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How to Use Problem Solving Questions in a Technical Interview

Lever

When you’re interviewing for highly analytical or technical roles, it’s important to go beyond behavioral interview questions to adequately assess the candidate’s skills and problem solving abilities. We spoke with Jordan Burton of Burton Advisors, who advises companies on recruiting and interviewing best practices, about how to use problem solving questions during a technical interview.

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5 Ways to Avoid Losing New Hires to Counter-Offers

Social Talent

So you’ve found the perfect candidate. You offer them the job and they accept! Everything is going swimmingly, recruiter life is good. But then in a couple of days…maybe a week or two, you get a phone call or email from that perfect candidate saying that they’ve decided to stay with their current company because they’ve been given an offer that they can’t refuse.

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7 Employer Branding Questions to Ask Yourself

Glassdoor for Employers

You know you have a strong employer brand when candidates are empowered with information and you’re naturally attracting the best employees. To prospective employees, your employer brand delivers a powerful answer to the question “Why work here?” To current employees, it inspires trust, loyalty, and improved productivity. As you work to build your employer brand, reflect upon the following seven employer branding questions: 1.

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Become a Black Belt in Diversity & Inclusion

Social Talent

Why has diversity and inclusion become a core component of the strategy of every business? Because diverse organisations perform better. Fact. It has been proven that developing a more diverse team leads to a more enhanced, creative and innovative environment. The biggest challenge associated with increasing diversity is simply finding and attracting the right pool of talent from which to select suitable candidates.

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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How to Build Outplacement and Career Transitioning into Your Portfolio

RecruitLoop

We recently hosted a webinar to help recruiters integrate outplacement into their portfolio. Our special guest was Greg Weiss, Founder of CareerSupport365.

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The Best RFP Templates for Workforce Management Services

Yoh

Making the decision to go through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process to select a workforce provider is typically accompanied by several questions and sometimes, even greater confusion. The one aspect that should be anything but confusing is determining when and how to go to RFP.

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How Interviews at Startups and Big Companies Differ

Undercover Recruiter

Picture this scene. You’ve just been invited for an interview with a super hot startup. Eager for the chance to latch onto the next Google or Facebook, you spend the next two weeks gearing up for the interview of your life. You rehearse your life story until it comes off like a TED Talk. You practice behavioral questions so. View Article. How Interviews at Startups and Big Companies Differ.

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How Can You Find More Top Talent? Find Out at Indeed Interactive

Indeed

Organizations today are tasked with adapting quickly to changing business and technology needs. Navigating this new terrain often calls for game-changing hires with the ability to invigorate teams. These candidates are the recruiter’s holy grail, but how can talent teams attract more of them? Talent leaders like you are heading to Austin, Texas, May 25–27, to get the answer to this question and more at Indeed Interactive — an exclusive event designed to educate and inspire recruiting teams aroun

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Why Summer Hiring Doesn't Have to Be a Hassle

iCIMS

We’re hot on the heels of summer, which, for employers in seasonal industries like tourism, means hiring is in high gear.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Staffing Agencies Help Solve the Challenges of Hiring Good Seasonal Workers

TalentCircles

For organizations with seasonal fluctuations in business, hiring temporary workers is often a necessity. Regardless of when they need additional help -- whether it’s over the holidays or during temperature-dictated cycles (think beaches and amusement parks in the summer and skiing and snowboarding in winter) – everyone needs employees they can rely on.

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Why Summer Hiring Doesn't Have to Be a Hassle

iCIMS

We’re hot on the heels of summer, which, for employers in seasonal industries like tourism, means hiring is in high gear.

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5 Signs You’re Ruining Your Employer Brand

Undercover Recruiter

The importance of employer branding has grown exponentially as the war for talent rages on, and candidates increasingly make “culture” a deciding factor in their employment decision. Is your company winning or losing the employment brand battle? If you see any of the following items going on at your company, you may be further behind. View Article. 5 Signs You’re Ruining Your Employer Brand.

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A Stellar Addition to Our Team!

Boolean Strings

Photo: David Galley, me, and Martin Lee – from Oscar Mager’s Sourcing Summit Europe – 2015 album. I am very happy to announce that my good friend and colleague Martin Lee is joining us full time as Head Instructor at Sourcing Certification and Partner, EMEA & APAC at Brain Gain Recruiting. Martin and I met at the second #trulondon event (very […].

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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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Introducing Jobvite Onboard: Because Onboarding is Still Recruiting

Jobvite

There was a time when recruiting success was defined almost solely by how many people were hired. Today, however, the best recruiters know that it’s not just about filling requisitions — it’s also about making … Continued.

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WHEN TO STICK AROUND AND WHEN TO CALL IT QUITS

Workland

6 SIGNS THAT IT’S TIME TO CHANGE JOBS. The “funny/not so funny” article on career transition. by Julie Hubert, President & CEO of Workland. Being unhappy at work is no laughing matter. We’ve all been there at some points in our careers, experiencing it at different levels of intensity. Delivered with a little side of humour (because after all, the situation is already serious enough), here are 6 signs that you should be considering a career change: Time stops, but not in a good way: Yo

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Background Screening in the Higher Education Industry [Infographic]

HireRight

Now that the school year is over, it’s time to compare your organization’s background checking program to others in the industry. Don't worry, it's not cheating! Read through this infographic to see how you stack up against other educational organizations and how you can improve for the next school year. The post Background Screening in the Higher Education Industry [Infographic] appeared first on Employment Background Check Blog - HireRight.

