Sat.Jul 14, 2018 - Fri.Jul 20, 2018

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The Who, What and How of Agile Sourcing

Social Talent

You understand the word agile, perhaps you’ve worked on a team that has used it. But have you ever thought about how it applies to the recruitment industry? Agile methodologies allow businesses to work with flexibility and empowers team members to work in a way that delivers the most valuable work that benefits the most important projects. Sounds ideal right!?

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Curated Recruiting and Unconscious Bias

Recruiting Daily

Unconscious bias is a pervasive problem in recruitment, since those who make hiring decisions based on these biases are unaware they’re doing so. While primarily designed to hasten hires and improve the quality of applicants, curated recruiting by way of artificial intelligence (AI) can often curtail unconscious bias. Unfortunately, in the wrong hands, it can […].

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Some recruiters are history. Others will thrive. How about you?

Greg Savage

My 250-word blog on Artificial Intelligence and its impact on recruitment and recruiters generated a lot of banter. So I decided to look more closely at how the job of the recruiter will change. Will they exist at all? Let me say right now I am very confident about our industry. I am investing in […].

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Webinar Q&A: Hard-to-Fill Roles, Fulfilled!

Rally Recruitment Marketing

We were thrilled to have Kelly Piccininni and Jessica Summerfield share their expertise with us last week during our Hard-to-Fill Roles, Fulfilled! webinar. We had so many wonderful questions at the end of the webinar, but not enough time to answer them all, so Kelly and Jessica were kind enough to answer them for us afterwards. Here’s a categorized list of everything submitted so you can learn from what your peers are asking – or so you can track down your own question and get the answer

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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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Closing the Skills Gap for Recent College Grads

JazzHR

As the employment market continues to favor job seekers, there will be far fewer unemployed skilled workers. For recruiters, that means more positions will have to be filled by recent grads, or risk sitting empty for a prolonged period. Recent college grads may not have the skills and experience your organization needs, however. To overcome this skills gap , consider the following advice: Commit to providing on-the-job training.

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Savages in South Africa next week!

Greg Savage

Savage Sell ON NEXT WEEK! 300 signed up already. Limited spaces left This series of half-day master classes will be held in NEXT WEEK, in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. Last year ‘Savage Sprint’ sold out, so please – book now! And it’s sharply priced so Agencies can send entire teams. ?Sophisticated selling for […].

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Top 7 Ways to Attract Candidates to Your Hard-to-Fill Roles

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Couldn’t make our Hard-to-Fill Roles, Fulfilled! webinar last week? No problem. We have you covered with this lightning quick recap of some of the top things we learned. The context . We all have roles at our organizations that are particularly hard to fill, either because they’re niche or competitive positions or because they’re located in tough hiring markets.

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Overcoming Training Challenges in High Growth Industries

JazzHR

Surviving in a rapid-growth industry is a challenge, but the rewards are irresistible. Training becomes a key challenge when your business grows more rapidly than the talent pool can upgrade its skills. Here are three tips to help you understand and address this challenge: 1. Unclear regulations and rules. Sometimes, an industry or technology takes off so fast that regulatory bodies have very little time to play catch-up.

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Why Your Agency MUST Encourage a Learning Culture

Social Talent

The modern candidate has a lot on her mind when considering accepting an offer for a new role. Is she the right fit for the culture of the company? Is the salary competitive and reflective of the work she will be doing? Are the benefits good? Nowadays, most professional positions will boast the above. It is standard across most industries to have a decent salary and benefits, so how does an agency increase their retention rates and ensure a competitive edge when it comes to employee satisfaction

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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 Places Where You Can Promote Your Recruitment Content

TalentLyft

Discover 10 best places where you can promote your recruitment content ! Here is the list of the top 10 places to promote your recruitment content and boost its online visibility. Read More.

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How to Keep Second-Place Candidates Interested in Your Company

Glassdoor for Employers

Every once in a lucky while, you’ll reach the end of the interview process with two candidates who would both make a.

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7 Recruitment Social Selling Techniques that Make Everyone Cringe

FireFish Software

Social selling is crucial to any recruiter’s business development strategy nowadays. We rely heavily on social media to grow our networks, create new leads and build our reputation as experts in our industry. But with the market getting more and more crowded, some recruiters are taking drastic measures to get noticed - and they don’t always pay off!

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This Is NOT How You Hire Top Talent

Social Talent

Every recruiter has their own way of doing things, with most having their own unique styles. The aim for most recruiters out there is to provide a top-class candidate experience. However, this doesn’t always seem to be the case. Today, some bad practice has snuck its way into the industry. And we’re here to take a look at some of the big no-no’s when it comes to hiring top talent.

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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 to Motivate High Performing Employees?

