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How to create a pleasant job interview environment

JazzHR

The job interview: A major step that both candidates and hiring managers often approach the wrong way. The candidate may prepare in-depth answers ahead of time. But maybe, they fail to have an organic, personable conversation with the hiring team. Meanwhile, the hiring manager may ask surface-level questions that don’t accurately assess the candidate’s suitability for the position.

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5 Steps Recruiting Departments Can Take to Prepare for the GDPR

Undercover Recruiter

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to come into force in May 2018 and it is up to businesses to ensure that they are compliant with the new rules. The regulation is being brought in to ensure that companies better protect the personal data of their customers, staff, and other individuals. It is. View Article. 5 Steps Recruiting Departments Can Take to Prepare for the GDPR Undercover Recruiter - Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Blog.

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6 Must-Ask Interview Questions for New Grads & Interns This April

Glassdoor for Employers

As graduation nears, and freshly-minted college degrees are readying new candidates for the market, employers and recruiters assess how they can best.

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Maximize your employee engagement ROI with these 5 steps

ExactHire Recruiting

Organizations are built around people, so creating a high-engagement work culture is essential for sustainable business success. In the last few years, more companies have started to benchmark employee engagement, hoping that this data will provide insights on how to be a better place to work. But, often employee engagement surveys lose steam after the initial data collection because no one knows how to act on the data , and so the results are left to collect dust until the next annual survey.

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Discover the 4 Big Recruitment Challenges for 2024

It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is tough! The constant changes can make it seem impossible for HR leaders, hiring teams, and hiring managers to remain flexible and agile. However, there’s a silver lining amongst all the hiring chaos, as these changes also bring great opportunities and fresh ways for HR leaders to gain that competitive edge in the race for top talent.

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Greg Savage: The Low-down on Leadership

Social Talent

Ahead of his unique ‘Leadership is Action’ masterclass in Dublin later this month, we caught up with the infectiously charismatic Greg Savage to learn more about his story. . In the beginning… Savage was thrust into leadership at 24 years of age, in London. Hopelessly unprepared for the role, was asked to manage a large team of recruiters, many far more experienced than me.

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Going Inbound for Talent Acquisition

Glassdoor for Employers

In today’s technology-driven world, companies that do not have a digital presence will not be successful. Many companies deploy inbound marketing techniques.

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The Best Job Application Advice From Our Q1 Community MVPs

Workpop

Our mission at Workpop is to help everyone find a job they love. While our focus here on the Workpop blog is primarily on the employer end of that equation, we also believe that we can play a part not just in helping employers reach new candidates, but in helping their existing candidates become better candidates.

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What You Should Not Write in a Cover Letter

SimplyHired

The post What You Should Not Write in a Cover Letter appeared first on Simply Hired Blog.

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J. Walter Thompson INSIDE Wins 5 Industry Awards

JWT Inside

The Employee Communications Awards honors the most creative and forward-thinking campaigns in the employment space. This year, J. Walter Thompson INSIDE was honored with 5 honorable mentions. Congratulations to all the people who made it possible. Great work! Honorable Mention: Blog. VA Careers Blog, JWT INSIDE with Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Employer Branding As A Strategic Approach To Long Term Talent Acquisition

Recruiting Daily

Building a long-term image in the minds of passive candidates Employer Branding (EB) is a key component of any integrated talent acquisition strategy; it is both a long-term strategic solution (laying the foundation and building a long-term image in the minds of passive candidates—your ultimate target) as well as an employee retention strategy for current […].

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How Big of a Missed Opportunity is Your Online Job Application Black Hole?

Traitify

Despite continued conversations around “candidate engagement” and “applicant experience,” employers still wait until late in a job-seeker’s application process to proactively engage them. Yet, with a 60% drop off in their online application process , something must change. By the time a job-seeker becomes an applicant, they will have expended energy finding your job-posting, reading your job descriptions, considering their own qualifications, and filling out the application itself.

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From a Mercedes-Benz to Ferris Wheels: Unusual Interview Settings Are the Latest Recruiting Trend

Linkedin Talent Blog

Engineer Molka Elleuch stepped into the passenger seat of a new model Mercedes. With his tailored suit and walrus mustache, the driver, Dieter Zetsche, wasn’t a car salesman. Instead, he’s the Head of Mercedes-Benz cars, and was interviewing Molka for an R&D role at Daimler. Here is how their talk unfolded: As this video shows, Mercedes wasn’t just holding interviews in the vehicle for fun, they were getting in on one of the latest hiring trends: interviewing candidates in a casual setting.

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Time to Get Personal: How to Get the Most Out of A Candidate’s First Interview

Traitify

Traitify was founded in 2011 after my co-founder had an awkward blind date. We realized just how much first interactions rely on intangibles like “chemistry” for conversation and relationship-building to occur. But what if the parties were pre-equipped with information before that first interaction to ensure relationship-building could happen? Wouldn’t that set a better foundation for chemistry to develop over time?

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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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Sourcecon Spring 2018 the recap Day 2 George Boole Sessions!!

