Fri.Apr 17, 2020

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How to Improve the Candidate Experience: 7 Strategies

JazzHR

Most talent acquisition professionals are familiar with the concept of the candidate experience. It’s a holistic view of all the feelings, interactions and impressions a job seeker goes through at every step of their candidate lifecycle. . If you’re a recruiter or hiring manager, you’re probably also keenly aware that facilitating a positive candidate experience is essential to attracting and onboarding top talent — but you may not necessarily know where to start or how to make yours better. .

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The 10 Must-Read Articles for Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In this week’s list of must-read articles for talent professionals, learn how companies are acting in unexpected and positive ways in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Partnerships are being forged between companies that have had to layoff or furlough employees with those that are hiring, redeploying talent across industries and training workers as quickly as possible.

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How To Be Proactive During A Hiring Slowdown: Market Mapping

Entelo

While recruiting is a big part of the job description, there's still a ton of value recruiters can add amidst a slowdown in hiring. Think of all the high-level, strategic projects that you’ve started and stopped in favor of more immediate hiring needs – the projects that would completely up-level your recruiting process, if only you had the time to dedicate to them.

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Tribe TV: Do This! Not That. Employer Branding Tips During a Pandemic

Proactive Talent

In this third episode of Tribe TV, Jim Stroud examines the way companies are treating their workers during this Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Some enterprises are severely damaging their employer brand by the way they are laying off their staff whereas others, are going above and beyond to do all they can for their workers. Companies featured in this episode: Dig, Bird, HEB, Facebook, Activision and PaloAlto Networks.

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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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3 Benefits of Utilizing Text to Engage Candidates and Employees

Lever

Chances are you’ve heard a lot of buzz recently about texting. And with the recent hiring slowdown, texting is becoming even more of a necessity for talent acquisition teams. Many talent acquisition leaders are taking this time to adjust their strategy and. Read More. The post 3 Benefits of Utilizing Text to Engage Candidates and Employees appeared first on Lever.

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The Value of Employee Incentive Programs for Manufacturing

Achievers - Recruiting

These days, a good manufacturing industry employee is like struck gold. Even though the manufacturing sector pays an average hourly wage of $29.34 , good workers are hard to find. Eighty percent of manufacturers say they’ve had trouble finding qualified workers. Jobs in this sector require high levels of skill, training and the ability to use new technologies, and applicants simply don’t have the right skills manufacturers need.

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#WorkTrends: Remote Working: Craving Knowledge and Skills

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Meghan M. Biro and Michelle Boockoff-Bajdek, CMO of Skillsoft, look at why digital learning tools turbocharge remote work. The post #WorkTrends: Remote Working: Craving Knowledge and Skills appeared first on TalentCulture.

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How to Get Your Employees Used to Working Remotely in a Time of Quarantine

Recruiter

At least one aspect of the current COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as a silver lining: Many people who could not previously work from home now can. For years now, remote work options have been something of a key perk for workers across industries and age groups. In fact, according to a 2019 Zapier poll, more than a quarter.

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7 Hiring Tips to Discover the Best Talent

CandidateZip

The recruitment process went under many transformations throughout the years. A refined recruitment process is efficient and productive for both employee and hiring professionals. With limited resources, it becomes difficult for small businesses to reach candidates who can become the right fit for the organization. A wrong choice can result in unnecessary hiring costs.

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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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12 Microsoft Excel Alternatives to Use With Your Team

Hundred5

Microsoft Excel has long been one of the main go-to options for spreadsheets and mathematical functions. But with new solutions that offer additional features, it’s time to take a look at the other choices you have available to you. Depending on what you use Excel for, there could be hundreds of Excel alternatives across the web. These are twelve of the best, and easiest to use, to check out for you & your team. 1.

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[PODCAST] Welcome to The Cardboard Chronicles

Recruiting Daily

The Cardboard Chronicles: Can we contextualize firing as a good thing? An introduction The Cardboard Chronicles is a show about layoffs and firing, hosted by yours truly, Ted Bauer. I have been a contributor and editor here at Recruiting Daily for some time. As you all know, we are in a bad situation globally […].

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7 Hiring Tips to Discover the Best Talent

CandidateZip

The recruitment process went under many transformations throughout the years. A refined recruitment process is efficient and productive for both employee and hiring professionals. With limited resources, it becomes difficult for small businesses to reach candidates who can become the right fit for the organization. A wrong choice can result in unnecessary hiring costs.

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How to Adjust Your Hiring Strategy to the CoronaVirus

Recruiting Daily

A Successful Hiring Strategy During CoronaVirus Includes a Focus on Hiring Star Performers COVID-19 has upended many companies’ talent strategies. Some are looking at deep cuts to project revenue. Others are merely waiting to see how things play out. Meanwhile, on the supply side of the talent equation, many candidates have grown risk-averse. Yet companies […].

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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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How to Improve Engagement for Remote Employees

Sparks Group Recruiting Blog

Telecommuting has been growing throughout the past several years, as organizations have taken a more open view to offering remote work and technology has enabled and supported a geographically dispersed workforce.

