Fri.Sep 06, 2019

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How to Rescind an Offer Letter

Glassdoor for Employers

If the excitement of sending out a job offer letter has an equal and opposite reaction, it has to be the anxiety of discovering you need to rescind an offer letter. While rescinding a job offer isn’t a pleasant task, you can replace some of that anxiety with the confidence that results from effective preparation. By avoiding hiring mistakes and establishing best practices that help you properly rescind a job offer, you can keep your organization protected, your reputation intact, and the wellbei

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5 Soft Costs of a Poor Candidate Experience

JazzHR

Candidate experience describes how a job seeker perceives an employer’s hiring process. From initial sourcing to onboarding, this impression—for better or worse—has a critical impact on your company’s ability to recruit successfully. A poor candidate experience, for example, can leave job seekers feeling ignored, annoyed and frustrated. Things that can lead to a negative experience include: Complicated, lengthy applications.

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Hitting Refresh: The Secret to Email Outreach Success

Recruiting Daily

Gather round the campfire, kiddos, and let me tell you about a time, not too long ago, before email took over. A time when if you wanted to reach someone, you had four or five options: a phone call, a page, fax, snail mail or a good old fashioned, in-person drop by. That’s right; […].

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What Can You Learn from the Industry’s Greatest Leaders?

Social Talent

There’s no shortage of materials on the topic of leadership. Five ways to become an inspiring leader, 25 traits all great leaders share and so on… Through our work preparing the Hiring Excellence Stage for UNLEASH World, I have worked with and learned from some of the most celebrated leaders from the hiring industry. Team leaders from companies such as Booking.com, Ikea and Zalando.

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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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Why You Need Diversity on Your Team, and 8 Ways to Build It

Entrepreneur - Workplace Diversity

Improving diversity is just good business. Here's how you can do just that.

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Stop Sabotaging Yourself: 13 Things to Stop Doing If You Want to Be More Productive

Recruiter

Consider an average eight-hour workday. How much of that time do you actually spend working? If you're like the average person, it's probably less than three hours a day. Yes, you read that right: The average office worker spends less than three hours in an eight-hour shift doing anything productive. For the most part, they're.

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Why Your Culture Should Devour Your Policies

Forbes Human Resources Council

Organizations that build and encourage culture find it infinitely more powerful than written rules, and organizations that establish a culture of trust show remarkable results.

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How to Build Your Employer Brand as a Startup

Smartdreamers

Sometimes as a startup it feels like the only way to accomplish anything is through sheer force of will. You often don’t have the resources you need to behave like a traditional company, so any time there’s a push to hire new employees you’re stuck crossing your fingers and hoping for a referral to come through. After all, when you’re a growing company it’s almost impossible to attract top candidates to your careers page without a personal connection—right?

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Don't Be That Employer: 4 Steps to Better Employer Branding

Recruiter

Eventually, every startup reaches a pivotal point in the life of the business when it becomes imperative to ask: "Should we grow, or should we scale back?" If you decide to scale back and keep doing it the way you've been doing it, more power to you. It is commendable to want to keep your business as manageable as possible on your terms.

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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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How to Attract Candidates for Hard-to-Fill Roles

Jobvite

At a time when unemployment rates are low, companies still face a challenge. There’s no shortage of work opportunities, but there is a lack of labor for hard-to-fill jobs that require specialized skills, such as health care. Nearly 50% of recruiters say that they can’t find the right candidates to fill specialized positions, and for good reason—in 2019, the global talent shortage is at a 12-year high.

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Contractors Are People Too: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Using Freelancers

Recruiter

Your contractors may not be employees, but if you don't treat them well, your company could suffer long-term consequences. You treat your vendors and full-time workers with respect, so why not include freelancers in that treatment? Moreover, you should consider the power freelancers have to help (or harm) your reputation. Great freelancers frequently talk to their professional circles about which companies provide the best working arrangements.

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Pre-Relationship Breakup - The Rise of Ghost employees

Hiring Plug

Dumping is always a painful event; and expensive too when it comes comes to Employment. Yet, it can be minimized!

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These Companies Are Doing Parental Leave Right

PowerToFly

It's well known that the United States is the only developed country without a paid parental leave policy. As of 2018, only 17% of U.S. workers had access to paid parental leave. Thankfully, some companies are stepping up and creating parental leave policies that ensure moms and dads can take the paid time off that they need as they grow their families.

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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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How to Attract Candidates for Hard-to-Fill Roles

Jobvite

At a time when unemployment rates are low, companies still face a challenge. There’s no shortage of work opportunities, but there is a lack of labor for hard-to-fill jobs that require specialized skills, such as health care. Nearly 50% of recruiters say that they can’t find the right candidates to fill specialized positions, and for good reason—in 2019, the global talent shortage is at a 12-year high.

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The 10 Must-Read Articles for Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

If you’re looking for a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We found some of the best recent articles published for talent professionals and posted them below. They cover a wide range of topics, including a trend among millennials to reset their careers with "minternships," a case for quality over quantity when it comes to work hours, and why What are you really good at, but never want to do anymore?

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Why is Talent Mapping So Important?

