Lever

DECEMBER 6, 2016

It’s no secret that engineering roles are some of the most challenging to fill. According to our recruiting benchmarks report , only 1 in every 134 engineering applicants is hired. But once your pipeline is flush with engineering candidates, how can you best evaluate a candidate’s technical skill set? Is reviewing a resume or conducting a phone screen really the optimal way to assess an engineer’s technical aptitude?

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Greg Savage

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Dear European ‘Savage Truth’ readers, I am very excited to invite you to my new half-day ‘Modern Recruiter Masterclass’ to be held in Prague and Bratislava in April 2017 Maybe you saw me speak at the ‘Evolve’ Conference in Brno in 2015? Certainly you are a reader of my blog, so it would be wonderful […].

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Social Talent

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Recruiters have millennials on their minds. It’s hardly surprising. Millennials (those born after 1980) are the most educated generation in history – almost half of UK millennials have at least one degree. They understand and welcome the technological innovations and globalisation reshaping the workplace. And they cannot be ignored, being on course to represent 75% of the global population within a decade.

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Proactive Talent

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The cost of replacing a worker is expensive. The direct cost of replacing an employee according to the Society of Human Resource Management can range anywhere from 50 to 60% of an employee’s annual salary with total costs associated with turnover ranging from upwards of 200% of their annual salary. To put this into terms we all can understand, the average recruiter makes $45,439.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

According to Clare Mulligan , a workplace diversity consultant, a multicultural work force is one that sees employees of an organisation include members of a variety of ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds. But in this day and age, a multicultural workforce is no longer just a “nice to have”, it is a business necessity. Diverse companies now outperform non-diverse companies by a whopping 35% !

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Spark Hire

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Many think the only purpose of the hiring process is to evaluate candidates. If a job seeker has the skills and traits required, great. If not, the process is over for that individual. While that mindset helps organizations reach their goal of filling empty positions, it ignores what a candidate wants. Job seekers are looking to find the right company and role for them.

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Symphony Talent

DECEMBER 6, 2016

I love a good checklist. It’s a simple way to get organized, view your tasks and track your progress along the way. And don’t get me started on. The post Evaluate Your Recruiting Software with More Than Just a Checklist appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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Contract Recruiter

DECEMBER 6, 2016

It’s difficult to stand out and attract applicants when recruiting in a highly competitive market. Technology executives from Forbes Technology Council say locating and attracting talent, resume distrust, the need for quick hiring decisions, and geographic constraints have been the top recruiting challenges faced in 2016. Using innovative and creative recruiting tactics, and finding ways to work out-of-the-box, makes it faster and easier to find and connect with the active and passive candidates

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Undercover Recruiter

DECEMBER 6, 2016

As a recruiter you want to give the candidate you are representing the best opportunity to stand out from the crowd and their CV is the first opportunity they have to sell themselves. Ensure that the CV which you send to your client is clear, concise and highlights the relevant experience effectively. Follow these easy steps. View Article. Things Every Recruiter Should Check For On A Candidate’s CV.

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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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Converticulture Recruiting

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Imagine if a construction company started building a building without any plans from an architect? They simply started laying bricks with no idea of what they were building–how would that turn out? They would spend so much time wasted and spend endless amounts of money redoing and fixing issues. This is no different than a company hiring before they have defined their culture.

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Stack Overflow

DECEMBER 6, 2016

If you currently employ any number of remote developers, you should think about how to keep them engaged throughout the entire year. And even though things tend to slow down around this time of year, it’s important to keep employee engagement on your radar—especially as your company starts to celebrate around the office in the coming weeks. Before you get too caught up in the season, here are a few tips to ensure that your remote workers get to share in the fun.

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Phenom People

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Now that we are in the final month of 2016, it’s easy to just get into the holiday spirit and forget about recruiting goals. After all – recruiters, hiring managers, and job-seekers are probably ignoring applications, taking vacation time, and really aren’t that motivated right now. In fact, let’s all just take a break this. Read More.

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Workable

DECEMBER 6, 2016

One of our latest challenges was to help our users hire-on-the-go by taking Workable’s ATS and making it fully mobile. I was asked to design apps for three platforms: iOS, Android and mobile web. As challenging as it sounds, working on this product with an awesome team was, and still is, an amazing journey. In the beginning…. Before we dive into details, let’s go back to 2014 when the Native-vs-Web debate reached its peak.

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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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ROIKOI

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This week, tech companies delay diversity reports to rethink goals, U.S. government releases diversity hiring research, and more.

