August, 2016

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Introducing: OnDemand Recruiting™

Proactive Talent

We’ve all had these weeks. the Head of Engineering comes strolling by the Talent Acquisition team one fine Monday morning and nonchalantly says, “Hey team, we are planning for the build out of a new product and need to hire 20 engineers and 7 technical architects over the next 3 months.” Oh no! We know two things: we don’t have those candidates in the pipeline and our team can’t handle that kind of volume on short notice.

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The Best Intentions That Ruin the Pursuit of Great Company Culture

ExactHire Recruiting

My son recently turned eight years old, and because his birthday falls in July during the summer months, our family generally seizes this opportunity to throw a low-cost party in our backyard rather than laying down a small fortune for the latest laser tag / foam ball pit / inflatable bounce house venue. As a result, I usually scour Pinterest to come up with a suitable party theme complete with activities to engage kiddos ranging from four to nine (when you count siblings).

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Win Over New Hires with Great Onboarding (Every Time)

JazzHR

Proper onboarding isn’t just about first impressions, it’s about taking the time to plan out how new hires will be introduced to your company. Here are some helpful tips to make sure every new hire who comes through your doors will feel welcomed and empowered: 1) Make their space cozy. Nothing burns a new employee’s impression on your company faster than being assigned to a messy, unorganized desk.

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How Shakespeare (and Drake) Will Help You Land Your Next Job

Hoops

“To thine own self be true.” Shakespeare wrote those words of wisdom and Drake, international superstar and unofficial rapper laureate of Canada, preaches the same thing in his song "Know Yourself”. Self awareness plays a huge part in your quest for a great job, one that is a fit for your particular set of skills (kind of like this guy). Many of the traditionally tough interview questions you’ll encounter, like: • What motivates you?

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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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The 5 Key Motivational Drivers For Top Talent

Social Talent

One of the main concerns that many recruiters have is attracting and retaining the best talent (also known as A-players). These high-calibre employees are star performers and typically represent the top 10% of the talent available. Because A-players are obsessed with professional development and strive to accomplish more, they are highly valued by companies.

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All You Need To Know About “Creative” Job Search Tactics

Spark Hire

As recruiters and hiring professionals, it can be easy to forget how hard the job search can be for candidates. Research from the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology found that 52 percent of interviewers make their decision within five to 15 minutes of the interview starting. And a 2016 CareerBuilder study found that 38 percent of job seekers never hear from employers after applying for a job.

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Stop calling it an intake form. Please.

Recruiting Toolbox

Intake form. It’s a term I’m embarrassed to say I used for many years. You know, the form you take into a hiring manager meeting, to scope out a new req? There are so many things wrong with “intake form.”. First, calling it a form. Who likes forms? I know hiring managers hate ‘em. And outside of a small portion of recruiters — usually newer to our profession — we all hate ‘em, too.

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Win Over New Hires with Great Onboarding (Every Time)

JazzHR

Proper onboarding isn’t just about first impressions, it’s about taking the time to plan out how new hires will be introduced to your company. Here are some helpful tips to make sure every new hire who comes through your doors will feel welcomed and empowered: 1) Make their space cozy. Nothing burns a new employee’s impression on your company faster than being assigned to a messy, unorganized desk.

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Yes, times have changed and you need to rethink your hiring strategy

Jobsoid

Days are over for Company CEOs when Recruitment was left alone on internal executives and recruitment managers to hire top talent and ensure credible performances. Despite the higher rate of unemployment you still cannot find the right talent […]. The post Yes, times have changed and you need to rethink your hiring strategy appeared first on Jobsoid.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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8 USA Recruitment Agencies That You NEED to Follow on Twitter Now

Social Talent

A few weeks ago, we listed the 6 UAE Recruitment Agencies that you should follow on Twitter and because we got such a great response, we thought it would only be right to continue our tour of the globe and shine a spotlight on the USA recruitment agencies this time around! So get your phones and laptops at the ready. You’re about to go on quite the following spree!

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What a Strengthening Economy Really Means for Employers (and their Recruiting Tactics)

iCIMS

Recent jobs reports tell an encouraging story. It’s one of job growth and declining unemployment, which is good news for the economy and particularly good news for job seekers who by and large are able to find employment when they seek it.

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Four Hidden Career Site Disasters

Survale

If you’re like most companies, you spend a fair amount of time and money designing and deploying your career site. You define your employer brand, develop employee testimonials, work with design professionals and create a home for job seekers to discover what an awesome place you have to work. And then you forget about it. That’s a problem. Because from here on out, every dollar and minute you spend on recruiting ends up here on your career site.

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The world’s most enduring personality test is a meaningless parlor game

Workable

If you work for a large organization you’re probably already aware that yours is one of 16 distinct personality types. You may be less familiar with the reasons why you have been assigned a four-letter string to tell you and your colleagues who you are. The story goes back to an awkward Christmas dinner in Washington D.C. in 1917, when an overbearing mother could not fathom her soon to be son-in-law.

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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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Introducing HackerRank Jobs: Connect with Our Community of 1M+ Skilled Developers

HackerRank

With traditional recruiting methods, it can take well over 30 days to find the right candidate. You spend most of this time through a lot of manual resume sifting, online profile perusing, phone screen scheduling, etc. If you’re still using old techniques, chances are you’re not only hiring slower but also using the quickest proxies that overlook highly-skilled candidates. […].

