Sat.Feb 13, 2016 - Fri.Feb 19, 2016

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Chuck out your crappy recruiter KPIs

Greg Savage

We know that in many sectors, talent is hard to find. And that is only likely to get worse in an era of sustained skill-shortages. Yet most recruitment companies still focus all their energy, and their KPIs, on job-order metrics. Now, let me be clear on this. I LOVE KPIs. I believe you can’t manage […].

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Interviewers, You Matter More than You Know

Lever

Photo credit: Bethany Legg. Interviewers, we know you’re busy. We know you have back-to-back meetings, OKRs to hit, and an overflowing plate as it is. On top of all of that, now we need you to interview a slew of candidates. We know it’s asking a lot, but here’s why you simply have to prioritize it.

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10 Ways to Spot if a Candidate is Lying

Social Talent

Do you ever find yourself suspicious of an applicant, but you’re not sure how to uncover the truth? Hailing from a graduate recruitment background, I sometimes come across less than truthful applications for roles that we work on. It’s in this vein that I thought it would be a good idea to compile some advice that I’ve accrued whilst working with final year students and recent graduates.

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How Video Interviewing Helps Your Recruiting Process

HarQen

At HarQen, our schedules are filled to the brim with discussions, strategizing, planning and implementation of optimized Interview Processes for our clients around the world; all with the common denominator of a Need for Speed, Quality and Candidate Experience. The market gives ‘it’ many names: Online Interview Digital Interview On-Demand Interview Virtual Interview Automated [.].

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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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Recruitics’ President Josh Gampel to Present Session at 2016 SIA Executive Forum

Recruitics

Session Titled “Stop Wasting Money: Drive Higher Gross Margin by Optimizing Your Recruitment Marketing Spend”. NEW YORK, N.Y. — Recruitics President Josh Gampel will be a featured presenter at next week’s Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) Executive Forum at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, AZ. Gampel’s session, titled “Stop Wasting Money: Drive Higher Gross Margin by Optimizing Your Recruitment Marketing Spend”, will be open to attendees on February 24 at 1:30pm in the Canyon Meeting Room.

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7 Excel Tricks To Improve Your Sourcing And Recruiting Career (Infographic)

Social Talent

Regardless of how great your ATS or CRM is, Excel is something that no data driven sourcer or recruiter should overlook. Use the tips on this excellent infographic from MicrosoftTraining.net to improve your skills: Source: MicrosoftTraining.net. The post 7 Excel Tricks To Improve Your Sourcing And Recruiting Career (Infographic) appeared first on Social Talent.

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5 Ways to Rebuild Trust When Leadership Messes Up

Glassdoor for Employers

In a climate of risk and reward, no one is immune to failure, including leadership. So, what should leadership do in the wake of a blunder to help rebuild trust and set their team back on course? Following are five examples of how to turn around staff morale after making a misstep or spurring change that leaves teams, divisions or regions in shambles, disparate and/or dispirited.

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Newton Announces More Improvements To It’s Applicant Tracking System

Newton Software

Newton leads the applicant tracking system industry in new releases and we’re at it again. Just a month and a half into 2016 and we’re excited to announce another set of enhancements to our leading applicant tracking system that’s designed specifically for small and medium-sized employers. In case you missed it, our first release of 2016 was Newton Mobile Apply , a feature that’s turned out to be one of the most popular releases in Newton history.

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How to Structure Your Sourcing Team

Lever

In a previous post inspired by a webinar with candidate sourcing expert, Jer Langhans of Paired Sourcing , we reviewed his 10 tips for supercharging your sourcing strategy and filling your pipeline with qualified talent. Today, we’ll take a closer look at his advice on how to structure your sourcing and overall recruiting team.

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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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10 Ways to Instantly Improve Your Job Ads

Social Talent

There’s something that’s making me very sad at the moment and that’s the fact that recruiters seem to have lost faith in the power of an ad to attract a great candidate, particularly within niche skills and sectors. I don’t know where they got this idea from, but I’m guessing it’s from the bevvy of misinformed blogs currently doing the rounds, telling people “the job board is dead” in an effort to boost their click through rates.

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Tips for Solo Recruiters Branching Out

NPA Worldwide

Going solo? Recruiting is a hard business, and if you’re an independent recruiter working from home, it can present some additional challenges. Here are three things to keep in mind when branching out: 1. Solo recruiters need a strong network – from former co-workers to the talent pool, experience in a staffing firm or the industry you plan to recruit in is invaluable.

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Why Should Senior Engineers Balance Trees in an Interview?

HackerRank

For nearly as long as companies have hired programmers, managers have asked engineering candidates to solve fundamental algorithm and data structure problems. And for nearly just as long, engineers have debated the validity of these challenges in job interviews (2005, 2015). The argument is: If I’m never going to balance a tree on the job, […].

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10 Tools for Sourcing Candidates by the Hundreds

RecruitLoop

With the right tools, you can save time by automating a lot of the sourcing process. Here's a list of tools to help when it comes to sourcing candidates.

