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If Hiring Is a Team Sport, We Need to Give Hiring Managers Feedback

Linkedin Talent Blog

Hiring is a team sport. And here’s the big idea: We measure them against those expectations by surveying our recruiters when a req is closed to get feedback on how effectively the hiring manager played their very important role in driving speed, quality, diversity, and candidate experience. If yes, why? If not, why not?

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Why Empathy, Not Dollars, Is Key to Candidate Experience

SmartRecruiters

According to Lurie, hiring is “a team sport,” with recruiters as the captains, “responsible for candidates’ emotional experience.”. This is why Optimizely recruiters participate in interview training programs that teach them to “start at a place of yes, so candidates walk in knowing that we want them to get the job.”

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What Diverse Talent Wants in 2024

PowerToFly

That’s a decade’s worth of workplace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging ( DEIB ) efforts, and a decade of witnessing both wins and losses in this space. Diverse professionals are facing new challenges in 2024, and it’s more important than ever to listen to what they have to say. Rethink the candidate experience.

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10 Mistakes You're Making With Your Diversity Recruitment Strategy (And How to Fix Them)

PowerToFly

Based on that team, is your organization’s diversity recruitment strategy working? Most talent acquisition teams will admit that diversity recruitment isn’t easy, and that there’s no “simple” fix to growing teams that align with your company’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) goals. Or is it unclear?

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Recruiters are from Venus. Hiring Managers are from Mars

Social Talent

But, at its core, I believe hiring is like a sport and one that requires the same level of cooperation and alignment that the Jamaican relay team displayed during the 2012 games. You will begin to see thinner funnels, minimal requisition cancellations, diversity in all aspects of the process and increased velocity. And it is possible!

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Building a culture of hiring

Social Talent

SocialTalent’s CEO and Co-Founder, Johnny Campbell, has always said that “ hiring is a team sport. ” But when everyone involved in the hiring journey is aligned, engaged and shares a common purpose, this can help drive so many other benefits as well, such as: Improving the drive for diversity and inclusion . And he’s right.

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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace: removing the barriers to finding top talent

Workable

Having a fully inclusive and accessible hiring strategy leads to a better candidate experience for all of your applicants and richer talent in your pipeline. 4all: Instead of a formal, often stressful job interview, we view this event as an opportunity to meet candidates in a more casual setting. Lessons learned at Career Fair.4all.