Mon.Apr 09, 2018

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6 Ways to Reject a Candidate as Painlessly as Possible

Undercover Recruiter

Rejection is part and parcel of the recruitment process. Unfortunately, you will always have to turn down more candidates than you hire. However, how you dismiss candidates speaks volumes about your company and its culture. Bad rejection practices can seriously damage your company’s reputation and that all-important employer brand! Research conducted by Jobbio found that.

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Notes from a Tech and Recruiting Roundtable

JazzHR

On Thursday, April 5 th , General Assembly Boston brought together area recruiting experts to talk through best practices around building teams and turning HR into a strategic driver for organizations. The setting: A tech and recruiting roundtable. . JazzHR VP of Marketing, Allie Kelly, was joined by representatives from Argosight, Toast, and Harvard and MIT-backed startup, edX.

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The Golden Rule of Recruiting: Why Candidates Fall Out of Your Hiring Process

ConveyIQ

As professionals in the talent acquisition industry, we tend to forget this one important fact: we are not the only ones making assessments and collecting information during a job interview. Candidates are also constantly making value judgements about the company, the role, and its fit for them. So, while being the interviewer is never as stressful as being the interviewee, recruiters and hiring managers still have to put their best foot forward.

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This piece of advice changed a recruitment business forever

Greg Savage

I quite often get emails and messages from people who have appreciated or acted on my advice. I won’t lie to you, it’s gratifying when the experience you pass on, helps others. Keeps me going to be honest. But sometimes the impact of a little guidance is pivotal in a business, and so I decided […].

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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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4 Secrets to Improve the Candidate Experience with Digital Tactics

Spark Hire

The candidate experience is one of the most important and overlooked aspects of your hiring process. To deliver an excellent candidate experience, consider all of the aspects involved. When you’re focused on attracting talent , building your employer brand, talent sourcing , and everything in between, you’re directly impacting the candidate experience.

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Recruiters – Spend a Day Back in the ‘90s Every Once in a While

RecruitmentJuice

A few years ago when I was running a recruitment business in Hong Kong the server went down unexpectedly one morning. I remember watching as many of my team immediately began packing up their stuff and heading for the door like it was the end of the day. “Where’s everyone going?”, I asked casually as […]. The post Recruiters – Spend a Day Back in the ‘90s Every Once in a While appeared first on Recruitment Juice.

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15 Developer Job Boards You Should Know About

SmartRecruiters

Get a jump on the rush for developer talent with these great resources. An increased demand for software means increased demand for the creative minds behind it. Companies need people with programming skills to be the architects of these digital worlds. The US department’s Bureau of Labor statistics predicts a 24 percent growth in the need for developers between 2016 and 2026.

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How to Lead a Recruitment Team Through the GDPR Changes

FireFish Software

With GDPR bringing in changes to recruitment at lightning speed, your team will be looking to you for guidance more than ever. So what can you do to ensure you’re leading your team positively through the changes that they’ll need to embrace?

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Rookie Mistakes Interviewers Make

The Hire Talent

You mean interviewers make mistakes? Whaaaaat? I thought we were perfect… It’s true. Interviewing is truly a skill that takes practice. Adhering to a plan of how the process will generally go with well thought out questions can significantly improve your approach. Here is a list of 4 of the most common mistakes interviewers make. Read More.

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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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Inspiration and Learning at Women’s Leadership Conference

J&H Staffing Services

What a fantastic day! On Friday, April 6 th , Johnson & Hill was part of the Women’s Leadership Conference at Bay Path University. As always, it was a day of inspiration and learning. Morning Keynote. To get the day started, we heard from Amy Cuddy. As a social psychologist and bestselling author, her insights were lifechanging. The ideas she presented are things we can all implement into our personal and professional lives right away.

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Retain Great Staff, Hire Better, Save Millions, by Offering Remote Work

Recruiting Daily

Offering remote-work options to current and prospective employees hugely increase your firm’s chances of beating out the employer competition to that perfect candidate, and of retaining your valued employees. It assists with ADA compliance and gender parity in hiring and promotion. Telework or “remote work” can also save your firm thousands, if not millions, of […].

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How to Eliminate Paper with Onboarding Software for Staffing Companies

Efficient Hire

Onboarding software for staffing companies isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity. A typical employer may see new hire paperwork as a nuisance they have to deal with. But a staffing firm that focuses on hiring and onboarding new people can’t. Read more. The post How to Eliminate Paper with Onboarding Software for Staffing Companies appeared first on Efficient Forms.

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Reasons Why More Companies Are Using Online Assessments For Hiring

EasyHire

Did you know that there was a meta-analysis done by Fox School of Business Research Paper that found out that personnel selection procedures for general abilities test combined with an integrity test, which is correlated with personality traits, is one of the best combinations for accurately predicting job performance? And that is why more and more companies are using tools that can leverage their video interviewing process and the likes.

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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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Happiness and Homeruns: Why You’re Unlikely to See Grumpy All-Stars

Traitify

As a Baltimore native, I was born with a love for Cal Ripken Jr., of our hometown team, the Orioles. Undeniably one of baseball’s greatest players, Ripken was a 19-time all star, two-time American League MVP, two-time Gold Glove Award winner … the achievements and accolades go on and on. Ripken is perhaps most famous for “The Streak,” his uninterrupted 2,632 consecutive games played which surpassed Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,130 consecutive games that stood for 56 years.

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4 Ways to Attract and Satisfy the New Workforce (aka Millennials and Gen Z)

Deltek Talent Management

In order to hire and retain exceptionally talented people in the new workforce, you have to work hard at it. Here are some tips to help.

