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How To Answer The Most Common Interview Questions

JazzHR

So you’ve made it past the resume bots and screening stages to land an in-person interview. Congratulations! Now comes the time, perhaps your only shot, to impress the hiring manager and get an edge on your competition. To help you nail your interview, we’ve put together a short list of the most common interview questions and how to answer them so you’re prepared for the big day.

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5 Reasons to Attend Lever’s Talent Innovation Summit May 17

Lever

Too many conferences are full of fluff that leave you wondering whether taking the time off work was really worth it. That’s why we’re condensing our first ever Talent Innovation Summit in San Francisco this May 17 into one jam-packed day. We promise to bring you an impressive roster of expert speakers and panelists, actionable recruiting tips and insights, and a happy hour more fun than Las Vegas.*.

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The 4 Biggest Reasons for Diversity Discomfort

Social Talent

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – Diversity & Inclusion should be one of the biggest if not the biggest priority for organisations in 2016. Not only should companies be on board with increasing diversity through improved recruitment and hiring processes to make the workplace a fairer and more inclusive place, but the benefits of doing so speak for themselves.

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Video: Newton Applicant Tracking System Helps Employers Hire

Newton Software

Small and Medium-sized employers have an ATS specifically designed to manage and control hiring. With Newton, employers capture, store and track candidates from one secure place in the cloud. Coordinate and schedule interviews. Run reports and export data with just a few clicks. Set important reminders, follow ups and alerts so that nothing slips through the cracks.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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Indeed Remains the Leading Source of External Hire for 5 Consecutive Years

Indeed

There have never been more ways to attract and recruit talent, but the latest Top Sources of Hire Report from SilkRoad shows the top external sources perform far above the rest. For the fifth year in a row, a deep analysis of the data showed that Indeed greatly outperforms other job search engines and job boards as online sources of hire—58% of external online hires are sourced from Indeed (up from 54% in 2015).

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3 Performance Indicators That Will Make or Break Your Company

Glassdoor for Employers

Want to really find out how your business is performing? Setting and analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) for your company is the best way to stay on track with your business goals. The question is what to focus on when it comes to performance. Should you rely on classic standbys like financial- and customer-focused indicators? Or opt for a newer indicator coming into vogue, one that prioritizes employee performance.

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What is the Difference Between Recruitment and Talent Acquisition?

Jobvite

Many people think that the terms recruitment and talent acquisition are synonymous, but companies who keep an eye on the big picture know there’s an important difference between the two. Recruitment and talent acquisition are … Continued.

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How to conduct a structured interview

Workable

A structured interview is almost twice as effective as the common unstructured interview. It calls for a systematic approach, trying to measure candidates’ competencies in an objective way. It still doesn’t predict future job performance like work samples or cognitive tests do, but it will remain an integral part of hiring due to the benefit of face-to-face contact.

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What is the Difference Between Recruitment and Talent Acquisition?

Jobvite

Many people think that the terms recruitment and talent acquisition are synonymous, but companies who keep an eye on the big picture know there’s an important difference between the two. Recruitment and talent acquisition are comparable to short-term and long-term—quick fixes versus long-term planning. Both approaches may be used depending on the circumstances, but one tends to be tactical in nature and the other, strategic.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

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

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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How to Find and Hire a Back-End Developer

Stack Overflow

Back-end developers are responsible for making sure that everything behind the scenes of a website is firing on all cylinders. The back-end of a website typically includes three parts: a server, application, and a database. Think of the work of a back-end developer any time you log into a website you use on a daily basis. It’s his or her responsibility to ensure that your information on that site is secure and easily accessible anytime you need to use it.

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Glassdoor Announces Chief Human Resources Officer

Glassdoor for Employers

Today we are excited to announce a new executive to Glassdoor: our Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Carmel Galvin. Carmel comes to Glassdoor with nearly 25 years of extensive international experience in HR, and she will be responsible for building Glassdoor’s people strategy and infrastructure as we continue to expand our global footprint. As you might imagine at Glassdoor, where our mission is to help everyone find a job and company they love, HR is a vital function at our company.

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Recruiting Coordinators: The unsung heroes of talent acquisition

Great Hires

If you ask the average hiring manager what a recruiting coordinator (aka candidate success coordinator, talent acquisition operations specialist etc.) you will probably get a perception that they are just someone in HR or a recruiter. Most people on a job’s hiring team think stuff just magically happens when a candidate arrives for their interviews and are clueless that a talent acquisition coordinator is working behind the scenes to ensure everything runs smoothly.

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The Predictive Recruitment Podcast With Alex Moyle

FireFish Software

Join us on the sixth episode of The Predictive Recruitment Podcast. Firefish Chief Growth Officer, Alan, talks with Elevated Recruitment's, Alex Moyle, about spring cleaning your recruitment agency.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Overwhelmed by Applications from College Grads? An ATS Can Help!

iCIMS

Are you ready for the impending influx of applications from recent college graduates? Learn how an applicant tracking system can help lessen the burden!

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3 Essential Elements of a Standout Recruitment Strategy

CareerBuilder

Want to know how to really get in front of candidates, attract them to your company and entice them to apply? Put yourself in their shoes. In other words, if you want to understand your candidates, consider what they go through when applying to jobs with your company. Is the application process lengthy and complex? Is your career site easy to navigate?