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7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring Virtual Recruiters

Top Echelon Contracting

Hiring virtual recruiters can be a great way to grow your business and increase your revenue. However, it’s not something you should without first considering all of the factors involved. To help you do just that, below are seven questions. The post 7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring Virtual Recruiters appeared first on Top Echelon.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Sourcecon Spring 2016 Part 10!! “Sourcing for Retention” by Jim Stroud

Recruiting Blogs

So this is the 10th presentation of the conference. Titled “Sourcing for Retention” by Jim Stroud. Jim starts out with some serious stats. “35% of employees will look for a new job if they do not receive a pay raise in the next 12 months”. “32% of leaders at companies with 100+ employees are currently looking for jobs”. 78% of business leaders rank employee retention as important or urgent”.

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Chatting With Recruiters: Time Wasted in First-Round Interviews

ConveyIQ

When it comes to interviewing, recruiters get to see it all – the good, the bad and the downright ugly. So we decided to find out just how difficult the process can be by asking the talent acquisition community about the worst interview response they’ve ever received. What we found ran the gamut from downright […]. The post Chatting With Recruiters: Time Wasted in First-Round Interviews appeared first on Take the Interview.

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How to Create a Candidate Persona

Beamery

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe” – Abraham Lincoln. Who are you looking for? Forget the job title and the company name, what does your ideal candidate really look like? What is the candidate persona that would fit your culture? Without this idea of a ‘perfect candidate’, it’s hard for your team to rate the CVs that get passed across their desk, or know which LinkedIn profile is the best match.

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Call Me, Maybe? Job Candidates Prefer Email

Newton Software

Voicemail Primed to Join Telegraph as Communication Relic. In today’s world, can you imagine using a telegraph to communicate? It is hard to believe, but not long ago this now archaic communication tool revolutionized long distance communication and helped to transform the world. It was once a novel notion to leave someone a message, hope that they receive and interpret it correctly, and then respond accordingly in due time (sounds oddly familiar to a newer form of communication technology…

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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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Introducing Jobvite Onboard: Because Onboarding is Still Recruiting

Jobvite

There was a time when recruiting success was defined almost solely by how many people were hired. Today, however, the best recruiters know that it’s not just about filling requisitions — it’s also about making sure that your top-notch talent sticks around for the long haul. Delivering a smooth process every step of the way, especially during the critical first few months of an employee’s start date, is key to making employees at home.

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CREAM: The Truth About Compensation Negotiation.

Recruiting Daily

When I was recruiting, the biggest lie I ever told candidates was that salary is dependent upon experience. If you ever see anything to the ‘DOE’ throwaway in a job ad, or if you ever hear a hiring manager or recruiter answer your comp question with either a lateral to HR (“we do a personalized comp study”) or some ambiguous reply about a “range,” they’re lying.

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Introducing Jobvite Onboard: Because Onboarding is Still Recruiting

Jobvite

There was a time when recruiting success was defined almost solely by how many people were hired. Today, however, the best recruiters know that it’s not just about filling requisitions — it’s also about making sure that your top-notch talent sticks around for the long haul. Delivering a smooth process every step of the way, especially during the critical first few months of an employee’s start date, is key to making employees at home.

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13 Differences Between Agency and In-House Recruiting

Linkedin Talent Blog

Twelve months ago I made the transition from agency to in-house recruitment, and I had a whole bunch of preconceived ideas about what life would be like on ‘the other side.’ Some right, some wrong and some that I hadn’t even considered. Whether you’re considering a move to internal recruitment or just want to get a better idea of life as an internal recruiter, hopefully this list of differences will help. . 1.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Jobvite Launches Onboarding Solution, Fully Integrated with Leading Recruiting Platform

Jobvite

Jobvite Onboard is mobile-optimized and customizable with built-in compliance and enterprise-grade security. Onboarding solution enables seamless transition from candidate to productive employee. San Francisco, Calif., May 18, 2016 — Jobvite ( www.jobvite.com ), the leading recruiting platform for emerging, mid-market, and enterprise companies, today announced the availability of Jobvite Onboard at their annual customer event, Jobvite Summit ’16.

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4 Handy Recruitment Software Features That Will Cut Your Administration Time in Half

WebRecruit

One of the biggest frustrations for busy HR professionals is the amount of dry admin tasks that suck up so much of their time – we often hear this from companies when we speak to them about their recruitment challenges. What’s more, excess administration is costing businesses in the UK some serious money. In fact, firms are wasting £60 billion every year on admin tasks that could be automated (that’s the equivalent of £1,932 per employee, per year), according to HR Magazine.

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21 Questions You Should Ask to Find the Best Candidates

Recruitalicious

If you were to jot down a list of moments that make or break candidates, the interview almost certainly makes your top three. The interview is where a sheet of paper becomes a personality, stated skillsets are given context and the mindset of an individual can be determined. Given this, it stands to reason that the questions we ask candidates must be strategic and precise – whether they are being phone screened or sitting across from a hiring manager.