Mon.Sep 19, 2022

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Mental Health of the American Workforce: Taken Seriously or Seriously Ignored?

Yoh

The way the world collectively thinks about and recognizes mental health in and out of the workplace has changed following the pandemic. In a new survey from Yoh, data reveals that a staggering three-quarters of employed Americans (76%) feel their employer does not make the mental health of its employees a priority.

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7 mistakes recruiters are making ??

Greg Savage

Many recruiters improved their skill-set over Covid, and in the subsequent hiring boom. Plenty of newbies have entered our profession in the past year and have made tremendous progress. It’s exciting to see. However, over the past six months, I have spent a lot of time in recruitment companies in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and […]. The post 7 mistakes recruiters are making ??

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Recorded Webinar: Headline Recruiting: Sourcing Passive Candidates From The News

Proactive Talent

This presentation is brought to you by Proactive Talent and intended for those with an interest in recruitment , talent acquisition , sourcing and/or anyone with an interest in candidate search tips.

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How Bad Is the Skills Shortage? 10 Data Points That Tell the Full Story

Vervoe

A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn last week to ask if I’d interview for their content manager role. Out of curiosity, I looked. It turned out to be the same role from a company I’d seen open three months ago when I was actively searching for a job. The odds are, you’ve seen something like that as well. Job vacancies open for months — or closed and reopened several times a year.

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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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Who Else Wants to Overcome the Invite Limit of 100?

Boolean Strings

Invitations from recruiters have become a standard practice on LinkedIn. So have invitations related to potentially doing any business together. If an invitation is accepted, a conversation starts. However, LinkedIn notifications have poor deliverability, and “passive” candidates often miss our messages and invitations. It helps to invite a larger volume of potential matches and follow-up by email.

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How to Launch Sincere DEI Programs

TalentCulture - Recruiting

The working world has spoken: Employees want to be part of organizations that value and support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). But they won’t accept lip service. They want employers to put actions behind their words. And they want DEI programs that make a real difference. Of course, this makes sense. When DEI programs aren’t […].

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DARPA Wants Innovation in the Supply Chain and CIA Director Says Russia Failed

The Cleared Recruiting Chronicles

Recently, DARPA Director Dr. Stephanie Tompkins highlighted the issue with the U.S. supply chain and what DARPA wants from industry.

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Guide for Evaluating Candidates in a Job Interview

4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

As recruiters and hiring managers, we often focus the bulk of our energy on finding qualified candidates and getting them to apply, but that’s only half the battle. Whether you wind up with two or 200 qualified applicants, you still face the critical task of interviewing them to decide which one is best to hire. . Here, we’ll share a structured, strategic approach for evaluating interview candidates and discuss why such an approach is so important in today’s market. .

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How a Chance Elevator Encounter Launched This VP’s Career in Marketing

The Muse

Alisha Reed lucked into a marketing career, and today she’s the VP of Marketing Strategy at Protective Life.

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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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Enhance Recruiting Tools To Attract Qualified Candidates

Forbes Human Resources Council

Amid labor shortages and myriad job openings, companies that optimize job descriptions and refine sourcing methods will make great strides toward attracting qualified candidates and maintaining a solid talent pipeline.

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Guide to Recruitment & Retention in the Manufacturing Sector

RecruitmentJuice

The manufacturing industry has progressed significantly, with plenty of demanding career paths. What used to be a dark factory setting is now a vibrant and innovative environment that offers many opportunities. Computerized systems and advanced technologies have enabled new paths for modern manufacturing workers. Most of today’s careers are highly creative, high-tech, green, and lean, […].

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Why Self-Awareness And Vulnerability Improve Leadership Skills

Forbes Human Resources Council

Good leaders are a vital component of employee engagement, retention and productivity.

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Candidate Reusability – A New Approach to Direct Sourcing: Part Two

The Staffing Stream

Part one of this series explored redeployment and the benefits it can provide when used effectively. In order to best take advantage of redeployment for your business, perhaps it makes sense to have additional discussions around how to retain and reuse proven contingent workers. How does your VMS and MSP help drive reuse? How do you partner with your suppliers to mutually benefit from redeploying known contractors and consultants?

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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 Strengthen Your Professional Presence on Social Media

Zengig

Social media is like a networking event that’s open 24 hours a day, seven day a week. It gives you a chance to build your network, learn about new opportunities, and build your personal brand… if you use it effectively. Follow these tips for building a strong and positive image on social media that will help you advance your career. Professional benefits of having a strong social media presence.

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TimeSaved is now ActivateStaff

TimeSaved

After five years of serving the staffing industry, TimeSaved is changing our name to ActivateStaff. Why the change? TimeSaved was born in 2016. Our founder, Rohan, was managing the flagship store of a major Canadian retailer when they abruptly closed their doors, leaving thousands of people without work. Rohan wanted to create a better way for them to find work using technology, and TimeSaved was born for this purpose.

