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

Social Talent

In recruitment news this week: LinkedIn’s 2016 Workforce Diversity Report is In! 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). APSCo Awards for Excellence 2016 Winners Revealed.

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How to Use Data to Attract the Next Generation of Talent

CareerBuilder

The challenge is clear for talent acquisition professionals: You need to attract and recruit more college graduates to work for your company. Unfortunately, there’s often a shortage of college grads in your area. Can you find engineers at a land grant college? Data speeds up the campus recruiting process.

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How Scrapping the Traditional College Recruitment Model Helped LinkedIn Find More Diverse Talent

Linkedin Talent Blog

As the head of the LinkedIn Campus Recruiting team, I’ve come to realize that traditional college recruiting just doesn’t work anymore - at least when it comes to finding diverse talent. With that in mind, we decided to completely change how we recruited at the college-level. In fact, it’s a measured goal.

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Did You Know? Our Labor Market Insights Cover Over 99% of the Workforce

CareerBuilder

For the month of August, we’re taking over Talent Factor to look more closely at CareerBuilder’s recent acquisitions — and how they’re making a big impact on your business in 2016 and beyond. Recruit college graduates and diverse candidates. Understand the workforce and its diversity. Department of Commerce, U.S.

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Don’t Wait – Next Year’s Graduates Are This Year’s Talent Pool

Spark Hire

Some recruiters think this merits a break in college recruitment. A 2016 Randstad survey found that 29 percent of Generation Z (who make up the class of 2019) plan to stay with their first company for three to four years. It’s that time of year again. New graduates are entering the workforce ready to make a difference.

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3 Difficult Diversity Lessons From Yelp, Airbnb, and Deloitte

Linkedin Talent Blog

Over 80% talent acquisition leaders and hiring managers say that diversity will be the most important trend shaping the future of recruiting, according to LinkedIn’s Global Recruiting Trends 2018 (coming out in January). Targeted college recruitment programs can be hugely successful.

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10 Best Practices for Recruiting Interns (+ideas)

Hundred5

General job boards — Job boards (like Zip Recruiter, Indeed, and Career Builder) are still some of the best places to find new employees, especially when you’re looking to cast a wider net. Advertise where they are Use the latest social media channels, like Snapchat and TikTok, to reach and attract new talent. ’ 2.