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11 Hiring Hacks Every Recruiter Should Know in 2017

Linkedin Talent Blog

Use the job description to show the candidate the impact the job will have. The job description is an “opportunity to really capture the imagination of your potential candidate,” explains Srinivasan. Srinivasan suggests creating a consistent interview process for hiring managers.

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You’d Better Ask Somebody: Why Employee Referrals (Still) Matter in Hiring.

Recruiting Daily

Employees know their teams and your business better than anyone, and, unlike, say, some stupid behavioral interviewing question ( “which type of car would you be and why?”), In fact, Glassdoor data shows that employee referrals not only increase the likelihood a candidate will get selected for an interview by 2.6-6.6%,

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The Startup Hiring Guide: Hiring for rapid growth from 5 to 50

Workable

How to write job descriptions. Creating an interview process. How to write job descriptions. Job descriptions could and should sweep candidates off their feet. But all too often, we’re content to lean on the old-fashioned and generic with the result that most job ads are mediocre.

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Build a Global Recruiting Machine Like This Top HR Executive

Spark Hire

Then sending them up to the Regional Lead who is obviously doing much more of an organizational development-style behavioral interview, assessing them and then getting them over to a hiring manager, the managing broker, and pushing them through that way. They trust their gut which means they’re bringing bias to the process, etc.