Sat.Feb 18, 2017 - Fri.Feb 24, 2017

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Nine changes recruiters must make – now!

Greg Savage

Everyone is telling recruiters they need to change. Hey, half my blogs touch on the same theme! So, you might be thinking, “OK, I get it. Change is key. But specifically, in what areas is this change meant to take place?” Good question!

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Why Every Hiring Manager Needs an ATS

ClearCompany Recruiting

In the recruiting world there has long been a division among HR professionals: they either praise the time-saving properties of an ATS or they believe an ATS doesn’t catch all suitable applicants. Applicant tracking systems have come a long way in recent years and new technology allows products and tools to be more competitive. Currently, around 75% of recruiters and hiring professionals use a recruiting or applicant tracking system.

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These 7 Collaborative Tools Will Help You Jumpstart Your Productivity

JazzHR

Small businesses often operate on the slimmest of margins. To be successful, they need to be lean and agile, and able to get as much out of their staff as possible. In many cases that means using collaborative tools to help them boost productivity by cutting down on a variety of their day-to-day administrative burdens. Collaborative tools come in all shapes and sizes, including recruitment software , messaging systems, file sharing apps, and project management software, among many others.

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How to Build Your Own Recruiting Design Team Today On A Tiny Budget Using Fiverr

Talent Hero Media

Big recruiting agencies typically have internal design teams that make all of their marketing materials shine. So how are you supposed to compete with them on a tiny budget? With a little bit of patience, you can use Fiverr to get high-quality cost-effective marketing work for your recruitment team done for you. The three most reliable types of work you can get completed on Fiverr are logo design, video intros and infographics.

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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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9 Dos and Don'ts of Mobile Recruiting

Lever

Have you ever settled down for dinner after a long day of work only to realize you completely spaced on submitting your candidate feedback? Or tried to prepare for your next interview on the way to the office, but scrambled to find your candidate’s profile? If your recruiting tasks are tied to a computer, you were probably out of luck.

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Social Media In Hiring…Fair Use or Unfair Access?

ExactHire Recruiting

A colleague asked a thought provoking question the other day…Do companies address social media in hiring, and if so, how? Good question. In a world where the hiring process is meant to be black and white in order to make an effective hiring decision based on an applicant’s professional experience, how do employers address a gray area of accidental or intentional viewing of applicants’ social media profiles within the hiring process?

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Three Steps to Conducting a Better Skills Gap Analysis

JazzHR

For your business to really thrive, you need to make sure that you’re getting the best out of every employee and that you’re making smart decisions when it comes to hiring new staff. Knowing what skills your workforce has, where they are lacking, and how to fill that gap is crucial to remaining competitive in today’s market. That’s where a skills gap analysis comes in.

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The Trolling Of Recruiters

The Whiteboard

The internet has given rise to many amazing things that have helped make the world a more connected place. But for all the positives it is undoubtedly balanced out by a lot of downsides too, not least of which is the platform it has afforded complete and utter idiots to voice their moronic opinions in an aggressively viral way (and yeah haha I know the irony but please…read on).

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A Basic Recruiting Compliance Checklist

ClearCompany Recruiting

Federal and state laws require employers to maintain a number of specific records relating to the company’s hiring and employment practices. Failing to collect and retain the necessary records can result in fines, exclusion from government contracts and other sanctions. Following best practices for record keeping in your recruiting process will help to minimize your company’s risk exposure in the event of a government audit or lawsuit.

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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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How To: Search the New LinkedIn Search Interface (Properly) Using Field Commands

Social Talent

So you’ve now received the new LinkedIn.com user interface and it’s new search bar. You’re annoyed that you no longer have an Advanced Search feature and individual search fields, where you could search for candidates by job title, zip-code, radius and company. That capability was removed for users of LinkedIn.com, forcing users (even those who already pay for LinkedIn) to upgrade to vastly expensive products like LinkedIn Recruiter.

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How to Set Up and Optimize Your Recruiting Agency’s LinkedIn Page in 5 Minutes

Talent Hero Media

Every company, but especially a recruiting or staffing agency, needs a proper LinkedIn company page. This guide will walk you through the process of setting up and optimizing your page in 5 minutes. Go to the More icon and scroll down to the “Create a Company Page” button. Enter the company name and an email address that is on the same domain as your company.

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Transforming Recruiters Into Business Partners

Proactive Talent

The way companies recruit has changed greatly over the years, but there’s at least one more area in which recruiting has room to grow. While the tools and methods have evolved, the role recruiters play within organizations tends to be stagnant. Like many support departments, HR and recruiting are often segmented and not heavily involved with the business side of the business, but they should be.