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Recruiting Blogs

DECEMBER 6, 2016

When a company's success is measured, most only look at platitudes, such as the depth of one's pockets or the profitability of products/services. Oftentimes, the recruitment process fails to get the recognition it deserves when it comes to a company's success. People who you bring on board can make or break your business. Their talents and ideas can help propel your company to where it needs to be while any shortcomings can lead to a stunt in growth.

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Applicant Manager

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This is part five of our five-part series about effective recruiting in a candidate driven market. By: Edna Nakamoto and Jessica Barrett. This week wraps up our five-part series on recruiting in a candidate driven market. We’ve covered strategic planning and determining need, and internal and external recruiting. In our previous installment, we looked at external assessment tools.

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Recruiting Blogs

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Talent Acquisitionists look forward to the performance of a new joinee and have a certain level of performance expectation from the individual on-board. That said it’s obvious why they are constantly looking for a way to measure the Employees performance from an individual and an organisational level. . In view of that, our Pune group member Karnika suggested to have a discussion on, “Bell Curve Performance Management System a boon or bane?

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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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Beamery

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Whatever your opinion of the world’s largest professional network, you cannot deny that recruiting on LinkedIn should be part of any company’s recruiting strategy. There’s a lot of advice swirling around the internet on best practices for recruiting on LinkedIn, but there’s so much content that it’s difficult to know where to start, and what’s really worth focusing on.

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FeeTrader

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Recently I discussed the slowdown in tech hiring , which is already reflected in today’s longer and more difficult hiring cycles as hiring managers are more selective with the quality of candidates. Recruiting and job seeking has become significantly more challenging as offers are given out only to candidates who meet all requirements without fail.

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Recruiting Blogs

DECEMBER 6, 2016

. As your passionate recruiting manager, I give everything I've got to find and keep the people we hire and grow your company in a way that makes people proud to do work here. You respond by telling me I am not hiring fast enough, yet I work overtime.I work weekends.I am typically the first person in the office to smile at candidates and I'm the last person to leave after our interviews are over for the day.

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NPA Worldwide

DECEMBER 6, 2016

From time to time, we get asked if there are certain types of recruitment firms that are more well-suited to split placements than others. There are certainly many different ways to operate a successful recruitment firm. For firms that participate in splits, there are even many different ways to be successful. But if you don’t have a long history of making split placements, and are wondering if they would be a good addition to your firm, here is a pretty good list of attitudes and attribu

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Why do you do performance reviews? Is it because 78% of employees are motivated at work by performance reviews? Is it because 92% of employees think that even negative feedback is valuable? Or perhaps because 69% of employees say they’d work harder if they received more feedback? You have lots of compelling reasons to tell the people who are working for you how they’re doing.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

I recently gave myself an early Christmas present…a Sidardoe 3D VR goggles/headset. I would not necessarily recommend them beyond just a really cheap viewer ($22) to try virtual reality video out. I just put my iPhone into the headset’s case and pull up videos…many on YouTube. What amazed me most was watching an online video series called Invisible on Jaunt.

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HRsoft

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Whether you’re considering migrating to a cloud-based content management system or you already have one in place, there are a few strategies you can use to get the very most out of your system and benefit your organization in as many ways as possible. While an effective system is invaluable for HR professionals for keeping critical data in one safe, organized place, the advantages can extend across the entire organization as well.

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Recruiting Blogs

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Being a mall Santa might seem like a relatively easy job: Sit all day, put kids on your lap, listen to their Christmas list and pose for a photo. But if you ask any Santa Claus who’s worked one season at the mall, they'll tell you it's the most demanding job of the season. A day in the life of a mall Santa can be grueling as an endless parade of children line up for a moment with the season's biggest celebrity.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

The mid-market[1] is thriving in the United States with nearly 200,000 businesses employing approximately 47.9 million people.[2] Mid-market organizations tend to be healthy—recording consistent revenue and job growth, prompting continued acceleration of innovation and new processes, and more importantly, challenging the way they are accustomed to working.

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Undercover Recruiter

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Brexit, Trump, AI, Big Data, Microsoft+LinkedIn and the Randstad Monster… It’s no secret that 2016 has been a massive year for politics, technology and economics, but what are the real knock-on effects to agency-side recruiters working as third party talent suppliers? How is the recruitment landscape adapting? Will your business boom in the new year, or are you doomed?

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Linkedin Talent Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Willy Nelson tour tickets. That was Atlassian’s Head of Global Recruiting, Kristen Clemmer ’s key to recently landing the perfect candidate. “The salary I could offer her was less than she was currently making,” said Clemmer during a presentation at Talent Connect. “So I knew I had to get creative if I wanted to close the deal.”. Now, you might be surprised that concert tickets did the trick.

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