Fri.Jan 11, 2019

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Why Workforce Strategy Wins In The War For Talent

Forbes Human Resources Council

Workforce strategies that mitigate risk and manage uncertainty don’t merely enable the C-suite to gain the competitive advantage — they are the competitive advantage.

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Elevate Your Employer Brand: What Top Brands Are Doing to Attract Tech Talent

HIRED

People love your product, your company is hitting all the right press mentions, and when you tell people where you work, they affect a knowing, excited tone, voicing their recognition with a high pitched “Oh, I’ve heard of them!”. When it comes to your brand, it’s just green light after green light, right? Not so fast. All this awareness is great (shout out to your marketers), but when people come across your logo in their daily lives, does the recognition translate to them asking “What’s it lik

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What Is a Stay Interview?

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Turnover is always a hot topic. How can it be reduced? How can you keep top employees from leaving? What makes a good employee want to leave your organization? How can you know if someone is considering quitting? Some employers have decided the best way to get answers to these questions is to ask employees directly. Instead of making assumptions about what employees need and whether they may consider leaving, employers are proactively asking employees what makes them stay.

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An unforgettable welcome for your new hire

Lever

At Lever, the moment a new hire signs an offer letter is the best part of our day. We have the same high bar for everyone who joins our 200+ person team, so whether we built a relationship with a candidate for months or we sped them through a whirlwind, week-long process, we’re never less than completely pumped at the prospect of welcoming a new member on board.

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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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3 Capabilities the Software Industry Needs, to Solve the Developer Talent Crunch

Entrepreneur

Today, we see more and more job descriptions for developers asking not only for test-driven experience but also behavior-driven design and development experience.

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Recruitment Software: How to Evaluate and Choose the Best Recruiting Tool

TalentLyft

In this recruitment software buyers’ guide , you’ll learn how to compare, evaluate and choose the best recruiting tool that will perfectly fit your hiring needs and your budget. We’ll review common recruitment challenges and identify solutions offered by recruiting tools. That way, you’ll know exactly what to look for in your perfect recruitment software!

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When the Perfect Candidate Turns Out To Be an Imperfect Fit

SimplyHired

The post When the Perfect Candidate Turns Out To Be an Imperfect Fit appeared first on Simply Hired Blog.

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Diversity Without Inclusion Isn't Enough

The Muse

Diversity and inclusion are so frequently stated together, it's easy to think that one automatically leads to the other. But, that’s not actually the case.

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5 Thoughtful Ways to Retain Your Top Talent

Recruiter

Employee turnover costs US companies $160 billion a year. That's a sobering statistic for any organization, but the stakes can be even higher in certain industries. For example, failure to retain key talent can be a potentially life-threatening situation for a health care company. As we kick off 2019, employers have to consider how they can ensure their employees.

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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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Brexit Project Manager job description

Workable

If your company is affected by Brexit, hiring a Project Manager can help you navigate the uncertainty around potential new regulations. Use the following template to write a job description and attract qualified candidates. Brexit Project Manager responsibilities include: Analyzing the impact of a potential Brexit on procedures, products and people.

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Five Steps To Creating A Healthy, Inclusive And Inspiring Work Culture

Forbes Human Resources Council

The only healthy culture is one that's inclusive and enables all members to contribute and feel valued.

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What You Need to Know about Text Recruiting

Jobvite

In today’s fast-paced world, everyone wants instant gratification, or in the case of the employment world, at least a “yes” or “no” for a job application. In business, texting is growing in popularity as one of the fastest methods of communication. For hiring managers, using texting-based talent acquisition software is vital.

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Cost of Payroll Fraud: A Problem with a High Price Tag

Efficient Hire

Payroll is already a significant expense for most businesses. Add fraud on top of that outlay, and the impact can be serious. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the cost of payroll fraud from nefarious activity accounts for. Read more. The post Cost of Payroll Fraud: A Problem with a High Price Tag appeared first on Efficient Forms.

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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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2019 Hiring Statistics, Trends & Data: The Ultimate List of Recruitment Stats

Jobbatical

Looking for the latest hiring and recruitment stats and trends? We’ve got you covered. We’ve collected the latest hiring and recruitment statistics, trends, and data to help in your quest. Current Hiring Trends Through 2019. Based on recent studies, these are the latest trends in the hiring world. The good news: things are looking up for job seekers.

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Multi-Tasking Confessions- be a productive multi-tasker!

