Stories Incorporated
AUGUST 13, 2019
Reading Time: 9 minutes. Last week over 150 recruitment marketing and talent acquisition professionals took Philadelphia by storm with the goal of honing and expanding their social recruiting strategies. When emcee and Diversity & Inclusion guru Torin Ellis took the stage, he didn’t talk long. He had just one message to give attendees to prepare them for the speakers that were to come: Be human.
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Recruiting in Yoga Pants
AUGUST 8, 2019
I've been in the people business for 20 years. That's a REALLY LONG TIME to do one thing. I've done it a lot of different places, but they all have something in common - interviews are hard. I don't care how long you've been working in your chosen profession. I don't care what your degrees are in. I don't care if you are the world's foremost expert in basket weaving - someone, who has the authority to recommend you for a job, is coming to judge your basket.
Leoforce
AUGUST 13, 2019
How is Machine Learning Actually Impacting Hiring? From a job board provider perspective: There are many factors that are influencing the world of recruitment right now. From ongoing skills shortages and tackling unconscious bias, to new technologies and record employment; hiring professionals are under pressure to source the right candidates, in the right way.
Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo
HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.
Eightfold
AUGUST 12, 2019
Sometimes, the best person for the job isn’t the obvious one. Hiring managers don’t always have the time to analyze hundreds or thousands of candidates to find the needle in the haystack, though. With the abundance of resumes that come in from a single job posting, it traditionally has been more time-efficient for hiring managers to focus solely on candidates whose resumes match skill-for-skill with the job description.
Recruiting Brief brings together the best content for recruiting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ClearCompany Recruiting
AUGUST 20, 2019
Could you accurately and succinctly describe your company culture right now? If you asked a sampling of employees, would you get consistent answers? Often, organizational culture is vaguely defined and poorly communicated. Or maybe your organization has a great culture, you just don't know how to identify and articulate what that means. Culture is important, and properly defining it can help you optimize, organize, and manage your culture goals moving forward.
Lever
AUGUST 21, 2019
What is company culture, and why does it really matter? While position requirements, salary and compensation packages, and career advancements are front of mind for candidates interviewing at your company, culture also matters. Culture is like a vapor that permeates nearly every. Read More. The post How to Build an Unforgettably Audacious Company Culture appeared first on Lever.
JazzHR
AUGUST 15, 2019
Guest blog by Olivia Harp, Content Editor at Negotiations.com. What motivates a candidate to leave his/her current job and join your team? Is your company perhaps a better cultural fit, or are you offering more growth opportunities? Just as you screen candidates, today’s savvy job seeker conducts thorough research with set criteria to qualify their target companies.
Social Talent
AUGUST 12, 2019
Welcome to SocialTalent’s Live & Learn Series! Each week we gift you with a little bit of info that will help smoothen your recruitment process and expand your knowledge of your industry. With this Live & Learn series we promise to keep it: Short. Simple. Ready to use! What Makes a Successful Salesperson? It’s reported that the average sales turnover rate is 34%.
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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.
Glassdoor for Employers
AUGUST 19, 2019
Behavioral interviewing uses strategically-composed questions to share how a candidate’s past performance might support a hiring company’s future needs. Focusing in on both hard and soft skills, the questions drill down into several layers of a job seeker’s value proposition, unearthing interview gold. This type of questioning remains popular because it is the most pragmatic way to uncover real-life work experiences.
Indeed
AUGUST 26, 2019
A truly scary trend has emerged in the last year: employers are getting ghosted by job seekers. From ditching job interviews to not showing up on the first day, candidates are disappearing without a trace — and ghosting during the hiring process is now one of the biggest problems in recruiting. Ghosting originated in the online dating world, where new technology has made it so easy to ask someone out on a date that it has led to an epidemic of no-shows.
HackerRank
AUGUST 8, 2019
We analyzed 1,457,000 student interviews to identify the trends and influences driving university recruitment across the world. Which university’s students are the strongest in key developer skills and why? . How we evaluated student skills. To better understand how university students perform in key skill areas, we analyzed over 1M student attempts on HackerRank assessments.
TalentLyft
AUGUST 11, 2019
Smart recruiters recruit through smartphones! Today, mobile recruitment is a must. Recruiters who haven’t optimized their job listings and hiring process for mobile recruiting risk missing out on top talent, now more than ever. Read More.
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.
RecruitLoop
AUGUST 6, 2019
Everyone seems to be talking about social media, but not everyone implements social media in their recruitment practices. Read below to learn some techniques your business can employ to maximise social media in your recruitment strategy.
Social Talent
AUGUST 7, 2019
Hiring in any industry that you are not familiar with presents added challenges to a recruiter’s life. Although your core processes remain the same, you now need to educate yourself on a new talent market and learn what makes the best candidates stand out from the rest. Making a bad hiring decision when it comes to salespeople is a costly mistake.
Glassdoor for Employers
AUGUST 29, 2019
There’s a new kind of job seeker —a career-conscious job seeker who’s not just looking for the hottest new job but an inspiring career path. And that’s the kind of employee you want to hire. . “Companies look for career-conscious employees because, frankly, self-motivated people make the best team members,” explains Ellen Mullarkey, vice president of business development for Messina Group.
