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5 Reasons to Update Your Employee Handbook in 2021

Recruiting Daily Advisor

I often tell clients one of the most important documents they need to have is an employee handbook, and it needs to be up to date and legally compliant. Why? An out-of-date, an inaccurate, or a poorly written handbook really can do more harm than good. If you don’t have a handbook, put one in place. If you have one and haven’t reviewed it in the past year, now is the time to do so. michaelquirk / iStock / Getty Images Plus.

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How to Improve Employee Engagement | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

The most successful organizations spend time and effort ensuring their employees are supported in their roles and engaged with their work. Engaged employees are more likely to outperform their peers and likely to have an increased motivation to produce high-quality work and remain in their roles for a longer period of time. The need to engage your staff is clear, but how do you improve employee engagement in your organization?

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How Active Listening Can Boost Your Career (and How to Do It Right)

The Muse

Active listening may come more naturally to some than to others, but it’s a skill most everyone can develop. And for the sake of your career, you should.

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3 Ways Staffing Agencies Can Win More Business Right Now

AkkenCloud

Given that we are in the middle of a pandemic, businesses the world over have had to adjust the way that they do things to be able to continue to win business. Business development is tricky enough, but in a pandemic situation, it can feel impossible. Recruitment agencies have closed their doors, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not working.

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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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The Amazing Race!

The Whiteboard

What a week! Have they always been this long? We have it pretty cushy here in NZ and especially Auckland. We’ve got a short weeks coming out the wazoo with an anniversary every other. If you’re like me you’ve found yourself doing some late shifts this week in order to make up for the lost time. I’ve met many a lackadaisical recruiter that will put the ‘em’ or ‘erm’ into temp and perm.

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11 Ways To Effectively Communicate With Employees When Your Company’s Constantly Changing

Forbes Human Resources Council

Establishing a strong system of communication that can help employees anticipate and navigate change is crucial.

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How Does a Resume Parser Become More Powerful with Taxonomy?

RChilli

Is your resume parser giving accurate results? Do you want to dig out more information from the resumes? What if your resume parser offers more than what you expect?

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The 2021 Playbook for Engaging Remote Teams

Celarity

Originally published on American Marketing Association ( AMA ) of Minnesota. The shift to remote work in 2020 created a new need for organizations to engage team members differently. In July of 2020, Gallup reported the largest drop in employee engagement since they began tracking 20 years earlier. Employee engagement drives team member performance and organizational buy-in.

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What Are the Top Executive Search Firms in NYC?

The Investigative Recruiter

What Are the Top Executive Search Firms in NYC? Top Executive Search Firms in NYC. In the interest of objectivity and putting a little good karma out there, below is a list of the top executive search firms in NYC, one that includes our competitors. We understand that we’re not the right search firm for every search every time. No search firm is.

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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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Mobile optimization goes beyond the job application

Recruiting Daily

In the 1980s, we were living in a material world, or at least that’s what Madonna told us. Today, we’re living in a mobile world, one where even people without a stable connection in their homes can dial into the internet through their cell phones. Pew’s latest research conducted in mid-2019 indicated that 37 percent of […].

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Test Video Post

TalentCulture - Recruiting

The post Test Video Post appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Head of Museum Resigns Over One Wrong Word in Job Ad

Ongig

Charles Venable resigned last week as the head of the Indianapolis Museum of Art Newfields (IMA) over a racially biased phrase in a job posting. The original job posting used the words “core, white art audience” The phrase has since been replaced with “traditional core art audience” Here’s a screenshot of the posting before, the change: source: Internet Archive WayBack Machine.

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The Lost Art of Conducting Intentional Interviews

Talvista

If you’ve been around a toddler lately, you are likely aware of their go-to question – “why?” Can you blame them? It’s a good question. Knowing “why” helps to add purpose and motivation to whatever task we are facing. As adults, we settle into our routines and habits, forgetting to ask this surprisingly sage question. .

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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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When Will You Need to Adopt an Interview Scheduling Software in Lieu of Traditional Calendar Tools?

Rakuna.Co

An interview scheduling tool can be the ultimate time-saver for any recruitment team. If you are not sure this is the right tool for you, check out the key signs that it is time to adopt it.

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Case Study: Scaling & Planning Your Hiring

Source2

A national utility services provider relies on Source2 to annually hire 5,000+ field service technicians. With quick scalability and planning for hiring, we've created a dynamic partnership with this long-term client.

