Thu.Sep 08, 2016

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It’s The Size That Counts

The Whiteboard

Well that’s how it seems over here in the UK recruitment industry anyway. After three weeks immersed into the London recruitment scene and many recruiter conversations over coffees, teas, beers (and one dangerously purple beetroot juice), the sheer scale of the UK recruitment market seems to feature in every encounter. I remember shocking a NZ recruitment Director earlier this year when I shared with him some figures from Statistics NZ suggesting that in our NZ industry we were getting clo

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Why Ignoring Social Recruiting Will Cost You Your Career

Social Talent

Recruiting is merging with marketing. Gone are the days that clients are willing to pay you to screen candidates that they can get from job boards. It used to be that recruiters were merely CV shufflers, matching a resume to a job. Today, if the only candidates you have are the ones that come to you when they are ready, you will only have candidates that other people have too.

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LinkedIn & Those Fake Profiles – the Dangers of Bad Data

Good To Know

When I first joined LinkedIn, I was running recruitment for a competing recruitment product company (and, btw, if you’re on here, and you’re not in recruitment? You’re the product). It was a good platform, different approach from my employers, and.

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15 Wildly Inappropriate Things Bosses Have Said To Employees

Social Talent

Bosses can say some amazing things like: “I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership and vision” [Angela Ahrendts] “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose” [Bill Gates] “Life is too short for long-term grudges” [Elon Musk] But not all companies have bosses like Angela and Bill unfortunately.

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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 Secret to CEO Success According to Enterprise’s Pamela Nicholson

Glassdoor for Employers

There is no shortage of books to read on how to become a CEO. In fact, a search on Amazon reveals over 8,000 books.

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Stop Making these 5 Mistakes When Paying Contingent Workers

Yoh

According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office report , 40% of the workforce is made up of contingent labor. Recent trends point to the fact that this number continues to rise. Proving everyone is catching on to the fact that it is cost-effective to use contingent workers for unique workforce needs, but that doesn't make it easy money.

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How to Film a Recruitment Video Yourself - Lights. Camera. Action!

Prominence

You can easily create a successful, attractive and captivating video in the quiet, unused corner of your office, armed only with a camera, a set of lights, microphones and a couple of tripods – and you don’t need to re-mortgage to do it.

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A Hiring Manager’s Primer to Talent Acquisition

Jobvite

As a hiring manager, your goal is to bring new employees into the organizational flock. But it’s not enough just to fill open positions—you must fill open positions with the best and brightest that the job pool has to offer. To do this successfully, you need a tight talent acquisition strategy. Talent acquisition is more than selecting a candidate from an interview pool or a stack of unsolicited resumes.

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Does Your Agency's Business Model Allow for Future Growth?

FireFish Software

When you break it down into its simplest terms, your recruiter’s goal is to match jobs with suitable candidates. Our industry has evolved around this basic formula. But there are plenty of ways to package up how your recruiters deliver their magic, and there are a number of business recruitment models to consider. Each one presents a different set of benefits, alongside new challenges, and your chosen business model will dictate the best structure and direction for your agency.

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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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3 Tips to Make More Impactful Edits to Your Tech Job Listings

Stack Overflow

I can understand how difficult it is to find the motivation to optimize your tech job listings if you haven’t always seen a high volume of candidates viewing them. “There’s no point,” you might say. “If nobody’s reading my job listings, why would I invest even more time editing them?” If you’re anything like I was when I was a recruiter, you might also think that optimizing your job listings means staring blankly at the document until inspiration finally strikes and the edits you need to make be

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When It’s This Easy To Communicate with Candidates, Everyone Wins

Breezy HR

When it comes to applicant happiness, there is one VERY easy way to set yourself apart from the pack. Communicate, communicate, communicate with your candidates! Over many years of career coaching, I’ve heard everything from the incredible to the excruciating when it comes to the job search and something has become abundantly clear. When it comes to applicant happiness, there is one VERY easy way to set yourself apart from the pack: Communicate, communicate, communicate with your candidates!

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Great Employee Resigns: Let Them Fly or Buy Them Back?

Undercover Recruiter

Let’s face it, finding good recruitment consultants is a challenge we all have to front up to. Some agencies go down the rec-to-rec route and throw money at the problem, with mixed results. Some rely on a referral scheme and many others rely on direct advertising to attract the right individual. The thing is, is. View Article. Great Employee Resigns: Let Them Fly or Buy Them Back?

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Lights, Camera, ACTION! - What You Need To Do Video Yourself.

Prominence

You can easily create a successful, attractive and captivating video in the quiet, unused corner of your office, armed only with a camera, a set of lights, microphones and a couple of tripods – and you don’t need to re-mortgage to do it.

