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Should psychometric assessments be used for hiring?

Vervoe

How to know if you’re using the right tool to support your hiring decisions. If you’ve applied for a job, chances are you’ve taken some kind of psychometric test. For what it’s worth, psychometric assessments have been around since the early 20th century. And they’re widely used; the commonly quoted statistic is that as many as 80% of the Fortune 500 use these kinds of tests in the recruitment process.

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How to Write LinkedIn Job Descriptions

Ongig

How you write your LinkedIn job descriptions is different from writing JDs elsewhere. Here are a few tips aimed to maximize your apply rate from the best candidates. Which Job Description Sections NOT to Write. (LinkedIn already has them). The first thing to know about how to write LinkedIn job descriptions is what NOT to include (because LinkedIn already populates them on the job description page).

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How to Achieve a Win-Win Hiring Outcome by Categorizing Your Metrics

Linkedin Talent Blog

I contend that “Win-Win Hiring” will become the dominant hiring trend in the next decade. A “Win-Win Hiring” outcome means both the hiring manager and the new employee agree it was the right decision one year after starting. This is a challenging goal, but possible with the proper use of metrics. My early career was in manufacturing where metrics were used to control the entire process from procurement through post-sales support.

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9 Common Employee Value Proposition (EVP) Pitfalls to Avoid in Recruitment Marketing

Rally Recruitment Marketing

As talent acquisition and Recruitment Marketing professionals, we all know the importance of setting ourselves apart from other organizations in today’s hyper-competitive hiring market. And, of course, one of the most effective ways to determine and communicate your differentiators is through your employee value proposition (EVP). In case you need a refresher, your EVP is the creative platform (copy and visuals) that communicates the “what’s in it for me” of working at yo

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Cracking the Culture Code: Interviewing for Culture Fit

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

Join Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, for this live webinar as he guides you through an objective interview process that will help your team assess candidate's alignment with your organizational culture. Space is limited, register today!

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2020 Vision

The Whiteboard

You all saw it! I was the first person to coin the phrase 2020 vision! A line that will no doubt be utilized in many a marketing campaign to the point of exhaustion throughout the year, just you remember blog faithful, I was the originator! Now, if we can all stop patting me on the back for what is the freshest line of this new decade I can seamlessly tie it into my blog topic.

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Why Big Tech is Losing Gen Z Hires

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Remember when we were all trying to reach the hiring bar set by Amazon, Google, Facebook and other giants? No more. Toxic work cultures, questionable leadership and recent ethics scandals are tarnishing these once golden employers. The New York Times just reported that Gen Z are staying away. The techlash is real: by some estimates, Facebook’s down at least 40% in acceptance rates for full-time engineering job offers.

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9 Common Pitfalls to Avoid In Your Employee Value Proposition

Rally Recruitment Marketing

As talent acquisition and Recruitment Marketing professionals, we all know the importance of setting ourselves apart from other organizations in today’s hyper-competitive hiring market. And, of course, one of the most effective ways to determine and communicate your differentiators is through your employee value proposition (EVP). In case you need a refresher, your EVP is the creative platform (copy and visuals) that communicates the “what’s in it for me” of working at yo

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The Hiring Manager's Guide To Digital Interviewing

ConveyIQ

If you are here, your recruiting team has decided to add digital interviewing to its hiring process - congrats! Rather than days filled with phone screens and in-person interviews that blur together, digital interviews will give your team the ability to simultaneously interview 100 candidates in the time it takes to screen 15 via telephone. And as a hiring manager, you are presented with a unique opportunity to take a more reflective and thoughtful approach to candidate screening, while offering

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How to contribute to Employee Happiness

Jobsoid

For any company to thrive and succeed in hiring the best talent, having a strong employer brand is a must. Your prospective candidates must know your company, your company culture, and the work environment better. Your existing employees also play a significant role in establishing your employer brand. The prospective candidates look up to your […] The post How to contribute to Employee Happiness appeared first on Jobsoid.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Indeed Assessments: Why Employers Should Leverage Skills Tests

Indeed

With the low unemployment rate, it’s a job seeker’s world. To keep up and make great hires, recruiters and employers need to identify and evaluate skilled candidates quickly. . However, many recruiters still have to spend hours looking through hundreds of resumes each day, selecting only a handful of candidates to advance to the next round of the hiring process.

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Google Project Management Doesn’t Exist… Now What?

Hundred5

Google is the most popular search engine in the world. You know that something has become a phenomenon when it’s also used as a verb. Ask someone to Google something for you, and they’re on it. Ask them to ‘Yahoo’ something and -you guessed it- they’ll Google what that means. Because it’s so pervasive, a lot of project managers assume that Google has its own project management apps and tools.

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10 Ways to Show Empathy in the Workplace

Recruiter

Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings and vulnerabilities of those around you. As your business expands and more team members join your ranks, it will be crucial to your success. Plus, 60 percent of employees would be willing to take a pay cut to work for a more empathetic company. Empathy, then, isn't only key to keeping your current workers satisfied and productive — it can also help.

