Sat.Nov 03, 2018 - Fri.Nov 09, 2018

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Women in Tech: How to Attract and Retain Top Talent

Indeed

A little-known fact is that when computer programming was emerging as a field in the 1940s, women were in the forefront of this new technology. In fact, the first programmers to work on the US Army’s enormous ENIAC computer to compute ballistic trajectories were all women. Software was seen as less important than the male-dominated hardware field and was considered easy work , similar to typing, and so suitable for women.

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Ready to Start Social Recruiting? 4 Questions to Cover With Marketing First

Rally Recruitment Marketing

As Recruitment Marketers we know that social media can be extremely helpful to any organization’s recruiting efforts. While we know social is worth investing time in, there are many questions that need to be answered before jumping in: like whether you ought to share social accounts with marketing, and who should be responsible for creating and posting content?

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Recession. Are you vulnerable?

Greg Savage

I ask all my clients to consider this question at Board level. And it always shocks them. “What would happen if our permanent Gross Profit (Net fees) dropped by 50%, and temporary/contract GP by 25%? And the drop occurred in a month and did not recover for two years. Would we survive?” And I […].

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Why You Should Start Tracking Source of Hires Today

ApplicantPro

It’s no secret that hiring is one of my favorite subjects, so it shouldn’t surprise you to know that I fly all over the country to speak on hiring to hundreds of Human Resource professionals. A few weeks ago in Phoenix, I found myself in a room full of HR people discussing hiring and strategies to better their current process. Well right up there with hiring, another favorite subject of mine is metrics.

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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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By The Numbers: Journey of a Talent Management Platform

ClearCompany Recruiting

Unemployment is at an 18 year low , which means all those hiring challenges we faced prior to now are exponentially more trying. Worker expectations have adjusted to the market and that means they know what they want and are holding out for an employer that blows them away. Nearly 73% of the U.S. workforce considers themselves passive and open to new opportunities.

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Google Ads For Recruiters

Talent Hero Media

Do Google Ads really help recruiters find new clients? While many recruiters are skeptical that it is a viable marketing approach, the data proves otherwise. The post Google Ads For Recruiters appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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Hiring from the Inside: A Second Look at Your Internal Applicant Pool

ApplicantPro

Let's talk about an applicant pool that's so close to you it's practically starting you in the face. I'm talking about your internal applicant pool otherwise known as, your employees. It's pretty easy for a company to take this specific pool of applicants for granted when in fact your employees are not only your closest most readily available applicant pool, but they can also be your best applicant pool.

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3 Tips on Educating Employees on Their Benefits & Perks

JazzHR

As the job market continues to tighten, employers need to put more effort into how they communicate benefits and perks to their workers. Often, utilization of benefits is all that stands between a disgruntled employee and a productive worker. Here are three tips for maintaining open lines of communication around your employee benefits: 1. Offer multiple channels of communication.

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The Number One Way Businesses Can Support Recruiters

Social Talent

The flurry and fuss that accompanies working in a reactive mode are, unfortunately, all too familiar for most of us. Chasing information, rushing processes, submitting work that you wished you could have reviewed two or three times. There are cases when time seems like a luxury nobody can afford. What is Workforce Planning? Workforce planning is the practice of forward thinking and understanding what talent your company needs in 12 months time.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Workiva Aligns Candidate Satisfaction With Recruiting Performance

Survale

Survale has released a compelling new case study that shows how Survale client, Workiva , has used candidate satisfaction data to align and optimize their entire recruiting function. From their corporate career site to candidate interviews to offer letters, Workiva collects feedback and analytics. From candidate to recruiter to hiring manager Workiva collects feedback and analytics.

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Google Ads For Recruiters

Talent Hero Media

Do Google Ads really help recruiters find new clients? While many recruiters are skeptical that it is a viable marketing approach, the data proves otherwise. The post Google Ads For Recruiters appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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Unemployment Down – But is that good news for everyone?

The Whiteboard

Headlines this week have been the stuff capitalist dreams are made of, as the number of people unemployed in New Zealand hit a 10-year low. Flying in the face of relentless reports citing low business confidence, the stats now reflect what we in recruitment have been seeing for months: appetite to hire is high, with plenty of businesses growing, creating new roles or quick to replace incumbents as they exit (where historically, many would spread that responsibility among a team, heaving a colle

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2018’S Most Recruited Roles According To LinkedIn

Social Talent

It’s that time of the year! Time to look back on the most recruited roles and see what we can learn from this year in recruitment. Competition in the recruiting world is fierce, especially when new trends in tech and business effect the kinds of candidates being hired. Analysing data relating to recruitment and hiring can be one of the most beneficial tools for success a recruiter can have.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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How to Use Gamification in Recruitment?

