The Whiteboard

JULY 27, 2017

From time to time the words I type into this WordPress page and send out through various digital channels manifest themselves into real life reactions. A recruiter moving back from overseas gets in touch. An invite to attend or speak at a conference arrives. A bellicose threat of legal action, perhaps. Last Friday afternoon I was busy beavering away at my desk (yes, really) when reception called up to let me know that someone had come in without an appointment and was asking to see me.

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Lever

JULY 27, 2017

Only 52 percent of business leaders believe that using analytics to measure and improve talent acquisition is important.

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Glassdoor for Employers

JULY 27, 2017

There’s a big difference between companies who offer up great PTO policies in theory while fostering an unspoken cultural stigma around taking time off – and companies who proudly tout their PTO package while building its acceptance into the fabric of their cultures.

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FireFish Software

JULY 27, 2017

Summer is well and truly here. The weather is fine, and the days are long. But, if you’re still in the office, gazing longingly at holiday snaps on Facebook and Instagram, we’ve got the perfect blog for you. With some help from Dr Alan Hirsch who used psychological tests to find out what your favourite flavour of ice cream says about you, we’ve written up a blog exploring what your favourite ice cream flavour says about you as a recruiter….

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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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ConveyIQ

JULY 27, 2017

We asked recruiters on Facebook and Linkedin to share their own candidate experience "horror" stories as job seekers. The post Recruiters As Job Seekers: 5 Interview ‘Horror’ Stories appeared first on.

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Stack Overflow

JULY 27, 2017

Summer might seem like a traditionally “slow” period for developer hiring, but candidates are just as concerned about a hiring slowdown during this season. This means that summer represents a major opportunity to find and hire the developers your company needs. To give you some added inspiration, we rounded up some of the best developer job listings that we saw on Stack Overflow in 2016.

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Newton Software

JULY 27, 2017

The Candidate Experience of Your Careers Page Could Be Driving Away Job Seekers . Not been seeing the number and quality of candidates that you want? Blame it on job search engines, a competitive job market, your garbage ATS, but the reality is that the problem may lie with you. Have you evaluated the candidate experience offered by your careers page and online applications recently?

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Unbridled Talent

JULY 27, 2017

Let’s face it. If you’re a recruiter in 2017, you’ve got it pretty good. Just listen to any “old-timer” – say, someone who was recruiting 15 or 20 years ago – and they’ll be quick to tell you how it used to be in the not-so-good-old-days. Paper resumes. File cabinets. Phone books. Rolodexes. Fax machines. Look these things up online kids, and gaze upon your yesteryear colleagues in pity.

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Jobsoid

JULY 27, 2017

Today every industry is undergoing a massive transformation due to which every management function is seeing a revolution in processes and procedures, and talent acquisition is no exception. So if you are still collecting applications over the counter, creating complex spreadsheets to store data, struggling to manage the outflow of […]. The post 5 Warning Signs Your Recruitment Process Needs a Reboot appeared first on Jobsoid.

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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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Ideal

JULY 27, 2017

The competition for talent is fiercer than ever, with 68% of recruiter reporting they have difficulty finding full-time employees. In today’s environment, it can be challenging to come up with recruitment strategies that make your jobs stand out from the rest. Here are 6 genius recruitment strategies you can try to attract interested candidates.

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Phenom People

JULY 27, 2017

Those words seem completely unbelievable. Maybe even unreasonable for many, right? That’s exactly what a Wisconsin-based technology company, Three Square Market, has asked of its fifty plus employees. Although the option to be microchipped is completely voluntary, it would give employees the ability to enter the building, use office equipment, log into their computer, Read More.

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Yello

JULY 27, 2017

07/27/2017 // By deanna kane // Candidate experience. Is your team looking to recruit and hire top-notch employees? Is your budget tight and job requisition list a mile long? We have rounded up the top low or no-cost options to ensure the best talent looks at your company before the competition. This recruiting checklist will help you re-focus your recruitment marketing efforts, improve your company’s candidate experience and make top talent actively pursue your brand.

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Unbridled Talent

JULY 27, 2017

Let’s face it. If you’re a recruiter in 2017, you’ve got it pretty good. Just listen to any “old-timer” – say, someone who was recruiting 15 or 20 years ago – and they’ll be quick to tell you how it used to be in the not-so-good-old-days. Paper resumes. File cabinets. Phone books. Rolodexes. Fax machines. Look these things up online kids, and gaze upon your yesteryear colleagues in pity.

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Recruiting Blogs

JULY 27, 2017

When you receive a job offer, an employment contract comes with it. You review the benefits, including the salary and insurance, and assume that the terms are fair and accurate. But you can’t make assumptions with any business document because a breach of contract could land you in court. And claiming that you don’t remember the rules is not going to get you your job back — even with a lawyer in tow.