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Newly Remote Workers: How To Capitalize On The Flexibility Of Your Situation

Forbes Human Resources Council

Before you can look to embracing new opportunities, it’s important to establish a new status quo.

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It Takes a Village: Get Everyone in Your Business Involved in Your Social Sharing Strategy

The Staffing Stream

You’ve probably heard the saying “it takes a village to raise a child.” This same statement can be applied to your marketing, and more specifically, the social media strategy for your company. Why is the “village” so essential? Because their unique perspectives are a value-add. Everyone in your company sees a different part of the business, right? Some are in the C-suite.

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Here's How You Get Everyone To Buy Into A Great Company Culture

Forbes Human Resources Council

If you are going to scale, you have to get ready before you scale.

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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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Do This! Not That. Employer Branding Tips During a Pandemic

Recruiting Blogs

Jim Stroud examines the way companies are treating their workers during this Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Some enterprises are severely damaging their employer brand by the way they are laying off their staff whereas others, are going above and beyond to do all they can for their workers. Companies featured in this episode: Dig, Bird, HEB, Facebook, Activision and PaloAlto Networks. | Articles cited in this episode can be found on the Proactive Talent blog.

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Spotlight Your Employer Brand Through Customer Stories

Rally Recruitment Marketing

As Recruitment Marketing practitioners, we often focus on producing a high volume of employee stories to raise employer brand awareness, communicate our company culture, and encourage candidates to be a part of our mission. However, there is another type of content that can help you achieve these same objectives — without having to create a ton of new content yourself.

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Remote Working FAQ guide

Workable

Table of contents. How can I train & empower our managers to manage their teams remotely? How can we keep employees accountable and productive? What are creative ways to maintain team morale, relationships and cohesion? In-person companies are able to have social events and happy hours. How do you replicate this digitally? How can you create a meaningful buddy system?

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Employers Need to Guard Against COVID-19 Derailing Diversity Efforts

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Employers are accustomed to resisting discrimination in the workplace during typical times, but these are not typical times. The rapid spread of the COVID-19-causing coronavirus has led employers to focus on other priorities. Source: GENETTICA / Shutterstock. But to keep diversity efforts on track, employers need to be aware of the kinds of biases the virus may unleash, and they must make sure the pandemic doesn’t become an excuse for getting lax in their treatment of a diverse workforce.

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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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Katrina Collier Interview Spotlight

WizardSourcer

I had the opportunity to interview the legendary Katrina Collier from The Searchologist. She describes herself as an author, speaker, and facilitator. I would also add Wizard of Sourcing to the list. She is the author of: The Robot-Proof Recruiter : A Survival Guide for Recruitment and Sourcing Professionals. Which comes highly recommended by many recruiting leaders within our community ( including me ).

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Time Management Training: Work Less to Get More

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Managers and business owners worldwide have probably experienced the need for staff to work overtime, stay longer, come in earlier, or work on their usual days off. For salaried employees, this means unhappy staff. For hourly employees, it means costly overtime wages. In both cases, it means keeping the lights and heat or air conditioning on longer than usual.

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The State of Essential Jobs

Indeed

On March 19, California did something that even weeks prior would have seemed out of a science fiction novel: it ordered all of the state’s nearly 40 million residents to shelter in place. As the coronavirus spread, residents were told to leave their homes only for necessities like groceries and walks for exercise, and to maintain a 6-foot distance from anyone they didn’t live with.

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Tips for Keeping Employee Data Secure

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Most employers are already taking steps to ensure employee data are kept safe. Employees want assurance that their personal data are being secured. Here are a few tips for employers to help keep employee data safe: Train everyone who has access to employee data to take steps to keep them secure. This includes utilizing the locks on storage cabinets, securing workstations with passwords, and locking those workstations when stepping away from them.

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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 turn team members into employer brand ambassadors

Stories Incorporated

Reading Time: 6 minutes. Employee advocacy can be the most powerful source of top talent. And team members want to be employer brand ambassadors! So, kickstart your employee advocacy program by creating a library of employer brand content. Armed with these content pieces, your employer brand ambassadors can easily share with their networks. Research shows that employee referrals generate the highest number of qualified hires out of all source types, and employees hired through referrals stay wit

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How to get Buy-In for Your Next HRTech Purchase: the HRTech Roadshow

Recruiting Blogs

Today we’re going to go through a bulletproof playbook that will result in the necessary internal buy-in needed to successfully buy new HR technology. Make no mistake about it, buying HR and TA software is really difficult. There are too many vendors, opaque pricing, and internal stakeholders to deal with. Plus, there’s that whole day job thing you’ve got going with keeping employees happy and filling new requisitions.

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Top 100 HR and Recruitment Blogs [by Organic Traffic with Top 3 Articles Each]

Ongig

There are a ton of great HR/Recruitment blogs. But which ones get the most traction and are right for you? We’ve compiled a list of the top 100 HR blogs by organic traffic they receive via Google and search engines (see Methodology below). Ongig, of course, has its own recruiting blog — you’re reading it right now! Just to show that we aren’t “padding our own stats” as they say, Ongig’s blog didn’t even break the top 10 (we’re #19).