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The Gatekeepers Part II: Why a Positive Recruiting Philosophy Matters

Proactive Talent

Welcome to the second blog in my series, The Gatekeepers: Why a positive Recruiting Philosophy Matters. In this blog, I’ll focus on an essential piece of The Gatekeeper approach: the candidate. If you missed my first blog, take a peek here before reading this one. Changing jobs is an opportunity to take on more challenging or higher-paying roles. However, oftentimes the choice to leave is to escape the nightmare of their present employer.

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The Ghosting Guide: An Inside Look at Why Job Seekers Disappear

Indeed

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.

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How to Give Job Seekers More Than a Job Description

Glassdoor for Employers

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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How Small Companies Can Compete with Larger Companies’ Employer Brands

Glassdoor for Employers

The lure of a fully equipped gym or access to yoga classes can be strong for job seekers on the hunt for new company soil in which to plant their career flag. Other big-company benefits include opportunities for advancement, salary increases and better insurance options. Job seekers also may feel they can build a stronger resume working at a big company, garnering more audacious metrics—working with multimillion- or even, -billion-dollar budgets versus tens or hundreds of thousand-dollar budgets

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Cracking the Culture Code: Interviewing for Culture Fit

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Join Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, for this live webinar as he guides you through an objective interview process that will help your team assess candidate's alignment with your organizational culture. Space is limited, register today!

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3 Key Areas of Background Check Compliance Employers Need to Know

Lever

Three-quarters of the US population lives in a jurisdiction with a fair hiring law in place, so if you’re responsible for screening and hiring employees, you need to know how to maintain compliance to avoid costly violations. While compliance with fair hiring. Read More. The post 3 Key Areas of Background Check Compliance Employers Need to Know appeared first on Lever.

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3 Trends Changing the Way Hiring Professionals Work

JazzHR

Guest blog by Augusta Henning. With the labor market tightening , it’s now become trickier than ever for organizations to source and hire the best talent. As a result, many hiring professionals need to adapt the way they work in order to get ahead. From investing in different tools to working against new targets, here are 3 trends changing the way hiring professionals work and how to adapt: 1.

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Not Just Any Job Seeker: How to Attract the Career Conscious

Glassdoor for Employers

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.

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A CEO’s Perspective: The Google Hire Announcement

Lever

We’ve admired the Hire by Google team since their pre-acquisition days as BeBop. The quality of their team, approach, and leadership exemplified the next generation of technology players that are supporting today’s more sophisticated talent strategies. I’m happy that both the teams. Read More. The post A CEO’s Perspective: The Google Hire Announcement appeared first on Lever.

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All Good Things…

The Whiteboard

Blog topics are sometimes hard to come by, nine times out of ten they’re usually a cathartic exercise used to expel some of the recruitment demons we’ve experienced in the week. The importance of packaging a candidate, counter offers or salary expectations are brought into focus by a wayward candidates, a blog on dress code may come from a client’s off-hand comment that it was “nice of you to make an effort” This weeks blog is something that has hungover the Rice office for about a month a

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

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.

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Daddy, did you lose your job?

AkkenCloud

I got to work that day, and my boss immediately called me into his office. I didn’t like the look on his face, but I didn’t have anything to worry about, or so I thought. We got to his office, and the HR Director was sitting in there (who also had an unpleasant look on her face). I sat down, and he closed the door. My heart began to race, and I started to panic.

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Is It Time to Reimagine Your Seasonal Hiring Process?

Glassdoor for Employers

I’ve had the pleasure to work with companies to re-imagine their hiring processes for years. With HireVue, I’ve been able to help companies move faster and improve high-volume and seasonal hiring needs among others. And since the need for seasonal workers is only going up, the drive to re-imagine seasonal hiring processes is greater than ever. With unemployment in the U.S. below four percent and between three percent and seven percent in Europe, a re-imagined seasonal hiring process can mean hir

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7 Ways to Celebrate Global Talent Acquisition Day at Your Office

Lever

Next Wednesday, September 4th marks a day to celebrate all those in talent acquisition that have enabled your great company to make hires and scale to the level that you’re at today. But how can you celebrate those that make your lives. Read More. The post 7 Ways to Celebrate Global Talent Acquisition Day at Your Office appeared first on Lever.

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All Good Things…

The Whiteboard

Blog topics are sometimes hard to come by, nine times out of ten they’re usually a cathartic exercise used to expel some of the recruitment demons we’ve experienced in the week. The importance of packaging a candidate, counter offers or salary expectations are brought into focus by a wayward candidates, a blog on dress code may come from a client’s off-hand comment that it was “nice of you to make an effort” This weeks blog is something that has hungover the Rice office for about a month a

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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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Revamp Your Employee Training

TalentLyft

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.

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7 Warning Signs Job Seekers Need to Look Out for During the Hiring Process

AkkenCloud

Have you ever worked for a company that has a culture that is so toxic it made your work and personal life miserable? I have, and if you’re like me, you could kick yourself for ignoring the warning signs during the hiring process. A few of years ago, I published a blog on LinkedIn that went viral, with over 600,000 page views and 5,000 comments.

