December, 2016

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How to Get the Most Out of Self-Appraisals

ClearCompany Recruiting

When it comes down to writing a great self-appraisal, a lot of questions come to mind. What are they used for? How are you supposed to promote yourself without coming off as a show-off? Is this really the best use of my time? For the last question, it honestly depends. For some companies, self-appraisals are nothing more than a formality; But used correctly, they can have a big impact on your career.

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The best recruiter Christmas party in the history of recruitment!

Greg Savage

I don’t like recruitment Christmas parties. And I have been to a few. At least 50 I would say. 50? How old are you Greg? 100? No, not quite. But 35 years in this biz, and many years where I went to several parties, across various offices of the businesses I ran, means I have […].

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How to Track Your Employee Turnover Rate — And When to Take Action

Lever

Some employee turnover is healthy in an organization. It makes room for fresh ideas and innovation in your organization, and gives your former employees the opportunity to learn and grow in a new environment. However, too much employee turnover is often a sign that something is wrong. When you work hard to recruit top-tier talent, it’s important to consider whether you can retain them so you don’t waste precious resources and risk hurting your employer brand.

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Beat Monday Blues – 5 Tips for Being Energized for the Work Week

ExactHire Recruiting

Staying motivated is all about staying engaged and excited about what you are doing. Therefore, the key to self-motivation is giving yourself something to look forward to on a regular basis. This can either come in the form of a goal you are hoping to achieve or a reward you will earn for yourself (or give yourself) if you achieve your goal. For example, most fitness fanatics will reward themselves at the end of a competition with a juicy burger, cupcake or some other indulgence.

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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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Experience or Potential: The Hardest Hiring Question

Social Talent

Interviewing is hard. It’s tough to assess a candidate’s potential, and all to easy to rely on job requirements and experience. If you’re looking to improve quality of hire, focusing on potential and a candidate’s ability to grow within your organisation could give you better results than just looking for required experience. Think beyond a candidate’s current skills during the assessment process.

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What's the #WOLAN Onboarding Method & Is It Right for You?

ClearCompany Recruiting

There has been a lot of discussion around the importance of employee onboarding, and honestly, we’ve been a big part of the noise too. If you’ve paid even a second of attention to all the hum, you probably know why those first few weeks of introductions are so absolutely important. If not, well, here’s a little synopsis, organized onboarding programs have been shown to improve.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions to Supercharge Your Career

Undercover Recruiter

January is the perfect time to give your professional life a boost and set career goals for the coming year. Here are 10 of the best career resolutions to make, along with a few actionable tips on how to achieve them: 1. Perform an annual career checkup Before you can set any career resolutions, the. View Article. 10 New Year’s Resolutions to Supercharge Your Career.

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5 Ways to Drive Company Culture Through Recruiting

Lever

When people around you wax nostalgic about the heyday of 1980s movies, what flashes through your mind? Scenes from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or The Shining? How about Back to the Future or E.T.? None of the above? Regardless, we’re willing to make one assumption: you’re not thinking about all the recruiting takeaways each movie holds.

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Ask a Developer: How Can Employers Improve the Candidate Experience

Stack Overflow

Hey, I get it. After countless hours of sourcing developers and ushering them through the technical interview process , the last thing you have time to think about is how to improve the candidate experience. And if you’re like some of the recruiters I’ve spoken to in the past, you might also think that the most common candidate experience best practices require huge chunks of your recruiting budget.

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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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Social Talent 2016: A Year in Review (Infographic)

Social Talent

2016… what a year it’s been! But, before we ring in a New Year, here at Social Talent HQ we wanted to celebrate all that we have achieved in the last 12 months. So without further ado, this is our 2016 year in review: Thank you to all of our customers, followers and fans – without you, we wouldn’t have had such an incredible year.

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Recruiting Trends for 2017 and Beyond…

Recruiting Toolbox

Jobs2Careers’ Editor Kelly Love Johnson polled 55 people in the recruitment space, and asked for their predictions. Here’s mine. Original Article: [link]. “Recruiting success has evolved—it’s more than just filling reqs. I imagine a future where recruiters see their roles as more than just filling reqs, and even more than Talent Advisors.

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Get Job Offers Out Before 2017

ClearCompany Recruiting

Planning for the year ahead is all-consuming this time of year. While we’re busy wrapping presents, shopping for food items we’d never touch otherwise and sending out greeting cards at home; in our professional lives we’re tasked with figuring out what the year ahead is going to look like and planning for it. Nowhere is this harder to do than in hiring for the new year!

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3 Things to Ask Yourself When Considering a Career Change

Undercover Recruiter

You’re going about your day-to-day life when something triggers a feeling of dissatisfaction with your career. Maybe you pick up your alumni magazine and feel a pang of jealousy as you read about the brilliantly successful non-profit a classmate started that is making a big difference in the world. Or, despite your careful budgeting, you. View Article. 3 Things to Ask Yourself When Considering a Career Change.

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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 Articles of 2016

Glassdoor for Employers

It’s the last day of 2016, and the year wouldn’t be complete without a look back. Here are our top posts from.

