Mon.Jan 13, 2020

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10 recruitment trends I predicted in 2010. A decade later, how foolish do I look?

Greg Savage

A decade ago I was honoured to present a keynote address to the RCSA National Conference in Hobart. (The original here. August 2010) In that speech, I laid out 10 trends that I believed would impact the recruiting profession, and which I predicted we needed to factor into our strategies and business planning. Ten years […].

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Why Businesses Are Becoming More Employee-Centric in 2020

Glassdoor for Employers

Glassdoor’s recent report, Job & Hiring Trends for 2020 , offers hope for what lies ahead in workplaces across the country and around the world. Chief Economist Andrew Chamberlain predicts “a new wave of culture-first thinking among business leaders, elevating employee engagement to the status of core business focus for a growing number of companies.”.

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6 Free Resources for New HR Professionals

JazzHR

Whether you’re just entering the field of human resources, or you’re building a new HR department from scratch, here are six free HR resources to fuel your growth: 1. SHRM. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is a leading industry organization with more than 300,000 members across 165 countries. But you don’t have to be a member to take advantage of the free HR resources they make available online. .

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High Tech Industries: Tech Jobs Aren’t Just in Tech

Indeed

Stereotypes around tech often include images of vast futuristic campuses filled with scooters where employees can bring their dogs to work and take naps in sleep pods. But the truth is the tech labor market is more complex than that. Software engineers don’t just work at Apple and Google — they work at banks, transportation companies and food distributors too.

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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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Hiring tech workers when you’re not on their A-list

Workable

And now, more and more businesses are investing in technology – which means hiring tech workers is on the rise in 2020. A new Spiceworks survey on IT budgets finds that 44% of businesses plan to increase their tech spend in 2020 from 2019. If you’re reading this, you’re likely also ramping up your efforts to build out your in-house tech talent. In fact, Workable has regularly held events on how to hire in tech, most recently in Boston , London , and San Francisco.

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How to Set Achievable Recruiting Goals in 2020

ConveyIQ

Finding and retaining the best hires starts with setting realistic recruiting goals. In addition to helping you develop your hiring strategy, goal-setting can ensure that your team is aligned with your overall business needs. In fact, according to a study carried out at Dominican University , having goals can make individuals significantly more likely to succeed in almost any endeavor.

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Level Up Your HR Practices: How To Identify Your HR Maturity Level

Recruiting Daily Advisor

As HR, it goes without saying that you want the best for your company’s people. Source: Andrii Yalanskyi / Shutterstock. But it’s difficult to get programs and processes perfect from the outset. It’s a journey discovering which of your current practices are working, establishing what more is needed, and taking the right steps toward where you want to be.

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QUIZ: Are You Ready to Hire Top Talent in a New Decade?

Glassdoor for Employers

The hiring game has changed. Not only are we in a new decade, but job seekers have evolved. They are more motivated, growth-focused and mission-driven than ever before. To catch their attention — and keep it — you’ll have to do more than simply advertise a killer job. You’ll need to craft an enticing application and interview experience and be strategic with how and where you look for candidates.

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How Trying New Hobbies Made Me More Productive at Work

Hundred5

I sat at the pottery wheel, my thighs braced against its plastic tub and my hands cupping a ball of wet clay, as the wheel started turning faster and faster. I ran through a checklist of my teacher’s instructions: keep my elbows braced, press my pinkies down, push my thumbs into the rotating mound of clay hard enough to start eking out an opening but not so hard that the fragile walls rising slowly between my pointer finger and thumb would break.

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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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Your Staff Can Help You Hire—If You Train Them for the Job

Recruiting Daily Advisor

When making hiring decisions, it can be a good idea to get a range of input into the decision-making process. After all, great candidates aren’t just great because of their background and skills; they’re also great because they fit well in the team. Their potential colleagues can be the best source of input to evaluate that fit, as well as to provide another set of perspectives about whether their background, skills, and experience will help to fill any existing gaps.

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Unusual Hiring Tactics

Undercover Recruiter

Number 10’s special adviser Dominic Cummings was in the news recently for declaring he wanted to hire an unusual set of people with different skills and backgrounds to work with the Civil Service. It was not a conventional job advertisement in terms of the language used and didn’t promote flexible working or healthy work-life balance. […]. Unusual Hiring Tactics Undercover Recruiter -.

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Proposed Title IX Rule Changes Provide Clarity, Support, Due Process Rights

Recruiting Daily Advisor

More than a year ago, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) released its proposal for improving schools’ responses to sexual harassment and sexual assaults. Source: Kameleon007 / iStock / Getty Images. A proposed Title IX regulation—Title IX is the civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in education programs or activities that receive federal funding—has been in the works over the past year with input from students, sexual assault advocates, school administrators, and other stakehol

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2019 in Review: 10 Must-Read Papers on the Future of Work

Eightfold

Opinions about automation and AI sometimes vary between two extremes. It’s either the end of humans’ usefulness in the labor market or the dawn of a new age of productivity and human advancement. But reality tends to exist somewhere along that continuum. We like the sober and upbeat opinion of Fei-Fei Li , co-director of the Stanford University Human-Centered AI Institute: “I imagine a world in which AI is going to make us work more productively, live longer, and have cleaner energy.”

