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LinkedIn Creates Feature Aimed to Reduce Bias

Recruitics

LinkedIn has introduced a new feature to “hide names and photos” in hopes to eliminate unconscious bias from recruiters as they search for qualified candidates.

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Why It’s Still Important to Prioritise BD in a Job-Heavy Market

FireFish Software

When the market is job-heavy you’re spoilt for roles, so it’s easy to think that proactively building a pipeline of prospects needn’t be a priority. But that’s not the way to think of it – and you can be sure that your top-billing competitors will still be dedicating time and effort to BD right now.

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Global TA Day 2021 Recap: A Day Of Celebration

Recruitics

September 1, 2021 was Global Talent Acquisition Day, and i n a world where we can often feel so disconnected, what a wonderful day to not only connect, but CELEBRATE those in talent acquisition!

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One-On-One Meetings: 5 Things Managers Should Keep in Mind

TalentCulture - Recruiting

The success of any organization largely depends on the quality of the employees. Due to this fact, employers have always devised and will continue to look for ways to make […]. The post One-On-One Meetings: 5 Things Managers Should Keep in Mind appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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Desperate for Talent? Why You Shouldn’t Jump to Hire

Recruiting Daily

With an unemployment rate of only 5.2%, rushing to fill positions with less qualified talent can be tempting. Despite the jump-to-hire pressure recruiters face, it’s more about the long game, not the short one. Particularly today, companies must hire for fit and not just hire to fill. Below, we’ll take a look at the negative […].

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Diversity Platform Canvas Closes $50M, Launches Analytics Tool

Recruiting Daily

Canvas, a recruiting platform that focuses on diversity hiring, closed a $50 million Series C round, giving the company a valuation of $400 million. At the same time, it launched a new product, Canvas Diversity Analytics & Benchmarking, which is designed to increase diversity in American business. Canvas is already used by a number employers, […].

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It’s Time to Embrace the Agile Workforce

The Staffing Stream

I have been involved in the contingent labour market in one guise or another for nearly two decades. Now more than ever, it’s an extremely exciting, ever-changing industry that leaves me feeling quite bullish for the future of work. Independent contractors offer many strategic benefits to businesses, but the most evident and exciting trend I’m seeing is how independent contractors are being used to enable some forward-thinking businesses to challenge more “traditional” working models.

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The Use Case Podcast: Storytelling about Lantern with Liz Eddy

Recruiting Daily

Storytelling about Lantern with Liz Eddy Welcome to the Use Case Podcast, episode 128. This week we have storytelling about Lantern with Liz Eddy. During this episode, Liz and I talk about how practitioners make the business case or the use case for purchasing Lantern. Liz is an expert in all things end-of-life planning and wellbeing. Her […].

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How to train recruiters to make the most of tech tools

JobAdder

Struggling to train recruiters in your recruitment agency on new tech tools and features? There’s a number of initiatives you can implement to help them make the most of their tech. But first, what’s the core barrier that slows recruiters down when adopting new technologies? The biggest roadblock for recruiters when it comes to tech training is fear; fear about struggling to learn a new system and fear of messing up the data or database.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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The 1 Word that Most Often Gets Recruiters in Trouble

Ongig

The word “lead” seems harmless enough, right? I use it all the time. But, lead is a “masculine-themed” word, according to a study of job ads by the University of Waterloo and Duke University (Danielle Gaucher, Justin Friesen, Aaron C. Kay). What do they mean by a “masculine” word? The study opens with this key finding: “When job advertisements were constructed to include more masculine than feminine wording, participants perceived more men within these o

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5 Important Strategies for Understanding Employees’ Potential

Brandon Hall

Current State. To understand the potential of employees contributing to the future success of the business, employers focus predominately on reviewing, rating and rewarding their employees’ performance, according to Brandon Hall Group research. But even the best performer may not be the best employee for the future. Organizations must learn the best ways to identify and develop potential. .

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30+ Ways Companies Are Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 2021

PowerToFly

Founded in 1989, Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15 and ends October 15. The four-week span over two calendar months may seem a bit odd, but it comes with good reason, as it covers independence anniversaries of several Latin American countries, as well as key celebrations in Hispanic and Latin communities. Apart from commemorating major holidays and historic milestones, this month honors the cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latinx Americans.

