Greg Savage
JUNE 29, 2015
In February 1942, Lieutenant Ron Savage, my father, of the British Royal Artillery, was captured by the Japanese Army as a result of the disastrous defeat and surrender of the British forces in Singapore. Thereafter began three years of the most horrendous privation, torture and brutality in Changi POW Camp, from which only a tiny […].
The Whiteboard
JULY 2, 2015
Recruiters are under attack. And no, not necessarily from the legions of disgruntled jobseekers and aghast HR departments who are our traditional detractors. This time it’s from those lovely people who try to eke out an excuse for a life sending computer viruses from dark rooms in darker corners of the globe. Most of you will be dab hands at fending off emails from lead-generation spammers by now.
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ExactHire Recruiting
JUNE 30, 2015
In this Q&A video chat, Jessica Stephenson discusses the common differences between applicant tracking system user access levels. In particular, she reviews manager and assigned user ATS access in detail — including feature availability and ideal timing for involving new users in the selection process. Video Transcript: Hi, I’m Jessica Stephenson and welcome to another episode.
Social Talent
JUNE 30, 2015
The issue of diversity hiring and the affect of unconscious bias on our recruiting practices , has become in increasingly hot topic in the recruitment industry over the past number of weeks. While it’s generally agreed that a lot has been done in recent years to create gender equality in the workplace, there is still a long way to go before true equality is actually achieved.
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!
Glassdoor for Employers
JULY 2, 2015
The worst business mistake you can make is hiring the wrong person, right? This makes a recruiter’s job not just pressure-packed but truly daunting. My advice? Don’t go at it alone! To build and live the ideal hiring and the interview process, involve four to six people: recruiter, hiring manager, team members and your boss. Even if you’ve never formally assembled an interviewing team, for example, I think it’s worth your effort.
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Leoforce
JULY 1, 2015
The year is 2015, and technology has infiltrated our daily lives, seeped into the workplace and revolutionized many industries. One field, however, has not changed much over the past few decades: the staffing industry. But that is now changing. New technologies have arrived on the HR scene, and the benefits are numerous. In The New York Times. article “Can an Algorithm Hire Better Than a Human?
Social Talent
JUNE 29, 2015
When writing and posting job ads, one of your top priorities should be to increase the “find-ability” of that job ad amongst the other million and one job ads already out there. Because in order for your job ad to be successful, it needs to be easily found by the right people. One of the simplest ways to ensure your job ad is more easily found by the right candidate, is to ensure it contains the most relevant keywords.
Glassdoor for Employers
JUNE 29, 2015
I scan the Wall Street Journal every day before heading off to work. But there are times I think I should just cancel my print subscription and read archived editions online because the news doesn’t really seem to change much – especially when it’s bad. Here’s what I mean: The people we thought were our enemies are now our allies. The people we thought were our allies are now our enemies.
Spark Hire
JULY 1, 2015
Feeling trapped behind interview questions that leave you with regrettable hires? Throughout this time of the year, many companies experience growth and need to hire talent to meet their needs. Yes, this is a good problem to have, however, the way to go about hiring new talent comes down to the quality of the interview. Increased hiring naturally leads to interviews and in order to conduct an interview, you need (awesome) interview questions to ensure the best possible candidates are hired.
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.
HarQen
JULY 1, 2015
In last weeks episode of Suds & Staffing, Sam and Dave discuss the importance of A/B Testing your recruitment process and the curious case of Frank N. Stein. We also find out who won bragging rights as HarQen’s best brat chef and review two classic Milwaukee beers. The Takeaways. A/B test your recruitment process – A lot of external factors affect the way you attract and hire talent.
Social Talent
JUNE 28, 2015
In the news this week: LinkedIn Imposes New Limits On Messaging Fellow Group Members. We have some breaking news on some new limits imposed on messaging LinkedIn Group members, courtesy of SourceCon’s Chris Russell. According to Chris’s post , if you like to send more than 15 messages per month to members of a LinkedIn group you belong to, you can no longer do that.
Glassdoor for Employers
JUNE 30, 2015
I’m impressed when a candidate: Follows up with me on LinkedIn with a personal message after they have applied. At the very least I take a moment to review their candidacy to see if I have anything that may be a fit for their skills. Less than 1% of applicants do this and it really makes them stand out to me. I am also very impressed with a candidate who does their Kareo homework and has good questions about our product and understands the value it brings the healthcare community.
Spark Hire
JULY 2, 2015
As a recruiter, one of our number one responsibilities is to ensure that we are providing top quality candidates with a sense of urgency. In order to go above and beyond, we should always be searching for new tools and processes that will help us to be better at what we do. If you are solely relying on phone screens in your recruiting process, you are missing several key ingredients to ensuring a successful placement.
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Symphony Talent
JUNE 30, 2015
ATTN: Talent Acquisition teams. If there is a key area to borrow from the marketing side of the house, it’s in email marketing best practices. Pardot, one of the leading marketing automation platforms, reported these powerful statistics about email in 2015: For 70% of Internet users, email is the primary form of communication with businesses. Continue Reading → The post Email Best Practices for Recruiting Organizations appeared first on SmashFly Blog.