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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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10 of the Best Marketing Channels for Recruiting in 2020

FireFish Software

The recruitment landscape is changing, and our marketing strategies need to change with it.

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Podcast w/Shannon Pritchett and Gerry Crispin: The Future of Talent Acquisition and Hiring in 2025

Recruiting Daily

In the Future, Community is Key Welcome back! In this podcast series from HRTech 2019, RecruitingDaily and Talemetry teamed up to discuss what changes the future will bring within talent acquisition and hiring in the year 2025. We’re asking some of the industry leaders what their thoughts are. We asked everyone the same question: What skills will […].

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Is Remote Work the Future of Employment?

Transformify - Recruiting

Sean Weisbrot is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of SideKick. Having worked remotely for the last 7 years prior to starting his secure payments and messaging app, SideKick, Sean insisted on pursuing a remote-only work policy. He firmly believed that cultivating a decentralized workforce is key to making a company attractive in many ways. Sean, what are the benefits associated with remote work?

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Alignment and Employer Brand: Why it Matters to Candidates and Employees

exaqueo

Essentially, alignment is our “inner applause.” It’s the moment we know that the work we do is pointed to something bigger and greater than ourselves.

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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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Sourcing Hack for Hacker News Site

WizardSourcer

I will be starting a new series that highlights the latest Sourcing hacks. Our sourcing world is changing at a rapid pace and it’s hard to stay up to update on what’s trending within our recruiting community. I’m hoping that these hacks will be help to improve your hiring and overall productivity whether you are a beginner or expert level Sourcer in the field.

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Why Senior Employees Aren’t Retiring

Recruiting Daily Advisor

More of the workforce remaining for the long haul can be great for the employer. After all, this means more industry and organizational knowledge is kept in-house, customer relationships are continued, and loyal employees stay on, resulting in better retention rates and fewer vacancies. Source: franckreporter / E+ / Getty. However, there are downsides, too, especially for a growing organization.

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How To Ensure A Smooth Onboarding Process For Freelancers

The Staffing Stream

Over the past few years, the gig economy made its breakthrough into the business world. Companies are increasingly outsourcing their work, and traditional, full-time employment is making room for temporary and flexible jobs. Almost 90% of Americans would consider freelancing or work independently, as opposed to full-time employment. However, if you act towards freelancers like they are a disposable workforce that is easily replaced, you can be sure that they will not put extra effort into the t

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What is digital transformation in business?

Workable

To understand digital transformation in depth, you could look into the examples of companies such as Amazon and Netflix. Why are they so successful and popular? The short answer is because they provide innovative services and products. But, this is an understatement to their accomplishments in the digital innovation field. They have in fact created new business processes and solutions which have impacted the entire tech scene.

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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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Marketing to Today’s Diverse Candidates 

Jobvite

From entry-level employees to leadership, a workforce with varied backgrounds and experiences brings greater perspectives and drives more innovation. Simply put, workplace diversity improves a company’s bottom line and creates a greater exchange of ideas, competencies, and skills among staff. Recruiters know that getting the best candidates from underrepresented groups can be a tough challenge.

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Remembering the 'why' to bring meaning to the 'what'

career.place

The revelation that lead to a resolution that can change everything I love writing. I’m constantly writing blogs, tips, whitepapers, web content, and numerous other pieces for my business, my customers, and the D&I and hiring communities. And at the end of a long day, when I need a little time to unplug, I write! Specifically, I write fiction (fantasy).

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CodeSignal Named Top Emerging Startup in HR Tech

CodeSignal

Did you know there are over 16,000 solutions for HR teams? Which is why we’re thrilled to announce that CodeSignal was selected as a top HR tech startup in Tracxn’s annual list. HR Tech is one of the fastest growing sectors of technology with over 3,000 organizations raising nearly $48 Billion, with a majority of that growth in the last four years. CodeSignal was named a top emerging startups in HR Tech for being one of the early-stage companies that have the potential to be Unicorns.

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Remembering the 'why' to bring meaning to the 'what'

career.place

The revelation that lead to a resolution that can change everything I love writing. I’m constantly writing blogs, tips, whitepapers, web content, and numerous other pieces for my business, my customers, and the D&I and hiring communities. And at the end of a long day, when I need a little time to unplug, I write! Specifically, I write fiction (fantasy).

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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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Everything you need to know about employee onboarding

Recruiters Lineup

Research finds that 1 in 4 employees will quit their job in the first 90 days of employment. For hourly workers, this number is even more alarming, suggesting that during the first 120 days, approximately 50% will leave their new jobs. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, the average cost of a new hire in the US is about $4,129, with a 42-day time-to-hire.

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Does an ATS Create an Impersonal Hiring Experience?

ApplicantStack

Automation has changed the face of hiring. Why is it easy to automate hiring with the right software? Job applicants apply online. They enter their information. This starts an end-to-end online process. An applicant tracking system (ATS) leverages the magic of digital automation. It lets computers do what they do best. Does this create an impersonal machine-driven applicant experience?

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Increasing diversity does not always require budget

career.place

Are your job descriptions inclusive? Sometimes, simply rewording them around the goal of the job can greatly improve diversity.