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How to Build a Diverse Workforce

JazzHR

Diversity in the workplace isn’t just a nice idea, it’s great for business. Having a diverse group of employees in your organization helps ensure that you have a wide range of approaches, points of view, and talents — all essential for problem-solving and remaining competitive in the market. Conversely, if your business recruiting hires the same type of person for every role, you’re at risk of succumbing to organizational groupthink.

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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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10 Job Advertisements That Ooze Creativity & Wit

Social Talent

When you set out about writing a job advert, you have to look at it from the reader’s perspective. The more it engages the reader, the more applicants you’ll have flying in through the door. There are too many job advertisements out there that are filled with jargon and repetition, leaving the applicants shouting “NEXT!” Alas, all hope is nt lost!

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Reviews For Recruitment Agencies – How to Turn Them Into a Lead Generating Machine

Talent Hero Media

When a current client provides an offline referral to your recruiting company, it’s safe to assume that your potential new referral is going to search for reviews of your business before they reach out to see what the Internet has to say about you. Nonetheless, for the vast majority of recruitment agencies, you will find zero public reviews on Google or a more review-oriented site like Yelp.

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Mobile Recruiting: Here's the Guide You Can't Live Without

Entrepreneur

Mobile recruiting is a great tool; but one wrong move, and a serious hiring mistake could be made. Here's how to avoid that.

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8 Things to Consider Before You Start Scheduling Interviews

Spark Hire

There are a seemingly endless amount of factors that come into play when conducting a job interview. Was the candidate being truthful when they described themselves on their resume? Was the job description accurate and thorough enough to attract the right batch of candidates? Are those in charge of hiring actually clear on what they’re looking for as they expand their team?

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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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Why Companies Are Searching For Employees With Grit

Social Talent

If a company is to be successful long-term, it needs to fill its ranks with the best candidates on offer. The right hiring decisions need to be made and HR executives must keep an eye out for employees demonstrating qualities that are reflective of strong organisational values and work ethic. After all, recruitment is a huge financial investment, so it only makes sense that forward-thinking organisations would want to maximise their return on that investment.

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How to Improve Your Interview Process

Glassdoor for Employers

Tech companies like Google are famous for their difficult job interviews, and many other corporations have followed suit. From brain teasers to.

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3 Pitfalls Recruiters Must Avoid in Job Interviews

Entrepreneur

HR people need to sharpen their questions and open up the conversation to get the best talent and the right fit.

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9 Ways to Properly Qualify a Job Brief

RecruitLoop

If your client decides not to proceed with anyone on your shortlist, they’ll probably say that “none of your candidates quite met the brief”. However perhaps it’s not that ‘they’ didn’t meet the brief at all. Maybe ‘you’ failed to properly qualify the job order.

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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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Sigmar’s CCO Talks National Employment Week & The Talent Summit

Social Talent

This week I had the pleasure of catching up with Sigmar’s CCO, Robert MacGiolla Phadraig, where he explained to me the process behind The National Employment Week as well as who’ll be speaking at the upcoming Talent Summit on Wednesday, 1st March. Here’s what he had to say. Q: Sigmar launched The National Employment Week back in 2011.

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Why Should Companies Prioritize Diversity? Glassdoor Asks Leaders at Pinterest, IBM and Gi…

Glassdoor for Employers

There’s no shortage of coverage on the topic of diversity and inclusion. And it goes way beyond complying with laws or “doing.

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GE’s Recruitment Marketing Results on Zero Budget

Symphony Talent

We’re all asked to do more with less these days. In fact, when I started my recruitment marketing journey at GE, I was charged with telling the GE. The post GE’s Recruitment Marketing Results on Zero Budget appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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How To Make Better First Impressions On Candidates During the Hiring Process

Spark Hire

While job seekers are focused on wowing hiring managers in order to snag an offer, it’s equally important that those tasked with finding new talent make a positive impression, too. As the job market gets more competitive for hiring managers, a strong first impression helps your business stand out and continue to attract the most qualified professionals that your field has to offer.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

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

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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It’s Tech And Tools In This Week’s Recruitment News

Social Talent

Every Monday we bring you the latest trending news in the recruitment industry. This week, we focus on the how Ph.Attraction’s new innovative tool, Feebee, can help enhance your company’s brand. Also, we take a look at Deloitte’s extreme recruitment tactics, as well as how chatbots can increase productivity within the workplace. Ph.

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11 HR Professionals to Follow on Twitter

Glassdoor for Employers

If you are part of the Human Resources (HR) world, looking to grow your network, and stay up to date on industry.

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Global Placement Activity Strong for NPAworldwide

NPA Worldwide

From time to time, prospective members ask what industries or occupations are hot in our network. Below is a summary of 2016 global placement activity for NPAworldwide members: Total placements increased by 23% in 2016 compared to 2015. Accounting/finance placements more than doubled year-over-year; we attribute this both to strength in the sector as well as our acquisition of the National Banking Network. 2016 was our first full year of integration.