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Hiring with AI: What You Need to Know

Loxo

There are mixed reactions regarding using artificial intelligence in the hiring process. AI based job searches are on the rise. […]. The post Hiring with AI: What You Need to Know appeared first on Loxo Blog.

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Timesheets: A Guide For Service Businesses

Hundred5

Timesheets have long been touted as the go-to method for teams and businesses to track their time. And it’s your timesheet process and culture that can determine whether they help or hinder your team. But let’s be honest here. Timesheets have a bad rep. Standard practices around timesheets can be tedious, repetitive, and scrutinous. But here’s the thing: The problem isn’t with the timesheets.

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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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Here's How To Make Performance Evaluations Super Productive And Painless (For All)

Forbes Human Resources Council

Engage frequently at least a minimum of once a month, but every other week is even better.

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Time to Call Workers Back to the Office? 4 Reasons You Should Think Twice

Linkedin Talent Blog

Malcolm Gladwell thinks remote work is bad for both employers and their employees. Where do you stand on the remote work debate? The best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Blink set off a fierce backlash after he stated on the podcast “ The Diary of a CEO ” that working from home makes workers feel “socially disconnected from their organization.

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How To Hire If You've Laid People Off This Year

Forbes Human Resources Council

Give candidates what they want.

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The Power of Our Partnership: HireRight + Greenhouse

HireRight

Together, HireRight + GreenHouse have helped hundreds of employers hire and onboard candidates quickly and efficiently. We talked to Garret Starr, Director of Partnerships at Greenhouse about helping employers make smarter hiring decisions.

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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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Discipline Notes Critical in FMLA Claims

Recruiting Daily Advisor

One of the things that happens with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a disconnect between the complex structure of the FMLA and its practical application. Plaintiffs’ attorneys will sometimes assert that they don’t understand how there could be an FMLA issue given that the structure is “so easy to understand.” That’s typically because plaintiffs’ attorneys don’t have to assess it in real time and are only dealing with issues and perceptions well after the events have occurred with a hi

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Internal vs External Job Titles — What’s the Difference?

Ongig

What’s the difference between internal vs external job titles? It depends on who you ask. Some co.s use the same internal titles for their external job postings. Other co.s have 2 different versions — 1 for internal job descriptions and 1 for external postings. Either way, the job titles you choose affect who finds your roles online (and applies for them).

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Digital Therapeutics Can Be a Pillar to a More Proactive Health Culture

Recruiting Daily Advisor

With more than 181 million Americans depending on employer-sponsored health plans to access care, HR and benefits leaders have a critical responsibility when it comes to the health and wellbeing of their people. And, as we emerge from a global pandemic, people have become more conscious and proactive about their health – both mental and physical. As a result, a fundamental shift has taken place in the kinds of health and wellness benefits that people expect from their employer.

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Announcing an Over $30M Investment in Our Community

PowerToFly

It’s hard for us to believe it’s been eight years since we started PowerToFly. Today, we’re excited to share that after six months of fundraising and what felt like a million “no’s,” PowerToFly has closed its first official round of funding since 2015 (it’s been a long, “capital efficient” road, as our investors like to point out). This investment will support us on our journey to becoming a truly end-to-end Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) recruiting and retention platform.

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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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Acknowledging Uncertainty to Encourage Prompt Action

Recruiting Daily Advisor

There’s a strange phenomenon that afflicts countless people around the world, regardless of professional status, education, culture, etc., when they’re faced with uncertainty: They tend to panic, freeze, do nothing, or hesitate and avoid making tough decisions precisely at the point when prompt action is essential. It’s human nature to fall into this trap.

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Evolving Candidate Compensation Expectations in Canada

Acara Solutions

Both the Coronavirus pandemic and the “Great Resignation” have entirely changed how and who company executives are hiring. A survey conducted by Statistics Canada in September of 2021 found that roughly 26.7 per cent of organizations expected to face obstacles regarding their ability to recruit and retain talent for the next three months. Additionally, the same survey found that 49.8 per cent of the construction industry, 47.4 per cent of the manufacturing industry, and 46.3 per cent of the food

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9 Recruitment Webinars from 2022 to Help You Hire Better

Rally Recruitment Marketing

To help our community continuously develop their skill sets and discover the newest proven strategies to attract talent, we regularly host recruitment webinars spotlighting the leading strategists, trailblazers and influencers in recruitment, Recruitment Marketing, employer branding, HR and talent attraction. Whether you’re looking to upgrade your ability to attract talent, add new tech to your tool kit, fast-track your career or just want to stay in the know, you’re bound to find something of v