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

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Sixty Savage Seconds – Don’t outsource your career

Greg Savage

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled ‘Don’t outsource your career’ Let me know what you think! View here. .

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Headcount Heroes: Affirm Doubles Their Engineering Offer Acceptance Rate

Lever

Affirm, a fintech startup in San Francisco, is at the top of its game. On a mission to give shoppers more purchasing power, they’ve already granted more than one million loans to consumers since their founding five years ago. To top it all off, their most recent funding round will likely put their expected valuation at nearly $2 billion.

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Top HR & Recruiting Resources to Use in 2018

ClearCompany Recruiting

While everyone is setting their 2018 goals, now is also a great time to refresh yourself on key learnings from 2017. So, we’ve pulled together a curated list of our most sought after articles and resources. From these, we’ll draw 2017 trends and conclusions to inform your talent success strategy moving forward. 2017 Standout Blog: Performance Review Questions to Ask Your Employees.

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How Much Should Employers Really Care About Job Seeker Attention Spans?

ExactHire Recruiting

It’s no secret to job seekers that recruiters have shorter attention spans than ever. For example, how many recruiters do you know who claim they spend an average of six seconds to review a resume? But, hey, that’s just part of the hustle if you’re a Herbert Simon fan… “[What information consumes is] the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” – Herbert Simon, Nobel winner, Economics (1978) However, the tables have turned for employ

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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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My Name is Not Natalie

The Whiteboard

I was born on the 24th of March 1988, christened Natasha Maria Foster and for the next 25 years largely called by that name, or some close variation of. Then I started working in recruitment and suddenly, inexplicably, my name became Natalie. It is still one of my favourite things, to post an advert calling for candidates with strong attention to detail and be flooded by emails proudly stating one’s such ability – addressed to the wrong name.

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What Roman Mars Taught Us About Design Thinking in Recruiting

Lever

Roman Mars, the host and creator of radio show 99% Invisible, joined us at last year’s Talent Innovation Summit to discuss design and architecture. He began by saying, “I’m not going to talk about hiring… I’m going to talk about some other stuff—but I think you’ll figure out where it applies to you in your life.” As he told his stories, we were reminded that design thinking can have a profound impact on recruiting.

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How To Boss Your Way to The Top With LinkedIn Marketing (Infographic)

Social Talent

In our post about the best sources for great recruiters to find inspiration we naturally mentioned LinkedIn. However, we didn’t just give the standard spiel about LinkedIn as a professional social network. We told you to start looking at the other tools it has to offer, like Slideshare. Take some time to really define what you need from LinkedIn.

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Do This Not That: A “How To” Guide Series

JazzHR

There’s an abundance of “how to” guides for job seekers, employers, and hiring teams alike. It’s almost overload sometimes. The focus is always lasered in on just the “to-do’s.” Sometimes we forget the “no-no’s” … And something is lost: the job opportunity, the candidate, the employee. What happened? With the recent jobs report showing a decrease in unemployment and an increase in wages at the start of 2018, it is truly a candidate’s market.

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How Much Should Employers Really Care About Job Seeker Attention Spans?

ExactHire Recruiting

It’s no secret to job seekers that recruiters have shorter attention spans than ever. For example, how many recruiters do you know who claim they spend an average of six seconds to review a resume? But, hey, that’s just part of the hustle if you’re a Herbert Simon fan… “[What information consumes is] the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” – Herbert Simon, Nobel winner, Economics (1978).

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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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Facebook’s Head of Diversity: There Should Be a Diverse Candidate for Every Open Role

Glassdoor for Employers

“When we talk about diversity, we’re not talking about ticking boxes.” Cutting straight to the point, Facebook’s Global Head of Diversity Maxine.

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The Ultimate Battle of The Ages: Attitude vs Experience

Social Talent

You’ve posted ads, read more CVs than you can count, conducted interviews and examined psychometric test results – now all you have to do is decide who to hire. Sometimes it’s the easiest decision in the world, but occasionally you can find yourself going back and forth between candidates for days. One thing that often has recruiters on the fence is the age-old question: should you hire someone with the experience you want or someone with the attitude you want?

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Do This, Not That: Series Intro

JazzHR

There’s an abundance of “how to” guides for job seekers, employers, and hiring teams alike. It’s almost overload sometimes. But what happens often enough is that the focus is lasered in on just the “to-do’s” and we forget the “no-no’s”… something is lost… the job opportunity, the candidate, the employee. So what happened? With the recent jobs report showing a decrease in unemployment and an increase in wages at the start of 2018, it is truly a candidate’s market.

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5 Recruitment Email Marketing Mistakes You Need to Stop Making

FireFish Software

Email is still one of the most effective ways to market to candidates and clients, so skimping on your recruitment email campaigns could be seriously impacting your company targets. That said, there’s no denying that it can be hard work to get your email marketing right!

