Wed.Oct 05, 2016

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How to: Use Strengths-Based Recruitment to Improve Your Placements

Social Talent

Source: www.adp.com. It’s happened to everyone: A candidate looks great on paper. She has all the right education and experience. She’s articulate, has great references, and appears to be the “whole package.” Yet when she takes the new job, it’s a disaster. Her performance is subpar, and she never quite takes to her new role, and she’s looking for a new position within a few months.

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Being a Small Business Can Be a Big Recruiting Advamtage

Entrepreneur

Small companies can offer prospective employees important advantages they won't find at a larger organization.

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4 Hiring Lessons the Tech Industry Can Teach All Recruiters

Indeed

Competing for tech talent means being a kung fu master — a peaceful warrior. Tech recruiters must be both aggressive and gentle, often in the same moment, throughout the entire hiring process. Every industry has its own arsenal of tips, tricks and best practices for hiring, but tech companies have had to get especially industrious to compete for the world’s most sought-after talent, and Indeed is no different.

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Pareto’s Principle: A Simple Rule for Recruiting Efficiency

Beamery

Vilfredo Pareto would be pretty surprised to learn how many top executives rely on the basic principle that he came up with when analysing the pea pods in his garden. Pareto observed that approximately 80% of the land in 19th century Italy was owned by 20% of the population – while working on this theory, he found that it didn’t just apply to wealth distribution, there were correlations across almost every field.

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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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The Spectrum of Untapped Tech Talent and the Myth of Diversity Hiring

Yoh

With a growing tech candidate gap of up to five open positions for every developer , and the need to innovate and bring new perspectives and ideas to keep a competitive edge, diversity hiring has become a hot topic for most. Diversity hiring is crucial for staying ahead of the curve, and for filling the tech gap. So what gives? Where’s the real gap?

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Are ‘Soft Skills’ in Short Supply or Do You Need to UP Your Game?

Plum.io

Recently a survey was conducted by the Wall Street Journal where nearly 900 executives were polled. An overwhelming 92% of those executives said that soft skills were equally important or more important than technical skills. In fact the same WSJ survey found that “89% of 900 executives said they have a very or somewhat difficult time finding people with the requisite attributes.

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Is Proactive Hiring More Than A Mindset?

iCIMS

This report from Aberdeen Group uncovers if there is a way to hone in on quality talent without reverting to old-fashioned, reactive hiring.

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What Should You Automate in Your Recruitment Process?

CareerBuilder

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you could just completely start over with your recruitment technology? No barriers or roadblocks. No legacy HRIS or ATS. Clean slate. Of course, it would be easy to just tell you to go out and buy the newest, most expensive tech on the market. That would also be a bit of a pointless exercise, because 99 percent of us would never be able to do that.

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Recruiters — how to take control of worrying

RecruitmentJuice

There are many things in recruitment that can worry us, so what can you do to take control of your worries? In recruitment some worrying is normal and part of the job, whether you are worrying about finding the right candidate or getting that big new client. However sometimes worrying can stop you performing your role effectively and get in the way of your success.

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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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Small Businesses Add 34,000 Jobs in September, ADP Says

CareerBuilder

Small businesses created 34,000 private sector jobs in September, according the ADP’s most recent Small Business Employment Report. The ADP reports job growth specific to businesses with 49 or fewer employees, due to the important contribution small businesses make to economic growth. Looking at company size, both very small businesses (those with 1-19 employees) and other small businesses (those with 20-49 employees) added 17,000 jobs.

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The 7 Steps to Setting Up Your Own Recruitment Agency

Undercover Recruiter

This post is written and sponsored by John Buckman of Recruit Ventures; the joint venture operation funding and supporting entrepreneurial recruiters start-up in business. To find out more, follow the above link to get in touch! As I often say, most successful recruitment consultants possess a strong entrepreneurial flair; it goes with the territory.

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Are You an Advanced Sourcer or Researcher? Test Yourself Here:

Boolean Strings

Hello Sourcers and Internet Researchers: Here are some questions, that I would like to offer, based on just one collection of professional data, that has an interesting implementation – documents uploaded to LinkedIn by its members. How good are you at understanding what data can be found and how? Please post your answers as comments – and please provide your reasoning for the answer.

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HR Tech Conference Voters Say This is “The Next Great Technology Company”

Recruiting Daily

The HR Technology Conference is heating up in Chicago, and vendors are looking to make a splash. Eight of these companies got a leg-up during Tuesday’s session entitled “Discovering the Next Great HR Technology Company.” In this event, a panel of industry professionals selected relatively unknown solutions they believed to be the next big thing.

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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 Outcompete Your Competitors for Top Talent: Webinar Highlights

Glassdoor for Employers

If you’ve done your employer branding homework, you probably have a good idea of how to talk to candidates about your company.

