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9 ways to make your cold-call warm

Greg Savage

Cold calling and hard-core business development were always crucial recruiter skills. Cold-calling waned in the post-covid boom, as job-briefs became plentiful and candidate availability dried up. Soon (or soonish), the market will soften, even go into recession, in which case many recruiters will be found out as they will have no idea what to do […].

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How To Get The Most Out of Your On Demand Recruiting Engagement

Proactive Talent

One of the hottest topics in the news and around the proverbial water cooler is the possibility of a recession hitting the United States this year or next. The primary focus of the concern is the massive number of layoffs that have been happening. To quote Crunchbase.

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4 Hacks to Increase Traffic to Your Job Posting

Recruiting Daily Advisor

When it comes to filling open positions, your job posting has a huge role to play. Its where potential candidates will learn about the position, what it entails, and what qualifications are needed. If you’ve had an open position for months and are seeing little to no applications coming in, you may want to start at the top of your hiring funnel and make sure your job posting is firing on all cylinders.

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Researchers: Run “Restrictive” Google Strings

Boolean Strings

The post reflects my current understanding of how Google works. I hope to share extra detail with you as we do more testing or if we hear more from Google Search people. SUMMARY. When you write a search string, Google assesses whether it is: Open-ended (assuming you, the user, require assistance) or. Specific, or “restrictive.” Google decides on “restrictive” in some cases with quotes or when you use advanced operators (maybe something else).

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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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Can Employee Recognition Increase Retention Rates and Productivity Levels?

Recruiting Daily Advisor

October 10th is International Mental Health Day. As social media draws attention to quiet quitting , burnout , and the importance of mental health , workplaces need to prioritize their employees’ wellbeing. When employees are recognized at work, they are up to 10 times as likely to strongly agree that they belong at their organization, according to a recent study conducted by Gallup and Workhuman.

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What Could a Repeal of IR35 Reform Mean for Your Business?

Allegis Global Solutions

In the months since the IR35 reforms took effect in the private sector – pushing the burden of classification of contractors on to the end user, rather than the contractor – businesses have seen a big shift in costs of hiring contingent labour. Most companies saw an increase in ‘inside’ IR35 contracts, and many had to make commercial decisions over contractors moving from outside to inside IR35 as they juggled retaining talent with take-home pay and the increased administrative burdens of compli

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Recruiting at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Gains Speed with Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar Model

The Cleared Recruiting Chronicles

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has a tip on recruiting the next generation - give them glimpses of really cool national security projects.

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Keys to a Successful Open Enrollment Season

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Open enrollment season is upon us again, and the world of work continues to shift at a head-spinning pace. This fluid environment poses benefits-related challenges that HR leaders can’t afford to ignore. For example, decision-makers are wondering: How to address employees’ evolving needs. It’s essential now to meet individuals where they are and provide clear […].

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Cultivating Culture Through Interaction and Play

Recruiting Daily Advisor

The world is incredibly diverse. We’ve got nearly 8 billion people and over 3,800 different cultures. Now, as the world hurdles toward interconnectedness, we’re seeing that incredibly vast diversity creep into our cubicles and conference rooms. There is power in diversity because it leads to diversity of thought. With that, though, there is more room for disagreement.

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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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Aerospace and Defense Industry’s Demand for Talent Outpaces Supply

Acara Solutions

The aerospace and defense (A&D) industry designs, manufactures, and services some of the world’s most complex machinery—airplanes, spacecrafts, satellites, ships, submarines, and a variety of other electronics and equipment used in military and commercial settings. A&D companies not only play a major role in our national defense and global security but also drive important economic activity.

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At Voya, DEI is for Everyone

Recruiting Daily Advisor

It may sound redundant and obvious to say that diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are much more successful when they’re truly inclusive. But it touches on an important shortcoming of many DEI efforts—namely that they are too laser-focused on women and people of color. Angela Harrell. Of course, these groups are foundational to the objectives and success of any DEI program.

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New Feature: Introducing the CV Anonymisation Tool

Hireserve

Hireserve launches new CV Anonymisation Module. Leading recruitment software provider Hireserve is pleased to be able to offer CV Anonymisation , a new tool designed to remove unconscious bias from the recruitment process and boost D&I initiatives. From personal information such as name or address through to employment history and education timelines, the Hireserve CV Anonymisation tool enables hiring companies to customise the level of anonymisation that they wish to adopt.

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If You Haven't Removed Bias from Performance Reviews, Then You're Not an Inclusive Leader. Take These Steps to Protect Your Marginalized Employees.

Entrepreneur - Workplace Diversity

Performance reviews are critical to pay, promotion and assignment opportunities — but they often hurt employees in marginalized groups, thanks to biases. Here are some to watch out for and how to remove them from your reviews.

