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Best Practices for Creating an Employee Performance Review Program

ClearCompany Recruiting

Nowadays, the term “performance review” inspires chills in the spines of managers and executives alike. The practice has become a bit taboo as more and more reports express just how little they’re appreciated and even how they hinder the productivity and satisfaction of employees.

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Bots, Big Data and Chicken Little: Why Fundamentals Always Win in Recruiting

Lever

It seems we recruiters lately are suffering from “Chicken Little” syndrome. The constant kvetching I hear includes: “There are too many tools- I can’t keep up!”, “Big Data is making my job so much harder!”, and my personal favorite, “AI will take our jobs!”. Deep breaths everybody. Inhale. Exhale. There, there, fellow recruiters. Now that we’ve all calmed down a bit, here’s the deal: no matter how many new shiny tools become available or bots pop up on your radar, the fact is that you DO need to

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Candidate Coaching Benefits The 3 Most Important People in The Recruitment Process

Social Talent

Candidate coaching is the practice of a recruiter taking the time to sit down with their candidate and fully preparing them for an upcoming interview. While this seems like a standard procedure of due diligence for some not all recruiters are in the habit of investing in candidate coaching. Preparing your candidate for an interview has a whole host of benefits, we have distilled all the positives of candidate coaching and applied them to the three most important people in the process; the candid

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Are Your Talent Pools Full of Easter Eggs?

FireFish Software

Recruiters can easily get stuck in a cycle of working as a result of client need – they’re constantly chasing their tail, fighting fires, and a whole load of other metaphors. The bottom line though: recruiters need to change this reactive working environment to improve their success rate and ultimately decrease their stress levels. Read on to find out how you can create recruitment talent pools – and foster those you already have – so that they do the tricky task of candidate sourcing for you.

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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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7 Hopeless Advertisements That Failed Miserably

Social Talent

A lot of time and effort goes into advertisements, not to mention a crazy amount of money. Unfortunately, sometimes the wheels come off the wagon, and brands end up looking a little silly. It can be their intention to look silly, but best believe that the general public will be quick to pick up on any mistakes made. The public are a tricky and unforgiving bunch, so you’d think big brands would be extra vigilant?

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4 Employee Onboarding Best Practices To Help Your Recruits Bloom

iCIMS

Here are four employee onboarding best practices to help your new hires bloom into successful employees.

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Why Cutting Developer Equipment Costs Can Negatively Affect Your Bottom Line

Stack Overflow

I bet you can think of at least one time when a financial report led your company to cut costs however possible. From what I’ve seen over my career, this has led leadership teams to say to themselves, “If our team’s computers are at least turning on , that’s good enough for right now.” While it might seem like you have bigger priorities when your company isn’t flush with cash, the developers who responded to this year’s Developer Hiring Landscape made it clear that there’s a direct correlation b

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Marketing Specialist interview questions

Workable

Use these sample Marketing Specialist interview questions to evaluate candidates’ skills and hire the most qualified professionals. The post Marketing Specialist interview questions appeared first on Recruiting Resources: How to Recruit and Hire Better.

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Glassdoor’s Gender Pay Gap Revolution – and the Woman Behind It

Glassdoor for Employers

Dawn Lyon is a woman on a mission. As Glassdoor’s Chief Pay Equality Advocate, there isn’t a conversation about the wage gap.

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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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Illustrator interview questions

Workable

Use these sample Illustrator interview questions to evaluate candidates’ design experience and skills. Feel free to modify these questions to meet your specific needs. The post Illustrator interview questions appeared first on Recruiting Resources: How to Recruit and Hire Better.

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4 Things I Like About My Recruiter

Hospital Recruiting

Andriy Popov/123RF.com. In the span of seventeen years, I have worked in twenty different facilities as an emergency physician. The vast majority of these jobs came as a result of working with a talented recruiter. Hardly a day goes by where someone doesn’t reach out for help staffing a hospital. I am selective in where and why I’ll travel to pick up some shifts, but a key factor is the methods of the recruiter.

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Production Artist job description

Workable

Use this Production Artist job description template to attract qualified candidates for your open roles. Feel free to add job duties that meet the specific needs of your company. Production Artist responsibilities include: Liaising with product managers to define design requirements. Reviewing graphics, layouts and fonts before products are completed.

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Candidate Lies on Resume and Gets Hired. Who’s At Fault?

Phenom People

Envision this scenario: You are on the hunt for a Software Developer. You find a candidate that looks like an amazing fit on paper. She has all the technical qualifications based on the job description. You set up a phone conversation, and you hit it off. She has the personality, drive, and ambition to. Read More.

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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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Brand Ambassador interview questions

Workable

These sample Brand Ambassador interview questions will help you evaluate candidates’ marketing skills. Feel free to modify these questions to suit your specific job duties. The post Brand Ambassador interview questions appeared first on Recruiting Resources: How to Recruit and Hire Better.

