Fri.May 27, 2016

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Implementing Values-Based Hiring

JazzHR

The journey for top talent is oftentimes long and arduous. But when you do find that perfect hire – the proverbial needle in the haystack that sets the pace for success – it’s all worth it. Implementing a values-based hiring process will help you find more of the A-players you’re looking for, and will take the guesswork out of interviewing.

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Interview Questions That Top CEOs LOVE to Ask (Infographic)

Social Talent

‘On a scale of 1 to 10, how weird are you?’ Believe it or not, this is one of the interview questions asked by Tony Hseih, CEO of Zappos. Or how about ‘What would you do in the event of a zombie apocalypse’? That one’s a favourite of Ashley Morris, CEO of Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop. Today’s infographic from fivesquid shows that there really is a method to the madness.

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Newton Community Service – Building More Than an ATS

Newton Software

Fort Collins Team Partners With Habitat for Humanity. Here at Newton, we love coming to work every day and we are passionate about what we do. However, we recognize that a great job is just one of many aspects that make up a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle. As such, our team has a multitude of passions and interests that we pursue outside of the office.

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The Most Important Investment You Can Make is Free

Glassdoor for Employers

There couldn’t be a more important topic in our industry right now than growth: how important it is (or isn’t), how to.

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Cracking the Culture Code: Interviewing for Culture Fit

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Join Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, for this live webinar as he guides you through an objective interview process that will help your team assess candidate's alignment with your organizational culture. Space is limited, register today!

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6 Types of Employees and How to Motivate Them [Infographic]

RecruitLoop

This awesome Infographic reveals how you can tap into each individual employee's motivational fire to ensure your workplace is the most productive it can be.

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3 Tips for Using Workplace Matchmaking Tools

Entrepreneur

To find an employee who's a perfect fit, go beyond their resume before you make a commitment.

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The Good Search CEO Diversity Speaker Harvard IT Summit

The Investigative Recruiter

For Immediate Release The Good Search CEO Krista Bradford is featured diversity speaker at Harvard University’s Sixth Annual IT Summit Westport, CT: Krista Bradford, the Founder and CEO of The Good Search, LLC, is a featured diversity speaker at the Sixth Annual IT Summit at Harvard University. Ms. Bradford is appearing on on a discussion […].

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6 Resume Tricks to Beat the 6-Second Rule

Undercover Recruiter

By now you’ve certainly heard some of the ridiculous job search stats that are being thrown around. Yet, none are as silly as the claim that recruiters only spend 6 seconds on a resume before they decide whether or not to trash it. Job seekers have been led to believe that all the hard work they put into their resume. View Article. 6 Resume Tricks to Beat the 6-Second Rule.

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Hireology Named a Top Innovator of 2016 by Techweek100 Chicago

Hireology

Hireology is excited to be named a 2016 Top Innovator in Chicago by Techweek100. This is the first time Hireology has been recognized by Techweek as a leading Innovator in Chicago. We're honored to have been recognized, and are humbled to be in such good company with 99 other amazing companies, organizations and startups in Chicago.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Make Meetings Work

FireFish Software

It’s Friday, after 5pm, and it’s summer. In a hot sweltering office with the blinds drawn, soundtracked by the whir of an old fan projector, a group of people sit in suits and ties. The meeting began hours ago, but there’s still no end in sight. All you can think about is getting home.

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Suck It Up and Sell Yourself

Undercover Recruiter

No one likes a bragger, and no one really wants to be known as one. In fact, it’s fairly natural for us to shy away from any limelight which will catapult us into cockiness territory in the eyes of our peers. Especially at work, arrogant big shots who shove their successes down the throats of others are less than inspiring, and. View Article. Suck It Up and Sell Yourself.

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Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 5.23.2016

Symphony Talent

Happy Friday everyone – it’s time to get our recruitment marketing on. Here are our favorite recruitment marketing resources as of late. But first, check out the content and tweet(s) of the week (it’s always impossible to pick one!) Content of the Week SEO 101 for Talent Acquisition from SmashFly Technologies Understanding SEO isn’t as.

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How to Navigate Today’s Nursing Shortage: A Q&A With Scott Sell of Mercy

CareerBuilder

It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that one of the most in-demand jobs today is for nursing positions. But a recent CareerBuilder survey showed that 46 percent of health care employers said the role they struggled to fill above all others was that of qualified registered nurses. We wanted a practitioner’s perspective on creative recruitment strategies to help fill these open nursing positions.