Social Talent
JULY 2, 2015
At the start of June we decided to dedicate most of the month’s blog content to helping you guys make the most of all of the excellent recruitment/HR conferences that were taking place around the world in June (and the months to come). Each week, we strove to bring you practical and useful tips for which conferences to attend, how to make the most of conferences you were attending, and the networking mistakes to avoid when there.
Glassdoor for Employers
JULY 1, 2015
I am heartbroken. Anna McCarthy has gone off to college. My life has just taken a turn and I feel it may not be for the better. Let me explain. I have known Anna since she was five years old when her family moved onto our street. I met her on Halloween when she came to my door trick or treating. I opened the door to this little girl with big brown eyes and a smile as wide as the plastic pumpkin she was holding.
Spark Hire
JUNE 27, 2015
The hiring process is an essential part of growing your company, but sometimes even well-meaning business owners can make mistakes that cause them to lose the ability to recruit top candidates. If you’re struggling to land quality talent for your open positions, consider whether you’re making some of these errors: Writing vague job descriptions. A killer job description grabs a person’s attention and entices them to apply for an open role right then and there.
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Symphony Talent
JUNE 29, 2015
What separates an average candidate experience from an exceptional one? Gerry Crispin of The Talent Board, creator of the Candidate Experience Awards, outlined a few key characteristics in a recent webinar we hosted: Seek Feedback & Actually Listen Set Expectations & Stick to Them Allow Everyone a Chance at Bat Be Accountable They seem straightforward―so why.
Social Talent
JUNE 29, 2015
It takes more than a well-worded job description to persuade some of the most sought after candidates to apply for your role. In order to attract the top talent to reply and apply to your job openings, you’re going to have to convince them that your organisation is the best place to work and that this role is perfect for them. Not an easy feat by any stretch of the imagination, but a feat that is made easier to achieve by regular content sharing.
Glassdoor for Employers
JUNE 27, 2015
We’ve all read best practices about attracting top talent; there are about 4,987 blog posts dedicated to finding these coveted few. A recent Jobvite study has highlighted one major element of attraction in their “ Job Seeker Nation: Mobility in the Workforce Study ”. High mobility workers are defined as the portion of the labor market that has the opportunity and experience to switch jobs more frequently.
Spark Hire
JULY 2, 2015
There’s no easy way to tell someone they didn’t get the job, however, breaking the news quickly is a must. While it may feel better putting off letting go of a candidate , ultimately, it’s respectful to inform them as soon as possible so that they can begin searching for other opportunities. If it’s time to have that conversation with someone who applied for an open role within your company, here are some tips to keep in mind: Break the news early in the discussion.
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.
CareerBuilder
JULY 3, 2015
I have never seen “Working Girl” with Sigourney Weaver and Melanie Griffith. However, when I hear people complaining about “not having it all,” I see an image in my mind’s eye of two women with blue eyeshadow and big shoulder pads lamenting the state of the workforce. (Cue the wind machine! Carly Simon singing, “ Let the river run!
Social Talent
JULY 1, 2015
It takes more than a well-worded job description to persuade some of the most sought after candidates to apply for your role. In order to attract the top talent to reply and apply to your job openings, you’re going to have to convince them that your organisation is the best place to work and that this role is perfect for them. Not an easy feat by any stretch of the imagination, but a feat that is made easier to achieve by regular content sharing.
NPA Worldwide
JUNE 30, 2015
What if you were a BMW car collector and reseller? You made your living by finding out about all the great BMWs available, buying and reselling these to others that collect BMWs. What if every day you got calls from people asking you to spend your day talking about Mercedes? Got so that every day you could spend 6 to 8 hours talking to collectors, owners and resellers of Mercedes.
Spark Hire
JUNE 30, 2015
When you’re looking to grow your team, you want to be sure that the people you’re hiring will add value to your business. Ideally, you’d like to identify industry leaders, and then target these individuals as you recruit. But sometimes it feels like this is easier said than done. If you’re searching for those one or two key players who can make a major impact on your organization, keep these tips in mind: Social media makes this task much easier.
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.
CareerBuilder
JULY 1, 2015
It’s summertime, and the living is easy. Here in America, we’re gearing up for fireworks, parades and lots of unhealthy food that tastes great but wouldn’t pass muster in a wellness program. As I think about summertime, I think of how work-life balance is just an infinite dream unfulfilled. The idea that talent advisors can stash away their smartphones and take a family vacation without any short-term and long-term repercussions seems relatively naive.
Allegis Global Solutions
JULY 2, 2015
They say that money makes the world go round. More important, however, is knowledge.
NPA Worldwide
JULY 2, 2015
While there are plenty of resources for human resources and hiring news, sometimes it can feel difficult to find credible sources of recruitment news. Here are 5 of my favorite sources, in no particular order: ERE Media – Originally founded as an online “community” of sorts for recruiters, ERE has a brand-new (and awesome!) website that brings all of their brands into one single online space.
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