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College Dropout: Why We Need To Rethink College Recruiting.

Recruiting Daily

A 2015 College Board survey, in fact, revealed about 3 in 4 fully employed recent college graduates report that job security and stability were among their most significant drivers when looking for a job. All Falls Down: The College Recruiting Disconnect. School Spirit: Why College Recruiting Is Broken.

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Big man on campus: Effective College recruiting

Recruiting Blogs

Big man on campus: Effective College recruiting. As of 2015, millennials represent the largest segment of the U.S. All millennial stereotypes aside, the new labor force brings a unique set of skills to organizations that engage in proactive college recruitment processes.

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6 Fascinating Recruitment News Stories You Must Read this Week – 24th October 2016

Social Talent

As of June 2016, representation at LinkedIn is as follows: 54% of LinkedIn’s workforce is white (down 2% from 2015) and makes up 63% of leadership (unchanged from 2015). 36% of employees are Asian (down 1% from 2015) and makes up 30% of leadership (unchanged from 2015). 3% of employees are disabled.

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Diversity Hiring: the best candidate sources

EmployeeReferrals.com

Many recruiters first meet with students at the start of their junior year. College recruiting is a good way to find quality hires who will grow with your company. The problem is, people in high demand are tired of cold calls, emails, and LinkedIn In-mail. You have to take the initiative and reach out. workforce by 2020.

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9 Need-to-Know Recruitment News Stories – 21st September 2015

Social Talent

Patel actually became CEO back in July, but the company has been relatively quiet about it (though I guess the promotion was apparent to anyone who looked at his LinkedIn page ). LinkedIn have just released their 2015 Talent Trends report , compiling responses from more than 1,600 professionals in the U.S. and Canada.

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3 Difficult Diversity Lessons From Yelp, Airbnb, and Deloitte

Linkedin Talent Blog

Targeted college recruitment programs can be hugely successful. By 2016, 43% of Airbnb’s workforce were non-white, up from 37% in 2015. With everyone buying in, the number of female global partners jumped from 5% to 21% by 2015. And Yelp is still pushing. When Airbnb realized it had a diversity problem, it set to work.

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Recruiting Sales Leaders and 9 More of the Biggest Challenges Startups are Facing

Linkedin Talent Blog

Engineering executive, which was the hardest roles to fill in both 2015 and 2016 , came a close second, with 24.4% But this number hasn’t changed much in the past few years, with 31% reporting this in 2016 , and 26% in 2015. Sales leaders were the hardest people to hire last year. Progress is being made, but slowly.