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Online Proctoring is a Growing Trend: Here is Everything You Should Know About It

Talview

E-learning is the future of learning, the global eLearning market is now $100 billion plus. The rapid growth the elearning industry has created needs for various supporting technologies.

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6 Fascinating Recruitment News Stories to Mull Over this Week – 12th December 2016

Social Talent

In recruitment news this week: LinkedIn Removes Premium Search Filters. Bad news recruiters… It would appear that LinkedIn are removing the ability for anyone not using their Sales Navigator platform, to use several premium search filters including: Years of Experience. Function. Seniority Level. Interested In. Company Size. When Joined. As reported by SourceCon , when Ira Bass discovered this was the case, he wrote LinkedIn a concerned comment, to which they replied: Image: SoureCon.

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Developer Interview: Ann Catherine Jose, Principal Software Developer at Intuit

Stack Overflow

While browsing through Ann’s blog , one sentence of her bio really stood out to me: “She believes that building the product right is as important as building the right product.” While I hear this sentiment often from developers and product managers alike, it’s rarely put so eloquently. With over 12 years of experience in developing software solutions on iOS and Microsoft platforms, we were eager to learn more about her career path.

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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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10 Recruiting Dos and Don’ts for 2017

ClearCompany Recruiting

2016 is coming to a close and whether you feel it was good or not, one thing we can all agree on is recruiting has continued to advance. From. digital recruitment. marketing efforts to AI and more, it’s tough to keep up. This is also the best time to start preparing for any other changes that may come your way. What can you do in 2017 to help your recruitment endeavours?

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How Staffing Agencies Can Maximise LinkedIn

Undercover Recruiter

There’s no shortage of staffing agencies out there, but few maximise the use of LinkedIn for business building and and general branding. Trying to keep a network of candidates and clients who will really only need you sporadically can be difficult. That’s when it becomes imperative to stay interesting and relevant, making yourself a must-follow.

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Gear Up for the Upsurge in Mobile Recruitment

Jobsoid

Everyone is now using a smartphone or some sort of a mobile device. Revolution in the world of technology has managed to bring the entire world in your palm. The increase in the use of smart phones has […]. The post Gear Up for the Upsurge in Mobile Recruitment appeared first on Jobsoid.

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Background Checks

Glassdoor for Employers

You are in the process of outlining a new employee screening process at your business. You know that you want to vet.

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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 Most Popular Social Talent Webinars of 2016

Social Talent

There’s only 72 hours left until 2016 gives way to 2017. But before we start thinking about our New Year’s resolutions (or how we’re going to get out of bed on New Year’s Day!), we’re taking a moment to look back at some of the 12 webinars we held over the last year and selected the best bits. In our festive special, you’ll find details of the 3 trends that shaped recruitment in 2016, smart search tactics to improve your sourcing, best practice tips for writin

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Tech Recruiting Trends to Watch in 2017

Stack Overflow

At this point in the year, you’re probably taking some time to reflect on your tech hiring successes and opportunities for growth. If you’re especially ambitious, you’ve already set a few goals for yourself in 2017. Some things like the intense competition to hire developers and the reality of top candidates not being available will always ring true.

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Why a Growing Number of Employees Are Not Impressed with How Performance is Managed

ClearCompany Recruiting

No matter which seat you’re sitting in, managing the performance of the organization will affect your daily work. Hitting productivity goals is reliant on the work done every minute of every shift, yet too many companies use annual performance reviews as the basis of our management programs. Unfortunately, even that statement is a simplification of a very complicated problem.

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7 Skills Every Project Manager CV Should Include

Undercover Recruiter

Writing your CV as a project manager can be a complex task. As somebody who balances so many tasks across multiple teams and locations, it can be a challenge to get all of your experience down into 2 sheets of A4. A good project manager’s CV should demonstrate the candidate’s ability to lead staff, mitigate. View Article. 7 Skills Every Project Manager CV Should Include.

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Moving Forward in HR and Recruiting Uncertainty

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

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ATS Integrated Social Media Recruiting V/s Traditional Social Media Recruiting – Infographic

Jobsoid

Incorporating social media in your hiring strategy to expand your reach is the thing to do, and its great that you’ve joined the club. But, have you ever tracked the time you invest in scanning the right fit […]. The post ATS Integrated Social Media Recruiting V/s Traditional Social Media Recruiting – Infographic appeared first on Jobsoid.

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How To Test Your ATS Like An Applicant

Capterra

I’m forever going on about how applicant tracking systems are the worst. (Yes, I know I also write about how great I think they are. It’s a love / hate relationship kind of thing.). The main problem I have with applicant tracking software is that they are just programs. And a computer program will only ever be as smart as the people programming. And while, as a whole, that’s pretty dang smart (dude they made a computer do their bidding by typing at it , which is awesome), there will always be li

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The Most Awkward Office Secret Santa Gifts EVER!

Social Talent

The office Secret Santa gift exchange… is there anything more awkward?! Probably not. Which is why the Fast Company have gathered some of New York’s finest comedians to show us what happens when people do things like overspend, regift, or put wayyyyy too much thought into a Secret Santa gift for their colleagues! Watch this, and choose your gifts wisely recruiters!

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