November, 2017

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Massive lies recruiters tell themselves.

Greg Savage

This may not be a comfortable read. Almost all recruiters tell themselves huge lies. I did it when I was a recruiter, and I did it when I was manager too. It’s a human trait on a broader level for sure, as well. We finesse reality to make ourselves feel better. We tweak the truth […].

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5 Interviewing Hacks to Increase Your Hiring Efficiency in 2018

Lever

Your interviewers aren’t submitting feedback as quickly as you’d like. You’re worried that a few people on the team are asking candidates the same questions. You spend way too long looking at your hiring manager’s schedule to find open slots that match your candidate’s. If any of these recruiting pains resonate with you, we want to throw a few simple solutions your way.

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Recruiter Website Takedown: Reaction Search

Talent Hero Media

How do you build a successful lead generation recruiter website?It’s a question we’ve asked and answered on this blog before but we realized that it’s a … Continue reading Recruiter Website Takedown: Reaction Search. The post Recruiter Website Takedown: Reaction Search appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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Time For Something Different In Recruitment

The Whiteboard

Next week sees the realisation of two different projects we have been working on within our business for quite some time now, and it’s fair to say I’m a bundle of nervous excitement and energy about it all. Rice Consulting as a business has always sought to adopt an innovative approach to things. Innovation is a constant theme running through the company and it flows with abundance through everyone who works here.

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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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Are You Ready to Recruit Generation Z?

Social Talent

Maybe you’re asking yourself. What is Gen Z? A great way to think about it is like this; The Baby Boomers made babies, Generation X made jobs, Millennial’s made experiences and Gen Z are going to make robots! Plain and simple; Gen Z are the future. They are the next generation of employees and consumers born between the mid-1990s to early 2000.

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New Savage Masterclass! ‘Sophisticated Selling’.

Greg Savage

Savage Sell Sophisticated selling for the Modern Recruiter This series of half-day master classes will be held in March 2018, in nine cities in Australia and New Zealand. 400 recruiters have booked in the first week! These will be sold out, so please – book now! And it’s sharply priced so Agencies can send entire […].

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How to Hire Top Performers: Offer Them a Career Path

Lever

Career opportunity is the top reason people change jobs. Forty five percent of people leave their job due to lack of opportunities for advancement, and 59 percent accept a new job for a strong career path with more opportunity. These are precisely the people you want at your organization. Those focused on their career paths will be more driven to continually improve their skills and exceed performance expectations.

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Lead Generation For Recruiters: What You Need To Know

Talent Hero Media

Traditionally, lead generation for recruiters has been straightforward.If you wanted to build a client base, you picked up the phone and cold called. The person … Continue reading Lead Generation For Recruiters: What You Need To Know. The post Lead Generation For Recruiters: What You Need To Know appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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NZME Wade Into Online Job Board Market

The Whiteboard

New Zealand employers and recruiters will soon have another new jobs platform to add to their sourcing channels. Well, that at least is what NZME will be hoping, as they announced yesterday the upcoming launch of YUDU , a job listings website with some extra padding like “industry-specific news, practical advice and tips, trends and insights for both employers and job candidates, as well as information on events within each industry.” Sounds to me like a carbon copy of established p

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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 Evolution of Technology In Today’s Working World

Social Talent

How Has Technology Changed Our Behaviour? Technology is advancing at a phenomenal pace and it’s showing no sign of slowing down. Through the various industries and markets, technology has helped today’s workforce work smarter. Not only are we working smarter as a global workforce, but we’re communicating more efficiently and we’re becoming more productive in our workflow.

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From Amazon to Carvana: How Your Dealership Can Learn From Disruptive Business Models

Hireology

Traditional dealerships are no longer the only option consumers have when it comes to car buying. Disruptive business models from Amazon, Carvana and others are transforming the automotive industry and posing a risk to local dealers. To compete with the latest innovative business models, it’s critical to turn your employees into your main source of competitive advantage.

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Sixty Savage Seconds – Are you “yesterday’s hero”?

Greg Savage

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled Are you “yesterday’s hero”? Let me know what you think! View here. .

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7 Sourcing Hacks to Supercharge your Hiring in 2018

Lever

Sourced candidates make up the second most common source of hire , and sourcing is arguably the most promising way to find your dream candidate. To make that your reality, you just have to hone the right tactics.

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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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6 Ways to Increase Productivity By Helping Employees Get Enough Sleep

Glassdoor for Employers

When the Nobel Prize in medicine is awarded to sleep researchers, you know it’s time to pay attention. This year, the 2017.

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Thoughts On 2017 SEEK Awards Winners

The Whiteboard

Quick one from me this week as I’ve got way too much work related stuff going on for such a beautiful sunny Friday. Last night saw the annual SEEK “SARA” Recruitment Awards here in Auckland which followed on in the “new” format of awarding category winners based upon the decisions of a panel of judges. SEEK did well this year with a decent panel of largely credible recruitment industry professionals, although perhaps a little under-represented on the agency side of

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Get Ready for the SocialTalent Advent Calendar!