Recruiting Blogs

Sourcecon Spring 2018 day 2, George Boole Sessions. There were 3 George Boole sessions on Day 2. . . First up Allison Kruse and using Social Engineering to influence others. In this session, the main take away is the Establishing Rapport in 10 steps section. Here are the steps; 1-Establish artificial time constraints, meaning respect others time, 2-Accommodating nonverbal, be aware of your body language and try to be friendly and relaxing, 3-RSVP control the rhythm, speed and volume of your sp

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How Big of a Missed Opportunity is Your Online Job Application Black Hole?

Traitify

Despite continued conversations around “candidate engagement” and “applicant experience,” employers still wait until late in a job-seeker’s application process to proactively engage them. Yet, with a 60% drop off in their online application process , something must change. By the time a job-seeker becomes an applicant, they will have expended energy finding your job-posting, reading your job descriptions, considering their own qualifications, and filling out the application itself.

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Top Interview Questions Asked and How to Answer Them

Recruiting Blogs

We have all had that not-so-special feeling of beating hearts, sweaty palms, and raspy breaths. The state describes the sense of a fresh graduate going to the first interview. New students going for entry-level jobs can especially subscribe to this feeling. The collective thoughts that plague a fresh job seeker are: • Am I prepared enough? • What will they ask me?

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Time to Get Personal: How to Get the Most Out of A Candidate’s First Interview

Traitify

Traitify was founded in 2011 after my co-founder had an awkward blind date. We realized just how much first interactions rely on intangibles like “chemistry” for conversation and relationship-building to occur. But what if the parties were pre-equipped with information before that first interaction to ensure relationship-building could happen? Wouldn’t that set a better foundation for chemistry to develop over time?

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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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Your Candidate Snapshot Summary

Hireability

Sometimes recruiters simply want a quick summary outlining what a candidate ‘brings to the table’. Things such as career level (derived from totaling the years of experience), top 3 skills, security clearance and more. HireAbility has partnered with some of our clients to put together a summary of items that are important to them and their end users.

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Helpful Tips for Crafting Effective Job Descriptions

JWT Inside

Writing effective job descriptions can seem like a daunting task, but in reality, it’s an opportunity to showcase your organization and gain the best candidates possible. To help make your next job description top notch, we’ve put together some key points and considerations for you to keep in mind: Make the Job Easy to Find. Candidates should not have to scour your website for open positions.

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Your Candidate Snapshot Summary

Hireability

Sometimes recruiters simply want a quick summary outlining what a candidate ‘brings to the table’. Things such as career level (derived from totaling the years of experience), top 3 skills, security clearance and more. HireAbility has partnered with some of our clients to put together a summary of items that are important to them and their end users.

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How Small Business Recruitment Strategies Differ From Those of Big Businesses

SmartSearch

How Small Business Recruitment Strategies Differ From Those of Big Businesses. Does having a small business mean you can’t attract top talent to your company? Or that you have to struggle with replacing talent that leaves your business for another? As a small business owner, there are extra steps you have to take to ensure you always have great talent on your roster.

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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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Your Candidate Snapshot Summary

Hireability

Sometimes recruiters simply want a quick summary outlining what a candidate ‘brings to the table’. Things such as career level (derived from totaling the years of experience), top 3 skills, security clearance and more. HireAbility has partnered with some of our clients to put together a summary of items that are important to them and their end users.

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COMPview Software, v9.6, Released

HRsoft

Recently, the latest version of our COMPview Software, v9.6, was released. As it is our objective to drive consistent improvement to fully meet our clients’ needs, we are pleased to reveal new updates to the software’s compensation planning and budget configuration features, among other new developments. The full list of updates is available for review in our Talent Center 9.6 Release Notes, but here are a few key highlights: Compensation Planning: Planners can now enter a new salary directly an

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The Recruiting Reel Episode 25: Why You Need to Default to “No” In Your Recruiting Process

Spark Hire

Avoid false positives by defaulting to “no” in your #recruiting – @JoeFindsTalent Click To Tweet. Josh Tolan: My name is Josh Tolan and I’m the CEO of Spark Hire, the leading video interviewing platform used by thousands of organizations around the world. And this is The Recruiting Reel, a video series in which we discuss real recruiting challenges with prominent recruiting experts to provide you with actionable tips you can apply to your own recruiting.

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Combatting Drug Impaired Driving – An Overview of President Trump’s Opioid Initiative [Podcast]

HireRight

Listen to Abigail Potter, Manager of Safety and Occupational Health Policy at the American Trucking Associations, as she discusses the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Safety Administration and the Trump Administration’s recent efforts to combat the growing use of drug use. Topics covered include: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Summit Three part [.].

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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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Combatting Drug Impaired Driving – An Overview of President Trump’s Opioid Initiative [Podcast]

HireRight

Listen to Abigail Potter, Manager of Safety and Occupational Health Policy at the American Trucking Associations, as she discusses the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Safety Administration and the Trump Administration’s recent efforts to combat the growing use of drug use. Topics covered include: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Summit Three part [.].