Wed.Dec 27, 2017

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Startup Recruiting: Scaling a People Function for Explosive Growth

Lever

At this year’s Talent Innovation Summit , we sat down for a fireside chat with Mathew Caldwell. Prior to founding Rocket Power, he led the people function at Instacart, and was tasked with growing the 50-person company by 120 people per quarter. With 2 recruiters, 1 sourcer, an ineffective applicant tracking system, and no metrics, he was at a typical early stage startup.

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Never Underestimate the Power (and Importance) of Fun in the Workplace

JazzHR

When people talk about creating a workplace that’s attractive to candidates and that retains staff, they often default to topics like flexibility, benefits, perks, and opportunities for growth. And while all of that stuff is important, one word that isn’t used often enough is fun. You read that right, fun. Employees spend so much of their lives at work, making that experience more enjoyable is worth doing.

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[VIDEO] Sheryl Sandberg Interview: Facebook’s Brilliant Hiring Hacks

Glassdoor for Employers

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg (COO) and Lori Goler (VP of People) share with Glassdoor CEO Robert Hohman what sets the company apart as the #1 Best Place to Work in 2018. The company looks for skills over experience.

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Proximity in time, space & truth

Hireserve

The next aspect of uniqueness in human systems that I want to address is that of proximity. In ‘standard’ complexity agents receive signals from other agents in close proximity but don’t have knowledge of the wider system. Now this is true and no true of human systems. We are profoundly influenced by the proximate narratives of our own communities, the street stories of day to day existence not the grand and idealistic narratives of workshops and interviews where in the main people perform rathe

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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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Leaky RootsWeb Server Exposes Some Ancestry.com User Data

Undercover Recruiter

Ancestry.com closes parts of its community-driven genealogy site RootsWeb as it investigates a leaky server that exposed thousands of passwords, email addresses and usernames to the public internet.

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What’s the Worst Thing You’ve Heard About Being a Woman in Recruitment?

Undercover Recruiter

Sexism in the workplace continues to be relevant, as much as we all don’t want it to be. And sexism isn’t one sided either, there are stigmas that follow females and males around that continue to be all too commonplace. So we ask our diverse panel of female recruiters to point out the most annoying thing they. View Article. What’s the Worst Thing You’ve Heard About Being a Woman in Recruitment?

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5 Tips to Find the Best Talent in 2018 [Infographic]

HireRight

Expect the challenge of sourcing the most highly-qualified candidates to become even more competitive as we enter the new year. And perhaps as younger employees, with fresh ways of looking at employment, join the workforce, new means of attracting – and keeping – them are worth considering. You may also think about tuning-up some tried-and-true – but dated - methods to stay ahead of the pack.

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8 New Year’s Resolutions Every Employee Should Have For 2018!

Jobvite

With 2018 being just around the corner, it’s time for resolutions. Every year almost all of us make a long list of resolutions to improve ourselves in every aspect of our lives. But more often than not, we […].

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Part-time job interview questions

Workable

Use these part-time job interview questions along with our interviewing tips when hiring employees for part-time positions at your company. What you should know before hiring part-time employees. Part-time employment usually refers to working less than 40 hours per week. Consider hiring part-time employees to: Address seasonal needs and peak demand (e.g. holiday season in retail).

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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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When to Use Automated Interviews

Vervoe

Automated interviews are the future. Here’s why. The way we work is changing rapidly. More people are working remotely, collaborating with multiple companies simultaneously and starting companies themselves. Fewer people work for one company, under one roof, for decades. As a result, expectations have changed. Candidates don’t want to submit résumés and cover letters, wait for weeks to hear back and then go through a series of boring face-to-face interviews.

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Retail Stylist job description

Workable

Use this Retail Stylist job description template to attract qualified salespeople for boutiques and luxury clothing stores. Retail Stylist responsibilities include: Identifying clients’ needs and helping them find clothing that suits their body types. Creating complete looks from head to toe to match clients’ style. Offering personalized styling tips.