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3 Reasons to Consider Split Placements

NPA Worldwide

I saw a post on a social media site yesterday about split placements. One recruiter emphatically stated he does not believe in split placements. Fair enough, splits aren’t for everyone. But I always feel it’s shortsighted to summarily dismiss splits. Here are 3 reasons I think every recruiter should consider split placements: Split placements can even out business cycles.

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8 Shocking and Thought-Provoking Recruitment News Stories this Week – 29th August 2016

Social Talent

In recruitment news this week: Monster’s Largest Shareholder Will Fight Company Sale. Source: www.rappler.com. Uh oh! One of the US’s largest newspaper companies and reportedly Monster’s largest shareholder has said it is opposed to the $429 million sale of the recruiting services firm to Randstad (announced 2 weeks ago), and has urged other stockholders to do the same.

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These Social Media Tips Will Make You Rethink Recruiting

Entrepreneur

The four biggest social media outlets provide unique features that can be used to grab the attention of job seekers.

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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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Employee Engagement Strategy Should Start Early

Survale

If you’re measuring employee engagement as part of an overall employee engagement strategy, you’re on the right track. According to Gallup , companies ranking in the upper quartile in employee engagement outperformed lower quartile organizations by as much as 10% for customer satisfaction, 22% in profitability, and 21% in productivity. They enjoyed lower turnover (25% in high-turnover organizations, 65% in low-turnover organizations), shrinkage (28%), and absenteeism (37%) and fewer safety incid

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What does Massachusetts’ equal pay law mean for employers?

Workable

Will Massachusetts be the first state to close the gender pay gap? On August 1, the state passed the most robust equal pay law the United States has ever seen. Massachusetts’ expanded Equal Pay Act targets salary history, pay secrecy and a comprehensive definition of ‘comparable work’ as a way to break the cycle of pay disparity between men and women.

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How Transparency Improves Your Developer Hiring Strategy

Stack Overflow

Transparency at every stage of the developer hiring process is often a touchy subject for recruiters. You’d be hard-pressed to find two companies that share the same opinion about how transparent their recruiters should be when they engage with tech candidates. This debate will likely continue for the foreseeable future, but developers have made one thing very clear: employers who aren’t open and honest about their technical roles will find it difficult to attract top talent.

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We’ve Worked with Hundreds of Hiring Managers – Here’s What We’ve Learned

ConveyIQ

Hiring Managers. There are good ones and there are ones who make life downright painful. Some that you can’t wait to see and others where you see them coming and make a quick detour into the nearest cube. Some that are Facebook friends and others that you send straight to voicemail. While we can’t wave […]. The post We’ve Worked with Hundreds of Hiring Managers – Here’s What We’ve Learned appeared first on Take the Interview.

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The Greatest Overlooked Tool: A Recruiting Assessment Guide to Transforming Hiring

You know talent acquisition is essential to business success, but are you frustrated with hiring results? Learn how to spotlight ideal talent & match them to the right roles in your organization today by using the Greatest Overlooked Tool.

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7 Game-Changing Recruitment News Stories this Week – 15th August 2016

Social Talent

In recruitment news this week: Randstad Acquire Monster For a Cool $429 Million. Source: www.rappler.com. In quite possibly the biggest piece of recruitment news since Microsoft bought LinkedIn , Dutch firm Randstad Holding announced last week that it was acquiring Monster. The announcement came just hours before Monster’s second quarter financials were released, and as a result of the Randstad deal, Monster canceled its quarterly conference call with financial analysts.

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Use the Candidate's Recruiting Experience to Find the Best Talent

Entrepreneur

Think like the applicant. It will open your eyes to a new way of promoting jobs, interviewing and follow-up.

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‘Recruiting’ vs ‘Hiring’ and the Importance of Capturing First Class Talent

Jobsoid

Hiring and Recruitment New companies need employees to work for them and help establish their business. Companies that already exist need to constantly replace employees that have left them to keep their company running at optimum capacity. This […]. The post ‘Recruiting’ vs ‘Hiring’ and the Importance of Capturing First Class Talent appeared first on Jobsoid.

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Winning the Heart of Your Recruiter Starts with This

Yoh

Is your job search putting you in a rotten mood? Well, chances are the people around you have taken notice; including your recruiter.

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It’s an HR Balancing Act: How to Boost Retention Without Sacrificing Revenue

Retention reigns as the top organizational priority for U.S. companies in 2023. Discover strategies to help keep your people happy without sacrificing the bottom line in Gallagher’s Organizational Wellbeing Report.

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Brexit: Which EU cities could attract London’s financial services companies?

Allegis Global Solutions

What might Brexit mean for workforce management if financial services companies choose to leave London?

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5 Essential Tools To Boost Your Social Recruiting Effectiveness

Jobvite

In our series on social recruiting effectiveness , we’ve talked a lot about ways you can attract and engage candidates with social media. We’ve looked at specific approaches you can use on the various social sites. But we haven’t yet tackled what can often be the biggest challenge recruiters face when trying to leverage social media. Care to guess what that mammoth challenge is?

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10 Companies Around the World That Are Embracing Diversity in a BIG Way

Social Talent

Diverse organisations perform better. We’re always saying it, but there’s a very good reason why. It’s a cold, hard fact! In our E-Book on How to Increase Diversity Through Improved Hiring & Recruitment Processes , we uncovered some very interesting insights on the benefits of embracing diversity, including: Most studies surrounding diversity in the workplace have found that for every 1% increase in gender diversity, company revenue increases by 3%.

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