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Harnessing the Power of Mobile: The Recruiter’s Guide to Success

AkkenCloud

Gone are the days when recruitment was primarily about in-person interviews, manual filekeeping, and sorting through towering stacks of paper resumes. Video Interviews : Video interviewing apps are a game-changer for recruiters. This also saves time and money for both the recruiter and the candidate.

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Five Lessons From My First Candidate Placement (That Wasn’t)

4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

I threw on a suit (this was 2006, after all), kissed my pregnant wife and three kids goodbye, and stopped to check my email before heading out the door. Show up to the interview. I was a hammer in early 2006. Less than months in business, and I was rocking! Not even close. I was persuasive enough to sell him on the opportunity.

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A 4 Step Guide to Junior Developer Recruitment

SmartRecruiters

A guide to everything you need to know about finding, assessing, hiring, and retaining talented junior developers. All this to say, recruiters seeking junior developers have the cards stacked against them… and then there’s the matter of assessment and retention. Deep Dive Interviews. Screen Early.

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Hiring and Retaining a Dispersed Workforce

Glassdoor for Employers

Assess Strengths Early. Do your best to get a sense of people’s work styles, strengths, and weaknesses during the interview process. And if you’re interviewing them as part of a panel, speak with them one-on-one. In fact, research shows that more than 65% of communication is nonverbal (Source: The New York Times article, 2006).

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Pre-employment testing: pros and cons

Workable

Companies also use other types of tests like cognitive ability tests and skills assessments which have helped companies retain new hires. Tests are more objective than other forms of assessment. Unstructured interviews , resume screenings and pre-interview calls are ineffective predictors of job performance.

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How to screen Java developers’ skills to find the best – guide for IT recruitment

Devskiller

Bare this in mind when you assess Java skills based on so far employment. So unless you recruit for an entry, junior position you can skip assessing Java skills based solely on university education and degree. Significance of Java certificate for assessing developer’s Java skills.

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The Rise of the Recruitment Marketplace

SmartRecruiters

Besides core recruitment systems (often an old-fashioned ATS), they deal with job boards, video interview tools, background check vendors and candidate assessments. Salesforce faced a similar problem in 2006 with sales and lead management processes, leading to the creation of their AppExchange. Avoid integration nightmares.