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4 Techniques to Decrease Age Discrimination During Recruiting

Ideal

With recent accusations against Intel and IBM and a new lawsuit alleging companies used Facebook ads to screen out older job seekers , age discrimination in hiring is making headlines. Research has shown that age discrimination at the screening phase does exist. Remove biased language in job descriptions.

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How Good Machine Learning in Recruitment Can Radically Transform Your Hiring

Vervoe

Machine learning technology has numerous applications in recruitment, whether it’s targeted job adverts, candidate resume screening or workforce succession planning. Talent acquisition teams simply don’t have the time or resources to carefully review each candidate’s resume, target passive job candidates, or tailor job descriptions.

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9 Horrific Hiring Mistakes

ExactHire Recruiting

JOB DESCRIPTIONS: Poorly written job descriptions will yield poor results. Poorly written” could be defined as grammatical errors and misspellings, but I am referring to generic job descriptions or unspecific, misleading job descriptions. Don’t treat candidates poorly.

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Highlight Your Valuable Experience and Get the Position!

PowerToFly

The valuable experience you want to highlight in a job interview is the one that correlates with the job description. Any relevant experience to the job is valuable. First, you have a phone screen with the recruiter, then three to four other interviews. What are these stages?

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Highlight Your Valuable Experience and Get the Position!

PowerToFly

The valuable experience you want to highlight in a job interview is the one that correlates with the job description. Any relevant experience to the job is valuable. First, you have a phone screen with the recruiter, then three to four other interviews. What are these stages?

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Test Your Application Through The Applicant’s Eyes

ExactHire Recruiting

Hiring managers usually do a great job of developing the job description, but they often overlook the application process itself. But when this trend increases, an organization can benefit from taking a few minutes to go through the application process as a job-seeker would.

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How to write a good job description

Workable

Your job description is your chance to connect with potential candidates. Effective job descriptions are engaging and inclusive, prompt the right people to apply and help you trim down your time-to-fill. To write a good job description, keep these pointers in mind: Use a clear job title.