Sat.Jul 16, 2016 - Fri.Jul 22, 2016

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What I Wish I Had Known on My First Day as a Recruiter

Lever

I love recruiting, despite the bad rap it gets. It's an extremely challenging yet rewarding role for any young professional. Here are the things I wish someone had told me, when I was going into my first recruiting job at an education reform startup.

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The Lure of Successful Teams

JazzHR

Candidates want to know that they are joining a team with the potential to win. When the Golden State warriors landed high-profile free-agent Kevin Durant, they immediately became the villains of the NBA. Despite winning the most ever games during the regular season and coming within a few points of becoming the NBA champs for a second time, the warriors felt that they could get better.

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5 Creative Ways You Can Use Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality For Employer Branding

Proactive Talent

You may have heard that virtual reality and augmented reality are the next “big thing” in technology, and how they will revolutionize the way we live, learn, work and play. And they may completely change how we attract, engage and recruit talent in the future as well. Wondering if virtual reality and augmented reality are just a fad? Let’s take a look at a few stats and you’ll see why VR and AR are here to stay: The AR mobile game “Pokémon Go,” which layers virtual Pokémon characters on top of a

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10 Things You Should Never Put in Your inMails…Like Ever

Social Talent

Are your inMails up to scratch? Let’s face it, sometimes it’s easy to cut corners when it comes to sourcing and contacting candidates on LinkedIn. The temptation to send out a mass inMail, close your eyes, cross your fingers and hope for the best can be a lot to resist, but please, for the love of god, RESIST! It’s all well and good conducting the perfect LinkedIn search using your beautifully-crafted Boolean strings but if the inMails that you’re sending are weak, you mi

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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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Hello, My Name is Intern

ExactHire Recruiting

Interns are like Play-Doh. We’re easy to find, easy to train, but if you leave us out to dry by ourselves we might stiffen up and become molded in a way that can’t be changed. As a current intern for ExactHire, I’ve been offered the ability to work on different projects and writing assignments, and have been included in various company culture activities all the while being treated as an equal (that still has much to learn).

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Here's 3 Easy Ways To Land Great Restaurant Staff

Hoops

Restaurants are hiring new workers at a fast and furious pace. However, according to the National Restaurant Association’s chief economist, Bruce Grindy, there are indications that job vacancies in the industry are becoming harder and harder to fill. Recruiting and retaining quality employees is one of the top challenges restaurants have to face. .

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This is What Job Seekers REALLY Think of Your Recruitment Methods

Social Talent

In an effort to determine what the average UK job hunter thinks about the current job market and current recruitment methods and processes, StandOut CV conducted a survey of 1,000 active job seekers. This is what they found: The average candidate dedicates approximately 6.5 hours a week to their job hunt. Amt. time jobseekers dedicate to their job search.

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5 Questions That Will Level up Your Phone Screen

Lever

You’ve read through your candidate’s application 16 times, obsessively refreshed their LinkedIn page, and even discovered their Facebook profile. Still, it feels like you know nothing about them. It’s not enough to see that they grew their sales team from 2 to 20 people; you want to hear about it. This is where the phone screen, often the first step of the interview process, comes in handy.

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Five great quotes for recruiters

NPA Worldwide

I recently read a blog about the five best quotes for recruiters. It included thoughts from Apple founder Steve Jobs to Chinese philosopher Confucius that could be applied to the recruiting world. It inspired me to create my own list of five of my favorite quotes, and how they can be applied to the recruiting world. 1. The harder you work, the Luckier you get. – Plato.

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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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Here's 3 Easy Ways To Land Great Restaurant Staff

Hoops

Restaurants are hiring new workers at a fast and furious pace. However, according to the National Restaurant Association’s chief economist, Bruce Grindy, there are indications that job vacancies in the industry are becoming harder and harder to fill. Recruiting and retaining quality employees is one of the top challenges restaurants have to face. .

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10 Little White Lies EVERY Recruiter Tells

Social Talent

We’ve found ourselves uttering at least one of these in our recruitment careers… “Apologies, the hiring manager has been out of the office unexpectedly”. – he’s been avoiding me/totally forgot about you, and it’s taken me a week to corner him for feedback. “I’m afraid all my late afternoon slots are gone…”. – Dude, at 5:30pm I want to go home, I don’t want to interview you.

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Coach Your Candidates on How to Answer Abstract Interview Questions

FireFish Software

As recruiters, we know candidates have to jump through hoops to get a job offer. From rewriting and editing CVs, to suiting up on the day of the interview, there’s endless amounts of preparation and planning needed for them to ace the process. But even with all this preparation and time spent rehearsing perfect responses to common interview questions, there’s still an element of doubt.

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How To Stop Neglecting Active Job Seekers

Spark Hire

When it comes to hiring, it’s best to have a blend of active and passive candidates applying for an open position within your company. Yet, sometimes active candidates don’t get the same kind of attention that passive ones do, often inadvertently. Hiring managers are spending so much time recruiting passive candidates that they forget to cater to those who are actively in search of new employment opportunities.

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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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Newton User Q&A – What To Expect From an OFCCP Audit

Newton Software

Newton Customer Offers Firsthand Look Into OFCCP Evaluation. For Federal Contractors, there is a significant amount of information online helping to breakdown OFCCP compliance. Through our own blog posts, we have covered various topics such as Tracking Applicant Flow Data for OFCCP Compliance , The Guide to OFCCP Compliance for Federal Contractors – 2016 , and Choosing an Applicant Tracking System to Promote OFCCP and EEO Compliance.

