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

Social Talent

Waders continued: “In May 2016, our recruiting team introduced a modified Rooney Rule with the goal of having a diverse candidate slate for every role we are hiring for.

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

Social Talent

Once hired, candidates go through a 3-week training process where they learn how Absolut Vodka is made, what makes it different from other vodkas and the ethics of the organisation, von Matern said. Once training is done, the Absolut Graduates spend 18 months at whatever city they’ve been assigned to. Life as an Absolut Graduate.

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How Your Social Accounts Can Impact Your Candidacy

AkkenCloud

Today’s savvy job candidates are turning their social media channels from a liability into one of their biggest professional assets. Hiring and training a new employee is expensive and time-consuming, so employers want to ensure they do their due diligence before investing in a new member of the team. That’s still around.

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Recruiting: It’s A Matter of Trust

Recruiting Daily

Recruiters have a hard time trusting candidates because they think that they’ll do or say anything to get an offer (even when their background and references check out). You’re a professional who cares – and know the exceptional service that you’re passionate about providing each and every candidate, since, well, they’ve lived it.

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Bad Influence: Why Industry Lists Should Kick the Bucket.

Recruiting Daily

Shally literally wrote the book on sourcing, teaches talent at Temple University and runs the Sourcing Institute training program. Ben Gotkin ( @BenGotkin ): Another RecruitDC founder, Ben brings the awesome as a partner on the Recruiting Toolbox team. He’s a mentor, trainer and most importantly, a friend.

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Risky Business: Why You Should Own Your Own Recruiting Data.

Recruiting Daily

Well, I suppose, per my usual style, I might as well tell you a story from back in the day, when I was first starting out on my recruiting journey. When I started out at my very first agency, part of my training was having to learn simple search strings that I could use to uncover candidates from within our existing database.

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