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7 Festive Recruitment News Stories this Week – 21st December 2015

Social Talent

If Carlsberg did Job Interviews they’d… oh wait, they have! ” Osgodby had this to say about Carlsberg’s hiring methods: “I honestly think that it was the best interview in the world. The results (taken from a survey of 500 recruiters) revealed the ten most common mistakes candidates make during a job interview.

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5 Important Lessons Learned at Social Recruiting Days 2018

SmartRecruiters

asked Anna Ott and Robindro Ullah as they welcomed audiences to the main stage of the Ellington Hotel in Berlin for the final day of Social Recruiting Days 2018. For those who were unable to attend the conference, here are five of our biggest takeaways from Social Recruiting Days 2018.

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What is the Future of Recruiting?

Contract Recruiter

Companies developing software to automate hiring aim to eliminate bias and discrimination in interviewing and hiring, reduce recruiting cost, and speed up time to hire. Gild , Textio , Entelo and GapJumpers use data, business intelligence, blind skills evaluations, and smart sourcing to improve recruiting results while lowering costs.

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5 Ways to Revolutionize Candidate Experience

Brandon Hall

According to the 2014 Brandon Hall Group Social Talent Acquisition Study, only 8% of companies are trying to improve candidate experience with their social recruiting practices. Maybe we make follow ups a higher priority than more phone interviews. However, many organizations just aren’t doing it well. Why or why not?

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Interviewing Tips Not Enough? Here’s How to Guide Candidates Into Careers

Spark Hire

You gave him interviewing tips and coached him through several video interviews. Then your client postponed the interview. In order to help your candidates stand out and excite your clients, you need to think beyond just sharing interviewing tips and giving them pointers on body language. Where did Jim go wrong?

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The 10 Do’s and Don’ts of Reference Checking

Social Talent

Ultimately, most employers agree that reference checking is a worthwhile exercise when it’s done well. Have a look here at 10 interview questions you should never ask a candidate to make sure that you are not asking a referee to disclose the answers to these questions in a roundabout way. That’s where we come in.

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Candidate Experience: A Crash Course for Modern Recruiters

Jibe

Candidate experience refers to how job seekers perceive and react to employers’ sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding processes. It has proven to be directly tied to recruiting performance , making it one of the most highly regarded talent acquisition topics today. Candidate Experience Definition.