Tue.Oct 31, 2017

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5 Ways Diversity Efforts Can Backfire

Lever

This is a guest post by Vinayak Ranade, founder and CEO of Drafted , which helps companies hire more through referrals. I’m probably going to commit a faux pas in this post. But my intent here is to learn, and help others like me who want to learn.

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Anytime Fitness CEO Highlights 4 Traits That Make Leaders Stand Out

Hireology

Note: This post originally appeared on Inc.com , where Hireology co-founder and CEO Adam Robinson is a regular contributor. Behind every great business growth story is a commitment to the people at the top. Anytime Fitness is the perfect example of what happens when the founders commit to creating competitive advantage through exceptional culture and people practices: for each of the the last eight years, Anytime Fitness has opened 300 new gyms, becoming the fastest-growing fitness franchise

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Empower Employees & Learn to Lead Without Authority

Celarity

Every manager wants their employees to be happy, productive, and to feel a sense of purpose in their work. But sometimes, especially in larger companies, it can be too easy to let the top-down structure of authority come between you and your team. How can you ensure that you’re taken seriously as a leader while encouraging motivation, participation, and autonomy?

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Webinar: Managing Your Hiring Managers for Successful Recruiting

Newton Software

Do you struggle seeing eye-to-eye with your hiring managers? Or are you constantly waiting on their feedback? If yes, you’re not alone. Although hiring manager involvement is the number one indicator of successful recruiting, only 13% of hiring managers are actively engaged in the process. At Newton we know how challenging this can be. In working with hundreds of employees we developed a foolproof strategy for keeping your hiring managers actively engaged throughout the key stages of recruiting.

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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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Defy Ventures: Investing in the Future at Pelican Bay State Prison

SmartRecruiters

Defy Ventures is an entrepreneurship, employment, and character development training program for currently and formerly incarcerated men, women, and youth. I learned about the program while at SmartRecruiters ’ Hiring Success conference in April 2017. I was getting drinks with some colleagues and met a panelist from the conference who had just returned from a weekend in California’s only maximum security prison volunteering with Defy Ventures.

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4 Ways Data Can Improve the Candidate Journey

Glassdoor for Employers

Glassdoor’s Chief Economist, Andrew Chamberlain, Ph.D., weighs in on how to leverage analytics to improve your hiring process.

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True Grit: Building Resiliency and a Growth Mindset

Celarity

Grit is one of those terms that we don’t hear enough about in the workplace. Maybe that’s because you picture “grit,” as something very intense – like CrossFit athletes competing at The Games in 100-degree heat or of SEAL Team Six mid-mission in a foreign and dangerous country. But what about using grit in our daily lives? Do you find yourself rising to a challenge or crumbling when you fail?

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Recruiting on Twitter Doesn't Have to Be Scary

iCIMS

By facing your fear of recruiting on Twitter you gain a new pool of top talent. It only takes four steps.

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3 Mistakes You’re Making with Your Application Process

Jobalign

Traditional ATS application solutions are not built for hourly hiring success. For every 100 candidates who apply via desktop, an average of 8 will complete a job application. For mobile click-throughs, the completion figure is just 1.5 percent. No matter the applicant tracking system you use, these common application mistakes can negatively affect your hourly recruiting success. 1.

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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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The Tough Question You Need to Ask Your Technical Hiring Managers

Stack Overflow

If you were to ask someone who has never recruited developers to describe your job, you’d probably get a few interesting answers. But you’d likely find few, if any, who’d say that a tech recruiter should ever push back on a final hiring decision. After all, your engineering managers know their teams better than you do, right? Why would you ever question their feedback on developers?

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Hiring Millennials? Start With The Right Job Description

ConveyIQ

Whether you love ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s a fact that Millennials are taking over the workforce. According to a recent study from Pew Research Center , Millennials are the largest generation to date and make up nearly one third of the working population. Avocado toast and iPhone addictions aside, Millennials are also shifting the definition of office perks — favoring options like workplace flexibility and aligning career aspirations with companies that share their values.

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How to Avoid Common Office Design Mistakes

Undercover Recruiter

Sponsored by Workopolis: Struggling to improve productivity and performance? Tried everything you could to get employees motivated and engaged? It might be down to some faulty office design. A badly designed office may create a negative atmosphere by killing morale, collaboration, and effectiveness and job satisfaction. Freaked out yet? Don’t worry.

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Legislation Around Candidate Salaries and Your Recruiting Strategy

SmartSearch

On July 2018, Massachusetts will become the first state to forbid employers from asking candidates about their salary history directly impacting the current employment laws. This ruling will help level the playing field by giving all job seekers the right to expect equal pay for equal work and eliminate disclosure of past compensation information.

