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Is the Future of Recruiting Written in the History of Poker?

Recruiter

In the movie Maverick, Mel Gibson plays a con artist and poker player. Trying to get a seat at the table in a new salon, Gibson promises to lose for at least an hour. He's as good as his word, but when the second hour begins, he starts winning hand after hand. When things are about to get rough because the other players suspect he is cheating, Gibson reveals his secret: "What do you think I was doing during.

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9 Common Pitfalls to Avoid In Your Employee Value Proposition

Rally Recruitment Marketing

As talent acquisition and Recruitment Marketing professionals, we all know the importance of setting ourselves apart from other organizations in today’s hyper-competitive hiring market. And, of course, one of the most effective ways to determine and communicate your differentiators is through your employee value proposition (EVP). In case you need a refresher, your EVP is the creative platform (copy and visuals) that communicates the “what’s in it for me” of working at yo

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Top 5 Trends In Recruitment And Hiring for 2020

TalentLyft

Discover top 5 hiring trends you need to know about if you plan to hire new employees in 2020! Revising your hiring strategies for 2020 according to the current trends will help you develop a more effective recruitment process as well as find the right candidates fit. Read More.

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Hiring tech workers when you’re not on their A-list

Workable

And now, more and more businesses are investing in technology – which means hiring tech workers is on the rise in 2020. A new Spiceworks survey on IT budgets finds that 44% of businesses plan to increase their tech spend in 2020 from 2019. If you’re reading this, you’re likely also ramping up your efforts to build out your in-house tech talent. In fact, Workable has regularly held events on how to hire in tech, most recently in Boston , London , and San Francisco.

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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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How to Reduce the Friction your Applicants Feel When Applying

ApplicantPro

Did you know that 60% of job-seekers quit in the middle of filling out an online job application because of the length, complexity, and friction they feel while applying? When applicants feel friction by having to jump through too many hoops they most often decide that it isn't worth it. They do not have the time nor the patience to deal with the headache.

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100 powerful hiring & job statistics for 2020

Devskiller

2019 has come to an end and the magnifying glass on this year’s HR and recruitment trends has already begun to heat up. To help you sift through the numbers, we’ve put together a list of over 100 powerful hiring and job statistics for 2020. The numbers have been crunched by the likes of The Bureau of Labor Statistics, iCIMS, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Deloitte, Jobvite, CareerBuilder, SilkRoad, Pew Research Center, Forbes, CNBC, PayScale, and the Society for Human Resources Management.

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4 Tips for Recruiting Top Talent with Gamification

Achievers - Recruiting

Think of the craziest thing you could do to convince the most qualified candidate to accept a job offer. Would you meet them in Second Life over a virtual cup of coffee? Would you approach them through Tinder? These gamification scenarios might sound a bit crazy or ahead of time. But allow us to say they’re not. Both of them are real examples of gamification in recruitment.

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Employer Branding: Why Employers Need to ‘’Talk the Talk’’

Transformify - Recruiting

Most companies handle employment matters by either accepting a high turnover rate and working around it or by constantly improving their human resources policies and practices to attract and retain the most qualified candidates. Although a mixed approach is followed by many employers, they tend to build their employer brand around diverse corporate values.

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Why Businesses Are Becoming More Employee-Centric in 2020

Glassdoor for Employers

Glassdoor’s recent report, Job & Hiring Trends for 2020 , offers hope for what lies ahead in workplaces across the country and around the world. Chief Economist Andrew Chamberlain predicts “a new wave of culture-first thinking among business leaders, elevating employee engagement to the status of core business focus for a growing number of companies.”.

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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 Effortlessly Use Texting to Hire Hourly Workers

ExactHire Recruiting

You only have to look at your smartphone’s weekly screen time report to know that the amount of time we spend accessing our phones is increasing at a relentless pace. Whether our pervasive mobile usage troubles or encourages you, it is undeniable. In fact, according to research done by Hitwise , the average device split for searches was 72% for mobile and 28% for desktop in 2017.

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10 recruitment trends I predicted in 2010. A decade later, how foolish do I look?

Greg Savage

A decade ago I was honoured to present a keynote address to the RCSA National Conference in Hobart. (The original here. August 2010) In that speech, I laid out 10 trends that I believed would impact the recruiting profession, and which I predicted we needed to factor into our strategies and business planning. Ten years […].

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Why Good Candidates Turn Down Job Offers – and What You Can Do About It

Hospital Recruiting

Aleksandr Davydov/123RF.com. The time and effort you spend recruiting talent, from the most entry-level to the most senior or specialized hire, is a costly investment. Maintaining staffing levels is critical to administrative needs and patient outcomes. Recruiting successfully keeps the 24/7 world of healthcare running smoothly. Too often the best recruitment efforts fall flat.

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The #1 Priority for Talent Acquisition Leaders in 2020 is …

VideoMyJob

What’s keeping the world's most senior leaders in talent up at night? As part of our inaugural State of Video in Talent survey we asked the executives tasked with leading talent acquisition and attraction teams to share their challenges, and their plans for addressing those challenges in 2020.

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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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9 Fixable Mistakes When Creating an Employee Value Proposition

Rally Recruitment Marketing

In talent acquisition, we all know the importance of setting our companies apart from other employers in today’s hyper-competitive hiring market. And, of course, one of the most effective ways to determine and communicate your company’s differentiators is through your employee value proposition (EVP). Your EVP is the creative platform (message and visuals) that communicates the “what’s in it for me” of working at your organization.

