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Are You Making These 9 Remote Hiring Mistakes? A Checklist to Assess Your Process

Hundred5

Since 2009, the number of people who work from home has risen by 159% , and in 2022, 16% of companies globally are now fully-remote. They’re admin heavy – With many roles attracting hundreds of applicants, they’re an absolute time-killer to review, sift, and assess, often taking up hours of valuable recruiter time.

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Using Pre-Hire Testing & Assessment When Hiring

Newton Software

Pre-hire testing or pre-hire assessment is the process of using tests and questionnaires to screen candidates for job openings on a variety of factors like cognitive ability, critical thinking skills, personality, preferences and motivation. The use of hiring assessments is on the rise, with as much as a 20% increase year over year.

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How Gamification in Recruitment is Changing the Hiring Game

4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

As we understand it, the term’ gamification’ gained widespread adoption in 2009 with the launch of Foursquare, which applied gaming elements to local search behavior (remember becoming the “mayor” of your favorite local diner?). Assess candidates Interviews are the richest source of information a hiring manager has when assessing a candidate.

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How Will the Third Covid Wave Affect Europe’s Agency Work Sector?

The Staffing Stream

However, a recent report from WEC Europe found that the European agency work sector was down 36% in the second quarter of 2020 on an annual basis, which is a decline 10% higher than during the Great Recession in 2009. To listen to the full interview click below. Listen to the full interview below.

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Increasing Your Recommendation-to-Interview Ratio with Hiring Managers

CodeSignal

In this article, we’ll explore why an optimized recommendation-to-interview ratio can lead to a competitive advantage for your staffing firm. What is the Recommendation-to-Interview Ratio? In this situation, your recommendation-to-interview ratio equals 33%. Why Technical Placements Have Low Recommendation-to-Interview Ratios.

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How to Get Candidates to Open Up and Be Honest in the Interview

Spark Hire

The job interview process is a marathon. First there’s the screening interview, followed by interviews with various company leaders, skills tests, personality tests, drug tests, and background checks. All these interview tactics are making the hiring process longer. days since 2009. days since 2009.

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3 Benefits Your Clients Need to Know About Seasonal Hiring and Staffing Agencies

Spark Hire

Crawford Thomas Recruiting , a full service staffing agency supporting multiple offices from the southeast to midwest United States, was seeking a better way to access and interview a talent pool of premium candidates for clients across geographical barriers. One-on-one interviews already add an average of 4.1 days since 2009.

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