Tue.Apr 18, 2017

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5 things I learned about recruiting in Prague and Bratislava

Greg Savage

Last week I was in Central Europe, coaching recruiters in two Masterclasses, but also meeting many local Recruitment Agency owners and managers. The sessions were dominated by Czech and Slovak recruiters, but attendees came from 9 countries across Europe, so we had an excellent cross-section of ideas and discussion. My thanks to Vladimir Klescht and […].

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Cultivating Diversity and Inclusion Part 4: Reducing Hiring Bias

Lever

We believe passionately that diverse and inclusive companies make for more innovative, engaged, and happy teams, and we speak with forward-thinking talent leaders all the time who feel the same. We’re writing this series on how to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace because people are ready for the next level of discourse around diversity and inclusion; one aimed at actual solutions.

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How to Get New Hires to Hit the Ground Running: 10 Tips

ClearCompany Recruiting

While an organization cannot completely rid the chance of a bad hire , it’s onboarding that can make or break the success of a candidate. Often times, the strategy is simply, “Here is your desk, get to work,” along with the misconception that you should throw new employees in at the deep end. The new hire then struggles to stay afloat, keeping them from excelling in this new role.

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3 Reasons It’s Time To Practice X-Ray Searching on LinkedIn

Social Talent

As a recruiter, you are well accustomed to the LinkedIn search bar at this stage. It’s been your partner in crime for many years. Sure, you two went through a bit of a rough patch when LinkedIn started to roll out its new user interface at the start of the year BUT you managed to get back on track and recover your Ninja sourcing powers. Now it’s time to level up your search game once more.

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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 Signs You Aren’t Listening to Your Employees

Glassdoor for Employers

The employer-employee relationship has many opportunities to become frayed. For example, inadequate compensation can lead employees to feel underappreciated, but did you.

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Forget the War for Talent; Now It’s the Fight for Fit

Symphony Talent

Yes, we all know about the War for Talent. And nearly everyone in talent acquisition (aptly led by Josh Bersin) has conceded that they lost, and the talent won. The post Forget the War for Talent; Now It’s the Fight for Fit appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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How to Say No to a Prospect

FireFish Software

A job comes in from a prospect you've been chasing for months and you get excited, thinking: 'At last, this is my opportunity!' Until. you realise this is a left field job role and you're not sure you have the right networks to assist. So, how do you say no to a prospect you want to develop a working relationship with without losing the opportunity they have presented you with?

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3 Millennial Trends All Employers Need to Know

RecruitLoop

The time of the millennial has come. For this reason, today more and more employers are urged to start following these new business trends and adapt accordingly.

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Dr Heinz Kabutz on the Yellow Duck Podcast

Devskiller

The second episode of The Yellow Duck Podcast , a wicked-cool conversation with Dr Heinz Kabutz, a Java specialist that once used the programming language to get his skipper’s license, is on the air. We’ll continue bringing you amazing stuff from the tech side of the world so long as there are great people to talk to and interesting stuff to cover, so feel free to shoot us a suggestion through our Facebook page.

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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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Tips on How to Use Recruitment Metrics Best Practices

iCIMS

Use recruitment metrics best practices to empower successful recruitment strategies.

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Social Recruiting: Making Sense of Connection Requests on LinkedIn

Undercover Recruiter

Networking plays a huge part in the recruiting world. Whether you’re trying to promote your own personal brand in the hopes of building your career or looking for some key talent to fill gaps in your company, solid networking is a key component of your success and should absolutely be part of your “tool kit”. View Article. Social Recruiting: Making Sense of Connection Requests on LinkedIn.

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Ask a Developer: How Should Companies Choose New Technologies to Add to Their Tech Stack?

Stack Overflow

Developers have made no secret of the fact that they love learning new technologies. Based on what we learned from the 2017 Developer Hiring Landscape , there’s no shortage of programming languages for them to tinker with. In addition to some of the more popular technologies, developers named technologies like Go (17%) and Typescript (16%) to the top of their wish list this year.

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Group interview questions

Workable

Here are some sample group interview questions to ask candidates. With these ideas, learn how to conduct a group interview to make the right hire. Why conduct a group interview. Group interviews are time-saving as they allow you to simultaneously evaluate multiple candidates as part of the interview process. They’re also helpful because they let you test candidates for their teamwork, communication and stress management skills.

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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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The Millennial Revolution in Healthcare

Hospital Recruiting

HONGQI ZHANG/123RF.com. We’ve all heard the success and horror stories about hiring millennials: they’re dedicated/they’re slackers; they work hard/hardly work. Now the largest generation in the workforce (34%), millennials will account for half of American workers by 2020 and 75% percent by 2030. Whether the tales are fact or fiction, the question for employers is how to capitalize on the best of this generation’s traits and avoid the worst.

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Snark Attack

I haven’t written on this site for quite some time; normally, I go through the motions of cross posting content from Recruiting Daily, which gets all my original content since, well, they pay my salary, but recently that platform has become ubiquitous enough where it seems a bit redundant these days. The truth of the […].

