Wed.Nov 30, 2016

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How Hiring Freelancers Can Help Grow Your Business

JazzHR

Freelancing is a relatively new phenomenon as a business strategy and dates back to the early 90s. It has gained increasing popularity alongside the growth of the internet. The decision to hire freelancers is often considered a strategic move and can definitely be a way to grow your business. With over 50 million practicing freelancers and online platforms, such as Upwork or Workhoppers , it has never been easier to hire the right freelancer to get your jobs done.

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6 Incredibly Useful FREE Recruitment Tools And Resources

Beamery

At Social Talent we’re all about working smarter so that you can live happier, and working smarter often means making the most of free recruitment tools and resources that can lighten your workload. Over the years, we’ve introduced you to numerous free recruitment tools each with one purpose and one purpose only, to make your working life easier.

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6 Reasons Why Business Leaders Should Implement Official Mentor Programs

Entrepreneur

Mentorship programs benefit employees as well as company culture and profits.

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Why Your Resume is Costing You the Job Interview

Yoh

A resume is one of the most essential parts of getting a job interview. That's why any mistake, big or small, in your resume can cause you to miss out on your next great job opportunity.

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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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How To Speed Up & Enhance Your Job Search

Undercover Recruiter

Finding a job can be a full time job in itself. It is time-consuming and often hard work. Here are a few tips on where to use your energy and time and how to increase your probability of success. 1. Know what you want Spend some focussed time working out exactly what you want to. View Article. How To Speed Up & Enhance Your Job Search. Undercover Recruiter - Career & Recruitment Blog.

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Ridiculous Company Rules to Make You Appreciate Your Job

Undercover Recruiter

We’ve all heard the entertaining stories of employees who got fired from their jobs for the most ridiculous reasons. Of course, what seems shocking to some appears perfectly sensible to others, otherwise those employees would still have jobs. But there can be no terminations without rules to be broken, and where there are ridiculous firings, View Article.

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Are your in-house recruiters delivering real value?

Allegis Global Solutions

Do your internal recruiters really understand how your business makes money?

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December Expert Sessions – Improve Your ATS!

Newton Software

Improve your ATS with December’s Sessions Use the links to register below. Please note – Expert Sessions are for Newton customers only. Wednesday, December 7: Newton Marketplace At a time when small and medium-size employers are looking for the best ways to attract new employees, Newton is providing employers with unprecedented efficiency in creating and […].

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Candidate Experience: A Crash Course for Modern Recruiters

Jibe

Due to an unprecedented demand for more foundational candidate experience content, we’ve created the first-ever candidate experience crash course. This article is designed to help beginner recruiters better understand and utilize candidate experience best practices across the recruiting lifecycle. It also acts as a refresher for veterans who have been in the industry for a long time.

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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 Added 37,000 Jobs in November, According to ADP Report

CareerBuilder

The small business sector added 37,000 jobs in November, up from 34,000 in both October and September, according to the ADP’s most recent Small Business Employment Report. The ADP’s small business employment report looks at job growth specific to businesses with 49 or fewer employees. Looking at company size, very small businesses (those with 1-19 employees) added 9,000 jobs and other small businesses (those with 20-49 employees) added 28,000 jobs.

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The Best Time to Call Candidates and Clients (& How Social Media Can Help)

Prominence

As an ex-recruiter I have heard many different opinions on the best time to call clients and candidates. Some are based on logic, others are based on personal beliefs or even superstitions. What is clear is that there is no one size fits all solution, every industry or profession operates differently and requires a different approach. Some of the advice on call timing (and the accompanying logic) that I have received over my career is below: CANDIDATES. .

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Text Recruitment? It’s Here. Helpful Tips.

FeeTrader

Mobile recruiting is a remarkable opportunity for recruiters and employers to engage and stay connected. It affects the application process, enhances interaction, communication, and source talent. Your strategy should embrace a multi-device approach so that the process is optimized for candidates and users. Phones and text messaging go together and develop a plan that is critical to targeting untapped candidates; differentiating you from others.

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What is a Recruitment Sourcing Strategy?

Top Echelon Contracting

We recently blogged about the most critical recruitment process steps. The fourth step on that list was “Identifying viable candidates.” We also recently blogged about developing a staffing plan. The fourth step on that list was “Devise and implement talent.

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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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The Best LinkedIn Account for Recruiters

Prominence

As part of my job I’m often asked by both in-house and agency recruitment managers for my advice around their level of LinkedIn investment. This is because the only readily available advice is from LinkedIn Sales Representatives or recruiters who have had prior exposure to Premium or Recruiter Products. This article is intended to make the decision making process easier, by providing an independent review of the pros and cons of a range of LinkedIn solutions, based on my personal experience and

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Are your in-house recruiters delivering real value?

Allegis Global Solutions

Do your internal recruiters really understand how your business makes money?