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Employee Retention Strategies: Ready to Use Questionnaire

RippleHire

Employee turnover has adverse effects whose impact is much more than the strain of acquiring new talent. The sheer cost of replacing an employee who has been doing well and adding value to the company is hard to quantify. Therefore, retaining employees who bring value is always a great option compared to hunting for talented candidates who will contribute to the company’s future success.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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Four Key Challenges in Hospitality Recruiting and How to Overcome Them

Hiring Thing

Hiring Has Always Been a Challenge for Hospitality Roles A pre-pandemic report conducted by The Caterer back in 2016 found that 82% of hospitality professionals. The post Four Key Challenges in Hospitality Recruiting and How to Overcome Them first appeared on HiringThing.

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How to hire top talent when you are on budget?

Jobsoid

Finding the right talent takes time and effort, not to mention a significant portion of your recruitment budget. However, just because you are on a tight budget does not mean you cannot acquire top talent. In this blog, you will learn how to hire top talent even when you are on a budget. You can […]. The post How to hire top talent when you are on budget?

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PTO, Vacation, Sick Leave: What’s the Difference?

Namely - Talent

Taking a break from work is crucial to employees’ mental health and productivity. However, balancing business needs with employees being out of office can be a challenge for some companies—especially on top of staying compliant with federal, state, and local laws.

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7 Recruiting Tips for Gen Z Candidates

Recruiting Daily Advisor

While some recruiting tips may hold true no matter who the candidate, it still pays to understand a bit about the differences found in the latest generation to enter the workforce: Gen Z. With that in mind, we’re going to look at some things employers may want to consider when recruiting this generation. Gen Z Stats and Recruiting Tips. First, let’s look at basics.

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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Find a Technology Partner for the Long Haul

Brandon Hall

In the Learning Technology space, vendor relationships can sometimes be measured in months rather than years. In an environment where about 40% of companies are actively looking to replace a current provider, longevity is hard to come by. But that’s to be expected with the transactional nature of many of these relationships. Clients always want the newest, latest thing and many providers struggle to provide the most basic customer support.

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Feds Pursue Fraud Claims Against PPP Recipients

Recruiting Daily Advisor

To help struggling businesses needing immediate access to cash during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress introduced the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in 2020. Some companies, however, didn’t use the PPP loan funds as Congress intended. Because of a broad range of associated fraud, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and other government agencies have been investigating PPP loan cases.

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Better Customer Relationships Through Learning

Brandon Hall

As organizations continue to find new ways of working with uncertainties driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, customer satisfaction remains their number-one business priority, cited by 93% of companies in Brandon Hall Group’s HCM Outlook 2021 Study as important or critical. It ranks higher than revenue generation, return-to-work strategies and managing ongoing change.

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What Explains the Dichotomy in Remote Work Preferences?

Recruiting Daily Advisor

While the widespread shift to remote work has been celebrated by many former office-workers, it’s been surprising to many observers the high percentages of those employees who are actually eager to return to the office, at least some of the time. Depending on the poll and when it was conducted, the proportion of workers who say they’d like to return to the office is not dramatically different than those who say they’d prefer to stay fully remote, as this Gallup data shows.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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3 Ways to Successfully Manage “The Great Resignation”

Jobvite

The current labor market is unlike anything we’ve seen in recent memory. Hiring freezes and staffing cuts last year left recruiters with lots of resumes for every open position. Now, they’re dealing with an entirely different set of conditions as companies start to ramp up their hiring. One TA leader recently shared with us “We’ve doubled the number of active requisitions, but we’ve seen a 50% drop in applicants per role.”.

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Mike Salva of Pitney Bowes isn’t a Mind Reader—Fortunately, He’s Got People Analytics for That

Visier - Talent Acquisition

The last 18 months proved that strong HR leadership is needed more than ever. In this profile series, we celebrate the HR Super Leaders that led their organizations through tough times by harnessing their HR superpowers—daring, vision, empathy, strategy, and connection—and proving that anything is possible when you put your people first. Learn more about these five superpowers and take our quiz to find out which one is yours!

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EEOC Issues Guidance on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Discrimination

Recruiting Daily Advisor

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued a technical assistance document for “Protections Against Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity.” The document briefly explains the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2020 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, and the agency’s established legal positions on sexual orientation and gender identity-related workplace discrimination issues.

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