Social Talent

The Holiday Season is always a great time in SocialTalent – getting to round off the year and look back on all the changes that have gone on, the new people we’ve gotten to know and all the great content that’s come from the website over the past 12 months (plus, the end-of-year party is pretty good too). Since it is the season of giving, we wanted to do something special to share the best of 2017 with you all.

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Recruitment Strategies to Improve Your Diversity Brand

SmartRecruiters

In today’s competitive global war for talent, a commitment to diversity hiring could set your company apart. The candidate of today wants to see a commitment to diversity that goes beyond a sentence in the employee handbook. Here are some concrete steps your company can take if they want to walk the walk. First things first, get on the same page. Create a Diversity Vision and Statement this will help guide all future efforts.

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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 Social Media Can Help You Grow Your Fitness Franchise

Hireology

Consumers have many choices when it comes to finding a fitness routine that works for them. The possibilities are endless – from full-service gyms to at-home fitness apps to studios dedicated to yoga, cycling, crossfit and more. And each time a new fitness center opens or app is developed, it can pose a challenge to your fitness franchise. How can your fitness franchise stand out from the competition and attract new members?

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How to Hire 155 People in 45 Days with High-Impact Teams

Lever

Imagine this: you’re in talent acquisition for an organization that acquires another, and are charged with hiring 100 developers for that organization in 90 days. Now, also imagine that the company for which you’re hiring currently has a team of 45 employees, split between the United States and Argentina, which took them seven years to build. On top of that, the organization doesn’t yet have salaries or locations set for any new hires.

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4 Reasons Why Offering A 401(k) Matching Can Help Empower Your Workforce

Glassdoor for Employers

Business owners know how challenging it is to attract and retain qualified applicants, and keep them happy and productive. As businesses highly depend on their employees for success, providing competitive employee benefits is now a must if you want to have talented individuals running your business.

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Congestion Ahead for Kiwi Job Board Market

The Whiteboard

The online job board market here in New Zealand is set to get more congested than Auckland’s Southern Motorway at rush hour any time of day. As mentioned last week NZME are set to launch their new job board YUDU next year in a bid to challenge the dominance of SEEK and Trade Me Jobs. This week we were told by Stuff.co.nz that Fairfax would be launching the UK-based job aggregator Adzuna in New Zealand too.

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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 Unusual Interview Questions To Ask A Candidate (Infographic)

Social Talent

For any candidate, it’s important that they’re prepared to be questioned about everything and anything before walking into a job interview. On the other hand, as an interviewer, you want to ask the most important questions that will give you an idea of hat kind of individual you have sitting in front of you. In many cases, job candidates have pre-scripted answers, due to the same questions being asked by interviewers time and time again.

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3 Predictions For AI And Recruiting In 2018

Ideal

2017 was undeniably the year of AI in recruiting. And it looks like recruiters are embracing it: a recent survey from Jobvite finds that nearly 50% of recruiters feel positive about the effects of AI on their jobs while only 7% believe AI will have a negative effect. In 2018? AI and automation are still going to be dominant themes in recruiting. In 2017, most recruiting teams were familiarizing themselves with the concepts of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language proces

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On Veterans Day, Thank Veterans, and Hire Them

Symphony Talent

My Father served in the US Army, and like other people of his era, he came home to an economy that was in need of smart, hardworking and. The post On Veterans Day, Thank Veterans, and Hire Them appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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The Playbook for Data-Driven Recruiting

Lever

At Lever’s second annual Talent Innovation Summit , Jennifer Paxton, PHR, Director of Talent at LevelUp , unveiled her data-driven recruiting playbook. With a master's degree in Opera, her background doesn't exactly scream 'data-driven.’ However, after several years in talent acquisition, she's learned the enormous benefits of getting comfortable with data in order to make informed recruiting decisions.

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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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5 Awesome Job Benefits That Attract Quality Candidates

Glassdoor for Employers

The top 5 benefits you should add to your competitive benefits package to significantly help in employee acquisition and retention.

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Target the Selfie Generation with Video Recruitment Technology

iCIMS

The rise of video technology has become inescapable. Companies have started to notice how video technology has dominated our world and will essentially revolutionize the next generation of recruiting.

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The 12 Recruiters of Christmas Every Candidate Will Know

Social Talent

Welcome to our very first day of our Content Advent Calendar, where we’ll be posting blog posts, videos and competitions over the month of December. Today we look at 12 well-known characters from your favourite Christmas films and match them with recruiter personas. Seasons greetings to one and all! 1. Buddy The Elf. There isn’t one person out there that doesn’t like Buddy the elf… well maybe there’s a few, but you can’t help but laugh along with some of the r

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