Mon.Oct 15, 2018

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Assessing Experience: How-to Understand the Depth of a Candidate’s IT Skills

Recruiting Daily

Far too often, resumes function as surface-level documents that paint an overview of the candidate. Basic stats and info, equating to little more than words on paper and hardly a full character assessment. This issue is something that recruiters have struggled with and debated for years – in particular since the advent of the ATS […].

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3 Ways Millennials Have Changed Candidate Engagement Strategy

JazzHR

When the oldest millennials entered the workforce at the turn of the century, they found an environment dominated by baby boomers and Gen Xer’s. In the succeeding two decades, millennials have made a significant impact on American work culture. Today, candidate engagement strategies need to address millennial job hunting habits, or companies risk missing out on talented professionals.

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Sixty Savage Seconds – I only hire recruiters from this generation

Greg Savage

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled ‘I only hire recruiters from this generation’ Let me know what you think! View here. .

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Why Most Recruiting Fails

Katrina Kibben

If the recruitment marketing plan doesn't feel right, don't do it. This post is about that lesson and the most important criteria for doing what works.

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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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Why You Should Make Room for Uncomfortable Conversations in the Workplace

Glassdoor for Employers

Are you passionate about starting a conversation in your workplace about diversity and inclusion (D&I), but you’re not quite sure where to.

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Let Your Team’s Diversity Shine During Video Interviews

Spark Hire

Of course, diversity and inclusion are nothing new on the hiring scene. Every company created equal opportunity employer statements before their websites were made public, right? In this day and age, yes, but the deep-down, real meaning and focus of diversity hiring is just coming to light. In fact, it was just this year that 78 percent of hiring pros admitted diversity is shaping how they hire in the years to come in LinkedIn’s Global Recruiting Trends 2018 report.

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Disruptive Marketing: How to Create a Moment

JWT Inside

When you hear “dilly dilly!” you know what I’m talking about. Even if you don’t like beer. Heck, even if you hate the commercials that have crammed this catchphrase into our cultural world. Regardless of if you are a “dilly dilly” fan, as a media director it warms my heart that this phrase is popping up everywhere. After all, “dilly dilly” is a triumph of media.

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Evolve As A Leader: Top 11 Emotional Intelligence Skills For Improved Business Performance

Forbes Human Resources Council

When used correctly, these skills can encourage improved business and employee performance.

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Single Mom Follows Her Passion to Start Her Own Bespoke Beauty Brand

Moonlighting

For Christina “Tina” Gaudy, being a success story didn’t come in the form of a step-by-step ladder to the top. In fact, all she had was freshly-signed divorce papers, two kids under the age of 6, a useless college degree (with student loans to match), and a boatload of passion. At one time, Tina thought she was going to be an elementary school teacher.

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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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Rumors of Prophet 2 Extension Relaunch

WizardSourcer

Shon Burton of HiringSolved announced on Monday, October 15th that they would relaunch Prophet 2 in the extension chrome store. As you can imagine, the response has been ecstatic. For a while, the extension was one of the most widely used tools to find a user-profiles contact information online. Most recently, the tool has been on a slow decline. Presently, they do have some stiff competition from other extension tools like: Hiretual, Lusha, ContactOut, Connectifier, and many others. .

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Getting Your Ideal Candidate May Cost More Than You Think

Media Staffing Network

What you paid last year is probably not going to be what it will cost you today or tomorrow. There is a big war for qualified talent going on and to get what you want, you will pay more. We often get calls from Human Resources or Market Managers wanting to hire a new sales manager. When we probe what the potential income is, we often find it drastically lower than the going compensation for similar jobs in similar size markets.

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It’s the Conversions, Stupid

Recruiting Daily

It’s the Conversions, Stupid Candidate conversion metrics are crucial to your successful hiring process. The reason is simple: What you don’t measure you can’t improve. Without studying conversion rates with the help of efficient AI-enabled recruiting tools and platforms you will still know that you hired five new developers, but you might not be aware […].

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8 Ways to Retain Your Best Employees

PandoLogic

Job dissatisfaction can happen for many reasons, whether an employee feels undervalued, or they don’t get along with their boss, or they feel a general lack of purpose in their position. When the job market is thriving and opportunities open up, what will prevent your best employees from jumping ship? There are a few practical. The post 8 Ways to Retain Your Best Employees appeared first on PandoLogic.

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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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Recognition in the Workplace Ideas for Retail and Hourly Employees

Efficient Hire

Not everyone has a job that comes with a five-figure annual bonus or a company car. But there are limitless ways to reward workers of any status for a job well done. Showing appreciation on a regular basis helps promote. Read more. The post Recognition in the Workplace Ideas for Retail and Hourly Employees appeared first on Efficient Forms.

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The Unique Challenges of Hiring Remote Team Members

Alongside

Adding new members to your organization is an exciting but challenging task.

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8 Million Jobs Will Be Added Over the Next 5 Years

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Yes, you read that headline correctly, eight million jobs will be created over the next 5 years! Even though employers are already struggling to attract new talent, more and more new roles are being created every minute. However, a new study from CareerBuilder finds that there is a hollowing effect in the labor market where high-wage and low-wage job growth is eclipsing middle-wage job growth by a significant margin.