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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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Six Tips to Streamline Your Hiring Process to Win Top Talent

Broadleaf

The number of job openings currently outnumbers the qualified candidates available to fill them. Specifically, there are two jobs available for every unemployed worker. The best candidates have several employment options and organizations are realizing they must act faster to secure top talent. Gem , a talent engagement platform, found that the median time to hire across all company types was 23 days —up from 18 days for the same period last year.

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10 Ways to Improve Your Employee Relations

4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

The workplace as we know it has evolved by leaps and bounds in the last five years. As a result, how companies interact with their employees has also changed. Do you have an employee relations strategy that makes sense for today’s standards? We’ll explain why employee relations matter now more than ever and share tips to help you build strong, productive employer-employee relationships. .

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iCIMS, SparcStart Settle Lawsuit

Recruiting Daily

Like a number of major technology platforms in the recruiting industry, iCIMS has made quite a few acquisitions over time. Some of them were fantastic. TextRecruit, for example – a credible, leading provider in a rapidly growing category got scooped up and quickly integrated, resulting in a huge lift in functionality and offerings for iCIMS, and the TextRecruit team received (we hope) a nice little exit.

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Mindset: Helping Employees Reimagine A Better Future

Forbes Human Resources Council

Leverage a curious mindset to motivate employees and teams by providing equitable opportunities.

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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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11 New Companies to Explore on The Muse

The Muse

ABeam Consulting and Booking.com are just two of the newest companies you’ll find on this list.

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Developing a Future-Proof Recruitment Market

The Staffing Stream

The events of the last month have thrown a range of new hurdles at us all. While we expected the announcement of the new Prime Minister to take center stage for September, the passing of Queen Elizabeth II took the country by surprise. It was, however, the announcements in the Chancellor’s Mini Budget that hit the recruitment sector hardest. Not-so Mini Budget.

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Fair Chance Hiring — What does it mean for job postings?

Ongig

Hiring former felons might be at the bottom of your list as a recruiter. But consider that 1 in 3 Americans has a criminal record. So you’ll likely find yourself screening and interviewing them. Plus, California and New York have Fair Chance Hiring laws prohibiting employers from asking about the criminal record of candidates before making a job offer: California’s Fair Chance Act.

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The Potential Impact Of Quantum-Level Dynamics On Human Resources

Forbes Human Resources Council

Even without access to quantum technologies, human resources as a discipline could make quantum leaps.

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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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Top Tips for Becoming a Manager For The First Time

Zengig

Becoming a manager for the first time is an exciting step in your career. It’s a major opportunity to exercise your leadership skills, not to mention adding an important new level of responsibility to your resume. Exciting as it may be, stepping into a management role can also come with feelings of uncertainty and doubt. To help you overcome those feelings and become the best manager you can be, follow these tips from our career experts.

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How HR Can Help Organizations Create An Agile Workforce

Forbes Human Resources Council

HR leaders can play an impactful role in helping organizations cultivate an agile workforce.

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What Are The Different Types Of Interview?

Purple CV

Do you have an interview coming up soon? Wondering what the different interview types are? Then you’re in the right place. Nowadays, there are interview types of all kinds – from one-on-one interviews to online interviews to group interviews to behavioural-based interviews. On some occasions, the interviewer may simply want to ask you about your CV and employment history.

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The Time to Build a Skills-based Elastic Workforce is Now

Eightfold

It’s incredible to see how far contingent work has come and how it continues to evolve. The gig economy is booming today, and the peak has yet to arrive. According to a 2022 McKinsey survey, 36 percent of employed U.S. respondents identify as independent workers, a number that has grown by almost 10 percent since 2016. As contingent workers have become more integral to workforces, they have become savvier, too.

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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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2022 UK State of Tech Salaries

HIRED

New Data on Salary Trends in the UK Following a Season of Hiring Contradictions. While the Great Resignation defined 2021, 2022 is to be determined. Earlier this year we saw aggressive hiring in response to attrition and ambitious goals. More recently, we’ve witnessed uncertainty, volatility, and contradiction. Currently, we face an energy crisis in the UK, a new prime minister’s economic policy, living in a post-Brexit world, along with significant tech hiring freezes and layoffs.

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35 Team Building Activities for Work (2022 Edition)

Recruiting Blogs

Companies actively endeavor to create a sense of teamwork amongst employees by connecting them to each other. With good reason. ? Research has shown that 86% of corporate leaders can attribute a company's failure to poor collaboration. Furthermore, 75% of workers believe collaborating well with their colleagues affects how engaged they are at work.

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Candidate Experience: How To Get It Right and Win More Top-Tier Talent

Linkedin Talent Blog

We’re in the midst of a candidate-driven market, giving job seekers plenty of choices when it comes to where they want to work. In the United States, for example, there are two job openings for every unemployed person. A great candidate experience can help you engage more job seekers and sway your top-choice candidate toward accepting your job offer over another.