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Great Hires guarantees 5% improvement of Glassdoor Interview ratings

Great Hires

At Great Hires we are so confident we can help improve your candidate interview experience, we’ll guarantee it.*. Schedule a demo to learn more about our guarantee. Over the past year our clients have received consistently positive feedback about how our Candidate Interview App enhanced their experience. The Great Hires Candidate App not only helps deliver a WOW candidate experience, but also acts as a catalyst for the entire hire team to focus on the candidate experience.

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Visual Designer job description

Workable

This Visual Designer job description template is optimized with essential job duties and qualifications. It is also easy to post to online job boards. Visual Designer responsibilities include: Collaborating with internal teams to define user interface requirements. Combining various colors, shapes and typography fonts to improve user experience. Painting by hand and using drawing applications to design original graphics.

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5 Tips to Help Older Job-Seekers

Recruiting Blogs

While age is simply a number, being an older job seeker in the current job market can be a little frightening. With advancements in technology, and the professional world constantly changing, you may find it hard to determine what employers are looking for. Remember that with age comes experience, so to help bring those skills to a new career opportunity try the 5 tips below to get into that new career you've always wanted. .

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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 be a great recruiter

Workable

As you embark on your recruiting career, you’ll encounter a number of challenges that you may not have expected. We’ve compiled the best advice on how to improve your career path as an agency or in-house recruiter. How to be a better recruiter: Conduct effective interviews. As you develop your career as a recruiter, view candidates as your potential partners or customers.

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Applicant tracking system (ATS): how to start with one

Recruiting Blogs

An applicant tracking system, also called a candidate management system, is a software application designed to make recruitment process for enterprises easier and efficient. An ATS should be able to handle the process of recruitment end to end. It can be used to do job posting, screen and filter job applications or resumes, place an interview request, hire and on-board an employee etc.

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Interviewing Tips Not Enough? Here’s How to Guide Candidates Into Careers

Spark Hire

Jim seemed like a perfect fit for one of your top clients. He met all the job requirements. His experience was diverse and extensive. His knowledge of the industry was impressive, and it showed. Within a year, his previous employer promoted him from a supervisor role to director. You gave him interviewing tips and coached him through several video interviews.

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How to Sell Your Brand As You Interview Job Candidates

Recruiting Blogs

Top IT professionals have no shortage of employment options. They aren’t limited to a “fish or chicken” type of decision. In fact, surveys conducted by Indeed find that 86% of tech hiring managers and recruiters find it challenging to hire, find, and keep technical talent. Superstar talent picks the most appetizing offer from a full smorgasbord of job opportunities.

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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 Workforce’s Billion Dollar Problem: Unskilled Workers

CareerBuilder

We’ve all heard of the skills gap by now: Companies have lots of open positions but can’t find enough workers with the skills they need. But did you know these unfilled positions come at a high cost? According to a new CareerBuilder survey , nearly 60 percent of U.S. employers (56 percent) have job openings that stay vacant for 12 weeks or longer. The average cost HR managers say they incur for having extended job vacancies is more than $800,000 annually.

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Could You Be the Right Fit for Glassdoor’s Global Head of Talent Acquisition Position?

Glassdoor for Employers

It’s not every day that someone in the recruiting and HR space gets to work at a company where they’re not only.

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A Recap of The Hiring Success 17 Conference

SmartRecruiters

As soon as I heard Jerome Ternynck talk about creating a Hiring Success movement in his opening keynote, and reminding us that we’re all in this together, I knew that we were going to have a great two days. And I was right. This conference is about a community of recruiters, leading the effort to drive hiring success. This week at Hiring Success 17, we were so lucky to meet and talk with hiring professionals from around the world.

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Announcing our Series A!

Beamery

I’m excited to announce that we have raised a Series A round of $5m. The round is led by Index Ventures , with participation from Local Globe , Edenred Capital Partners and GP Ventures. We are very fortunate to have Jan Hammer join our board as we start a new chapter in the growth of our business ( check out his blog here ). Over the past two years we have been fortunate to work with some incredible companies who are trailblazers and innovators in talent.

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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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How to Help Your HR Team Recruit Top Talent

Brazen Recruiting

Recruiting isn’t about filling empty chairs with random professionals. As an employer, you need to invest in people who can improve your sales, boost innovation, and ultimately increase your bottom line. But what if your recruiters can’t seem to find the best talent? First, you need to understand why your HR team isn’t always attracting the most talented candidates to your organization.

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5 Easy-to-Find Jobs with Strong Earning Potential

Recruiting Blogs

Whether you are entering the job market for the first time, or starting over in a new career, you may find yourself looking for a job opportunity that will ensure a strong financial future. While many jobs can require a lot of education, experience, or certification, below are five job opportunities that can lead to high salaries without as many prerequisites. . .

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How Job Boards Retain Clients, Drive Quality Traffic and Increase Revenue

Recruitics

Editor’s Note: Recruitics is now accepting requests for early access to our FREE recruitment marketing analytics dashboard, Recruitics Analytics, which will launch in the summer 2017. To learn more about FREE Recruitics Analytics, and to get early access to our new dashboard, click here. Recruitics is a recruitment marketing analytics and automation platform that makes it easy for companies to achieve amazing results from their talent acquisition strategy.