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Building a brand: Two things that have helped Greg Savage create an incredible online following

JobAdder

300,000 LinkedIn followers. 58,000 Twitter followers. 110,000 Youtube views. 1 million blog views a year. If anyone knows how to maximise recruitment marketing as a tool to promote their recruiter brand, it’s Greg Savage. His impressive online following boils down to one reason: “People found me believable because I have a track record of actual success in the industry (and some healthy failures to learn from), I was passionate and because I really did believe in what we were doing – people were

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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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12 Ways Businesses Can Offer Added Value To Their Employees

Forbes Human Resources Council

Giving employees ways to develop as better workers and versions of themselves offers them a new dimension to employment -- one they can't get anywhere else. Here's how you can offer this kind of added value to your prized employees.

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Finch Media: An All-Remote Company That Encourages Volunteering

Transformify - Recruiting

Kylie McMullan is the founder of Finch Media , a virtual marketing and communications agency. She started the agency in order to design a work environment that provided opportunities for people who needed more flexibility, like parents, after seeing female colleagues treated poorly when they started families. Kylie realized that clients no longer worked standard hours or wanted to meet agencies at their offices and that as an agency, Finch Media needed to adapt.

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How #MeToo Reminded Us That Everyone Deserves Respect At Work

Forbes Human Resources Council

Change is slower than many of us would like, and there’s still much to do before women will be seen and treated as true equals in work and society.

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Can You Help People and Be Successful in 2020?

Undercover Recruiter

Is it possible to be a successful recruiter because you want to “help people” rather than being money motivated? Let me start by setting the scene of when I first became aware that this wasn’t necessarily the norm and that by admitting you are doing it for more altruistic reasons can be perceived as a […]. Can You Help People and Be Successful in 2020?

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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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Moving Value: From System Of Record To System Of Intelligence

Forbes Human Resources Council

Organizations have the opportunity now to embrace the value these systems offer, acknowledge the learnings of earlier versions and move with the current of innovation, rather than against it.

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Your Employees Aren't Performing to Their Potential, and It's Your Fault

Recruiter

It's bold of me to say your employees aren't performing to their potential when I've never even met them, but it's a matter of simple numbers. In the United States, 87.7 percent of employees are not working to their full potential. Chances are, at least some of your employees are included in that statistic. This stat is almost unbelievable, but you don't have to.

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How Technology Affects Candidate Intake

The Staffing Stream

Candidates love using mobile tech in all aspects of their job search. From researching employers to searching and applying to jobs, the modern job seeker wants the ability to do everything right from their smartphone. No news there, right? For years, technology has played an increasingly important role in all aspects of recruiting. In today’s device-driven employment landscape: 45% of job seekers search for jobs daily on a mobile device. 89% of job seekers think mobile devices are critical

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The Best Practices For Recruiting Candidates To Your Startup

4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

Hiring for any business is challenging, but startup hiring is a different breed entirely. The stakes are high, your cash flow is limited, and the success or failure of your fledgling business hinges on securing the right people to build out your team.

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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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AI Cheat Sheet for the C-Suite

Recruiting Daily

Almost every time we talk about RPO with c-level executives, the first thing they want to know is how AI fits into the solution. True, there’s a lot to be excited about when it comes to integrating AI into the recruiting process and even the C-suite is allured by its power and […].

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Infographic: Building Relationships to Hire the Right Talent

Yello

As the world’s largest privately held wine company, E&J Gallo has a surprisingly nimble campus recruiting team. Just 6 recruiters work across the U.S. to source, engage and advance top students to hire. So how does such a small group make such a large impact? Focusing on relationships. At each school, E&J Gallo hosts several events which give recruiters the chance to formally — and informally — evaluate candidates to understand who might be a good fit.

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Inside Recruitment Marketing Podcast: Learning and News Resources for Recruiters

Smartdreamers

As the CEO of Workshape.io and curator of Recruiting Brainfood , Hung Lee is a well-known influencer in the recruitment industry. Join us to learn more about the most powerful learning resources for recruiters and the best sources of industry news. Just hit play to get started!

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Using Performance & Market Data to Guide Pay Decisions

HRsoft

Many organizations need to consider both internal and external pay factors when making pay decisions. For example, while market data should guide pay to some degree, factors like individual performance must also be weighed to ensure fair and equitable compensation. If you’re struggling to maintain a pay-for-performance philosophy while also basing pay decisions on market factors, compensation planning software can help.

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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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Les questions posées en entrevue (avec réponses)

Jobillico

Dans un autre article, nous avions abordé les 12 questions à poser aux recruteurs lors d’une entrevue. Dans cet article, vous saurez quelles sont les questions les plus posées en entrevue ainsi que la façon d’y répondre. Certaines vous paraîtront évidentes, d’autres beaucoup moins. Revenons un peu en arrière: vous vous êtes exercé à préparer et réussir votre entrevue , à présent, il est important que vous sachiez comment répondre à toutes les questions qu’un recruteur vous posera. 1.

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Need 2 Know Series – Purchasing an Enterprise ATS – RFPs

Recruiting Daily

Over half of our survey respondents said they would use an RFP process in their next ATS purchase, which is broadly in line with the percentage of those in-market who use the process. Within our survey of TA leadership across multiple industries, five key concern areas popped up: Features and functionality (87% noted […].

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11 Ways to Reward Your Employees Without Breaking the Bank

Recruiting Blogs

The most important asset in your business is the people in it. These are you and the individuals you have hired to handle different things in your enterprise. From time to time, it is good for you to reward performing and loyal employees. According to a Gallup survey , most employees leave their jobs because of a lack of employee appreciation. And the more talented an employee is, the faster they are likely to go.

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