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10 of the Highest Paying Work from Home Jobs (Infographic)

Social Talent

If you have ever thought working from home meant you wouldn’t get paid well, think again! Below is an infographic from Flexjobs , detailing 10 of the highest paying work-from-home jobs – each of them near, or well over, 6 figures. Below that, Flexjobs have been kind enough to expand on each job with a description and some related job titles to search for.

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How Pipedrive Hired 30 Engineers in 6 Months

Stack Overflow

In 2016, Pipedrive passed 30,000 business customers, collectively having a myriad of sales concerns, preferences, and demands from our sales management tool. This means our engineering team had to grow, too. The main reason: to speed up development of all those features our customers want, without compromising our high standards for deployment. Pipedrive had already attracted many great engineers, but when hiring for a large quantity of candidates who meet your quality requirements, you may have

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Yes I’m a Recruiter and No I Can’t Find You a Job

Undercover Recruiter

I love my friends; they are good people. However I am beginning to believe that I need to avoid talking about what I do as a profession. When you are in the recruiting industry, the people you socialize with believe you have this unlimited number of jobs for the taking. Almost like you have a. View Article. Yes I’m a Recruiter and No I Can’t Find You a Job.

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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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Modern Talent Acquisition Leaders: Evolve Beyond Reactionary Recruiting, Invest Beyond ATS

Symphony Talent

Today’s post is a guest blog post by Kyle Lagunas. He recently spoke on this topic – you can listen to the webinar here. I recently published a report. The post Modern Talent Acquisition Leaders: Evolve Beyond Reactionary Recruiting, Invest Beyond ATS appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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How to Source Tech Candidates on Goodreads

Social Talent

Hiring tech talent is fast becoming a headache for sourcers. The traditional recruiting channels are overcrowded so sourcers are being forced to turn to some unlikely places to find the best candidates. With this in mind, I thought I’d share a tactic that we’ve used at Beamery to find the candidates who don’t want to be found… How can you use Goodreads for Sourcing?

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How Pipedrive Hired 30 Engineers in 6 Months

Stack Overflow

In 2016, Pipedrive passed 30,000 business customers, collectively having a myriad of sales concerns, preferences, and demands from our sales management tool. This means our engineering team had to grow, too. The main reason: to speed up development of all those features our customers want, without compromising our high standards for deployment. Pipedrive had already attracted many great engineers, but when hiring for a large quantity of candidates who meet your quality requirements, you may have

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Do Millennial Men and Women Want the Same Things in a Job?

Indeed

A recent survey from Indeed found that the graduating class of 2016 has an upbeat outlook on the job market. In fact, 86% of new grads are “optimistic” they will find full-time employment within a year, while more than 90% are “hopeful” they will land a job in their preferred field. This sense of optimism is split almost evenly between the most recent crop of millennial men and women to enter the workforce — and that’s not all they have in common.

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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Factors to Consider before Choosing Your Applicant Tracking System

Jobsoid

The consideration stage is very important when you’re hiring candidates, and similar rules apply when you launch new initiatives. In the same way, choosing a new recruitment or resume sorting software is a lot like hiring itself, since […]. The post Factors to Consider before Choosing Your Applicant Tracking System appeared first on Jobsoid.

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Video and Job Advertising: The Perfect Marriage

Social Talent

Over the last few years, online video has quickly become a key way for people to satisfy their information and entertainment needs. According to Cisco , video will account for 82% of all consumer internet traffic by 2020 – an incredible statistic! And Google have responded, by quickly favouring pages that contain video and showing them in the search engine results.

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4 Unique Continuous Learning Programs Companies Offer Developers

Stack Overflow

One of the best indicators that a developer is passionate about writing code is his or her desire to always be learning. Even the most experienced programmers are always looking for ways to hone their current skills and learn new technologies. While this is no secret to anyone who needs to hire developers, it can be easy for employers to lose sight of the importance of providing professional development opportunities for their engineering teams.

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5 Recruitment Alternatives for Small Businesses

RecruitLoop

There are a number of serious alternatives small business owners and hiring managers can consider when selecting new employees. This post offers a brief overview of five major alternatives to the traditional job interview.

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DEIB Reimagined: Navigating Change and Shaping the Future

Speaker: Lachandra B. Baker, MBA, CTA, CDP - Founder/Principal Consultant at LBB Edutainment, Keynote Speaker, and Author

Join us for an insightful session where we delve into the evolving landscape of DEIB. Discover the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities that have emerged over the past year and explore what lies ahead. This webinar will equip you with actionable strategies, best practices, and reflection tools to effectively lead and inspire change in your organization.

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Five Things Candidates Do That Hiring Managers Love

Symphony Talent

The prospect of bringing someone onto the team is one that is exciting and full of possibility. I love talking with talent: I enjoy learning about them and. The post Five Things Candidates Do That Hiring Managers Love appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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The Recruiters Guide to: Database Specialists

Social Talent

If you’ve been following our tech recruiter series, by now you should be able to talk to Back End Developers , Front End Developers and Cloud Professionals without the fear of saying something that gives off the impression that you have no idea what they actually do! Today, we’re continuing the series by shining a spotlight on Database Specialists.

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4 Unique Continuous Learning Programs Companies Offer Developers

Stack Overflow

One of the best indicators that a developer is passionate about writing code is his or her desire to always be learning. Even the most experienced programmers are always looking for ways to hone their current skills and learn new technologies. While this is no secret to anyone who needs to hire developers, it can be easy for employers to lose sight of the importance of providing professional development opportunities for their engineering teams.