February, 2020

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Recruitment is not Tinder. And this is why.

Greg Savage

Technology and lack of skill are driving plenty of recruiters to treat recruitment like a dating app. Swipe left. Swipe right. Transactional, keyword matching, resume spamming recruiting drones take heed. (Please). This is what will differentiate the winners from the losers in recruitment. In the end, a recruiter is as good as the number of […].

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Brand Romance - How to Attract the Best Talent

Allegis Global Solutions

Valentines clichés abound in February, but I can’t resist a nod to our romantic nature when we’re talking talent attraction. Just like wooing the person of your dreams, attracting the best talent takes a big dose of ingenuity, creativity and, yes, some courage. Or as Lady Gaga might say, no need for a Poker Face if you want to take your talent acquisition to the Edge of Glory!

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Amid Coronavirus Fears, How to Support New Remote Workers

exaqueo

Here at exaqueo, we have been a fully-remote team since 2011 and some of our team members have been remote for decades. Getting comfortable with working from home and shifting to this kind-of-policy isn’t a quick change. It requires thought and purpose, even if the decision has to be made quickly.

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Coronavirus Fears at Work: What Employers Need to Know

Recruiting Daily Advisor

News reports of deaths and illnesses from the rapidly spreading coronavirus get scarier every day. Millions of people are being quarantined. Foreign companies and governments are evacuating their people from hard-hit areas of China where the virus got its start. And even employees who don’t travel for work are getting anxious about traveling coworkers who may have been exposed.

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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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Tips for Giving Employee Feedback

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Giving appropriate feedback to employees can help them meet performance expectations and let them know they’re doing well. This can, in turn, help keep motivation and satisfaction levels up. Alternatively, feedback can also be used to steer employees in the right direction when they don’t meet all expectations. Feedback Tips. Here are a few tips for giving feedback to employees: Be timely.

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The Best Jobs of 2020

Indeed

When you imagine your ideal job, what do you see? Maybe you envision conquering challenging software problems at a trendy tech firm full of fun perks. Or perhaps you dream of watching your architectural sketches become sweeping structures of steel, concrete and glass. . The ideal job might differ from person to person, but most can agree on a few key characteristics: it should offer good pay, have potential for growth in its field and be in demand by employers.

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This is where the Billing Manager goes wrong!

Greg Savage

Why do so many great recruiters fail when asked to manage other recruiters? There are many reasons for that. The Billing Manager role is the hardest job in recruitment, although it can also be the most rewarding if you get it right. Let me count the ways it can go wrong. (3 minutes) • Wrong […].

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Star Interview Questions

Lever

The typical introductory job interview poses a variety of questions. Categorically, these inquiries are designed to assess the experience, interest, communication skills, creative thinking abilities, motivation, and cultural alignment of an interviewee to ensure a best-fit hire. Some common interview questions are. Read More. The post Star Interview Questions appeared first on Lever.

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The Future of Talent Acquisition

Allegis Global Solutions

Last December talent acquisition leaders gathered in London for the latest in our series of roundtables to discuss the future of talent acquisition and find out how they perceive their own talent acquisition function’s ability, where the pressure points lie, and how it could change for the better.

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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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How to Balance Speed and Quality When Making Hiring Decisions

Glassdoor for Employers

Good things take time — especially in recruiting. The wait for quality hires is stressful for recruiters, who generally want to fill openings sooner rather than later. On average, it takes 24 days to fill a job. This lengthy process can drain a company’s resources, which is why some employers jump the gun by making quick hires instead of good ones.

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The truth about great employer brands (that everyone seems to miss)

Social Talent

Employer brands. Every company has one. What’s it really like inside those four walls? Most companies have made at least some effort to shape the answer to that question. But knowing how to do it well is a little more tricky. Cash, conmen and coffee: the changing face of employer brands. The way I see it, employer brands have been on a bit of a journey.

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How to screen Groovy developer skills

Devskiller

The Apache Groovy programming language is one of the oldest alternative programming languages running on JVM (Java Virtual Machine). The Java-syntax compatible Groovy script celebrates its 17th birthday in 2020. People might think that development or the buzz surroundings more recent JVM languages like Kotlin have made Groovy redundant. . Well, that couldn’t be further from the truth!

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Declining profits for your boss. No bonus for you. Here is why.

Greg Savage

This blog is blunt. It’s about the commercial reality of making money in recruitment. If you run a business and are making no money, or if your revenues are growing, but your profit is declining, this will probably explain why. Or if you are a recruiter, it could explain why you can hardly scrape by […].

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HR Pro Playbook: How to Navigate Global Workforce Expansion with Confidence

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

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The Remote Worker Ransom Letter

Katrina Kibben

This remote worker ransom letter was inspired by an 8-mile drive that took over an hour just a few weeks ago. This is what your team really wants if you demand they come into the office next week. The post The Remote Worker Ransom Letter appeared first on Katrina Kibben.

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New Report: 4 Fundamentals for a Total Talent Advantage

Allegis Global Solutions

Why Does Access to the Total Talent Supply Matter? With unemployment at historic lows, the demand for workers with critical skills far outstrips the supply. And yet, successful organizations continue to secure talent with the speed, quality, and cost-effectiveness to get work done and lead their markets. What are they doing right? For a growing portion of companies, the answer begins with meeting the workforce where it is today.

