’s joined and remain with the organisation.

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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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The Top 10 Most Popular Social Talent Blogs of 2016

Social Talent

The new year is almost upon us. But before we surrender ourselves to counting down with glasses of bubbly in hand, we’d like to take a moment to look back to the blog posts you enjoyed most on our site throughout 2016. On this list, you’ll find comedy corkers, practical tips, industry observations, and an ingenious infographic. So, we invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy our Top 10 most popular blog posts of 2016: 1. 12 Recruitment Memes That Are Way Too Real.

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2016 in Numbers: Overview of Recruiting Statistics

Recruiting Blogs

While the subject matter of today’s post doesn’t sound particularly interesting, there is a good reason you should definitely take a moment to observe and study this year’s recruiting statistics. Simply put, looking at these statistics will help you understand how the industry is developing and moving forward, which is vital for guiding your business strategy, outlook and decision-making process.

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Back to the Future: HR and Talent Acquisition Technology On the Horizon

CareerBuilder

In 2016 I demoed over 100 different HR and TA technologies. I started doing this three years ago with a goal to demo one new piece of HR and TA technology per week – 52 demos a year. My goal was personal development as I thought I was pretty naive when it came to HR technology as a whole. Now, I’m full blown HR tech geek and I love it! I love the interaction of technology and people, being that what we do is such a people-oriented business.

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Back to the Future: HR and Talent Acquisition Technology On the Horizon

CareerBuilder

In 2016 I demoed over 100 different HR and TA technologies. I started doing this three years ago with a goal to demo one new piece of HR and TA technology per week – 52 demos a year. My goal was personal development as I thought I was pretty naive when it came to HR technology as a whole. Now, I’m full blown HR tech geek and I love it! I love the interaction of technology and people, being that what we do is such a people-oriented business.

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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.