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Using Employee Referrals to grow your sales team

ReferAGig

It’s no secret that employee referrals often lead to great hires. Now more then ever, talent acquisition professionals are investing in their referral programs to generate more qualified employee referred candidates for their job openings. Of all departments within an organization, sales seems the most ripe for this approach. After all, good sales people likely know other good sales people, and being financially motivated, have an additional incentive to help grow your sales team.

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2015 Predictions Reviewed and Next Year's #BigIdeas

Prominence

Recruitment trend predictions, here we go again! Everyone with a voice makes them, but very few of us ever follow up to see if they were correct. So rather than give you more pie in the sky guesses, we thought we’d analyse our predictions from last year. Facebook will challenge LinkedIn. Verdict: Not quite. We are seeing more recruiters using Facebook, but LinkedIn’s position at the top hasn’t really changed.

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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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Career Pathing for High-Potential Employees

CareerBuilder

When you think about ways to increase engagement and boost retention among high-performing individuals, you likely think about raising those employees’ pay, giving them more vacation time or offering more benefits. Though it may not be the first option you consider, however, career pathing could be one of your strongest engagement and retention tools available.

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How Dell Doubled Social Hires Using Employee Branding

Prominence

Dell is regularly referred to in Social Media communities as one of the leading Social Brands. They were one of the first companies to generate serious revenue from Twitter and have continued to lead the way with internal social innovation through initiatives such as their Social Media and Community University. The timeline below produced by Amy Heiss, (Global Program Manager for Social Media Training and Activation) below provides a great overview of Dell’s Social Business Journey. .

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Small Businesses Added 37,000 Jobs in November, According to ADP Report

CareerBuilder

The small business sector added 37,000 jobs in November, up from 34,000 in both October and September, according to the ADP’s most recent Small Business Employment Report. The ADP’s small business employment report looks at job growth specific to businesses with 49 or fewer employees. Looking at company size, very small businesses (those with 1-19 employees) added 9,000 jobs and other small businesses (those with 20-49 employees) added 28,000 jobs.

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Hootsuite - How To Streamline Your Social

Prominence

If you are managing your company’s social media account, chances are you have found yourself running out of time or wondering how other companies are able to put out such regular content. This comes down to two crucial elements, content curation and using a good social management tool. Content curation is a whole subject to itself but if you are looking at social management tools, chances are you have reviewed Tweetdeck, Buffer and Hootsuite, here is an old article of ours comparing all three.

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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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Stop Wasting Time Screening Job Candidates

TalentCircles

The title of this post doesn’t mean you should stop screening job candidates, it means you should stop wasting time when you do it. By making a few important changes to the way you’re currently screening applicants, you can uncover.

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We Need More Leaders

FlashPoint

Jeremy Segrott // cc by 2.0 //. If you look around the conference table of directors and realize that not one person can be promoted to an executive/leader role, you are probably correct. Most organizations have too many managers and not enough leaders. We all need to develop new markets, new channels, new products and new services - but managers cannot help with these goals.

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Managing Employment Social Media, Who is in Charge?

Prominence

I’ve been on the road a lot these last few weeks, meeting with recruiters and employers of all sizes and backgrounds. A common theme from these discussions has been around the on-going management of social media. Agencies primarily appear to be concerned about investing too much time into an unknown quantity and therefore take a reserved approach. Internal talent acquisition teams are fighting a different battle, to get bandwidth away from the company marketing brand, so they can promote the org

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TIPS FOR OVERCOMING JOB HUNT BLUES

Recruiting Blogs

Looking for a new job can be an exciting and rewarding experience. The very thought of landing a new opportunity breeds optimism; most job seekers look forward to the fresh start a new role brings. But what if the job search doesn't go as planned? What if days of job seeking quickly turn into weeks with no offers? What if weeks then lead to months of fruitless searching?

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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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Should Recruitment Agencies Stop Worrying About Google Page Rankings?

Prominence

I often comment about the reliance recruitment firms have on traditional sourcing strategies, but recently I’ve also noticed that website search engine optimisation (SEO) is also still perceived by a lot of agencies as being the most important form of branding outside of job boards. I get this, it makes sense to have a high ranking website on Google so that people find you when they type in terms relating to your business.

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How to prepare for your first interview in a new market

Recruiting Blogs

A career change at any stage in life can be an intimidating prospect. Interviewing in a new market requires more effort and thought than moving on to a new role in the same sector. However, it’s important to remember that you don’t have to start with a blank slate – with some careful preparation you’ll find you have plenty to offer, even if you don’t have direct industry experience.

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8 Tips To Successfully Engage Passive Purple Squirrels

Prominence

It has been a little while since my last post but it’s not for a lack of content, just time. This time of year is always one of the busiest, with a long list of conferences, Christmas parties and clients trying to close things before the break. Last week just in Auckland we had both Recruitment Hub (RHUB) and Sourcing Social Talent (SST2014) conferences.