Recruiting Blogs

There are so many aspects of recruitment these days that it’s hard to keep up with exactly what’s going on. From diversity to culture fit, there seems to be a new point of focus for the industry with each passing month. However, there’s one process that we feel doesn’t get the recognition it deserves, and that process is talent mapping. . What is Talent Mapping?

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How and Why You Should Spend Your Recruitment Dollars NOW

Harger Howe Recruitment

Have you ever seen that episode of “The Office” where Oscar explains that Michael needs to spend his surplus “lemonade stand money,” so that it won’t get taken away ? Well, in layman’s terms that is why you need to spend the rest of your budget before winter.

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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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How to Hire Automotive Technicians as Cars Become More High Tech

Hireology

In today’s applicant-drive economy, dealerships face significant challenges when it comes to automotive technician hiring. While there are currently 750,000 automotive technicians and mechanics in the country, the industry will need to hire 76,000 more each year to keep up with a rapidly aging workforce – retirees – fill any additional open roles. .

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Where Do CS Grads Get Hired?

CodeSignal

This blog post is based on the thirteen episode of the data-driven recruiting podcast hosted by CodeSignal co-founders Sophia Baik and Tigran Sloyan. You can find and listen to this specific episode here or check out the video version embedded below. The best way to understand early technical hiring is by the numbers. With the utilization of LinkedIn data, we can determine where candidates went to school, and subsequently, where they are going to work.

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How to Stop Thinking About Work After Hours

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Relaxing properly is essential to maintaining your physical and mental health. (The Japanese actually have their own word, kar?shi , to refer to death from overwork.) In a professional context, failure to relax can impact the quality and quantity of work you produce. Learning not to think about work outside of working hours can, in fact, make you more productive.

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The Importance of Candidates’ Experience During the Hiring Process

Staffingsoft

When you seek someone for a job opening, it is easy to focus on the needs of your company. Reserve some time to think about your brand, however, and how that is reflected by your interview process. Social media is powerful and universal. It provides your candidates with an opportunity to complain, praise, or share information about your company. The experience your candidates have when they interview with you has the potential to be very far-reaching.

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HR Pro Playbook: How to Navigate Global Workforce Expansion with Confidence

Speaker: Daniel Grace & Audra Bright

Have you just been told you need to hire employees in another country? 🌎 That's a huge undertaking! It involves navigating a complex landscape of diverse regulations, cultural differences, legal requirements, and currencies. If anything goes wrong, you risk your company's financials, growth, and reputation. 📊 🌟 To help ensure a successful global expansion and mitigate potential non-compliance consequences, this exclusive webinar features Daniel Grace, International HR Con

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Pros and Cons of Allowing Casual Dress at Work

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Casual Fridays at work have been around for decades, but recent trends are moving toward more casual attire in the workplace every day. This trend has been greatly influenced by tech companies and the growing use of remote work. Let’s take a look at some of the pros and cons of allowing casual dress at work every day. Source: Alexey Stiop / shutterstock.

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Driving Employee Engagement: 4 Criteria to Look for in a Payroll and HR System

Hireology

Your team likely puts a lot of effort into keeping candidates engaged throughout the hiring process but it’s just as important to support employee engagement post-hire. In today’s applicant-driven economy, if you don’t offer your team a top-notch employee experience, your most qualified employees won’t hesitate to seek opportunities elsewhere. . A recent study from ServiceNow found that employee engagement dips by 22 percent after a few weeks on the job, and 52 percent of employees in the same s

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VP of Employee Success at Reflektive Explains How HR Should Define and Defend Their Role

Recruiting Daily Advisor

The Faces of HR column aims to acquaint our readers with various types of HR professionals and the many hats they wear. Meet Rachel Ernst, the VP of Employee Success at Reflektive and a member of Forbes HR Council. Along with several direct reports, Ernst is responsible for all 200 employees at her organization. Her 13 years of HR experience have shown her the importance of defining her role with leadership, drawing boundaries with managers and employees, and leveraging allies in order to succee

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3 Lessons Learned at the 2019 HR Florida Conference and Expo

Employment Technologies

Job Simulations, gamification, and pre-hire assessments help navigate tricky HR challenges. Last week I attended the 2019 HR Florida Conference and Expo affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management, better known as SHRM. SHRM is a professional human resources membership association that promotes the role of HR, providing education, certification, and networking to its members.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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Why You Should Train Employees on Time Management

Recruiting Daily Advisor

When employees are strapped for time, it’s easy for them to disregard long-term projects and goals and focus entirely on their immediate concerns. Source: phototechno / iStock / Getty Images. For example, a customer-facing presentation needed by the end of the day will often take precedence over the design of a new process to streamline the development of such presentations, the completion of which has no hard-and-fast deadline.

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A Recap of HRTechTank, Singapore 2019

RChilli

HRTechTank is one of the most awaited HR Tech events, that takes place every year across the globe. The best aspect of these events is that you can attend them in any part of the world as they keep on happening almost every month. It is organized with a vision to connect, inform, and give a push to innovators in the HR and recruitment software industry.

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August 2019 Jobs Report [Infographic]

PandoLogic

The U.S. jobs growth falls short of estimates as this week's August jobs report has been released. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 130,000 mostly due to the federal government's increase in temporary workers. As the 2020 Census draws closer, the fed.

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