Wed.Jan 16, 2019

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Don’t Just Look for Experience in Your Next Hire—Look for Speed of Learning

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Not too long ago, jobs were more difficult to come by and hiring managers had the pick of the litter. Now, thanks to the continuing talent shortage, it’s a job hunter’s market, and businesses everywhere are struggling to fill vacancies with qualified candidates. busracavus / iStock / Getty Images Plus. The good news is that the number of job listings with unreasonable requirements is on the decline.

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Do Perfect College Grades Make a Perfect Employee?

RecruitLoop

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Taillor Maizer – Associate Professor at the Graduate Centre for Academic Communication. His opinions are his own. Many organizations use applicants’ GPAs in the hiring process. In the case of fresh grads who have just left their educational institutions and lack work experience, employers have nothing left but […].

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Lever Launches ADP Workforce Now® Connector to Improve the Speed and Quality of Hiring

Lever

Talent acquisition software leader unveils new integration that transforms how companies engage, hire and onboard new talent.

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How To Transform Your Recruitment Process In 2019

Social Talent

New Year, New Processes. We’re just about halfway through January and if you haven’t nailed down your recruitment processes for 2019, then you might want to start planning. The new year is always full of fresh opportunities with eager candidates racing to apply for vacant jobs. Finding the best talent early should be a priority for any recruiter and with the right processes put in place, you can be sure life will be made easier.

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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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Opportunity Awaits: SEO For Recruiting

Symphony Talent

For years, hiring teams have ignored SEO and organic search in conversations about candidate experience and recruiting. Over the last 10 years I’ve spent writing in this industry, The post Opportunity Awaits: SEO For Recruiting appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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Recruitment Metrics: Time-to-hire

TalentLyft

Time-to-hire is one of the most important and frequently used hiring and recruiting metrics. Time-to-hire metric measures how quickly a company can select and hire the best candidate. In this blog post, you will learn how to calculate time-to-hire ( formula included!) and discover the most effective ways to reduce your company’s time-to-hire! Read More.

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Key elements of a great company culture – the story of Proxyclick

Workable

We often hear about companies with a great culture. Whether they’re big names like Google, smaller up-and-coming startups, or local businesses, these companies are known for their cool work environment and their happy and productive employees. Is there a secret recipe? Are there tricks or ways to mimic these company culture examples? Or, better, what lessons can we learn from teams with a great company culture?

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How people2people Are Using Video to Connect & Engage

VideoMyJob

Visionary Managing Director, Mark Smith shares his experience of introducing video job advertising to his recruitment firm and discusses the challenges of implementation, the benefits of creating a video-first culture and the success people2people has seen in the 2 years since investing in VideoMyJob.

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Quiz Answers and the Certification Exam Winner

Boolean Strings

Following up on the Sourcing Quiz , (that was quite popular!) I am posting the solutions and answers to the questions. Question 1: Find a LinkedIn member, living in the San Francisco Bay Area, whose headline is “Student at SDSU Executive MBA” and who started school in 2018. What is his last name? Solution 1: This search on LinkedIn finds the right profile, but the profile is out of everyone’s network, and we can’t see the name.

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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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Want More Accurate Hiring Reports? Ask Yourself These 4 Questions:

Recruiter

Hiring reports are critical to modern recruiting success, but they can do more harm than good if they are based on inaccurate or misleading data. Here are several key considerations to help you create more accurate hiring reports that help, rather than hinder, your recruiting efforts: 1. Do Your Reports Contain Inaccurate Data? This may seem obvious, but it bears mentioning nonetheless: If you want accurate hiring reports, you have to use accurate data.

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Achieve Your 2019 Goals With The Help Of Regular Reflection

Forbes Human Resources Council

Maybe this is the year we get promoted or take on a new role. Once we set these goals, we move forward, we take action — but the biggest mistake most of us make is that we never look back.

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Will the 4-Day Workweek Become a Universal Reality?

Recruiter

In late 2018, some news from New Zealand perked up the ears of workers and employers worldwide: An experiment with a four-day workweek at estate-planning firm Perpetual Guardian proved to be a resounding success. Employees were more productive, more satisfied, and more committed all while enjoying a better work/life balance and less stress. The experiment got a lot of people thinking.

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AI for Small Businesses: Is It Worth Investing In?

CandidateZip

Are you a small business owner? Are you hesitant to invest in technology? Will you use AI if I tell you it is specifically designed for your business? Artificial Intelligence brings automation into your system and saves your time, efforts and money. This gives you more time for planning other important business activities. However, small business owners are not willing to adapt AI as they feel it would involve a considerable investment.

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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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What does the OutMatch acquisition of Wepow mean?

Recruiting Daily

This happened about a week ago. Previously — November 2017 — you might remember that OutMatch acquired Pomello as well. They also acquired Assess Systems and Chequed, Inc. along the way. That’s four total acquisitions. Let’s break them down by what they were focused on pre-acquisition: Wepow (the most recent): Video interviewing Pomello: Culture fit […].

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Are Your Retail Stores Making These Mistakes?

Efficient Hire

Many retail stores are skating on thin ice these days with the increasing pressure from the e-commerce sector. But there are still plenty of shoppers who will make a trip to a brick and mortar location—and they are there for. Read more. The post Are Your Retail Stores Making These Mistakes? appeared first on Efficient Forms.

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What Can Your Staffing Firm Do to Stand Apart From the Competition?