Indeed
AUGUST 20, 2019
What we are expected to wear to work is ingrained in us at a very young age. We’re taught that firefighters wear brimmed helmets, doctors wear white coats and businesspeople wear suits. . But as the workplace has modernized, so have our outfits. Over time, what people wear to work has evolved from once-mandatory skirts and ties to the “business casual” era to today’s increasingly casual attire.
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.
TalentCulture - Recruiting
AUGUST 20, 2019
Innovation in an enterprise organization starts at the top. Here are six ways leaders can build a culture of innovation. The post 6 Ways Leaders Can Build a Culture of Innovation appeared first on TalentCulture.
TalentLyft
AUGUST 25, 2019
Employee training and onboarding programs can easily become stale, boring, and out-of-date - which won’t stand a chance against companies with unique culture and training opportunities. Discover how to revamp your employe training program effectively! Read More.
Hiretual
AUGUST 13, 2019
“A proactive talent acquisition strategy that gets ahead of future talent acquisition trends, realities and challenges is becoming even more critical in the tightest labor market of our generation.”. - Mike Rasmussen & John Ricciardi.
Social Talent
AUGUST 2, 2019
Are you comfortable applying for a role that calls for an ‘aggressive’ salesperson? How about a ‘supportive’ human resources manager? This week, LinkedIn released their impressive LinkedIn Language Matters Report – an investigation into the myriad ways in which words in the workplace impact men and women. Using certain words in your job description will discourage women from applying to your jobs. 44% of women (33% men) would be discouraged from applying if the wor
Speaker: Daniel Grace & Audra Bright
Have you just been told you need to hire employees in another country? 🌎 That's a huge undertaking! It involves navigating a complex landscape of diverse regulations, cultural differences, legal requirements, and currencies. If anything goes wrong, you risk your company's financials, growth, and reputation. 📊 🌟 To help ensure a successful global expansion and mitigate potential non-compliance consequences, this exclusive webinar features Daniel Grace, International HR Con
Glassdoor for Employers
AUGUST 16, 2019
On the surface, interviewing a candidate for an available job sounds easy. With the job description in hand describing specific skill sets and experience, the recruiter or hiring manager fires off a dozen questions or so and voila, they are equipped to make a hiring decision. If only interviewing were that simple. The nuance of interviewing candidates extends well beyond skills and abilities into areas of candidate maturity level, culture fit and self-awareness to assess overall candidate qualit
Indeed
AUGUST 1, 2019
Here’s a familiar story: Business is booming, and it’s time to add a new member to the team. You want to find someone who has the right experience, is a leader and wants to grow within your organization. But amid a tapped-out talent pool and stiff market competition, you’re struggling to find the right fit. There has to be a better way to approach this — right?
TalentCulture - Recruiting
AUGUST 23, 2019
Quick — tell me your organization’s story. If you can’t do that then you’ve got a problem, says Tiffany Sauder, founder and president of marketing agency Element Three. In today’s candidate-driven employment market, employer branding is more important than ever, and businesses that can’t tell their story in an authentic, meaningful way run the risk of losing out on great candidates.
FireFish Software
AUGUST 14, 2019
We all know that heart-sinking feeling when a candidate rejects a job offer – and no matter how many times it happens, it still hurts. Unfortunately, you’re always going to get flaky candidates who say all the right things but aren’t as committed as they sound. All you can really do is protect yourself by learning how to spot these candidates quickly, so you don't waste your time and can substitute them with a better, more committed, candidate.
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An era of uncertainty has arrived in recruiting. The unpredictability that exists in the labor market can make it difficult for employers to know how they should respond in this environment. Despite the turbulence, recruiting professionals should be encouraged by recent trends. Applications per job are up over the last year across companies of all sizes, and more than half of all recruiters expect their teams to grow in the next year, with nearly two-thirds expecting their recruiting budgets to
Undercover Recruiter
AUGUST 20, 2019
I have often written about the skills, attributes, and experience that a recruiter should ideally possess to be successful however I wanted to take the opportunity to recommend the other aspects of your life you should also focus on if you want to ensure you achieve all of your potentials. Yes, it is great to. View Article. Why Life Skills Are Also Needed Undercover Recruiter - Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Blog.
Celarity
AUGUST 12, 2019
Have you ever wished that the occupation on your business card were something else? Or daydream about what it would be like working in a different position? . Switching careers can be an obstacle course, but despite what you think, you can switch no matter how many years you’ve already been in the workforce. With a bit of strategizing, it’s possible… .
Glassdoor for Employers
AUGUST 30, 2019
Bland job descriptions are about as exciting as plain, unbuttered toast: They’re unlikely to attract anyone, let alone the top talent your company seeks. As executive coach Karen Elizaga explains, “job seekers are looking for more than just a job: They want to know that they’re entering into a work environment that cares about its people — one that offers opportunities that align with their purpose, and that allows for a little work-life balance.
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