Mon.Apr 29, 2019

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Apprenticeships: A Game Changer for Talent Pipelines

Glassdoor for Employers

Apprenticeships have been around since the Middle Ages. Back then, young laborers seeking to gain entry into a craft guild spent time training under expert guidance. Since the early 20th century, apprenticeships have been on the decline — and they aren’t exactly roaring back into public consciousness. But apprenticeship programs might just be the perfect solution to the labor shortage threatening to upend the American technology and manufacturing industries.

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What Prospects REALLY Think of Your Inmail (and how to be better)

Recruiting in Yoga Pants

Or better said, InMAUL (thank you Uncle Steve ). Y'all I just CAN'T with this today. I blame this nasty cold I've been fighting for nearly a week, it's made me crankier than usual. I was feeling almost human today, so thought I'd respond to an otherwise "meh" inmail (inmaul!) I got last week. Here goes - Hi Amy, I had reached out to you via InMail a few weeks ago and I am just touching base to make sure you received my message!

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2 Simple Ways for Recruiters to Manage Stress

GoodTime

Today’s world is moving faster and working harder than ever and we are often expected to go beyond the job description. Burnout is higher , contributing to more employee turnover and more recruiting needs. Recruiting teams have an extremely difficult job of trying to attract top talent with little resources in a wildly competitive job market. Furthermore, expectations increase as business needs grow.

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30% of Agencies report a decline in profit. Here is why.

Greg Savage

2018 was a great year for the recruitment agency industry in Australia and New Zealand. 95% of recruitment agencies reporting to Staffing Industry Metrics made profits in 2018, leaving just 5% of firms trading at a loss, the lowest and best result in 7 years. Of the 95% of recruitment agencies which made a profit […].

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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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Find Your Best Employees by Taking Advantage of Low Unemployment Rates

ApplicantPro

I've spoken here before on how to hire when the unemployment rate is low, and since then the unemployment rate has continued to fall. While the low unemployment rate is overall great news for the economy, it tends to make employers a little uncomfortable because they believe low unemployment makes hiring more difficult. Does the low unemployment rate make hiring more difficult?

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Your Employee's Hobbies Are None of Your Business

Recruiter

Lately, I've noticed a new recruiting trend — or maybe it's an old one that has just started to gain new prominence: Hiring managers are asking job seekers about their hobbies. They're not asking in a normal, friendly way. They're not asking because they want to get to know their candidates better. Instead, hiring managers are asking job seekers about their hobbies because they want to dictate to job seekers what they can and cannot do on their personal time while working.

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How to Ask Employees for Company Reviews

Recruiting Daily

When I’m scrolling through the web on my phone, I often land on websites where customers are encouraged to leave reviews. There’s a big reason behind that request: A 2017 survey found that 97% of consumers factor reviews into their buying decisions. It’s called social proof. Just as consumers want to “try before they […].

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8 Reasons Why Recruitment Marketing Leaders Are Heading to Boston

Symphony Talent

When was the last time you did something for you? I don’t mean a little “treat yourself” moment (but yes, you should 100% have that cookie). I mean, The post 8 Reasons Why Recruitment Marketing Leaders Are Heading to Boston appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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Drug Testing Positivity Rates Increase to Highest Level Since 2004

HireRight

According to the recently released Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index, drug positivity rates for 2018 climbed to the highest level since 2004. The analysis examines test results for a range of various illicit and prescription drugs from more than. Visit the HireRight Blog to read the full article.

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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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Forget Taco Tuesday: To Improve Employee Engagement, Focus On Life Cycle Experience

Forbes Human Resources Council

Employee experience encompasses every touch point in the employee life cycle.

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Underused Talent Management Features: Development Plans

Deltek Talent Management

Learn about 6 key underused development features in the Deltek Talent Management solution and start leveraging them to help you center your human capital management strategy today!

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Available Now- Recruiting: The Gen Z Perspective

Shiru Cafe

Working with thousands of students every day, we at Shiru Cafe have heard a lot from students about what they're dealing with, what they care about, and what they need from the recruiting process. But many recruiters don't have these connections and are seeking better ways to engage student talent. So we decided to quantify the everyday conversations we had with students and use it as independent research as part of an e-book outlining the Gen Z perspective on hiring.