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Custom Search for Recently Updated Profiles

Boolean Strings

Googling for recently updated profiles is a tricky business. However, Custom Search Engines, with their fascinating capabilities , allow us to set up sorting by date in the settings, making convenient UI to searching for pages that have been recently updated. If you were wondering, search results for the same query, 1) sorted by relevance and 2) sorted by date, as a rule, will not be the same.

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5 Things We Learned About Leadership and Teams in 2017

FlashPoint

Photo by Brigitte Tohm on Unsplash. Leadership Lessons from 2017. 2017 was a year full of lessons, so we asked a few of our team members to share one thing they learned this year. From lessons about developing millennial leaders to how to learn leadership, here are their takeaways for organizational success.

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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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Contingent Worker: Benefits, Recruitment, and Management

Top Echelon Contracting

When you’re a recruiter, you come across clients who want all types of workers. Instead of an employee, a client might want to hire a contingent worker. Contingent labor is also known as an alternative work arrangement. According to one.

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Optimal Timing

Recruiting Blogs

The hiring manager comes to you and says I need this and I need it yesterday. That’s typical, but definitely not optimal. If you need it right now, it’s late, and you’re at a disadvantage. This leads to mediocre hires, maybe even bad hires. Mediocre hires build mediocre businesses. Bad hires….well, you know the rest. If the long range plan is that you will need someone with xyz qualifications, but there is no plan in place to get to the point where the business really needs that person, it’s too

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3 Benefits Top Candidates Expect from Employers

Hireology

Note: This post originally appeared on Inc.com , where Hireology co-founder and CEO Adam Robinson is a regular contributor. Are you willing to do what it takes to hire top quartile talent for your team ? Or will you be relegated to hiring the remaining available talent that your competitor decided wasn’t good enough for them? It’s binary: you either are, or you aren’t.

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Red Flags for Healthcare Professionals Seeking Work

Recruiting Blogs

If you are a nurse, PA, or physician looking for work, it can be an arduous journey. After all, you’ve got bills to pay, and you want to end up at the right hospital or health facility for you. Knowing what to look out for is a big part of this search, and it can be exhausting. Luckily, with this list below you can identify red flags before they are too late and eliminate bad choices from your job search.

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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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Beamery 2017: A Year in Review

Beamery

As we turn the page on 2017, there’s time to reflect on what has been a crazy year at Beamery. They say if you’re not moving forward, then you’re moving backward. As 2017 comes to a close, it’s safe to say that we’re moving forward faster than ever before. Here are a couple of Beamery highlights from 2017: Product innovation.

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How to Build a Successful Career as an Attorney

Recruiting Blogs

Law school is long, it’s expensive, and it’s not easy. Before you decided to go into law, you knew this. You weighed the pros and cons, and you decided you wanted to build a career as an attorney, and that’s something you should be proud of. Now that you’ve passed the state Bar and earned your license to work as an attorney, it’s time for you to plan for the future.

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3 Ways to Turn Weak Market Share into an Asset

Phenom People

Nobody can deny that market share is a crucial metric for business success. When we marketers ignore it, we confuse shifts in industry demand with the results of our own actions. Still, market share obsession can also afflict us with a kind of tunnel vision. We can become blind to other factors that influence profitability and business longevity. Perhaps more importantly, we can succumb to jealousy, failing to realize that our position as a relatively small player in the marketplace brings with

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Why Recruiters Need Better Postpaid Connection in Corporate Houses

Recruiting Blogs

You have set the pillars of the future growth in your business: efficiency in processes, potency in approach, good customer support, recruited qualified employees, etc. But without a reliable mobile connection offering unlimited local and STD calling you will not be able to provide the best support to your customers nor offer your employees the ability to work to the best of their abilities.

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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 Essentials of HR and Talent Management 2018 Kit

Recruiting Blogs

The Essentials of HR and Talent Management 2018 Kit brings together the latest information, coverage of important developments, and expert commentary to help with your HR and Talent Management related decisions. Learn more! .

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