Thu.Oct 12, 2017

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The Curse of Being Too Good

The Whiteboard

I’m currently reading a biography of the former Heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston. One of thirteen children of a dirt-poor sharecropping family born amidst the Great Depression, Liston didn’t have the easiest of starts on this planet. Although slavery had been abolished 50 years prior to his arrival, little had changed for those working the Morledge Plantation near Johnson Township, Arkansas.

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Ask the Sourcing Squad: Your Biggest Sourcing Snafu

Lever

We started by hearing their biggest sourcing success stories. We loved reading their most creative email subject lines. We were surprised to learn what most people get wrong about sourcing. And that's not all. Over the last few months, our Sourcing Squad has been generous enough to share the extensive knowledge they’ve gleaned after years and years in the recruiting industry.

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Friday 13th: 10 Unfortunate Cases of Candidate Malfunction

Social Talent

Friday 13th, a day where people let their superstitions and fears get the better of them sometimes. People lay tucked up in bed all day away from harms reach and I won’t even go into what happens when they see a black cat. Word to the wise – treat it like any other day. However, October is a bit of a creepy month in fairness, especially with ghosts and ghouls of Halloween just around the corner.

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How to Create the Perfect Recruitment Elevator Pitch

FireFish Software

Ever attended a networking event, been introduced to a stranger or stood in an elevator and been asked, “Where do you work?” or “What do you do?” Great! It’s in situations like these that you need a short, easy to understand synopsis of your recruitment business that sparks their interest and leaves them wanting to know 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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How I Increased Revenue 30% Without Raising My Rates

NPA Worldwide

Today’s guest blogger is Rob Proudfoot with Apex Global Recruiting Ltd. in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Apex Global Recruiting provides recruitment solutions primarily in the area of sales and sales management. Rob is currently serving as a member of the NPAworldwide board of directors, with responsibility for Canada. A few years ago I was sitting at my desk here in Vancouver thinking about how to increase revenue in my small recruitment firm.

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Assessing the Full Impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma on Retail Automotive

Hireology

First and foremost, we hope all who have been impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are safe and sound. We understand that this is an extraordinarily difficult time, and we’re prepared to help you manage some of the challenges you may currently be facing. The economic impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is among the largest of any natural disaster and retail automotive is one of the hardest hit industries in the wake of the storms.

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5 Stats About NYC Developers You Need to Know

Stack Overflow

New York City is home to a diverse pool of technical talent, numerous company headquarters, and a strong venture capital presence. NYC-based companies that operate in industries ranging from financial technology to digital media are all on the hunt to hire their next developer (or their next 50). With such a competitive landscape, how can companies in NYC understand the market and better reach their ideal candidates?

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Four Times it May Pay to Take a Pay Cut

SimplyHired

The post Four Times it May Pay to Take a Pay Cut appeared first on Simply Hired Blog.

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How to Use Glassdoor Pledges & Certifications to Stand Out

Glassdoor for Employers

Is your company committed to hiring veterans, providing equal pay, offering registered apprenticeships, or some other type of pledge or certification? Display.

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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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[Webinar] GDPR: The End of Recruitment as We Know It!

BroadBean Technology

Here at Broadbean, we've been busy behind the scenes to make sure that we're ahead of the curve when it comes to GDPR. We teamed up with Barclay Jones and hosted a webinar, where discussed all about the following: What recruitment businesses need to think about before GDPR kicks in. The steps you need to take NOW to start preparing. How Broadbean have prepared for the impending legislation.

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Understanding Job Board Performance: Executive Overview

Recruiting Daily

Madgex Benchmarking Report Tell me if this conversation sounds familiar: “Our job board is not flexible. Our brand is not being represented and our target job seekers are not being reached. We lack usability, our conversion rates are subpar, I can’t track anything of value. I can’t even share a great article to potential applicants.” […].

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10 Minute Phone Screen and Done

The Hire Talent

Eliminate Nightmare Candidates Quickly with a 10-Minute Phone Screen Phone screens provide a unique opportunity to assessing candidates that in-person interviews do not. During a phone screen, you are relying on only the voice on the other end of the line and not as many other cues that in-person interviews provide. This enables you to. Read More. The post 10 Minute Phone Screen and Done appeared first on The HIRE Talent.

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Content Editor job description

Workable

Use this Content Editor job description template to attract and hire qualified candidates for your Marketing department. Content Editor responsibilities include: Writing blog posts and marketing copy to promote our products and services. Proofreading, re-structuring and editing articles by content writers. Updating our website and social media pages with new content.

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DEIB Reimagined: Navigating Change and Shaping the Future

Speaker: Lachandra B. Baker, MBA, CTA, CDP - Founder/Principal Consultant at LBB Edutainment, Keynote Speaker, and Author

Join us for an insightful session where we delve into the evolving landscape of DEIB. Discover the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities that have emerged over the past year and explore what lies ahead. This webinar will equip you with actionable strategies, best practices, and reflection tools to effectively lead and inspire change in your organization.

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Are You Still Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole? Expand Your Talent Pool with an ATS

Jobsoid

How many times have you received a talent acquisition request with a set of skills that sounded practically impossible to find in one candidate? Do you often come across 4 page long profiles that seem to be a perfect fit but utterly fail when they actually come to the interview […]. The post Are You Still Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole? Expand Your Talent Pool with an ATS appeared first on Jobsoid.

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How To Balance Speed and Communication In Your Recruitment Process

Ideal

Speed is an important, if not the most important, factor in recruitment, which is why we have metrics such as time to hire and time to fill. Source: Talent Tech Labs. When a role is open, that implies increased workload for other members of that team. Managers try to avoid that, so they want a position filled quickly. The problem is that a recruitment process focused exclusively on speed can be prone to a lot of error and miscommunication.

