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Disrupting the Status Quo with Brand Differentiation — Important Then, Important Now

The Staffing Stream

And that’s an improvement from 2009 when women represented just 10%. But before 2009, female entrepreneurs were even more rare. Unlike our competitors at the time, our focus was the candidate experience. In 2009, I was introduced to the Women Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). I intended to change that.

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How to Keep Candidates Engaged On a Long Recruiting Timeline

ConveyIQ

In fact, a recent Addison Group survey shows that 40% of candidates will lose interest in a job if they haven’t heard back from a hiring manager within a week of the interview, while 54% of recruiters say that the hiring process can take as long as a month. continue to get longer, increasing by 15% since 2009.

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The Critical Role of First Impressions in Employee Engagement

Broadleaf

” The good news is that 23 percent of employees globally were engaged at work in 2022—the highest level recorded since Gallup started measuring in 2009. By not engaging these employees, leaders are missing a primary driver of customer retention and organic business growth.”

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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?). Gamification can enhance the candidate experience in several important ways.

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The #10YearChallenge for Recruiting: What’s Changed Since 2009?

Vervoe

The viral #10YearChallenge taking over our social media feeds inspired us: how has recruiting changed since 2009? Flashback to 2009: the world of recruiting was a different place. In fact, some online experts declared 2009 “THE year to get to know and effectively utilize social media tools.” 2009: Social media vs 2019: AI.

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Creating Meaningful and Positive Candidate Experiences

The Staffing Stream

“If you treat candidates poorly during the recruiting process, they’re going to tell their friends. You could get away with that in 2009, but you can’t get away with it in 2019,” according to Brian Kropp , chief of human resources research for Gartner. Candidate expectations are not what they were 10 years ago. Kropp is right.

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

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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. For candidates, they’re the least engaging way to apply for a role, and for recruiters, they’re all the same and take ages to read.