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In defense of Palantir… or why the Department of Labor got the wrong man

Aline Lerner

On September 26th, the U.S. Department of Labor filed a suit against Palantir Technologies, alleging that Palantir’s engineering hiring practices discriminate against Asian applicants. I don’t have any salacious insider information about this suit, but I do have quite a bit of insight into how technical hiring works. Palantir and the DOL are really arguing over using resumes versus employee referrals to screen job candidates, when smart companies of a certain size should primarily rely on neithe

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How Amazon and HubSpot Employees Stood Up for Their Employer Brand

Jibe

Imagine coming into work on what seemed like a regular morning, only to learn that your company’s gone viral…in the bad way. Not too long ago, this happened to employees at both HubSpot and Amazon. In completely separate instances, negative news about the marketing software company and the eCommerce giant commandeered just about everyone’s social feeds for a few weeks.

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What Should You Automate in Your Recruitment Process?

CareerBuilder

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you could just completely start over with your recruitment technology? No barriers or roadblocks. No legacy HRIS or ATS. Clean slate. Of course, it would be easy to just tell you to go out and buy the newest, most expensive tech on the market. That would also be a bit of a pointless exercise, because 99 percent of us would never be able to do that.

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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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Malpractice Claims Down, Essential Recruiter Skills, and Pharmaceutical Pricing

Hospital Recruiting

A physician owned malpractice insurance company found that the frequency of malpractice claims were down between 2007 to 2014 . The physician-owned insurance company analyzed 1,180 closed claims levied against internal medicine physicians spanning 2007-2014. Among their findings: The majority of claims were related to diagnoses, medical treatments, and medication errors.

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How to Watch the Talent Connect Livestream with Sir Richard Branson, GE Digital, and More

Linkedin Talent Blog

Laptop? Check. Comfy socks? Check. Popcorn? Check. That’s not your Netflix marathon checklist. That’s your Talent Connect Livestream checklist. This week at Talent Connect, thousands of talent leaders will arrive in Las Vegas to learn from the industry’s best and brightest. As your peers take their seats for the awe-inspiring keynotes, you get a digital front-row seat on the livestream.

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Progress on ATA’s Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy for 2016 [Podcast]

HireRight

As the end of the current Administration and the 114th Congress nears, Bill Sullivan, Executive Vice President of Advocacy for the American Trucking Associations reviews the progress made this year on key trucking legislative and regulatory issues. Discussion topics include: status of current issues, regulatory and legislative priorities, update on hours-of-service ruling and looking ahead to 2017.

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Photo Recap: The Best Moments From Day 1 of Talent Connect 2016

Linkedin Talent Blog

Who needs the Brittney Spears’ show, casinos, Cirque de Soleil, or a hasty wedding when you have Talent Connect 2016 in Vegas! Today, we were excited to kick off our first global Talent Connect and welcomed over 4,000 talent acquisition and HR leaders from around the world. While the slot machines rolled, attendees gathered for the Day 1 keynotes and sessions, where the energy was through the roof.

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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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11 Horrifying Questions You Should Never Ask In An Interview

Crowded

Most of us have our go-to list of questions prepped and ready to whip out at the job interview. These questions usually range from what the company culture is like to questions about the organizational structure and how you can best add value to the team. Asking smart questions (even when you don’t even really have any added questions to ask) show that you are prepared, interested in the position and company, and above all, demonstrate your character.

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Small Businesses Add 34,000 Jobs in September, ADP Says

CareerBuilder

Small businesses created 34,000 private sector jobs in September, according the ADP’s most recent Small Business Employment Report. The ADP reports job growth specific to businesses with 49 or fewer employees, due to the important contribution small businesses make to economic growth. Looking at company size, both very small businesses (those with 1-19 employees) and other small businesses (those with 20-49 employees) added 17,000 jobs.

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Brand Building From the Inside Out

Alongside

When most people think of a brand, they think of the logo and design, and maybe the marketing and advertising.

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HAVE A CONVERSATION, NOT AN INTERROGATION

Recruiting Blogs

It's easy for job candidates to sit through an interview and feel as though they are on an unequal footing with the hiring manager. This is sometimes due to their own anxiety or their preconceived notions about how the interview will go. At other times, their anxiety directly relates to the hiring manager conducting the interview. Here are three tips to ensure that interviews look more like a conversation than an interrogation.

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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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A Simple Way to Be An Employer of Choice

Harger Howe Recruitment

We exist in a world that provides us with limitless information of all kinds. What we don’t have though are many clear systems that help us sift through what is valuable and what isn’t. This is especially true when it comes to employee benefits.

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4 Network Security Measures to Implement if you have a BYOD Policy

Recruiting Blogs

Allowing your employees to bring their own devices to work can lead to a number of security issues. Their devices may not be properly secured or encrypted, and many may already have viruses or malware on them. Employees also may not practice proper network safety techniques outside of the office, which could leave their devices open to data breaches and other dangers that could affect your data or your network.

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Transforming HR organization with Resume / CV Parsing Technology

Hireability

Transforming HR organization with Resume / CV Parsing Technology. The goal of any Resume/CV Parsing technology is to make lives of both employees and HR professionals easier. As the parsing technology advances and spreads it allows for other related technologies, such as Intelligent Matching technology to develop and grow. We at HireAbility would like to think that our contribution to the process of automating the HR process is noticeable and is noticed.

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