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5 things I learned about recruiting in Prague and Bratislava

Greg Savage

Last week I was in Central Europe, coaching recruiters in two Masterclasses, but also meeting many local Recruitment Agency owners and managers. The sessions were dominated by Czech and Slovak recruiters, but attendees came from 9 countries across Europe, so we had an excellent cross-section of ideas and discussion. My thanks to Vladimir Klescht and […].

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Cultivating Diversity and Inclusion Part 4: Reducing Hiring Bias

Lever

We believe passionately that diverse and inclusive companies make for more innovative, engaged, and happy teams, and we speak with forward-thinking talent leaders all the time who feel the same. We’re writing this series on how to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace because people are ready for the next level of discourse around diversity and inclusion; one aimed at actual solutions.

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Email Marketing For Recruiters: Using Your Existing List to Start a Kickass Newsletter

Talent Hero Media

Why recruiters should use email marketing to engage candidates and clients and how they can use content curation to save time. The post Email Marketing For Recruiters: Using Your Existing List to Start a Kickass Newsletter appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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How to Get New Hires to Hit the Ground Running: 10 Tips

ClearCompany Recruiting

While an organization cannot completely rid the chance of a bad hire , it’s onboarding that can make or break the success of a candidate. Often times, the strategy is simply, “Here is your desk, get to work,” along with the misconception that you should throw new employees in at the deep end. The new hire then struggles to stay afloat, keeping them from excelling in this new role.

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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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5 Easy Ways to Recruit Passive Candidates

JazzHR

Just because your ideal candidate is happily employed somewhere, that doesn’t mean that he or she is out of reach for recruiting. In fact, about 75 percent of professionals consider themselves to be passive candidates, i.e., people who aren’t necessarily looking for a new job, but are open to new possibilities. Recruiting passive candidates is harder than recruiting active ones since they can be extremely selective about what opportunities they will consider and typically need more convincing to

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Email Marketing For Recruiters: Using Your Existing List to Start a Kickass Newsletter

Talent Hero Media

Why recruiters should use email marketing to engage candidates and clients and how they can use content curation to save time. The post Email Marketing For Recruiters: Using Your Existing List to Start a Kickass Newsletter appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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3 Keys to Building a Collaborative Relationship with Hiring Managers

ClearCompany Recruiting

The relationship between a recruiter and hiring manager is an interesting one. Both roles are a necessity to making a strategic and suitable hire, yet it’s not uncommon to struggle with finding the right balance when searching for talent.

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How to Develop a Job Description That Works

JazzHR

A job description is a lot more than just a list of an individual’s responsibilities. A good one lets potential employees know what’s expected of them, tells them where their role fits into the organization, and is a valuable performance management tool. It also clues recruiters in on the kinds of skills and competencies they need to look for in a new hire.

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Which Country Has The Most Public Holidays? (Infographic)

Social Talent

In Ireland, the home of Social Talent HQ, we are wrapping up a four-day weekend to celebrate Easter. There are 9 official public holidays celebrated in the Republic of Ireland each year: New Year’s Day (1 January). St. Patrick’s Day (17 March). Easter Monday. First Monday in May, June, August. Last Monday in October. Christmas Day (25 December).

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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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Social Media For Employer Branding: 7 Facebook Hacks You Need To Know

Proactive Talent

With over 1.8 billion people using Facebook every month, and an equally mind-blowing 1.23 billion daily active users, Facebook has undoubtedly become an essential channel for talent attraction and recruiting today. On Facebook, your employer brand starts with your Facebook page. It’s where you can share with potential candidates real, authentic stories about your company culture, work and people, engage and get them excited about the idea of working for your company, and build a community of top

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The Role of Recruiters in the Gender Pay Gap

The Whiteboard

This week witnessed a historic victory for the equal pay movement here in New Zealand. Following lengthy litigation, a settlement was reached with the New Zealand Government providing workers in the woman-dominated care working industry a significant uptick on their hourly pay rates. Bringing them in line with what male counterparts make in similar roles this will see carers on the minimum wage get an increase between 15 to 49 percent depending on qualifications.

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How to Build a Performance Improvement Plan

JazzHR

As a manager, you may hope that it never comes to it, invariably at some point you’ll wind up having to deal with an employee who’s underperforming. If the situation doesn’t improve after you provide feedback, your next course of action will probably be to implement a performance improvement plan. Performance improvement plans are an excellent way to give employees who are struggling a framework for reaching their potential.

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How to Hire New Graduates: 5 Recruitment Marketing Optimizations That Work

Recruitics

As college seniors across the country look forward to commencement ceremonies in May, companies are trying to figure out how they can optimize their recruitment marketing strategies to hire new graduates. That’s because, historically, May isn’t just the month where young professionals get to change their status from student to alum, it’s also when many businesses go on major hiring pushes to fill entry-level roles that new graduates are perfect for.

