Tue.May 22, 2018

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Why AI Will Never Solve Recruiting’s Biggest Problem

Linkedin Talent Blog

At a webcast last week I asked the recruiters who the primary decision maker is when it comes to the yes/no hiring decision. Selecting all that apply, the results looked something like this: This illustrates the biggest recruiting problem at its core: When it comes to hiring top talent – passive or active – recruiters don't see prospects as the primary decision maker.

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5 Ways to Get More Women into Your Workforce

Undercover Recruiter

Gender equality has been under a harsh spotlight for some time now, with pitiful percentages of women in upper management and inexplicable differences in pay. Sure, we’ve made significant progress in the last 100 years, but diversity is still a huge issue and we can’t afford to stop pushing forward. There are many, many ways. View Article. 5 Ways to Get More Women into Your Workforce Undercover Recruiter - Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Blog.

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Lessons From Current Events: 3 Recruiting Rules To Reduce Bias

Ideal

If you’ve opened a newspaper, scrolled through your newsfeed on social media or turned on the TV lately, you’ve seen stories concerning racism, sexism, ageism and more in the workplace. Discriminatory behaviors can damage your company’s reputation and possibly land your company in legal trouble. These biased practices are unfortunately found in recruiting. .

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Top-Rated Workplaces By Interns: 5 Lessons from the Winning Companies

Indeed

For people at the start of their careers , an internship can be a crucial professional development tool. The right internship is not only a great way to get a foot in the door at a company but also an opportunity to “try out” a career to see if it’s a good fit. Other benefits include mentorship opportunities and the ability to establish a professional network with other interns at the company—not to mention (depending on the firm) the opportunity to experience company perks.

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Cracking the Culture Code: Interviewing for Culture Fit

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Join Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, for this live webinar as he guides you through an objective interview process that will help your team assess candidate's alignment with your organizational culture. Space is limited, register today!

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Teen Employment on the Decline

NPA Worldwide

I was 13 when I got my first “real” job with an actual paycheck (I’d already been babysitting for a while before that). I started working during a summer break, and continued to work a few hours during the school year as well. Most of my friends had jobs of some sort during the summers. By the time we were getting ready for college, I’m not sure I could name ONE person in my extended circle that wasn’t working.

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How to Use Rejection to Your Advantage in Recruitment Sales

FireFish Software

We all know rejection is just part and parcel of being a recruiter, but that doesn’t make it any easier when a prospect turns you down. So, what can you do with your recruitment sales rejections to turn them into something positive, or better still – an opportunity?

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How I Hire: Jennie Ellis, Founder and CEO of Recruiting Bandwidth

Glassdoor for Employers

THE BASICS Name: Jennie Ellis Location: Seattle, WA Position: Founder and CEO of Recruiting Bandwidth What word best describes how you recruit.

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It’s not summer 2001 anymore, but we recruit like it is

Recruiting Daily

Summer, 2001. Do you remember it? 2001 was the year that the first Harry Potter movie came out and delighted audiences watched Harry as he realized he’d been admitted to Hogwarts. And Legally Blonde’s Elle Woods used a homemade VHS tape to get into Harvard. Train’s Drops of Jupiter blasted through the airwaves, and orange-tan […].

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4 Tips Companies Should Consider in Supporting Non-Traditional Talent

Glassdoor for Employers

During our fourth annual Workforce Week, taking place this week, many at Workday are volunteering their time to mentor job seekers in.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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The Difference Between Cost-Per-Hire and Cost-Per-Applicant

Stack Overflow

One recruiting metric that all executives seem to understand is cost-per-hire. Well, at least most leaders think that they know how to calculate it and what it means for an organization. But in addition to tracking the amount it costs to hire a developer, you should also know how much each applicant costs to acquire. If the idea of measuring cost-per-applicant is new to you, it might be difficult to understand how it differs from cost-per-hire.

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How Continuous Feedback Actually Improves Performance

TalentGuard

How Continuous Feedback Actually Improves Performance. What makes a performance management model most effective? Incorporating continuous feedback. That isn’t news. But understanding how to successfully incorporate continuous feedback into an updated performance management model is. The truth is most organizations know they need to provide continuous feedback — and that employees want it— but they don’t know how to offer it.

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Unleash 2018: Understand the massive disconnect of the hiring process

Recruiting Daily

Start with this tweet from Unleash 2018: Is your employee experience as good as your customer experience asks @jasonaverbook? Good question, which probably won't see many hands raised #UNLEASH18 pic.twitter.com/aSNen2wTNn — David Green (@david_green_uk) May 16, 2018 I had a bunch of experience with the hiring process of all-sized companies between about October 2013 and […].

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Hireology Continues Rapid Growth, Expands Office Space by 10,000 Square Feet

Hireology

Hireology is excited to share that we’re expanding our current office space by 10,000 square feet to support our rapidly growing team. BIG Construction, LLC and Box Studios are leading the office build out and the expansion will feature a new all-hands meeting area, collaboration spaces, a new cafe and a boardroom. In addition to the new space, we’re renovating our existing 15,000-square-foot office to continue offering a great work environment for our 150+ employees.

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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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Why Branding Is So Important In Recruiting

Media Staffing Network

Companies spend decades and lots of money building a brand to bring in customers, listeners, viewers, readers, etc. but in media, what is being done to bring in new employees and keep those you have? We cater to our frequent users but often forget those we see on a daily basis. With unemployment at an all-time low, it is essential to promote how you are as an employer.