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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 Jobs to Recruit For Right Now

Glassdoor for Employers

What are the hottest jobs right now? We recently published the 25 Best Jobs in America for 2016 , ranking jobs according to three key factors that make up the “Glassdoor Job Score”: earning potential, career opportunities, and number of job openings.*. While this list helps job seekers identify which careers to consider, recruiters should also be paying attention.

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10 Top Recruiter Productivity Tips and Tools

FireFish Software

February can be a tough month in the recruitment industry. You’ve (hopefully!) kicked off 2016 with a bang, but how do you keep the momentum going when your motivation is beginning to lag? It can be tricky, but there are lots of tools out there that can help you keep on track and improve your performance.

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Embracing the Start-Up Culture

iCIMS

We’ve all seen it from afar. From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, the start-up culture is just about the trendiest thing in the workforce these days. It represents a refreshing shift from the stiff corporate environment that no longer appeals to young applicants, with a specific focus on millennials. Capturing a lasting and appealing identity that vibrates throughout the company is fast becoming a priority for CEO’s everywhere, and it’s just about the most effective strategy for attracting new

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7 Essential Questions To Ask When Phone Screening A Candidate

RecruitLoop

Knowing what to keep an eye (or ear!) out for when phone screening a candidate can prevent you inviting someone in who is totally wrong for your role.

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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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Comeet Product Features: 30 Reasons Collaborative Recruiting Rocks

Comeet

There’s an old saying in software marketing that customers buy on benefits, and justify with features. We thought we’d give you 30 ways to justify adopting recruiting software that everyone in your company will actually look forward to using. Here are some of the Comeet product features that our customers appreciate most: Award-winning software. 2015 UXAwards winner for User Experience excellence. .

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Who Cares If Consultants Aren't Using the CRM Properly? (Hint: You Should!)

FireFish Software

I’ve written before how many recruitment leaders I come across rarely interact with their own CRM, and have seen time and time again that recruiters are all too happy to jump back into spreadsheets, notebooks and going by “memory” rather than use their CRM system properly.

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6 Employment Trends That Will Disrupt 2017 Workforce Planning

Yoh

Workforce planning is a continuous process intended to align the requirements and priorities of the business with its employment needs. While many organizations look inward before and during the planning process, many do not factor external elements, such as threats from new or rapidly developing employment trends.

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5 Signs You’re Doing Social Recruiting Wrong

Jobvite

There’s something fascinating about talking to recruiters regarding their experiences with social recruiting. If you conduct dozens of social media consultations each month, you tend to start encountering a lot of the same shortcomings and challenges. So to help you self-diagnose why you’re not getting the results you need from social media, here are 5 signs you’re doing social recruiting wrong.

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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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The Keys to Nurturing Candidates Like a Marketer

Symphony Talent

Welcome to the world of nurture. Marketers have been using it for years to communicate with interested leads and build better relationships to convert them into customers. Now it’s talent acquisition’s turn! Experts from Glassdoor and SmashFly discuss the candidate journey and nurture’s role in recruitment marketing. The webinar shares how to use a nurture strategy.

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How to Know When Your Recruitment Marketing Needs an Overhaul

marenated

So your small business is now growing, getting closer and closer to the mid-size business status, which let’s face it, nobody really calls it that. You’re either an SMB or you’re an enterprise. But that’s not very accurate, is it? The demands of a small business are greatly different than those of a mid-size business, but nobody really differentiates that, which is frustrating.

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How to Juggle Work and Family Like a Boss

CareerBuilder

Sticking to a routine, meticulous planning and delegating responsibilities are just a few of the secrets one busy executive offers up to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Get a glimpse into the personal life of Jason Lovelace, president of Hub Sales at CareerBuilder, who juggles a high-powered corporate role while prioritizing the needs of his family.

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The Most Promising Job Industries in 2016

Yoh

They say that the average US worker has upwards of seven different careers in their lifetime. If you’re in the market to make a career move or to solidify the direction of your current job, then take a look at the most in-demand industries and job titles of 2016.

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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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5 Signs You’re Doing Social Recruiting Wrong

Jobvite

There’s something fascinating about talking to recruiters regarding their experiences with social recruiting. If you conduct dozens of social media consultations each month, you tend to start encountering a lot of the same shortcomings and … Continued.

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Top 20 Employee Benefits & Perks

Glassdoor for Employers

There’s no doubt many employers have upped their benefits game in recent years. With everything from dogs in the office to catered lunches and corporate shuttles, unique and surprising benefits have become the norm. We recently released the Top 20 Employee Benefits & Perks , showcasing 20 companies that provide perks and benefits that go beyond the basics, with life coaching services, egg freezing, free amusement park passes and more.

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Embracing the Start-Up Culture

iCIMS

We’ve all seen it from afar. From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, the start-up culture is just about the trendiest thing in the workforce these days. It represents a refreshing shift from the stiff corporate environment that no longer appeals to young applicants, with a specific focus on millennials. Capturing a lasting and appealing identity that vibrates throughout the company is fast becoming a priority for CEO’s everywhere, and it’s just about the most effective strategy for attracting new

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