TalentLyft

Gamification is a very popular new trend in recruitment. In this article, you will learn how to use gamification in recruitment. You will also discover which specific gamification strategies are most effective for recruiting the best applicants for a job and train them to perform better. Read More.

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Google Ads For Recruiters

Talent Hero Media

Do Google Ads really help recruiters find new clients? The post Google Ads For Recruiters appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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Do You Still Have Stock Photos on Your Career Sites?

Katrina Kibben

If over half of the Fortune 50 have stock photos on their career site, you probably do too. But do these photos really matter for candidate conversion?

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5 Simple Ways To Promote a Healthy Work Environment

Social Talent

Most HR and recruiting professionals will recognise the word ‘support’ and how it plays a major factor in their daily working lives. For HR people, supporting and engaging with your workforce is key to getting the best out of them. There are a lot of companies who struggle to engage with their employees which leads to a high turnover in staff.

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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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How Machine Learning Can Create a More Meritocratic, Less Biased Job Market

Entrepreneur

Machine learning-based hiring corrects a traditional process that has prioritized status over skills and background over ability.

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Hiring for culture fit: The key to attracting and retaining talent

Workable

If you wonder why recruiting is a big challenge for most organizations — and why retaining stellar employees often becomes a no-win situation — the answer could be simple: organizations need to be better at hiring for culture fit. The value of “culture fit” as a job requirement has been debated for a long time. Some warn that hiring for culture fit is a way to discriminate against people with different personalities.

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15 Common Mistakes Found In Job Descriptions

RecruitLoop

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Joel Syder – business analyst and writer for Academic Brits. His opinions are his own. When scrolling through job advertisements it’s often easy to get a feeling that they are all the same. This happens because job descriptions are generic and usually bland. Top talent aren’t attracted by […].

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This Method Will Guarantee Hiring Managers LOVE Your Candidates

Social Talent

Welcome to SocialTalent’s Live & Learn Series! Each week we gift you with a little bit of info that will help smoothen your recruitment process and expand your knowledge of your industry. With this Live & Learn series we promise to keep it: Short. Simple. Ready to use! Sound good to you? Let’s begin! How To Create The Perfect Candidate For Hiring Managers.

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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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How to Use Skills Assessments to Enhance Your Employer Brand

TalentLyft

Are you using skills assessments to enhance your employer brand ? If not, you’re missing out! In this blog post, you will discover three ideas you can implement to make the skills testing process personal and engaging for the candidates while you transmit your employer brand. Read More.

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Boost Your Hiring Process With Video Like This Phenomenal People Officer

Spark Hire

Brad Goldoor, Co-Founder and Chief People Officer at Phenom People, discusses how today’s most progressive companies are using video to attract, nurture, and convert qualified job candidates. He and Josh speak on why video should be implemented throughout the employee lifecycle. If you’re looking to integrate video into your hiring process, Brad provides the tips you need.

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We Offer Time Off to Volunteer as a Unique Perk -- But It's Also Good for Business

Entrepreneur

Even though it might seem like a 'cost,' when you look at the data I'd argue that it's actually crazy not to offer a generous volunteer program.

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The Impact of Online Reviews: How Feedback Leads to Change in the Workplace

Indeed

Back in the day (and by that I mean, oh, just a few years ago), employers had a tough time finding out exactly how their staff felt about their jobs. Sure, there were some tried and true sources of info, such as “overheard at the water cooler” and “got a survey back from HR,” but if you wanted real, unfiltered, honest responses — well, there was nowhere to go.

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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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7 ways to perfect your candidate application journey

Undercover Recruiter

Candidate journey is an important component of your employer brand, and something you should be constantly looking to improve. Comprised of every touch point that a candidate has with your brand as they move along your application process, it will play a big part in shaping the opinion that is formed of your company as. View Article. 7 ways to perfect your candidate application journey Undercover Recruiter - Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Blog.

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Internal Career Pathing: A New Selling Point for Recruiters – Why and How

SmartRecruiters

Three HR experts from global organizations dispel 4 common career pathing myths that will allow you to attract—and more importantly—retain new talent. With unemployment at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent, and baby-boomers retiring at a rate of one every nine seconds, the US faces a potential worker shortage of 8.2 million from 2017-2027. It comes as no surprise, then, that 27 percent of organizations in North America spent more on learning and development (L&D) in 2017 than in the year previou

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3 Reasons Your Company Should Hire People with Disabilities

marenated

By Hannah Wilson: October was Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM). The theme was “America’s Workforce: Empowering All.” DEAM works to celebrate all that America’s workers with disabilities bring to the table while providing an abundance of education, resources and support. Hiring individuals with disabilities adds a new attitude and skill set to any team.

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