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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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Cover Letter Obituary

Jobvite

The Cover Letter, a popular document that provided employers with additional information about a worker’s skills and experience, was laid to rest peacefully by U.S. job seekers in 2017. The decline of the cover letter began … Continued.

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Your candidates may be skilled, but are they experienced?

WebRecruit

We all know how important skills are in the 2010s workplace – but are technical skills really a match for experience? The answer to that question is so often “no”. Sometimes, a candidate may not have the skills that are needed for a position, but they may have experience – whether gained in a specific role or general life – that puts them in a strong position in certain situations.

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How Employers Can Navigate Bonus Season

Hanold Associates

Jason Hanold, CEO and managing partner of Hanold Associates, discusses how to navigate the tricky waters of Bonus Season and it’s effect on executive recruiting. Companies look at year-end bonus season, roughly December through when the books are closed in March, as a time to reward employees, especially if business was good for… The post How Employers Can Navigate Bonus Season appeared first on Hanold Associates.

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Have TA Professionals Forgotten That We’re Really in the People Business?

Recruiting Daily

Twenty years ago, I worked in the staffing industry. Thirteen years ago, I worked in recruitment. Seven years ago, my career took a turn into Talent Acquisition, also known as TA. These terms have different meanings for different industry professionals reflecting connotations around their importance, relevancy, and strategic impact. While this dissection, wordplay, and debate […].

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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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Cover Letter Obituary

Jobvite

The Cover Letter, a popular document that provided employers with additional information about a worker’s skills and experience, was laid to rest peacefully by U.S. job seekers in 2017. The decline of the cover letter began earlier this year, after roughly half (47 percent) of some 2,000 workers surveyed from Jobvite said they did not submit one when applying for their current job.

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Is Financial Business Analytics the Career for You?

Transformify - Recruiting

The university degree you choose to pursue will act as a platform to help you jumpstart your career. This is why careful consideration is important before settling on your career of choice. If you want to have a fulfilling career as a financial business analyst, here are the basics: Educational requirements. Becoming a financial business analyst requires at least a bachelor’s degree in finance.

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Weekly Diversity and Inclusion News: October 25 - 31, 2017

ROIKOI

Leaders aren’t great at judging how inclusive they are. How to alter your hiring practices to increase diversity.

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What’s the Moneyball Stat for Restaurants?

CareerPlug

Last week, I attended the HotSchedules Spark conference – an event that brought together restaurant operators and innovators for a couple of days to discuss what’s next in the industry. I was grateful to be invited to speak about becoming a Talent Magnet for today’s jobseekers. The most interesting presentation was given by TDN2K, a.

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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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Universities in Paris

Recruiting Blogs

List of 100+ colleges and best universities in Paris with complete guide. Detailed Fees, Reviews, Ratings, Location Map, Top colleges & higher education institutions in Paris.

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Allowing or Restricting a User from Managing Email Signatures

Top Echelon Contracting

Expand the Sidebar and click on the Settings icon. Click to expand the My Agency section and select Manage Users. Click the edit icon to the right of the person you wish to set email signature permissions for. Under the user's Permissions, click to expand the Email section. To the right of Manage Signatures, set the appropriate permission then click Save.

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LinkedIn InMail Response Rate

Recruiting Blogs

InMailSuccessProgram.docx If you are in recruiting and need better reply rates on your LinkedIn Emails -- I have the solution. Ask me for details~ #LinkedIn #InMail.

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Allowing or Restricting a User from Creating Email Templates

Top Echelon Contracting

Expand the Sidebar and click on the Settings icon. Click to expand the My Agency section and select Manage Users. Click the edit icon to the right of the person you wish to set email template creation permissions for. Under the user's Permissions, click to expand the Email section. To the right of Create Templates, set the appropriate permission then click Save.

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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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Preparing for Joint Commission Survey: How Workforce Management Software Can Help

BlueSky

Workforce management software can offer the critical resource organizations need to be ready for their Joint Commission accreditation survey. The post Preparing for Joint Commission Survey: How Workforce Management Software Can Help appeared first on Bluesky Medical Staffing Software.

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Happy Halloween!

SilverChair Partners

Happy Halloween from the SCP team!

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5 of the best signs of ‘candidate fit’

WebRecruit

If, like many an employer, you’ve worked with a fair few recruitment agencies in your time, the likelihood is that you will have also talked to them a lot about ‘candidate fit’. It’s often said that you should ‘hire for fit, train for skills’, and it’s not a bad philosophy for your company to have. So, what are the specific qualities that indicate a certain candidate is a great ‘fit’ for your company?