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The Critical Role of First Impressions in Employee Engagement

Broadleaf

It serves as a reminder of initial encounters’ pivotal role in forming a candidate’s perception of your organization. A job seeker’s journey commences with their initial interaction—through your website, social media, a job posting, or word of mouth from a family member or friend.

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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.”

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The Recruiting Division is now ContractRecruiter.com

Contract Recruiter

I have been exceptionally busy making a number of incremental but impactful changes to our recruiting tools, team, and best practices – especially in regard to passive candidate sourcing. Since 2009, we have been known as “The Recruiting Division”. But the biggest change over past few months has been our new company name.

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The Golden Rule of Recruiting: Where Candidate Experience Is Today

ConveyIQ

The unemployment rate climbed to an all-time high of 10 percent a year later in October 2009. What did this lead to when it came to candidate experience? At the time, candidate experience was not at the top of the priority list. The company found that on average, only 4 percent of candidates hear back within a day.

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Recruiter Real Talk: How to Improve Candidate Engagement Using AI

Leoforce

Recruitment isn’t just about getting qualified candidates through the door; it’s about keeping them interested throughout the application process and helping them land a job they’ll love. That means offering a better candidate experience from awareness to the final decision. “A That’s a benefit in and of itself.

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Katrina Collier Interview Spotlight

WizardSourcer

In 2008, the recession hit and I saw it as a way out of agency recruitment and into my own business teaching people to use social media for recruiting and job search. It turned out 2009 was too early so I ended up spending 18 months in-house proving to myself that I could recruit directly without an agency. The human brain.

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Candidate-Driven Job Market: What Recruiters Need to Know in 2016

Jibe

But for employers, the candidate-driven job market means many priorities need to be reevaluated. A robust candidate experience, a meaningful employer brand, attractive salaries and benefits–these are just some of the factors that can appeal to candidates. Candidate-Driven Definition & The Balance of Power.