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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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The Art of the Job Advertisement: The Best Way to Attract Candidates

Spark Hire

Many people think writing a job listing is easy. You put in the necessary skills and experiences. You list a few details about the position. Then you publish it to a job board and wait for the applications to pour in. But there’s a lot of competition to stand out on a job board. In fact, Spark Hire’s latest research found that job boards are the number one source of candidates relied upon by companies.

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10 Go-To Sources All The Best Recruiters Use For Inspiration

Social Talent

Our Global Recruiting Survey told us that recruiters do most of their learning online. Now, in fairness, recruiters do most of their everything online so this is nothing new. We all know how quickly time slips away as we scroll and click our way through the day. So we wanted to drill down to the most valuable news sources and work inspiration sites for recruiters so you can get the most value for your precious online moments. 1.

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Do This Not That: The Hiring Team

JazzHR

The Hiring Team. Your job is hard. You’re constantly juggling scheduling meetings, conducting interviews, screening resumes, managing projects, and dealing with all of the one off questions that come your way requiring time you never feel like you have. With all the constant comotion, it can be difficult to feel like you’re getting everything done. And as much as you try to keep up with the latest hiring trends , and how-tos for doing your job better, sometimes seeing the forest through the tree

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Survale Underwrites 2017 Candidate Experience Report

Survale

As we welcome 2018, we get treated once again to one of the most compelling research programs in talent acquisition: the Talent Board’s 2017 Candidate Experience Report. This annual candidate experience report started in 2011 and has served to quantify both the value of good candidate experience as well as the cost of bad experiences. Survale is proud to be a Global Underwriter of the program.

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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 and How You Should Be Using Glassdoor

Glassdoor for Employers

I first heard about Glassdoor back in 2015, when I was still very new to SAP’s Global Employer Branding team. After it was explained.

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An Introduction to GDPR and How Recruiters Can Prepare

Social Talent

Of late, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has left many a recruiter scratching their heads. There has been plenty of confusion around some of the changes surrounding data protection, data sharing and the security of information. Furthermore, recruiters need to prepare for these changes well in advance of it coming into effect due to its importance.

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Understanding the value and view of the hiring process

JazzHR

There’s been a lot of talk lately in human resources and recruitment blogs about improving the candidate experience – but what does that really mean? The candidate experience is the job applicant’s perspective of the end-to-end job application to onboarding process. At each stage, the candidate may have feelings and impressions about the process that positively or negatively affect his or her opinion of the potential employer.

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Check List: How to Write a Great Job Description

iCIMS

To create an accurate and compelling job description that attracts high-quality candidates, you need to be strategic in your approach.

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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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Announcing! Lever and Checkr Background Checks Now Live

Lever

Lever and Checkr have partnered together to bring your recruiting process under one roof. By directly integrating the two platforms, customers are able to seamlessly complete all stages of the hiring process without leaving Lever. Check out our top 5 reasons to get start using Lever and Checkr below.

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Lyft’s Chief of People: We Truly Excel at Making the Hiring Process Personal

Glassdoor for Employers

If there’s one thing that says friendly, inviting and energizing it’s the color hot pink! Lyft’s signature color radiates not only it’s.

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Understanding the value and view of the candidate ‘s hiring process

JazzHR

There’s been a lot of talk lately in human resources and recruitment blogs about improving the candidate experience – but what does that really mean? The candidate experience is the job applicant’s perspective of the end-to-end job application to onboarding process. At each stage, the candidate may have feelings and impressions about the process that positively or negatively affect his or her opinion of the potential employer.

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How Much Does Applicant Tracking Software Cost?

Capterra

Update 02/06/2018: This piece has been updated to reflect current software price ranges and options. I hate cocktail menus at chain restaurants because they never tell you what the drinks actually cost. They want to trick you into ordering some overpriced, colorful drink that’s more sugar than booze. I’m a sucker for drinks with tiny umbrellas, but I always have to ask what the price is before ordering one because I hate being surprised when the bill comes around.

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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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Why Your Small Business Should Rethink Entry-Level Hiring

Hireology

Entry-level hiring is expected to be a major small business focus throughout 2018. According to recent data, 41% of employers say the hardest positions to fill are entry-level. One of the primary reasons entry-level positions are difficult to fill is, the requirements of many positions don’t match the skill sets of job seekers who are truly entry-level.

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Hire18 Speaker Interview: Sandi Lurie

SmartRecruiters

Sandi Lurie, Sr. Director of Global Recruiting for the digital experiment platform Optimizely – knows, when it comes to recruiting, sometimes it takes a bit of trial and error. When Sandy Lauri started out as a recruiter she was turned down three times before getting the job she wanted. Call it ‘having a vision’ or just sheer stubbornness, but she knew what she wanted and kept at it.

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Time to Get Personal: How to Get the Most Out of A Candidate’s First Interview

Glassdoor for Employers

Traitify was founded in 2011 after my co-founder had an awkward blind date. We realized just how much first interactions rely on.