Thu.Dec 22, 2016

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Why a Growing Number of Employees Are Not Impressed with How Performance is Managed

ClearCompany Recruiting

No matter which seat you’re sitting in, managing the performance of the organization will affect your daily work. Hitting productivity goals is reliant on the work done every minute of every shift, yet too many companies use annual performance reviews as the basis of our management programs. Unfortunately, even that statement is a simplification of a very complicated problem.

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The Most Awkward Office Secret Santa Gifts EVER!

Social Talent

The office Secret Santa gift exchange… is there anything more awkward?! Probably not. Which is why the Fast Company have gathered some of New York’s finest comedians to show us what happens when people do things like overspend, regift, or put wayyyyy too much thought into a Secret Santa gift for their colleagues! Watch this, and choose your gifts wisely recruiters!

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Are You Driving Away Qualified Candidates with Unconscious Gender Discrimination in Your Job Descriptions?

Newton Software

Gender Discrimination in Job Descriptions Job descriptions can be sexist… give me a break, right? Our initial thoughts as well. We balked at (and were even somewhat offended by) the first couple of articles we came across that claimed women were deterred from applying to jobs because of “masculine” job descriptions. At Newton, gender diversity […].

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Traditional Candidates Break the Mold of Stereotypes

Glassdoor for Employers

Consider this. It’s the middle of October and one of your most book-smart employees is leading a lively discussion on last night’s.

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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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The Post-Interview Questions You Shouldn’t Forget to Ask Candidates

Undercover Recruiter

The candidate you are representing has made it to interview stage. You made sure that you asked them all the preparation questions and they seemed ready to go, ticking all of the boxes! Now that they’re out of the interview you’re keen to get all the details, right? It’s important to have the candidate give you a. View Article. The Post-Interview Questions You Shouldn’t Forget to Ask Candidates.

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How NOT to Get Bitten By the Office Snake

Undercover Recruiter

In an ideal world, we’d rock up to work to be greeted by a team of smiling faces, all of whom have our back at all times and want the best for us. They’d be like family members (the likeable kind); they would lift us up when we’re feeling down and say positive things to keep us. View Article. How NOT to Get Bitten By the Office Snake.

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How to Get More Likes on Your Agency's Facebook Page

FireFish Software

When it comes to social media, LinkedIn is seen as the number one platform for recruiters to build their brand and attract candidates. Facebook has traditionally been seen as more of a personal social media platform but with 1.18 billion daily users it’s imperative that recruiters are active and engaging on this platform. Most businesses today, be it a local plumbing company or a global brand, will have a business Facebook account.

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Fuzzy Math: What Employer Brand Metrics Should You Be Measuring?

Recruiting Daily

Brand is one of those business concepts that is difficult to define, much less measure. Employer brand is no different. Even knowing what to measure remains something of a mystery: should it be more about the overall number of applicants for open positions, or should we focus on the quality of those applicants? Should we measure […].

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Finding the Right Candidates the Right Way

Jobsoid

Finding an appropriate candidate for a job is a very daunting task and takes a lot of effort. Staffing professionals are required to meet the expectations of businesses and job seekers at the same time. For finding an […]. The post Finding the Right Candidates the Right Way appeared first on Jobsoid.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Looking for an ATS/CRM? Asking for a demo is the last thing you should do.

NPA Worldwide

Today’s guest blogger is Josh Gerrard of Bullhorn , the global market-leading ATS/CRM for recruitment companies. Josh specialises in small agencies and has helped hundreds of recruiters take the next step to drive efficiency and growth with their CRM. Connect with Josh on LinkedIn. I’ve just finished watching Westworld, the latest off the rack of hit HBO shows (don’t worry, no spoilers here).

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3 Big Acquisitions that Rocked the Staffing and Recruiting Industry in 2016

AkkenCloud

As 2016 winds down to the last week, we thought we would look back at the top 3 stories from the staffing and recruiting world. Looking back, summer 2016 was a very busy time for big acquisitions in the staffing and recruiting industry. We are looking forward to seeing how these companies shake out as a result of these big moves that have been made.