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Eat the Frog and Other Time Management Tips

NPA Worldwide

In the world of time management tips, you’re likely familiar with the “ Eat the Frog ” concept. American humorist Mark Twain is often credited with the origin of this saying, paraphrased as if you eat a live frog every morning, nothing worse will happen the rest of the day. In other words, if you get your most unpleasant task out of the way first, the rest of your day will be easier and smoother.

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Three unexpected challenges of Growth Hiring (and how to overcome them)

Social Talent

Entering a period of growth is challenging for your business. The most cursory of Google searches will provide you with pages worth of content about managing cash flow , staying competitive and the struggle to find the right talent. And rightly so. These are significant challenges of Growth Hiring. . However, we’re interested in the challenges you might not have predicted coming your way.

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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Why Do Candidates Reject Job Offers?

Glassdoor for Employers

In today’s increasingly competitive labor market, job seekers are increasingly choosy. Even when employers find qualified candidates, convincing candidates to accept an offer is no guarantee. And the cost of rejection is high—every rejected offer represents additional days, if not weeks, of work for recruiters, hiring managers and interviewers. In this new Glassdoor Research study , we analyze hundreds of thousands of job interview reviews and offer decisions on Glassdoor to understand how often

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To Access the Data Goldmine, Workforces Need to Be Data Literate

TalentCulture - Recruiting

We are in the midst of a data revolution. Businesses and organizations across all sectors collect, store and analyze huge amounts of information. However, they often struggle to realize data’s full potential. According to a recent report from Accenture, Closing the Data Value Gap, only 32% of business executives surveyed said that they’re able to create tangible and measurable value from data.

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What Should Candidates STOP Doing?

Undercover Recruiter

There’s probably a whole list of definite no-nos for candidates but this week our panel of experts share their advice on what they think should never be done in the hiring process. You might be telling your candidates some of this already, but if you’re not, feel free to add them on. Kerri-Ann Hargreaves STOP […]. What Should Candidates STOP Doing?

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6 Ways to Turn Rejected Candidates into Employer Brand Ambassadors

TalentLyft

Rejecting candidates in a thoughtful manner is not just a decent thing to do - it can also boost your employer brand. You turn down 99% of your candidates. Don’t miss the opportunity to turn them into eager employer brand ambassadors! Read More.

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The 3 Leadership Behaviors that Drive Fierce Loyalty & Extreme Engagement

Nothing motivates employees more than a great boss. Are you developing your leaders? Give them the tools to train and inspire the rest of your organization. Get the 3 steps for developing effective leaders in Paycor’s leadership guide.

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Working Together to Boost Inclusive Hiring: JPMorgan Chase, Goodwill and Indeed

Indeed

Diversity in the workplace is a hot topic, and with good reason: Diverse hiring benefits both companies and communities. However, a truly inclusive hiring approach requires dedication, hard work and creative thinking to reach a broad pool of candidates. . Strategic partnerships with other organizations are one great way to make hiring more diverse. In 2019, Indeed announced a collaboration with Goodwill Industries International to help one million job seekers find employment by the year 2024.

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How to Recruit for Roles That Pay Below the Market Rate

FireFish Software

There'll always be jobs to fill that pay below the market rate – this is just part and parcel of recruitment. In some cases, you might choose to walk away from the job on the grounds that the salary is too low, or maybe you manage to convince your client to push the salary up, but there are other times (when you’re working on a PSL, for example) where you simply have to work the job.

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The Upside of Ethics: An Ethical Workplace Is a Creative One

Recruiter

Discussions about ethics at work tend to focus on the negative. Notoriously unscrupulous companies like Enron and Theranos often come up. Researchers survey rates of bribery, sexual harassment, theft, and other misconduct. Rarely do we discuss how ethics can inspire beautiful, transformative behavior. I'd like to change that. Creating an "ethical workplace" isn't just about minimizing.

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#WorkTrends: Email Still Matters: Etiquette for Today’s Users

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Here’s a term for you: email brick. It’s that dense blob of text in an email that starts at the top and doesn’t come up for air until the end. No line breaks, paragraphs or bullet points, and often, no readers. We tend to avoid reading those emails, eyeing them warily and opting to get back to them later. Much of the time, we don’t. When #WorkTrends host Meghan M.

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Specialty Drug Interest Is Skyrocketing – Can Your Pharmacy Benefits Keep Up?

New approvals for weight loss drugs, gene therapies, and biosimilars are on the minds of employers. However, 48% of employers still need a strategy to manage their use and costs. Find out how other organizations are preparing their specialty drug benefits for the future.

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Creating software with a framework vs library: what tech recruiters need to know

Devskiller

In this article, you will find out: Why a tech recruiter needs to know about software frameworks and libraries. What the difference is between a framework and a library. What frameworks and libraries actually do. What to look out for when screening candidates who need to know certain frameworks or libraries. Why do I need to know about software frameworks and libraries?

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How to Recruit Like Top Tech Companies?

TalentLyft

What are the best practices top tech companies use to recruit top talent? Discover the most prominent examples of advantageous recruiting strategies top tech companies employ in their hiring and learn how to implement them in your company. Read More.

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How Should a Candidate Follow up After an Interview?

Undercover Recruiter

It’s probably one of the most-asked questions from your employees. Should you call or email after being interviewed to see how you’ve done? How long should you wait before you make contact or do you sit it out and wait for them to get in touch like the famous saying “Don’t call us, we’ll call […]. How Should a Candidate Follow up After an Interview?