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Hiring Thing

JULY 27, 2017

When small businesses are looking to make budget cuts, employee training is often what takes the first hit. Not only does a lack of training lead to high turnover rates, it can also lead to critical errors that may cost multiple times over what good training costs. Employee training is. Continue reading.

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PowerToFly

JULY 27, 2017

We learn three important lessons as children: learn from mistakes, wash your hands, and eat your greens –– it’s the only way to get dessert. While these lessons may be ingrained in the back of our heads (thanks mom and dad), they are easy to forget with all of the responsibilities we pretend to be on top of and the distractions that take our minds off of the responsibilities we aren’t completing.

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Hireology

JULY 27, 2017

Hireology is excited to host Elevate 2017 , the first retail automotive summit focused solely on human capital management. The summit will be hosted in partnership with Cox Automotive and NADA , and unite retail automotive leaders from across the country to collaborate on building and retaining their best teams. Elevate will empower the nation’s top dealership General Managers, Dealer Principals and HR leaders to join forces and discuss human capital management best practices.

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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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Staffingsoft

JULY 27, 2017

Anyone who has been hiring recently knows that it is becoming tougher and tougher to find good candidates for tough-to-fill technical positions. Examples of these position are found in Information Technology, Software Engineering, as well as other disciplines.

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NPA Worldwide

JULY 27, 2017

Our network recently held a topical call where thriving NPAworldwide members shared 6 quick tips on making a split placement network work for you: COMMUNICATION IS KEY. This is a communication business, if people don’t communicate, then you can’t do business with them. Very plain and simple. A cross-industry exporter who has been in NPA for 10 months, said: “When you talk to your partners, detail is important.

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SmartRecruiters

JULY 27, 2017

As Jennifer Dickey pointed out , a study by NYU and Imperative found that “purpose-oriented employees” tend to remain with employers 20 percent longer than those at other companies and are about 47 percent more likely to be more engaged promoters of the companies they work for. Social responsibility is becoming increasingly important to today’s candidates.

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Hospital Recruiting

JULY 27, 2017

Creating a good job description is typically the last thing an HR professional or line manager wants to do. The long list of their other responsibilities usually takes priority. But a well-crafted job description actually makes a wealth of managerial and HR tasks faster and easier to execute. The job description is a blueprint to hiring, evaluating, promoting, disciplining, and even terminating staff.

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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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HRsoft

JULY 27, 2017

If you’ve followed any of our previous blog posts, you may be familiar with some of the advantages we frequently discuss about communicating total compensation to your employees. Using tools like compensation software to relay important messages about how you’re rewarding your teams can give them a clear idea of your employee value proposition. But is it enough to overcome today’s widespread employee disengagement problem?

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Recruiting Daily

JULY 27, 2017

Every month, it seems there is another recruiting conference going on. In fact, between Tim Sackett and RecruitingDaily, we have been to Globoforce #WorkHuman, SAP Sapphire, HireVue Digital Disruption, HR Tech World, Halogen Software’s TalentSpace, Talent42, UltiConnect, Smashfly Transform and SHRM, to name a few. So, what did we gain besides air miles by going to […].

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AgileHR

JULY 27, 2017

It is easy for employers to get stuck in the idea that the best way to retain good employees is by increasing their pay. While salary levels are important, many studies have found that real and true job satisfaction isn’t necessarily found in the size of a paycheck. Money isn’t the only motivator! Here are some of the other factors that influence employee satisfaction and help you maintain low turnover: • Flexible Work Hours: Instead of being stuck in the same desk for the same hours, employees

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Newton Software

JULY 27, 2017

Post to Niche Job Boards and Promote Diversity Directly From Newton. Does your business have 15 employees or more? If so, federal law requires you comply with EEOC guidelines. How do you ensure your organization offers equal employment opportunity to people of every race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability status? The first step is getting your jobs in front of a diverse candidate pool.

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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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Namely - Talent

JULY 27, 2017

Face it, we all love a good TED Talk. While they’ve become somewhat of a cliche in the professional world, akin to motivational quotes from Richard Branson or Wolf of Wall Street memes, they continue to fascinate viewers (this author included). TED Talks span a variety of topics and disciplines, including science, psychology, technology, art, and business.

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Recruiting Daily

JULY 27, 2017

Although AI, Robotics and Automation have all been around for a while in certain sectors, only recently has their true potential has been shown in the media. Whether it’s a new robot development to aid a manufacturing process, or an AI bot to speed up customer service inquiries, questions have been raised, primarily — “What […].

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Linkedin Talent Blog

JULY 27, 2017

From making a typo in your job description to asking a candidate a question that seems harmless but can get you in trouble , recruiting mistakes happen. And, they happen to even the most senior TA and HR professionals, including LinkedIn’s Pat Wadors and Brendan Browne. In this week’s episode of Talent on Tap , Pat and Brendan talk about some of their most cringeworthy (and occasionally costly) hiring missteps.

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