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3 Things to Consider When Determining the ROI of Recruitment Software

Leoforce

Arya - Recruiting AI Technology. 3 Things to Consider When Determining the ROI of Recruitment Software. Measuring ROI is always somewhat tricky, but it becomes even more difficult when trying to determine the return associated with recruitment tools. These solutions might seem like they’re streamlining things on the surface, but you may still be questioning how to quantify its effectiveness — and rightfully so.

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2020 Vision

The Whiteboard

You all saw it! I was the first person to coin the phrase 2020 vision! A line that will no doubt be utilized in many a marketing campaign to the point of exhaustion throughout the year, just you remember blog faithful, I was the originator! Now, if we can all stop patting me on the back for what is the freshest line of this new decade I can seamlessly tie it into my blog topic.

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Why Big Tech is Losing Gen Z Hires

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Remember when we were all trying to reach the hiring bar set by Amazon, Google, Facebook and other giants? No more. Toxic work cultures, questionable leadership and recent ethics scandals are tarnishing these once golden employers. The New York Times just reported that Gen Z are staying away. The techlash is real: by some estimates, Facebook’s down at least 40% in acceptance rates for full-time engineering job offers.

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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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Employer Branding for Women in Technology Q&A

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Did you watch our recent webinar, Employer Branding That Speaks Uniquely to Women in Technology? We talked with VMware Carbon Black’s Ashley Perez, Senior Talent Brand Ambassador, and Maritza Gamboa, Diversity & Inclusion Program Manager, about creating messages that resonate on a personal and professional level with female talent. The team provided invaluable insights into how they developed a Recruitment Marketing campaign that attracts women in technology.

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3 Things to Consider When Determining the ROI of Recruitment Software

Leoforce

Measuring ROI is always somewhat tricky, but it becomes even more difficult when trying to determine the return associated with recruitment tools. These solutions might seem like they’re streamlining things on the surface, but you may still be questioning how to quantify its effectiveness — and rightfully so. Some tools are iterative and others are transformative.

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12 Things Your Candidate Should Say at Interviews

Undercover Recruiter

Recruiters have a whole arsenal of advice for the candidates in their care. But a lot of this advice tends to be negative: don’t say this, don’t shake hands like that. As with most feedback, when critiquing a candidate’s mock-interview it is easier to address what went wrong than to cook up positive new ideas […]. 12 Things Your Candidate Should Say at Interviews Undercover Recruiter -.

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High Tech Industries: Tech Jobs Aren’t Just in Tech

Indeed

Stereotypes around tech often include images of vast futuristic campuses filled with scooters where employees can bring their dogs to work and take naps in sleep pods. But the truth is the tech labor market is more complex than that. Software engineers don’t just work at Apple and Google — they work at banks, transportation companies and food distributors too.

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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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9 Common Employee Value Proposition (EVP) Pitfalls to Avoid in Recruitment Marketing

Rally Recruitment Marketing

As talent acquisition and Recruitment Marketing professionals, we all know the importance of setting ourselves apart from other organizations in today’s hyper-competitive hiring market. And, of course, one of the most effective ways to determine and communicate your differentiators is through your employee value proposition (EVP). In case you need a refresher, your EVP is the creative platform (copy and visuals) that communicates the “what’s in it for me” of working at yo

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Top Boolean Strings to Find Diversity Candidates Online

WizardSourcer

I created a comprehensive list of Boolean strings to help source and recruit diversity candidates online. Most companies focus on posting jobs to find a diverse slate of candidates. However, in this competitive landscape we need to be able to go out and actively source leads online. Below is by far the largest list of Boolean strings available online for free to find diverse candidates online. 1.

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#WorkTrends: The Empathy Gap

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, the CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, joined Meghan M. Biro for the January 17, 2020 #WorkTrends podcast. The topic: disasters, of the workplace kind. Dr. Tsipursky is a consultant, cognitive neuroscientist and expert on behavioral economics. Noting that we’re still suffering from an epidemic of disengagement, he pointed to one glaring omission in workplace culture: empathy.

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Creative Questions: Our New Job Post Q&A

Katrina Kibben

Asking specific, creative questions to help hiring managers picture the person they want to hire. They can also help you write a better job post. The post Creative Questions: Our New Job Post Q&A appeared first on Katrina Kibben.

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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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Employer Branding for Women in Technology Q&A

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Did you watch our recent webinar, Employer Branding That Speaks Uniquely to Women in Technology? We talked with VMware Carbon Black’s Ashley Perez, Senior Talent Brand Ambassador, and Maritza Gamboa, Diversity & Inclusion Program Manager, about creating messages that resonate on a personal and professional level with female talent. The team provided invaluable insights into how they developed a Recruitment Marketing campaign that attracts women in technology.

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The Hiring Manager's Guide To Digital Interviewing

ConveyIQ

If you are here, your recruiting team has decided to add digital interviewing to its hiring process - congrats! Rather than days filled with phone screens and in-person interviews that blur together, digital interviews will give your team the ability to simultaneously interview 100 candidates in the time it takes to screen 15 via telephone. And as a hiring manager, you are presented with a unique opportunity to take a more reflective and thoughtful approach to candidate screening, while offering

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10 Sales Films That'll Get You Pumped for 2020

FireFish Software

We all know how tough it can be to get back into the swing of things after the holidays, but remember that January is a really important month in recruitment. You’re relying on the business you pull in now to carry you through Q1 and beyond, so get yourself geared up for building a strong pipeline by watching some motivational sales movies! Here’s a list of the best sales films that will inspire you and get you fired up to make 2020 your best year to date.

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