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Happiness and Homeruns: Why You’re Unlikely to See Grumpy All-Stars

Traitify

As a Baltimore native, I was born with a love for Cal Ripken Jr., of our hometown team, the Orioles. Undeniably one of baseball’s greatest players, Ripken was a 19-time all star, two-time American League MVP, two-time Gold Glove Award winner … the achievements and accolades go on and on. Ripken is perhaps most famous for “The Streak,” his uninterrupted 2,632 consecutive games played which surpassed Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,130 consecutive games that stood for 56 years.

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Top Hiring Metrics to Monitor for High Turnover Industries

Team Software

Your hiring process should be methodical, well-calculated, and driven by data, especially if you’re in a high turnover industry. Whether or not you use applicant tracking software, it is critical to maintain a well-documented process that will track these two core metrics: applicants to offer and time to hire.

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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 Tips for Attracting & Keeping Millennials in Your Organization

Recruiting Blogs

The world's demographic is changing rapidly. In fact, studies show that the Millennial generation is expected to outnumber baby boomers as early as next year! This demographic shift has implications for employers across the globe. The Millennial generation ushers in a new wave of workplace expectations and demands. If business owners want to attract and retain top talent, they must be extremely responsive to these needs.

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FINDING A MENTOR FOR CAREER SUCCESSAs you move along your.

SilverChair Partners

FINDING A MENTOR FOR CAREER SUCCESS As you move along your professional path, having someone cheer you on and advise you is an essential part of career success. You need a mentor (aka an advisor)! Here are some steps to finding and working with a mentor: 1. Determine the areas where you need help. Professionals can be eager to pick a mentor before they know what they want one for, resulting in frustration when they don’t get the help they really need.

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How to Know That you're Being Paid your Worth

Recruiting Blogs

As a fresh face in the professional world, you’re highly likely to get exploited. What makes this more natural for the professional world’s devils is the fact that you’re inexperienced, desperate for a job, and don’t know your worth. Our best suggestion to you is never to let that happen. No matter what happens never allow your skills be exploited. Value yourself and strive to get paid for what you deserve.

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Job Board How-To

Top Echelon Contracting

Big Biller’s Job Board integration allows you to post and advertise jobs on your recruiting website. From there, candidates can apply to your job and then will be available for review on the Pipeline of the job that you’ve posted. Open this article to view a short quick instructional video. You can also click through links for step-by-step instructions to help get you up and running with your new Job Board.

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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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William Almonte - Candidates Need to Be Aware of The Online Recruitment Specifications

Recruiting Blogs

Today’s youth culture believes in the online trend of the job hunt and leaves their resumes with ample amount of hope and expectations. The career-oriented bunch of bright intellectuals takes exceptionally sincere when it comes to a standard and quality long-term career graph. Well, the option of courses is extending regarding options day by day and so is the academic background of the candidates.

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Posting a Job to Your Website

Top Echelon Contracting

There are three places where a job can be posted within Big Biller: Job Order add screen. Check the box to the right of the Job Board option in the bottom left corner after the Job details have been entered. Jobs Dashboard. Click the Post to Job Board icon in the Advertising column to the right of the corresponding Job details. Advertise Card on a Job Order Datasheet.

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Sourcecon Spring 2018 the recap Day 2 Programmers Sessions!!

Recruiting Blogs

Sourcecon Spring 2018 day 2, Programmers Sessions. . First up Chris Comrie Hot to Build Community to get Candidates. Lots of talk about Social Sites such as; Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest etc. TOOLS; AWS, Linkedin Helper, Dux Soup, Follow Liker, Facebook Auto Finder. Six steps to build communities. 1-Build Customer Avatars, 2-Establish Your Secret Sauce, 3- Build a String Following, 4-Turn Followers into Superfans, 5-Convert Superfans into Customers, 6-Be Seen Everywhere. .

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Removing an Advertised Job from Your Website

Top Echelon Contracting

There are three places where an advertised Job can be removed from your Job Board: Jobs Dashboard. Click the Remove icon in the Advertising column to the right of the Job Board icon. Advertise Card on a Job Order Datasheet. Click the Remove link to the right of the Job Board icon. Prompt when an Open Job Order Status is updated.

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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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Kore1 Expands Engineering Staffing Solutions Nationwide

Recruiting Blogs

Irvine, CA – KORE1, a top provider of staffing solutions nationwide, is excited to expand its engineering talent division to help organizations across the United States secure the highly skilled engineering talent they need to achieve pressing business goals and objectives. The company is focused on delivering the expertise required to support clients’ engineering projects at every phase of the concept-to-completion lifecycle and eager to grow its presence across a wide variety of functions in t

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Allow or Restricting a User from Posting Jobs to Your Job Board

Top Echelon Contracting

Expand the Sidebar and click on the Settings icon. Click to expand the My Agency section and select Manage Users. Click the edit icon to the right of the person you wish to set Job Board permissions for. Under the user's Permissions, click to expand the Job Board & Posting section. To the right of Post Jobs to Job Board, set the appropriate permissions then click Save.

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Cracking The Code - How Recruiters Interpret Your Resume

Recruiting Blogs

Candidates spend countless hours worrying about their resumes. Second-guessing, improving and tweaking anything they can to improve their chances and impress recruiters/hiring managers. When recruiters are scanning resumes, they know exactly what they are looking for.and what they *aren't* looking for (see- Does Your Resume Pass The 6 Second Review?