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How Local Government Can Boost Recruitment

Hireserve

Even before COVID-19, the public sector was facing a staffing squeeze, leaving councils with workforce shortages. The public sector had lost over a million jobs since 2009, and pre-pandemic, the sector accounted for only 17% of the country’s total workforce – the lowest it had been since 1999. Build a Strong Employer Brand.

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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?). Since then, gamification has been applied in a practical context to everything from employee training to politics.

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Recruiting Problems? It Could Be Your Branding

The Staffing Stream

at the peak of the recession in July 2009. This just makes your job as an employer harder if you’re going to persuade them to come and join you instead of another company. In this article, we take a look at why branding will help you attract outstanding candidates, and how you can take yours to the next level.

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How to Future-Proof Your Recruitment Marketing Strategy and Attract Top Talent

Hireology

is facing a strong economy as it is now, or a recession as was the case from 2007 through 2009, employees are any organization’s greatest source of competitive advantage. Take Ownership Your Employment Brand. So it’s critical for your employment brand materials to be both mobile- and search- friendly.

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Hitting The Target: Using Professional Associations To Create A Staffing Competitive Advantage: Part II

Recruiting Blogs

Hitting the Target with Professional Associations in Recruiting/Staffing is a way that Talent Acquisition can create a Competitive Advantage in Sourcing and Talent Attraction. based organizations were recognized in 2009. Employer Branding will be intimately connected to Professional Association Development. million U.S.-based

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Staffing News Of The Day, August 22, 2011

Staffing Talk

Judge wants to make certain “the disconnect” won’t be there again and that the staffing executive will be deterred from embezzling ever again. MedTrust is a ten year old health care staffing company in the San Antonio, TX area. Will we be seeing you at Staffing World in New Orleans this year? Alabama Live Blog]. My Digital FC].

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6 Resourceful Ways to Use Text Recruiting Now

Rally Recruitment Marketing

We think there’s a lot we can learn from how these employers have used text messaging to keep communications flowing with employees and candidates at a time when humanizing our employer brands is critically important. Centria Healthcare was founded in 2009 and has become Michigan’s leading provider of in-home healthcare.

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