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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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Navigating a Complex Global Outsourced Workforce

Brandon Hall

The way in which today’s global workforce is staffed and managed can have a significant impact on the organization’s employer and corporate brand, products/services, revenue, and profit. Which role has primary responsibility for your organization’s entire workforce – Human Resources or Procurement? Does that role truly understand the implications of the competing forces that comprise that workforce and the impact of their decisions on their business?

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How Do Small Business Employees Really Feel About Their Bosses?

CareerBuilder

“People don’t leave companies. They leave bosses.” This classic saying is even truer in small businesses, where managers and employees tend to have more interaction with one another on a daily basis. In fact, according to recent research from CareerBuilder, 2 in 5 workers in small businesses (39 percent) say they have left a job because of their boss.

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4 Ways Contract Staffing Can Relieve Recruiter Stress

Top Echelon Contracting

While recruiting is ultimately a rewarding profession, it’s one that comes with it’s share of stress and frustration. Many recruiters shy away from contract staffing because they think it will only add to their stress. In fact, contract staffing can. The post 4 Ways Contract Staffing Can Relieve Recruiter Stress appeared first on Top Echelon.

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The Real Definition of an Engaged Employee

Harger Howe Recruitment

This week I had the pleasure of reading Maren Hogan’s latest piece, ‘Engaged Employees’ and ‘Happy Employees’: Not Exactly Synonyms. I initially clicked the link because it’s a hot button topic and I was interested a the different perspective on the issue of employee happiness, but I found myself fundamentally disagreeing with the rationale behind the definition of an engaged employee.

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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 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. Hiring Managers: Stop Insulting the Job Candidates -- By Brian de Haff. 2. You’re Like Me, I Like Me, So I Like You – And You’re Hired -- by Daniel Vacassin . 3.

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Looking for a change in career, now’s the time

Recruiting Blogs

Its nearly been a year since the idea was born to ditch the stuff and get out and see the world. Since then we have been planning, saving and getting rid of stuff frantically to make our self-imposed deadline of a new year start. I was thinking back recently to the changes that I’ve made in my career and thought I would share some of the things I found useful.

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Live From Interactive: Hiring Campaign Hacks + Recruitment Content Strategy

Indeed

Indeed Interactive launched into its final day this morning. Yesterday, attendees learned how to identify transformational talent – those highly coveted top performers who contribute significantly more than average. In the second half of the day, breakout sessions provided tips and tricks for getting the most from Indeed, including campaign hacks and advanced trainings.

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To measure or not to measure that is the question

Recruiting Blogs

Every day in every organization management from the boardroom to the C-Suite is demanding that we produce metrics to determine how the organization is functioning. The common demand is that we measure something. In his book Six Sigma: The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing the World’s Top Corporations , Dr, Mikel Harry tells us that a) we won’t know until me measure; b) we don’t measure what we don’t value and c) we don’t value what we don’t measure.

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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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HR Check In: Leveraging the Largest Working Generation (Millennials)

Jibe

There’s certainly no ignoring the country’s largest working generation these days. Talent acquisition teams must tweak their recruiting strategies to attract this population of workers to their open positions, and then work to retain them on a constant basis. Keeping millennials engaged in your culture is completely different from any other generation.

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Memorial Day!!!!

Recruiting Blogs

Memorial Day is a day set aside for us to honor those who died so we might enjoy the freedoms we have. This holiday started a long time ago to honor those who died during the Civil War. How later on it was realized that anyone who served and died for their country deserved this honor. Throughout history, whenever our country, its ideals, its principles, its people or its freedom have been threatened the men and women of our armed services would willingly answer the call to serve.

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How To Make Sure Your Recruiting Content Doesn’t Suck.

Recruiting Daily

Your job descriptions, as you likely already know, are all but worthless. They are poorly-written technical specs built by lawyers who don’t know much about the job in the first place – and yet, they are the crutch most businesses lean on when it comes to describing the role, the job experience, the location and your employer brand, vision and values.

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Is a career as a Health Care Assistant the ideal choice for you?

Recruiting Blogs

Care assistants are an essential part of many people's lives. Without these healthcare sector workers, many individuals would be unable to live independently or in their own homes. Studies show that when someone who is elderly or sick, injured or living with a disability is cared for at home and has access to friends and family, their health, happiness and sense of purpose is highest.

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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.