TrackerRMS

If you lead a staffing firm, chances are you’ve felt the pressure to constantly reinvent your marketing and sales strategy to compete with the “big guys.” However, often staffing firms with the most effective business development results are those that fully understand what they uniquely bring to the table – and know how to sell their own value proposition.

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DevOps Engineer Job Description & Responsibilities

Jobbatical

This DevOps Engineer job description template is crafted to help you attract the most qualified candidates for your company. Make sure to customize it to your job opening by including requirements, benefits, and perks specific to the role and your company. DevOps Engineers are a combination of developer (Dev) and system admin professionals (“Op”-erations) who bridge the gap between developers and the IT team.

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HR Pro Playbook: How to Navigate Global Workforce Expansion with Confidence

Speaker: Daniel Grace & Audra Bright

Have you just been told you need to hire employees in another country? 🌎 That's a huge undertaking! It involves navigating a complex landscape of diverse regulations, cultural differences, legal requirements, and currencies. If anything goes wrong, you risk your company's financials, growth, and reputation. 📊 🌟 To help ensure a successful global expansion and mitigate potential non-compliance consequences, this exclusive webinar features Daniel Grace, International HR Con

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4 Leadership Podcasts That Will Improve Your Candidate Experience

Alongside

It’s safe to say podcasts have taken millennials by storm.

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Candidates are Ghosting New Employers – Here’s How You Can Avoid This at Your Company

Linkedin Talent Blog

Imagine you’ve just spent months recruiting the perfect candidate. Their first day finally arrives … but they don’t. You’ve been ghosted. In case you're not sure what "ghosting" means, Urban Dictionary has the answer: And while it may sound like something that’s only relevant for dating ot friendships, ghosting has crept into the employer/employee relationship as well.

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How Employee Well-Being Drives Innovation At Work, And How Leadership Can Foster It

Forbes Human Resources Council

Every job can be creative and innovative.

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TI Performance arrive dans l’Écosystème Workland

Workland

Trois-Rivières, 9 janvier 2018 – TI Performance est fière d’annoncer son arrivée dans l’Écosystème virtuel de Workland en y intégrant la suite d’outils mondialement reconnue de TTI Success Insights. Puisque les entreprises veulent trouver LES bonnes personnes, l’intégration technologique de TI Performance permettra aux organisations d’avoir accès aux solutions RH automatisées facilitant la sélection et l’intégration en poste.

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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Avoid Playing the Blame Game With Your Next Hire

The Hire Talent

You know the conversation well. Employee rushes in late for the 8:00 am conference call. “Sorry I’m running late…” as he nearly drops his coffee across the conference room table, “traffic was a nightmare!” Isn’t traffic a nightmare, though? Sure it is. But do all employees rush in late because of it? Blame and Defensiveness.

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TI Performance arrive dans l’Écosystème Workland

Workland

Trois-Rivières, 9 janvier 2018 – TI Performance est fière d’annoncer son arrivée dans l’Écosystème virtuel de Workland en y intégrant la suite d’outils mondialement reconnue de TTI Success Insights. Puisque les entreprises veulent trouver LES bonnes personnes, l’intégration technologique de TI Performance permettra aux organisations d’avoir accès aux solutions RH automatisées facilitant la sélection et l’intégration en poste.

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Major Companies Use Proximity to Transit as Recruitment Selling Point

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Employers go to great lengths to attract employees, especially in a strong job market, where employees often have greater bargaining power. One way employers seek to attract new talent is through higher wages. Source: Matej Kastelic / Shutterstock. But, there are a number of other perks that are often used to entice, as well, such as flexible hours, premium health benefits, or greater amounts of vacation time.

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TI Performance arrive dans l’Écosystème Workland

Workland

Trois-Rivières, 9 janvier 2018 – TI Performance est fière d’annoncer son arrivée dans l’Écosystème virtuel de Workland en y intégrant la suite d’outils mondialement reconnue de TTI Success Insights. Puisque les entreprises veulent trouver LES bonnes personnes, l’intégration technologique de TI Performance permettra aux organisations d’avoir accès aux solutions RH automatisées facilitant la sélection et l’intégration en poste.

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The 3 Leadership Behaviors that Drive Fierce Loyalty & Extreme Engagement

Nothing motivates employees more than a great boss. Are you developing your leaders? Give them the tools to train and inspire the rest of your organization. Get the 3 steps for developing effective leaders in Paycor’s leadership guide.

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Women & Diversity in Hollywood: A Look at 2018

PowerToFly

2018 was a banner year for women in politics, with more first-time congresswomen elected than ever before and the most women in Congress ever. Unfortunately, in spite of #MeToo and Time's Up, it wasn't a similarly good year for women in Hollywood. A study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that women actually directed less films in 2018 than they did in 2017.

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The Best Recruiters Have High Emotional Intelligence

Recruiting Blogs

EQ > IQ for Recruitment. “Attitude is everything” is a phrase that many people hear on occasion throughout their lifetime. Now, there’s evidence to prove how important a positive attitude actually is—especially if recruiting is your chosen profession. In 2017, the turnover rate within the recruitment industry was 352%. Emotional Intelligence is a variable that has been shown to positively affect retention rates across industries.

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5 Lesser-Used, Super Effective Ways to Find the Right Healthcare Candidates Right Now

Harger Howe Recruitment

If you saw the recent report by AMN Healthcare or if you are working in healthcare recruitment, chances are that you already know “healthcare employment surpassed the 16 million mark in 2018, making it the largest and fastest-growing industry in the US economy.” While this news is very positive for the economy, it means that competition for qualified talent in that sector is even more fierce.