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Think Different: Why Diversity Recruiting Is More Than Skin Deep.

Recruiting Daily

A recently installed sculpture, called “Fearless Girl,” has become both a viral sensation and an instantaneous icon of both gender equality and societal subversion. The sculpture was commissioned by a large Wall Street asset management firm to commemorate the start of International Women’s Day, when millions of other “Fearless Girls” took to the streets to […].

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The Biggest Issue In Talent Acquisition

Metashift

Talent Acquisition is changing. Over the last few years a plethora of new technologies have entered the market looking to automate and optimise all parts of the process. In the last 12 months, much of this disruptive focus has been on the recruitment marketing element of Talent Acquisition. There are now numerous recruitment marketing platforms on the market offering variations on the marketing automation services that have proved popular and effective in other industries.

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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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5 Reasons Diversity is Better for Hiring Managers and Recruiters

Undercover Recruiter

Diversity isn’t a buzzword anymore. It’s critical for the successful running of a business. While most of us would agree that diverse hiring is a positive thing for both the economy and our clients, the reality for recruiters is often quite different. It goes without saying that for many, it’s still a highly contentious topic. View Article. 5 Reasons Diversity is Better for Hiring Managers and Recruiters.

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If a Candidate Sent You This, Would You Want to Talk to Them?

Phenom People

As a recruiter, you probably receive hundreds of resumes for just one open position in your company. If you’ve been in recruiting long enough, I’m also sure that you’ve heard a candidate complain about the “resume black hole” a time or two as well. More and more companies are working on their candidate feedback. Read More.

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Do Your Hiring Managers Really Know How to Hire?

ATAC Talent Acquisition

When an organization hires a new manager it is thought that they would have hiring experience; during the interview of candidates they would typically be asked about their hiring experience. Where is it that you suppose managers receive training that would qualify them to hire staff that they would end up managing? Many hiring managers learn about hiring techniques from other managers or perhaps they receive some level of guidance from their organization’s Human Resources team and in some

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'Technology Humanised' - at the heart and core of an improved candidate experience

Allegis Global Solutions

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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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Using Performance Tracking to Improve Employee Engagement

BirdDogHR - Recruitment

You are here Home » Blog » Latest Blog Article. Using Performance Tracking to Improve Employee Engagement. April 18, 2017. Tracking your employee’s performance does more than just following their strengths and weaknesses. Performance tracking is a gateway into better employee engagement and management. To improve the way your employees are engaging with your company, take these ideas into consideration: Deliver frequent feedback.

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Quit Merely Doing Your Job-Focus on Making an Impact

Recruiting Blogs

Productivity is a huge fad these days. Every few articles I see on Linkedin have this or that advice counseling you on the best way to maximize your output and save time, allowing you to learn new things, undertake new challenges, and eventually rule the world. These articles all provide great tips and tricks, but the 80/20 rule applies as much to people as it does to productivity: 20% of people in your company are responsible for 80% of a company’s success. .

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5 Reasons Every Organization Needs A Recruitment and Selection Policy

Yoh

The recruitment process can be a hectic task for any enterprise. However, if you have an effective recruitment and selection policy, then it significantly eliminates the employee turnover; making it easier for you to choose the just right candidate who not only meets the work-related competencies, but also complements the core values of your organization.

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Best Tips for Taking on a Job That Requires Any Manual Labor

Recruiting Blogs

Manual labor jobs can be lucrative and rewarding, but they also come with some inherent risks. Hundreds of thousands of work-related injuries take place every year, and many of these accidents can be avoided with a little foresight. If you are getting ready to start a physically demanding job, then here are a few steps you can take to keep yourself healthy and productive.

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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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Social Media For Employer Branding: 7 Facebook Hacks You Need To Know

Proactive Talent

With over 1.8 billion people using Facebook every month, and an equally mind-blowing 1.23 billion daily active users, Facebook has undoubtedly become an essential channel for talent attraction and recruiting today. On Facebook, your employer brand starts with your Facebook page. It’s where you can share with potential candidates real, authentic stories about your company culture, work and people, engage and get them excited about the idea of working for your company, and build a community of top

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A Guide To Job Adverts

Recruiting Blogs

So you’re writing a job advert and you’re not sure what to include? Look no further - I have 367 job adverts saved on my computer (and it’s growing by the hour), so I’m going to give you my opinion on what you should and shouldn’t include when trying to hire your dream candidates! What should you disclose? When it comes to what to include in a job advert, obviously everything is up to you, but there are a few basic things that should definitely be mentioned: Job title.

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Flexibility – The Recruiter’s Key to Unlocking More Revenue, Fresh Talent, and Happy Clients

NPA Worldwide

Today’s guest blogger is Tim Bell, President of TFI Resources, a division of People 2.O , which provides employer of record services for contract placements. TFI Resources is an NPAworldwide Alliance Partner. For sustaining success, independent recruiters must take advantage of the “candidate’s quest for flexibility” trend that is especially popular among the millennial generation (23-34 year-olds), currently the largest segment of the global workforce.