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7 Must-Read Articles for Sourcers

Lever

If you’re feeling like your sourcing strategy has hit a wall, we’ve gathered the best reads to inspire your sourcing journey and help you find the best talent to grow your company. We’ve curated this list from the best sourcers and recruiters. Read More. The post 7 Must-Read Articles for Sourcers appeared first on Lever.

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ISO 27001 at Devskiller will speed up your procurement process

Devskiller

Devskiller has always had a major commitment to security. Our system was built by software professionals who understood that security is not simply a skin that you put over a system. Instead, it’s a state of mind, a way of designing systems that needs to be implemented from the ground up. With our new ISO 27001 certification, our customers can now easily verify what we’ve been doing since the beginning, providing a secure system for their data.

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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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Top Applicant Tracking Systems Leading Employers Migrate To (2019)

Ongig

An applicant tracking system migration is one of the biggest HR projects you’ll face in talent acquisition. Are you curious which ATS systems leading employers are moving to? As part of our research into ATS market share (see Top ATS Systems Used by the Fortune 500 in 2019 (Workday Beats Taleo) and The Top Applicant Tracking Systems Report ) we see which employers are moving applicant tracking systems.

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The One Piece of Bad LinkedIn Advice You Should Be Ignoring

AkkenCloud

If you’re on LinkedIn, you’ve received a connection a request from somebody you didn’t know. What did you do? LinkedIn recommends that you only connect with those you know well. For my first several years on the platform, I diligently followed that advice. I used LinkedIn to connect with my co-workers, my clients, and a few people I went to college with.

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Lever’s Summer of Sourcing Recap: How to Improve Recruitment and Retention

Lever

We just wrapped our annual Summer of Sourcing webinar series. Our speakers had so many insightful things to say about recruitment and retention, and we couldn’t wait to share them with you. Our second session, Gathering Feedback to Improve Your Hiring and. Read More. The post Lever’s Summer of Sourcing Recap: How to Improve Recruitment and Retention appeared first on Lever.

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The Dos & Don’ts for Recruiters

Glassdoor for Employers

Relationship building between candidates and companies is an ever-evolving process, especially in our digitally connected, hypercompetitive world. “Rather than multiple candidates vying for positions because of limited availability, we now have a surplus of positions opening up and not enough candidates to fill them,” according to Recruiting.com. This surplus is verified by a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Highlights report, which says, “The ratio of une

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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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Why You Should Join the Cool Kids at HR Tech Connect Summit 2019

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Over the past decade, we’ve seen big changes in HR — so many that I’d say that now we’re the corporate cool kids’ table. It’s a crazy thing to say about HR, but the amazing advances in HR tech have given us some amazing, shiny new tools that have transformed our jobs and made us the envy of the org chart. (And since we’re talking about HR, I just want to make one thing clear. […].

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8 Reasons why you should use an applicant tracking system

Devskiller

Inside HR Departments, recruitment is one of the hardest tasks to master. Recruiting managers spend hours looking at resumes, making phone calls, and performing interviews in order to select the best candidates to join their company. They know better than anyone else the consequences a bad hire would bring to their company. The right applicant tracking system can help avoid this.

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The Workplace of the Future – How to Hire and What to Invest In

RecruitLoop

Recruiting in the 21st century is a complex endeavor. In this article, our guest author acknowledges some of the changes that have occurred and provides pointers on how to successfully manage these changes effectively.

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Using Experiential Feedback Data to Optimize Recruitment Operations

Survale

Dent Wizard’s Sr. Manager of Talent Acquisition and Strategy, Tony Suzda, and I had a chance to speak at the Talent Board ‘s recent virtual conference “Best Practices in Candidate Experience and Diversity and Inclusion” with our session: Using Experiential Feedback Data to Optimize Recruitment Operations. The presentation highlights how Dent Wizard’s use of Survale has incorporated structured, experiential feedback data into their management of recruitment operation

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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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3 Ways for Companies to Build Trust With Candidates

AkkenCloud

Having the trust of top talented candidates is one of the most important things for a successful and fruitful hiring process. However, gaining that trust is a difficult feat as it can take years to build, and just one small mistake can mean it takes a few seconds to lose it all. Whether your company is based online or you have a retail store, implementing the best security and carrying out safe working practices is vital to give your candidates peace of mind whilst using your services or purchas

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5 Reasons Why You Should Start Hiring People Who Are Better Than You

Recruiter

The hiring process can be a humbling one if you're looking to build a strong, trustworthy team. Business leaders and owners are often tasked with vetting and onboarding new leadership team members, but workplace competitiveness can often complicate the process. While a healthy company culture generally prioritizes the work of the team over any one individual, a certain.

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Tech Needs Skilled, Intelligent Women [Infographic]

RecruitLoop

Many would argue that progress on gender equality and diversity in the workplace has improved. However, in the tech industry it has stalled. The below infographic shares tips for women to attain success in this male dominated industry.