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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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3 Reasons It’s Time To Practice X-Ray Searching on LinkedIn

Social Talent

As a recruiter, you are well accustomed to the LinkedIn search bar at this stage. It’s been your partner in crime for many years. Sure, you two went through a bit of a rough patch when LinkedIn started to roll out its new user interface at the start of the year BUT you managed to get back on track and recover your Ninja sourcing powers. Now it’s time to level up your search game once more.

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6 Steps Your HR Team Can Take to Leave the Dark Ages

Entrepreneur

Automating payroll and outsourcing benefits frees HR staff to focus on recruiting and retaining talented employees.

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The 28 Top Recruiting Software Tools Of 2017

Ideal

With hundreds of recruiting tech companies out there, how do you determine which ones are the top recruiting software tools worth investing in? According to Bersin, the HR tech market is estimated to be worth $14 billion. A big chunk of this market is made up of recruiting software. The applicant tracking system ( ATS) market is estimated to be worth $3 billion on its own.

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Experts Examine How to Improve Workplace Diversity and Inclusion

Spark Hire

It is easy for companies to say they offer job diversity, but only the ones that embed inclusion and diversity in their everyday practices are truly diverse organizations. Diversity encompasses the ability to create a workforce that brings an interesting point-of-view to the table. One area to practice diversity and inclusion is during the hiring process.

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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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Finding The Perfect Candidates For Creative Roles on Pinterest

Social Talent

Pinterest is social media site that allows users to collect images, create boards and follow other pinners as a new way of finding interesting content. The virtual and social pinboard thrives on imagery and design led content. So what kind of people live and breathe in Pinterest and more importantly- could they fit a candidate profile for a job you are working on?

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Why Being Clueless Can Be a Great Thing

Entrepreneur

How hiring our first salesperson led me to recognize that cluelessness is at the heart of entrepreneurship.

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10 qualities of a great developer

Devskiller

When I first founded Devskiller four years ago, my team’s goal was to help companies find great programmers. Since then I had the opportunity to work with Fortune 500 companies, as well as smaller ones from all over the world. I spoke to technical people like CTOs, IT managers, team leaders, team members, and HR representatives responsible for finding and hiring top tech talent.

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4 Video Interview Tips To Ensure Your Candidates Excel

Spark Hire

Implementing effective video interview tips can help propel candidates through the hiring process. Video interviews are very trendy, and many businesses rely on them. They are no longer exclusive to a particular industry, and are a great aid during the hiring process. Some candidates may feel a video interview is daunting at first. It is quite different than the traditional in-person conversation.

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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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A Countdown of Great Work Wars

Social Talent

Offices can be a minefield of politics. From passive aggressive notes to timing your tea-break to avoid a certain someone, a day in the office is a delicate balancing act. But do any of your office escapades match up to these full-scale work wars? WWV. It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt leading to interdepartmental war. WWIV. When things go sour in community college paintball and blanket forts are obviously the only way to solve things.

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How McKesson and Change Healthcare Streamlined Jobs & Candidate Experience with Glass…

Glassdoor for Employers

When McKesson Technology Solutions and Change Healthcare were merging into one organization, Cindy McGregor – Employer Brand Recruitment and Digital Marketing Talent Acquisition.

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Why Millennials Don’t Like Your Campus Recruiting Process Part 1

ConveyIQ

This is Part 1 of a two part post. Post #2 will go up on Thursday. Issues with campus recruiting. Where do I start? Almost one year ago exactly, I graduated from a large public university and accepted a job offer after going through what felt like a torturous campus recruiting process. A lot of […]. The post Why Millennials Don’t Like Your Campus Recruiting Process Part 1 appeared first on Take the Interview.

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How to hire freelancers

Workable

If you want help with a short-term project, hiring a freelancer may be a good choice. You can save money on employment benefits and taxes associated with full and part-time employees, and still have access to the kind of expertise you need. Companies typically hire freelance developers, programmers, designers and writers. Here’s our guide on how to hire a freelancer plus a few tips on how to make this arrangement work for both parties: Hire freelancers online: When looking for these professional

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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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Recruiter Bots and the Rise of AI in HR

SmartRecruiters

Imagine you’re a bright-eyed job seeker sending your résumé into the bowels of the world wide web. You get a call and, expecting the cheery voice of an HR professional on the other end, you hear the robotic voice of Siri asking about your five-year plan. Rudimentary forms of artificial intelligence are all around us, but could this scenario really be in our future?

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7 Signs You Aren’t Listening to Your Employees

Glassdoor for Employers

The employer-employee relationship has many opportunities to become frayed. For example, inadequate compensation can lead employees to feel underappreciated, but did you.

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Forget the War for Talent; Now It’s the Fight for Fit

Symphony Talent

Yes, we all know about the War for Talent. And nearly everyone in talent acquisition (aptly led by Josh Bersin) has conceded that they lost, and the talent won. The post Forget the War for Talent; Now It’s the Fight for Fit appeared first on SmashFly Blog.