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Virtual and Augmented Reality as a Part of Digital Marketing

SmartSearch

The virtual and augmented reality market is expected to reach revenue volumes of 162 billion dollars by 2020, an IDC report predicts. More than half of the funds will come from hardware sales. There’s a reason why AR and virtual reality technology happen to be so prominent. When US consumers are asked how they feel about the innovation, 65 percent report that they’re interested, 58 percent characterize the development as amazing and 49 percent say that it’s exciting.

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Top 10 Recruiting Memes of 2016

Phenom People

There’s been a lot of talk on the future of recruiting this year. Aside from all of the serious posts, there have been some pretty hilarious recruiting memes over the course of 2016. So let’s lighten things up, and take a look at some of them as we wrap up another year of hard. Read More.

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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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Why Winter is the Time to Start Using Inbound Recruitment Marketing

Harger Howe Recruitment

The Winter breaks for kids are upon us, the holiday shopping is making you stressed, the roads are full of more traffic than usual, the end of year tasks are mounting…we hear you! The thing is, though our Winter task lists seem to have no end, there is one item you should make sure to accomplish. Sign on for an inbound recruitment marketing retainer.

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Why You'll Be Hiring More Customer Support People in 2017

Linkedin Talent Blog

Providing great customer service costs money. And, since most companies want to save money, they're always looking for ways to reduce costs. However, it seems likely that some firms may want to bite the proverbial bullet and staff up their in-house support teams. And, that will mean recruiters and talent managers will need to staff up quickly. Why? Because for the past two decades, companies have sought to reduce support costs by 1) nudging customers toward online support, 2) outsourcing custome

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Are You Using Total Value Statements as Part of Your Total Rewards Strategy? 

HRsoft

You likely already know the advantages of providing basic employee benefits statements: they allow associates to see how much you contribute to their total rewards packages, which in turn can drive retention and morale. Yet, there’s another kind of statement you may want to consider offering associates, which could further improve the perceived value of your total rewards strategy: the total value statement.

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7 Strategies for Attracting the Best Talent

Top Echelon Contracting

Recruiting top talent is difficult. In fact, the talent war is over – talent won! You need to form lifetime relationships with all the candidates you represent. Candidates want to know three things: Do you care about me? Can I.

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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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Infographic: 10 Reasons Why HR Professionals Hope to Find Assessments in Their Stocking

Recruiting Blogs

Clear, compelling data to support all of your talent selection and development decisions: doesn’t that sound like the perfect gift for the HR professional in your life? The good news, according to OutMatch , a leader in talent solutions technology, support, and services, is that it’s possible. The key is to do what more than 8 in 10 Fortune 500 companies are doing: integrate assessments into your hiring and development decisions.

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9 Experts Share the Best Hiring Advice They Learned in 2016

Entelo

Word of mouth is a powerful thing. Whether the best advice you've ever heard came from a mentor or a stranger, good words of wisdom stick because they're relevant to something you believe in, and maybe inspire workarounds to certain challenges. The years' end tends to be a time of reflection and evaluation, and the same applies in recruiting! We reached out to a handful of people in the talent acquisition space to learn what transformed the way they hired this year.

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How Not To (And How To) List Education On Your Resume

Recruiting Blogs

When listing your education provide the institution you attended, degree and your major(s). If you have multiple degrees, you should start with your most advanced degree then work your way down (Master’s – Bachelor’s – Associate’s). If you attended multiple schools in your quest for higher education, you only need to list the one you received your degree from.

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Talent Sourcing Dashboard 1 of 3: Setting it Up

Recruiting Blogs

Please enjoy the video blog 1 of 3 in a series about Talent Sourcing.setting up your sourcing dashboard! 1. Sourcing Dashboard Set Up. 2. Configuring and Managing - Next Up. 3. Reporting and Relationships - Last. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James Chmielinski is a second generation recruiting veteran, former baseball player, and founder of Veruca.io , the first ever recruiting innovations lab.

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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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7 Advantages of Using a Cloud-Based Applicant Tracking System

Recruiting Blogs

As noted in a TechCrunch article , there’s “little doubt … that nearly every business and every industry is running on software delivered as online services.” . In HR technology, the spread of cloud-based software continues in full force. According to Gartner , spending on cloud-based HR software will be 50% or more of total HR technology spending by 2017. .