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Talent Activation Starts with Strategic Onboarding

Silkroad

Among strategic objectives for many organizations is to attract, retain, and develop the caliber of talent that will enable the organization to achieve its goals and increase the speed at which they do business. To do that, organizations need to go beyond engagement to create meaningful touch points throughout the employee life cycle to maintain a sense of connection and purpose for employees within the context of where they are in their employment journey.

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15 Ways to Assess If a Candidate Has High Growth Potential

Linkedin Talent Blog

Any recruiter or hiring manager would be crazy not to consider a recruiting approach that could double the value they bring to the company. Well, this amazing result can be obtained by hiring individuals that have what is known as a “steep career trajectory” or high potential to succeed. If you’re not familiar with the term, a “steep career trajectory” means that you hire someone that is not only capable of doing the job that they are hired for but also for the “future value” that they will add.

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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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Social Intelligence employee spotlight: 7 questions with Jonny

Social Intelligence

This week we continue our employee spotlight series by getting to know our business development manager, Jonny, a bit better. You can find the complete series here. 7 Questions with Jonny. What is your role at Social Intelligence? I am the Business Development Manager. My role is to identify new business opportunities like new markets, partnerships, new ways to reach existing markets, or new product or service offerings to better meet the needs of existing markets.

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Top Ways to Communicate With Candidates After Career Fairs

Yello

10/12/2017 // By Tracy Kelly // hiring events. It’s a rule every job seeker learns searching for their first job: follow up after the interview and thank every interview team member. As a recruiter, do you follow this same rule? Timely communication is essential to a positive candidate experience that differentiates your company from the competition.

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Clinch Partners with Google to Transform the Job Search

Clinch Talent

Leading recruitment marketing platform pairs up with world’s most powerful search engine to enrich candidate experience and improve recruiting effectiveness. Dublin, Ireland, October 12, 2017 -- Clinch Technology Ltd., a leading recruitment marketing platform provider renowned for its delivery of the “intelligent career site,” today announced a new partnership with Google that makes it faster and easier than ever before for the majority of candidates who begin their search on Google to source ne

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Weekly Diversity and Inclusion News: October 4 - 10, 2017

ROIKOI

For black job seekers, hiring market has not changed much in the past 25 years. Why women are leaving jobs in teach.

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8 Pillars of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have long been a priority for companies, but the pandemic has made the need to increase these efforts even more apparent. As many companies have doubled down on efforts, how can they transform promises into company-specific actions? This eBook shares what a comprehensive commitment to DEI looks like at every part of the employee lifecycle.

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Staffing Hacks: Time Saved is Money Earned

Recruiting Blogs

Hi all, If staffing firms are searching for greater efficiency, spending countless hours chasing time cards and manually entering data each week won’t help. In my numerous conversations with staffing firms across North America, I am continuously amazed at how many firms still follow a manual process. Manual data entry promotes a higher risk of error.

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The 6 Ways You Can Find the Best Candidate for the Job

AkkenCloud

According to the American Staffing Association , 3 million temporary and contract employees are put to work by staffing companies in the United States during an average week. On top of this, there are almost 15 million staffing employee hires per year. These numbers showcase the influence and expertise that staffing agencies have in finding suitable employees for their clients.

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Creative Ways to Recruit an Amazing Advisory Board

Recruiting Blogs

Last week on Hire Power Radio Show, Rick Girard sat down with Jon Shower to talk about the crucial task start-ups have to build a solid board of advisors. By harnessing the power a solid, well-connected professional network, Jon built the advisory board for his brand new company entirely from scratch. A good network is crucial to building a new team, and here, Jon Shower explained how to build a great team even when you’re new to your industry. .

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MAGICALLY DELICIOUS – A LOOK AT CROWDED:REFRESH

Crowded

A few months ago, a client disclosed to me they had over 1,000 candidates who had inadvertently been “lost” in their applicant tracking system; some of these profiles were over 16 months old. Please note, I use the word “lost” very loosely because I don’t believe it was as much as a technological glitch in which these candidates were hidden as it was a serious breakdown in HR processes resulting in an inordinate amount of stale candidates.

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Small HR, Big Impact: Boosting Employee Engagement and Excellence with Innovative HR Tech

Speaker: Aino Ilkka - People and Culture Lead at KAITO Insight

In the fast-paced landscape of small growth companies, harnessing the power of HR technology is the key to achieving remarkable results in employee engagement and HR management. Aino Ilkka, People and Culture Leader, will share practical tips and lessons learned through case stories and cover how to successfully source, implement, and scale HR tech for the best ROI.

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Common Fallacies in a Recruitment Process (checklist included)

Recruiting Blogs

Are you using recruitment tactics that are actually completely incorrect? You may be unaware of the fallacies that sometimes occur in all stages of hiring, so check this out to save yourself time and mistakes! Here's a quick preview: . Step 1 – Set up for candidates (and success). That’s right. Before you jump into writing any job description, think about how you will display it, distribute it, and get candidates from it.

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Talent and HR News Update: Learning & Development

exaqueo

This month our talent and HR news update is focused on learning and development. Here at exaqueo, we believe in continuous learning and constantly strive to expand our knowledge. Read on to learn how you, as an individual or a company, can continue to develop every day.

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We Just Disagree

Recruiting Blogs

You can make a hire when key decision makers disagree but can come to a compromise. The way this typically works, one decision maker feels strongly about the skills that a candidate has and what they will bring to the table. Another decision maker doesn’t feel that way, but settles. We have to fill the position, hopefully this will work. What you can’t do when key decision makers disagree is have a great hiring process that builds great teams.