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Vaccines And The Workplace: Navigating New Territory

Forbes Human Resources Council

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has stated that employers do have the right in most cases to require the vaccine and proof of vaccination.

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10 Need-to-Read DEI Articles from Black History Month 2021

Select Software Reviews

Here's what we read for Black History Month.

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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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How to Use “Assignment Selling” to Drive Staffing Sales

The Staffing Stream

Ever heard of assignment selling? Don’t let the term confuse you; “assignment selling” has nothing to do with convincing a prospect they need a temporary worker for the week. Well, almost nothing (you are in the staffing industry, after all). Assignment selling is a powerful concept I learned from a book called They Ask, You Answer by Marcus Sheridan.

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5 Effective Strategies for Cultivating an Inclusive Workplace Now

Linkedin Talent Blog

As many companies reassessed their diversity and inclusion efforts last year, there was a growing sense that even with all the ambitious goal-setting, something was missing: company-wide accountability. “One of my peers in talent acquisition last year said, ‘Hey, we’re the only ones being held on the hook for these aspirations. What about retention?

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4 Jobs Worth Looking Into in the Construction Industry

Recruiting Blogs

When people think about the construction industry, they usually conjure up images of men work laying down bricks or operating heavy machinery. Although those jobs do exist, they are not the only ones. If you’re a construction worker looking to move up the ladder or simply an independent contractor, the following four jobs may be of interest to you. Elevator Installers/Repairers.

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Honoring the 2020 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award-Winners: Best Unique or Innovative Learning and Development Program

Brandon Hall

Onboarding in Global Services and Support Involves Plenty of Blended Learning at Akamai. The Onboarding program for Akamai’s Global Services and Support (GSS) teams provides role-specific technology and product training that features engaging self-paced courses, memory boosters, hands-on labs, remote instructor led sessions, a mentoring scheme, self-help resources and smart automation.

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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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Trend Tracking: Fashion Forecasts and the Accuracy of Them

Recruiting Blogs

It’s no secret that the fashion industry is one of the fastest-changing markets the world has to offer. The latest clothing trends come and go, and keeping up to date with the next best thing is no easy task. From 70s-inspired punk to streetwear from the 2000s, many of us have jumped on board the retro-trend. With that said, you might be wondering how our favourite fashion stores predict what their customers want to see be available next season.

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Scalability & Planning Your Hiring

Source2

When a new client comes to us for assistance, it’s most often an urgent situation when they have an immediate need to hire, typically after struggling to fill the positions themselves with internal resources or staffing firms. They need a high volume of workers , and they need them now ! In turn, we need to ramp quickly and effectively scale our resources to provide the needed assistance.

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7 Leadership Trends in the Post-Pandemic Workplace

Namely - Talent

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how we run our lives, both personally and professionally. When governments around the world implemented stay-at-home protocols and lockdowns, companies had to adopt a work-from-home strategy.

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10 Resource Scheduling Software Tools For Productive & Happy Teams (2021)

Hundred5

Picture this. You’re ready to attack your work plan and delegate work to your team. But, just then, you realize that a team member is busy on another project (or has time-off). Your work plan, which you’ve painstakingly created, is on the verge of collapsing. That’s where resource scheduling software can help. Of course, you can also use a spreadsheet or a calendar to manage your team resources.

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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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Imbuing a Sense of Control to Combat Stress

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Everyone experiences stress from time to time, both in their everyday life and at work. It can be an unpleasant but necessary part of the job. In fact, many managers engage in behavior that increases stress in their workforce in an attempt to keep their organizations operating at a high level. This can be done unwittingly or even intentionally. Stress Can Do Damage to Individuals and Organizations.

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Avature’s Pick of Some Amazing Career Sites

Avature

Fifty-six percent of candidates believe they can tell what it will be like to work for a company by looking at its career site (Smallbizgenius, 2019). It works as a candidate’s first port-of-call to explore an employer brand: it showcases what the organization stands for and what it’s really like to work for them. With the aim to stand out from the crowd, leading talent acquisition teams have started transforming candidate’s journeys, using capabilities such as personalization based on the

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What Does DEI Mean for Employers?

Recruiting Daily Advisor

DEI is an acronym you’ve probably seen a lot lately. It stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. While these concepts aren’t new, they’ve taken on renewed focus for employers that want to proactively ensure everyone feels welcome and safe and is treated fairly in their workplace. This country has a long history of marginalizing entire groups, and taking steps to reverse that is long overdue.