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Understanding the Customer Success Manager Role

PowerToFly

Not long ago I was chatting with my dad about a dear friend of mine. "What's she do?" he asked. "Customer success," I replied. "Is that just a fancy name for customer service?" I laughed because I realized in this moment how I'd seen "customer success managers" crop up all over the place, but I didn't really know what they did. Ironically, my dad's job - based on his descriptions of constant maintenance of client relationships and putting out several customer fires per day - sounded an awful lot

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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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Why Job Boards Are the Ultimate Passive Income Stream

Recruiting Blogs

When I sold my job board company back in 2012 I was only spending 15 hours of my time each week running the business. It was an amazing passive income stream. Clients were loyal and kept coming back regularly to post their jobs. After 13 years online the sites essentially ran themselves. Today I meet a lot of others who are experiencing that same feeling as they operate their job boards online.

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5 Steps for Creating an Effective Performance Improvement Plan

ClearCompany Recruiting

Organizations are looking towards HR to help better manage their employees. Today, the key to having self-motivated employees is effective coaching. Coaching Strategies for Performance Improvement. By combining the two main aspects of coaching, feedback and goal setting, employees are presented a concrete roadmap of performance initiatives that they want to achieve, along with developmental training on how they can succeed throughout their role.

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Ghosting - A Scary Recruitment Trend

Recruiting Blogs

Do you remember when you liked someone so much that you would sit by your telephone all day waiting for it to ring? The telephone was attached to a wire so if you left the room you could possibly miss the call. Then your mother would get a call and spend an hour chatting to your aunt from overseas and you would never know if the person you were waiting for had even attempted to call you.

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Why Can’t You Fill that Vacancy?

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Employers today are finding that some roles remain stubbornly hard to fill or difficult to keep filled. Sometimes it’s a lack of applicants. Sometimes the applicants aren’t qualified. Sometimes the applicant makes it through the process, only to turn down the offer or ghost the employer. Such frustrations are commonplace, and they’re driving up the cost and time to hire.

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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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Sourcecon Spring 2019 Day 2 Purple Squirrel!!

Recruiting Blogs

So day 2 Purple Squirrel track, as always I will hit the high notes and focus on tools, and methods. . First up Carmen Hudson, what we learned in 20 years. First up build a great personnel network. Don’t be afraid to write stuff to get posted on relevant sites. Mentoring doe s not need to be formal, just ask questions. Be prepared, be organized, move quickly.

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3 Common Myths About Soft Skills, Busted

Linkedin Talent Blog

A whopping 91% of talent professionals agree that soft skills are very important to the future of recruiting and HR. That’s according to LinkedIn’s Global Talent Trends 2019 report, which surveyed over 5,000 talent professionals around the world. But while there is near unanimity about the significance of soft skills, there is no consensus about how to evaluate them.

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Why Your Employee Retention Is Worth Millions

The Hire Talent

According to a recent survey by Paycor, 61 percent of CFOs do not think HR impacts the bottom line in their organizations. Another 43 percent of businesses surveyed don’t track how much it costs to hire a new employee. As a manager or HR rep, you might want to rip your hair out after hearing … Why Your Employee Retention Is Worth Millions Read More ».

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Remote Work Opportunities Heat Up Across the Country

Recruiting Daily Advisor

The gig economy continues to be a lucrative way for freelance workers to earn a living, and more employers are now turning to these workers to help fill short-term needs. When you think about where the work takes place, you may imagine that freelancers are working in rural areas, far away from the hustle and bustle of city life. However, that’s actually not the case.

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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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21 Awesome Interview Questions for Management Positions - Breezy HR

Breezy HR

If you're ready to hire the right leaders for your company, check out this complete guide to interviewing for management positions, plus sample questions and pro tips.

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Small Business Struggle to Offer Benefits for Talent Attraction

Recruiting Daily Advisor

In a recent Recruiting Daily Advisor survey , respondents were asked which types of benefits they use to attract talent. It should come as no surprise that a majority offer health insurance (92%), dental insurance (86%), paid time off (85%), life insurance (83%), and retirement benefits (81%) as a way to get candidates in the door. We call these benefits the “tried and true” and additional research is showing that small businesses are struggling to offer these types of benefits to their workers.

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How Employer Branding Can Solve Your Recruiting Challenges

Glassdoor for Employers

It’s better to be a job seeker right now than an employer looking to fill a job opening. At least that’s what any reasonable person would surmise from the Bureau of Labor Statistics ’ report that the number of unemployed persons per job opening was 0.9 in January 2019 compared to 6.4 at the peak of the recession in July 2009. If you’ve been trying to hire people recently, you didn’t need to see those stats because you feel the change.