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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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Know Your Recruitment Acronyms – Infographic

JWT Inside

What does WYSIWYG stand for? How about SaaS? If right now you’re thinking “IDK,” don’t worry. Because Recruitics has this handy glossary of acronyms for quick and easy reference. It’ll have you talking the talk in no time. Click to see a close up of all lovely acronyms (which are actually initialism, we know). About Recruitics. Recruitics makes it easy for businesses to achieve amazing results from their recruitment marketing strategy through job distribution, automated bid strategies and advanc

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What’s Going on in Recruiting Land at the Moment? Indeed, CareerOne, Monster, Randstad et al.

Prominence

Imagine if you’d taken a short sabbatical, or even a holiday, three weeks ago. On return you’d wonder what the heck has happened to the recruitment industry. Who owns who, who’s sold to who and why are suppliers now competitors and vice versa?

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New Hire Onboarding Checklist

Jeff Rothman

The Corporate Executive Board published an excellent onboarding checklist that will most certainly enhance any employer’s ability to successfully get new hires productive and engaged more quickly. Check it out: new-hire-onboarding-checklistFiled under: For Employers.

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What’s Going on in Recruiting Land at the Moment? Indeed, CareerOne, Monster, Randstand et al.

Prominence

Imagine if you’d taken a short sabbatical, or even a holiday, three weeks ago. On return you’d wonder what the heck has happened to the recruitment industry. Who owns who, who’s sold to who and why are suppliers now competitors and vice versa?

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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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6 Reasons Why Executive Search Still Matters

Jeff Rothman

Source: 6 Reasons Why Executive Search Still Matters | Jeff Schonberg | Pulse | LinkedInFiled under: For Employers.

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Employer Branding Campaigns: 5 Hurdles You’ll Have to Jump at Some Point

Jibe

If you can positively influence the way candidates perceive your organization as a place to work, the list of benefits is massive. This is the point of employer branding campaigns , but getting there doesn’t always come without challenges. We launched a survey late last month to gain a better understanding of these challenges. As we bring the survey to a close in the coming weeks, we want to dig into some of the questions.

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Quantifying the Impact of Turnover at Your Dealership

Hireology

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5 Reasons Why You Should Be Excited for Talent Connect 2016

Linkedin Talent Blog

Talent Connect Las Vegas is just around the corner and we can no longer contain our excitement. Over 130 speakers are wrapping up preparing their TED-style talks and influencers are getting ready to unleash their knowledge. This year, we’re expecting thousands of companies represented and over 4,000 attendees. If you’ve been to—or just heard about—past events, you know that just how much learning, inspiration, and networking are packing into the 3 day event and this year, we have some extra spec

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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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Non-Social Media Ways to Conduct Effective Recruitment Marketing

Harger Howe Recruitment

As we are an integrated recruitment marketing agency, we talk a lot about digital media including social networking, however, one of the most important things to remember when you start creating a recruitment budget is that one platform is not enough. Recruitment marketing is always more effective if it is run consistently instead of reactively and across a comprehensive array of media both online and offline.

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Urban vs. Forest Firefighter: What's the Difference in Jobs?

Recruiting Blogs

When it comes to firefighting, there are two main factions of jobs to choose from. The stereotypical firefighter you think of with a pole slide and Dalmatian is an urban career, but many don’t also consider forest firefighters when thinking about this position. One key difference between urban and forest or wildland firefighters is the location, but it definitely isn’t the only difference.

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Are Employers Required To Provide Time Off To Vote?

ExactHire Recruiting

The U.S. Presidential Election is heating up–honestly, it’s a firestorm already. Tuesday, November 8, 2016 is the culmination of 18 months of primary and general election campaigning. And as with every election, the candidates, political parties, and special interest groups will all be pushing for strong voter turnout as that date nears. Free, fair, and regular elections are essential for a democracy.

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Urban vs. Forest Firefighter: What's the Difference in Jobs?

Recruiting Blogs

When it comes to firefighting, there are two main factions of jobs to choose from. The stereotypical firefighter you think of with a pole slide and Dalmatian is an urban career, but many don’t also consider forest firefighters when thinking about this position. One key difference between urban and forest or wildland firefighters is the location, but it definitely isn’t the only difference.

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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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5 Pro Tips to Influence Your Candidate Experience

Glassdoor for Employers

Candidates are consumers. And as consumers, candidates are used to personalization ― from social connections to how they buy products and services.

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Ant or Grasshopper?- Confessions of a Headhunter

Recruiting Blogs

Headhunting 100% commission sales. We only get paid for what we produce all else is just a story. Eat what we kill no kill no eat. Hunter or gatherer both respectable and needed. Landscape is littered with ex Headhunter’s you can find them everywhere in other vocations now. Guy at my local Beer Store used to be a recruiter. Quite a few go internally and join and organisation as an internal recruiter.

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Glassdoor Acquires Love Mondays in Brazil

Glassdoor for Employers

Today is an important day at Glassdoor. We are excited to announce that we have acquired Love Mondays, a fast-growing employer review.

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