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Unleash 2018: Innovation comes from the bottom, guys (or should)

Recruiting Daily

The above quote is from Greg Linden of Amazon — if you don’t know him, he’s one of the early Amazon engineers responsible for the recommendation engine — and was used by Gary Hamel in the Unleash 2018 opening session he gave. While this idea is often not understood by executives, who often feel true […].

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When Employment Brands Go Astray

Nas Recruitment

Your employment brand is key to communicating what it is like to work for your company – and why candidates should join you. However, we often find that organizations let their brands stray from the original purpose. Here, we explore a few scenarios where employment brands can become disconnected from the reality of your employment proposition. 1. Not Telling Your Story If you find that when you interview candidates they don’t really know who you are, what you do or what your organization is lik

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JazzHR & GDPR: What You Need to Know

JazzHR

It’s time for GDPR compliance. Are you ready? We are. As a customer-first organization working with over 4,000 employers around the world, we are committed to securely protecting our customers’ data and privacy. We have a comprehensive plan in place to ensure GDPR compliance and will continue to enhance existing data privacy and protection infrastructure.

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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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Introducing Robin – Your sourcing and recruiting sidekick that lives in your inbox

Recruiter Flow

We’ve had our users asking us “Is there a way we can add candidates to Recruiterflow straight out of inbox. ” or “Does the chrome extension not work in Gmail?” An average recruiter spends 94 minutes everyday sifting around their inbox and going back… The post Introducing Robin – Your sourcing and recruiting sidekick that lives in your inbox appeared first on Recruiterflow Blog.

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How Jobbatical helps Mindvalley build a diverse, borderless team

Jobbatical

Mindvalley , a global education company with over 200 employees, is expanding rapidly and constantly looking for talent that matches their unique culture, mission and values and is willing to relocate. The Mindvalley office in Kuala Lumpur Location: Kuala Lumpur Positions Hired: Content Specialist, Advertising Specialist Who was hired: Damir Abdullin from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Kuala Lumpur as an Advertising Specialist and Alyse Speyer from San Francisco to Kuala Lumpur as a Content Special

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GDPR is here and how you can get ready with Recruiterflow

Recruiter Flow

As you are aware that GDPR comes into effect from 25th May, 2018. We believe that the sweeping regulation enacted by European union is a huge step towards privacy. If you are a European entity or store data of any European citizens, you… The post GDPR is here and how you can get ready with Recruiterflow appeared first on Recruiterflow Blog.

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How To Turn Candidate Rejection Into Candidate Affection

Social Talent

The recruiting process can be hectic, especially when dealing with multiple candidates at once. However, what’s most important is that you treat each and every one of your candidates with respect. Put yourself in the candidate’s shoes for a second. The job search can be very stressful for candidates. There are multiple stages of the job search and it’s no walk in the park at that.

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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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Beyond GDPR: Why Every Employer Should Really Care About Data Privacy.

Allegis Global Solutions

We've all heard a lot (probably too much) recently about the implications of the new GDPR regulations in HR and recruiting, but the fact of the matter is, not only is this legislation likely long overdue, but it's done something pretty important, precedent wise. It's made HR leaders and talent practitioners aware, for maybe the first time, of the extreme implications involved in safeguarding personal data.

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Topic Series: Future of Work and Technology

Uncubed

In the realm of HR, it always seems as though there are too many pieces of journalism (often of skeptical quality) competing for our attention. How will innovative technologies (based on the media coverage, hard to believe there are others besides AI) affect the workforce? Which industries are succeeding in the race to hire the best talent? What employment trends will become permanent fixtures?

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Want an All-Star Team? Try the Moneyball Approach to Hiring.

Breezy HR

Too many recruiters are still using irrelevant hiring criteria. Here’s a quick lesson in baseball to help you up your game. Ever heard of sabermetrics? Unless you’re a baseball fan, we’re betting that’s a nooope. But it’s actually pretty cool. Sabermetrics is the empirical analysis of baseball. It’s how sports analysts and scouts accurately predict player performance.

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William Almonte - New Paradigms Of The Recruitment Industry

Recruiting Blogs

With the dawn of the 20 th century, discoveries took the job industry by storm. Since then, the trend is getting updated with the change in time. Now that we have been in the 21 st century where technology pre-dominates everything, the plausible modification in the paradigms of the recruitment industry isn’t anything surprising. And while man made resources can make a host of new choices, difficulty arises for employees to secure a promising job, which is why most of the times employees acce

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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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3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Working as an Independent Distributor

Transformify - Recruiting

Follow my blog with Bloglovin. When considering different career paths , becoming an independent distributor can be an attractive option. It may seem exciting to jump right into a business, but we have a few questions that you should ask yourself before becoming an independent distributor. Do you believe in the product you’re selling? Xyngular Reviews asks, “With so many companies promising products that will change your life, and so little accurate information on the internet about

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5 Signs a Candidate Is More Likely to Move

Entelo

A good recruiter knows that when it comes to sourcing, timing is everything. You can scan for all the clues that indicate a candidate is a great fit, previous positions held, schools they’ve attended, what kinds of companies they’ve worked for and beyond, but all of this research could be for nothing if they just aren’t interested in leaving their current employer.

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22 Ideas to Make You a More Proactive Recruiter

Ongig

Many of you gave a ton of love to our 5 Ways to Be a More Proactive Recruiter article. It was written by my good friend Jason Webster, an expert on proactive recruiting strategy. I decided you might want a sequel! And congrats! Since you’re reading this I know you are already a more proactive recruiter than the average bear! You’re already busy but you’re taking the time to be more proactive!