TalentLyft

Motivating high performing employees is probably the hardest task faced by managers. If you want to learn how to be more successful at it, this blog post if you. Read on to learn 5 effective tactics that will help you successfully motivate your high performing employees. Read More.

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How to Recruit Competitive Candidates in a Job Seeker’s Market

Glassdoor for Employers

With a 4.1% overall unemployment rate – 2.1% among workers with bachelor’s degrees – employers are looking at the lowest unemployment rates.

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Top 12 recruiting software for hiring technical talent

Hacker Earth

Introduction. Continuing our two-part post on technical recruitment (Read: What is technology recruiting? ), we put together a list of recruiting software tools tech recruiters can use, in no particular order. Top recruiting software tools are. Dice. Codility. HireVue. Pymetrics. Recruit (HackerEarth). The Predictive Index. People Search (Workable).

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TL;DR | Seimens, Google, and the Next Industrial Revolution

Social Talent

Poof! Another week has been and gone, so it’s time for another round-up! TL;DR from SocialTalent is here to give you bite-sized stories from the worlds of talent, recruiting and hiring. This week, we bring you news from Seimens, Google, and the next industrial revolution… How do we prepare for the next industrial revolution? The next industrial revolution is coming, according to Siemens’ Joe Kaeser.

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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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Recruitment Marketing Tips: 11 Recruitment Content Ideas

TalentLyft

These 11 recruitment content ideas used by big brands will inspire you and help you get creative with your own recruitment content. You will also learn top 3 recruitment marketing tips for creating great recruitment content. Read More.

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How to Attract Millenials & Gen Z to Blue-Collar Jobs

Glassdoor for Employers

“We are lending money we don’t have to kids who can’t pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer.

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The Candidate Experience Report

iCIMS

In this report, we explore the experience people go through as they search, apply and interview for jobs and how the quality of that experience is affecting employers.

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TL;DR | EY Recruiting, Perfect Hiring, and Storytelling

Social Talent

Another week has been and gone, so it’s time for another round-up! TL;DR from SocialTalent is here to give you bite-sized stories from the worlds of talent, recruiting and hiring. This week, we bring you news from EY, tips for improving retention, and how to utilise your natural story-telling abilities to make the most of your candidates experience.

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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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Recruiters – How to support someone who is stressed at work

RecruitmentJuice

It is very difficult for someone to ask for help and support when they are feeling stressed at work, so how can you support them? Recruitment is a high pressure business to work in and there may be times when that pressure can create stress for an individual. Looking for a job or changing roles […]. The post Recruiters – How to support someone who is stressed at work appeared first on Recruitment Juice.

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The Five Be-All, End-All Interview Questions for Entry-Level Jobs

SmartRecruiters

Interviewing entry-level job applicants requires questions that emphasize their soft skills and capabilities in lieu of experience—here are five open-ended queries that every recruiter should keep in mind. Recruiters who are interviewing entry-level candidates are tasked with evaluating the applicants’ motivation and potential, and this is particularly challenging when candidates lack any real professional experience.

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REPORT: What Are the Hardest-to-Fill Small Business Jobs in America?

Indeed

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak may have started Apple in a garage, but they aren’t unique in launching a huge company from small beginnings. Starbucks was launched by two teachers and a writer in 1971, and Amazon and Google began in garages too. When Whole Foods was getting off the ground, their founders were so strapped for cash that they slept in their store.

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5 Red Flags to Watch for When Recruiting Tech Talent

Ability Screen

There has never been a better time to work in tech. That is, if you are a senior software developer with five years of experience, a passion for picking up new programming languages, and an Inbox overflowing with potential job offers. As reported by TechCrunch , more than 1 million unfilled programming jobs will exist by the year 2020. Translation: Companies of all sizes must work extra hard to attract, recruit and retain tech talent in the years to come.

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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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Email from employer to a recruitment agency or external recruiter

Workable

In your email, mention: The job title. The employment type (for example, if it’s a full-time position or if it’s a fixed-term contract). The must-have requirements (like knowledge of industry, years of experience). The salary range (including additional bonuses if applicable). The seniority level (if it’s not clear from the job title). The time frame you want to close this hire in (including your preferred start date).

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Five Ways to Reduce Risk with Your Background Screening Program

SmartSearch

Over the past few years, litigation has tripled in employment background screening, due to increased regulations and scrutiny of the background screening process by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and other federal/state and industry-specific auditing agencies. Recently, employee/candidates have filed a significant number of class-action lawsuits, causing companies to pay out millions of dollars in settlements, creating a wake-up call for orga

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How to Fix Your Offer Letter Process to Improve Speed to Hire

iCIMS

How your offer letter process impacts your company’s speed to hire and its overall ability to acquire top talent.

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