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The U.S. Army’s 5 Best Recruiting Tactics—and How You Can Deploy Them

Linkedin Talent Blog

The U.S. Army has many difficult jobs—medic, tank driver, helicopter pilot, and explosive ordnance removal (bomb squad), to name a few. But there is general agreement that since the United States went to an all-volunteer army in 1973 one of the toughest assignments is recruiter. Why? Because an Army recruiter is expected to find young Americans, generally between 17 and 24 years old, and persuade them to serve four to six years of active duty with long hours and low pay (median pay for enlisted

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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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Disruptive Marketing: How to Create a Moment

JWT Inside

When you hear “dilly dilly!” you know what I’m talking about. Even if you don’t like beer. Heck, even if you hate the commercials that have crammed this catchphrase into our cultural world. Regardless of if you are a “dilly dilly” fan, as a media director it warms my heart that this phrase is popping up everywhere. After all, “dilly dilly” is a triumph of media.

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Be a Disability Ally: Adopt an Inclusive Vocabulary in Job Descriptions

Talvista

October 15, 2018 / by Liz Kofman, Ph.D. October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. Awareness is imperative and when combined with action is becomes effective. An estimated 20% of all Americans have a disability. However, less than 5% of the current workforce has a disability. This means there remains untapped talent that is being ignored or actively discouraged from applying for your open roles.

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GradLeaders Partners with Thinkful to Accelerate Graduates' Careers in Tech

GradLeaders

DUBLIN, OH (October 15, 2018) — Thinkful, a career accelerator that brings high-growth tech careers to people everywhere, today announced a partnership with GradLeaders, a career services and campus recruiting platform that helps schools connect right-fit students to best-fit employers. Together they will help students interested in careers in tech connect with industry experts and mentors who will help them learn the web development and data science skills they need to land their dream job.

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Small Businesses Place Blame on Big Businesses for Hiring Challenges

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Results from a recent survey of small business owners conducted by Survey Monkey and CNBC found that “16% of small business owners (but 41% of small businesses with 50 employees or more) have had open positions for at least three months.” That’s a pretty big number for those 50+-employee companies. And those businesses have some thoughts on why they can’t fill their positions.

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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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The Startup Recruiting Podcast

ReferAGig

It was recently brought to our attention that Lorraine Buhannic , the (former) VP of Talent Acquisition for AppNexus , a Referagig customer, was interview last year for The Startup Recruiting Podcast , where she spoke about the impending launch of Referagig to track and manage AppNexus’s employee referral program. In the interview, Lorraine talks about all of the strategies the company uses to source talent for their open positions, with referrals being their best channel.

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Key Considerations for Designing Pay Plans to Drive Results

HRsoft

When it comes to designing a total rewards program, it is important to ensure that it reflects the unique culture, goals, and management philosophy of your company. Therefore, careful planning and thoughtful design are paramount to drive specific behaviours and business outcomes. Getting each piece into the right place to create a total rewards package that supports company goals is no easy feat.

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HireVue: Expanding Horizons and Embracing AI

Brandon Hall

By Daria Friedman , Principal Analyst, Talent Acquisition, Brandon Hall Group. After completing 8 million video interviews across 180 countries and launching their AI-powered video assessment solution, you might think HireVue would simply focus on building the business for those solutions. But HireVue has wider horizons in sight. HireVue recently acquired MindX, an AI-powered game-based assessment provider; launched pre-built assessments incorporating game-based and video assessments; and int

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Weekly Diversity and Inclusion News: October 3 - 9, 2018

ROIKOI

4 ways diversity-focused firms do better. Navigating cultural boundaries in business.

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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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Let’s talk about mental health

Recruiting Blogs

Mental health issues can affect anyone at any stage of their lives, with 1 in 4 people being affected annually. In an office of 40, that’s 10 people struggling every year. It’s becoming increasingly clear that as employers, we need to take responsibility and pay more attention to the mental and physical well-being of our people. At ISL, we’re proud to be recognised as a ‘Happy Workplace’ and a 2018 Best Place to Work.

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Don’t blame AI for gender bias – blame the data

Workable

In early October, Reuters reported that Amazon – which emphasizes automation as a major part of its brand – had scrapped its experimental automated recruiting tool. The reason: its resume-analyzing AI discriminated against women by penalizing their resumes. This reported malfunction doesn’t mean that the system was a sexist failure, nor does it say anything about the merits of machine learning or AI in recruitment.

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Post Sourcecon Atlanta Fall 2018 Day 2 MAIN SESSIONS!!

Recruiting Blogs

Day 2 Main Sessions, first up Marishsa Cannon; Leveraging your Growth Hacking. So she mentions some Daily Downloads site you should get to stay on top of Things; ERE, RecruitmentBuzz, RecruitingDaily, and Owler. Also Some tools; Timer Tab, Google Timer Muzzle, rescue time, writewords, and Grammerly. After That some ideas; Identify, engage, and assess with regards to methodologies, and sourcing plans.