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Overwhelmed by Applications from College Grads? An ATS Can Help!

iCIMS

Are you ready for the impending influx of applications from recent college graduates? Learn how an applicant tracking system can help lessen the burden!

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Automating Recruitment

RecruitmentJuice

I had an interesting conversation with a client the other day who told me they were automating their recruitment system. They wanted to cut down costs and reduce the in-house recruitment overhead. I think they felt that they would be able to effectively recruit by filtering CV’s based on relevant word searches. Now I’m a big fan of simplifying things.

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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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Is Age Just a Number in Recruitment?

Undercover Recruiter

Of the 103,000 recruitment consultants employed by recruitment agencies in the UK, what is the demographic split of those who are over 40, like me? I go out and meet outstanding business owners all the time; those who are growing their recruitment companies across a number of sectors. An increasing number of these incredible and inspiring. View Article.

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What is the Difference Between Recruitment and Talent Acquisition?

Jobvite

Many people think that the terms recruitment and talent acquisition are synonymous, but companies who keep an eye on the big picture know there’s an important difference between the two. Recruitment and talent acquisition are comparable to short-term and long-term—quick fixes versus long-term planning. Both approaches may be used depending on the circumstances, but one tends to be tactical in nature and the other, strategic.

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5 Simple Twitter Tips for Recruiters

Undercover Recruiter

In the past I looked at recruiting with the use of Twitter as a throwaway. It was something I was aware of but never really did myself. I think the main issue was that no one really talked about how to go about using it effectively. I’m sure plenty of people have their secrets and success. View Article. 5 Simple Twitter Tips for Recruiters. Undercover Recruiter - Career & Recruitment Blog.

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Bad Romance: Why We Need To Stop Treating Candidates Like Crap.

Recruiting Daily

We’ve all had them. Those breakups that leave you hurt, confused, frustrated and angry. What you once thought was a beautiful relationship, is all of a sudden in ruins at your feet , and you’re left wondering what the hell just happened. . Some people would argue that there’s no such thing as a good breakup , t hat the end of every relationship is sad and hurtful.

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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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CASE STUDY: 5 Steps to Long-Term Recruiting Success

Top Echelon Contracting

[A note from the editor: We’ve often highlighted the successes of our customers over on the Pinnacle, our blog for Top Echelon Network members. But now, we’ve decided to run a case study series on our public Recruiter Training blog, too. Our hope is that. The post CASE STUDY: 5 Steps to Long-Term Recruiting Success appeared first on Top Echelon.

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Human Resource Solutions for Organizations to Consider

Recruiting Blogs

Employees are the mechanism that keeps a business running. Employees can have an impact on a company’s reputation. Hiring the wrong employee can be time consuming and costly for an organization (standard.co.uk, WHY HIRING THE RIGHT EMPLOYEES IS VITAL TO YOUR BUSINESS, 2012). There are several options that organizations can explore when it comes to meeting their human resource requirements.

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New Proposal Sets a Higher Bar for Bigger Fleets – Is that Fair?

HireRight

Earlier this year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) proposed a new method for assigning motor carriers’ safety fitness determinations (SFD), commonly called safety ratings. Currently, safety ratings are assigned after the completion of a labor-intensive compliance review (CR) - or audit - of records at the carrier’s place of business.

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Sourcecon Spring 2016 Part 7!!

Recruiting Blogs

Sourcecon Spring 2016 Part 7!! So this is the 7th presentation of the conference and the 2 nd set of Lab. Titled “Implementing the New Hotness” By Matthew Ferree and “Whats a Webscraper and how do they work” by Kameron Swinton. First implementing the new Hotness. Matthew talks about souring in Source Code repositories such as; Krugle, Ohloh, Searchcode, Codeade, and Symbolhound, as well as Github, Stackoverflow and Bitbucket.

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Future-proof your I-9 compliance for 2024

Speaker: Join I-9 Experts:

Got I-9 compliance on your mind? Spending endless amounts of time ensuring you stay compliant? Get your questions answered with an expert panel from WorkBright. During this one-hour webinar, Workbright will dive deep into I-9 best practices, navigate the nuances of the new 2023 'alternative procedure,' and learn actionable ways to ensure your audit trail is squeaky clean.

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5 Reasons Economic Developers Need Workforce Talent Pools

TalentCircles

While those of you in the economic development field may often feel like your hands are tied when it comes to the politics dominating economic development policy, there are areas where you can take more control. One of the most important is getting the availability of skilled employees in sync with the increased needs of the business community. That’s where online talent pools come in.

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In Recruiting, ROI Means Return on Impression

Recruiting Blogs

Whether you rely on a stand-alone applicant tracking system (ATS), lean heavily on mobile recruiting, work with HCM software like PeopleSoft Candidate Gateway or Taleo, or some combination of the above—you have only a few seconds to make a first impression on applicants with your candidate experience. You may be asking yourself: Why does it matter?

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4 Principles That Landed This Business on the Best Small Companies List

Linkedin Talent Blog

“You caught me at a great time,” said Claire Magat , Vice President of People Initiatives & Strategic Projects at Balsam Brands. “We’re just about to go on our shutdown week.”. Shutdown? I thought. In February? “Yes. We all worked extremely hard this past year and it’s time to take a rest. Sometimes this means a trip to Hawaii with our families.