Automated Business Designs

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The 10 Must-Read Articles for Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look through some of the best articles published this past week for talent professionals and posted them below. The following articles cover topics ranging from the hiring bias that no one talks about to why economists think hiring is starting to slow. Here are the must-read posts for this week: 1.

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What You Need to Know about Text Recruiting

Jobvite

In today’s fast-paced world, everyone wants instant gratification, or in the case of the employment world, at least a “yes” or “no” for a job application. In business, texting is growing in popularity as one of the fastest methods of communication. For hiring managers, using texting-based talent acquisition software is vital.

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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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Should You Encourage Job Applicants to Take MOOCs?

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) that are administered on platforms like EdX and Udemy have grown in popularity and standing in the past few years, and many employers are starting to rely on them to teach their own employees in the workplace and are beginning to view them more favorably overall. Source: HowLettery/ Shutterstock. Furthermore, 73% of employers that were surveyed claimed that they would look at a job applicant more favorably had he or she taken a MOOC in the past.

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Tools Recruiters Need To Succeed In 2019

Recruiting Blogs

Technology will continue to transform and disrupt the way professional recruiters work in 2019. Job Boards have made candidate sourcing a lot easier but at the same time, competition between recruiters has also increased dramatically. Using the right tools to manage candidates has become more important today than ever before. Recruitment tools can be classified into two types: Tools that help with sourcing and tools that help with candidate relationship management (CRM).

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CEO of Jobbatical on Malaysia’s No. 1 news channel

Jobbatical

Jobbatical’s CEO & co-founder Karoli Hindriks was a guest at Malaysia’s No. 1 24-hour news channel Astro AWANI, talking about talent mobility, nation-states, and the identities we carry with us. It was the second time Karoli has been invited to speak with the popular Malay TV-host Kamarul Bahrin Haro who calls her his first Estonian friend and the “female Mark Zuckerberg of Estonia”.

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Navigating the employment notice period

Recruiting Blogs

You think you've done all the hard work. The role profile has been written, the search has been conducted, the CVs have been sifted, the interviews have taken place, the personality profiling has been done, the screening is complete, and the start date has been arranged. Your new employee is set to join in three months’ time. Now all you have to do is wait, right?

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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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Weekly Diversity and Inclusion News: January 2 - 8, 2019

ROIKOI

Build a team, not a tribe. 3 first steps to successful D&I hiring.

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Contemplating firing an employee? Ask yourself these questions first.

Key Resource Group

Although there are plenty of rewarding aspects of being a manager, there will come unfortunate times where you will need to decide whether or not to let an employee go. Obviously the entire termination process can be emotionally challenging and gut-wrenching, but it should never be an impulsive decision. To be sure you are making the right decision for your company while staying respectful to the employee, these are some questions to ask yourself before making the final call to fire.

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Why Welders are Better off Belonging to a Workers Union

Recruiting Blogs

Welding jobs can be very lucrative, with good pay and benefits. One way to be sure you are getting the most benefit from your welding education is to belong to a welding union. Some people mistakenly believe that unions are a holdover from the past, with no real benefits for today’s workers. Nothing could be further from the truth. While unions have been vital in the past for ensuring worker’s safety and fair treatment, they are just as important today.

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7 Ways to Perfect Your Candidate Application Journey [Infographic]

RecruitLoop

Editor’s Note: This post is by Paul Slezak, Cofounder and CEO of RecruitLoop – the World’s largest marketplace of expert Recruiters and Sourcers available on-demand. As a candidate progresses through your job application process, their candidate journey is made up of all the touch points they have with your organisation. This candidate application journey will play a big part in how your brand […].

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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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The Future of Work Is All ‘Talk’

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Consumers today are hot on conversational artificial intelligence (AI), whether they’re shopping online via mobile-based digital assistants (e.g., Siri or The Google Assistant) or tapping their smart speaker (e.g., the Amazon Echo or Google Home) for flight updates, travel tips, and local weather information for their travel destinations. Source: artisteer / iStock / Getty Images.

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Millennials and Gen Z - HR Trends and Demands in 2019

Recruiting Blogs

The world of business is changing rapidly. It’s changing so quickly that just as we’re starting to figure out that ping-pong tables and free food isn’t really what millennials wanted (or have we not figured that out yet?), Gen Z is entering the workplace with a different set of requests. Unfortunately, many investments were made in the wrong places and it delayed progress on that end, but progress has been made.

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