Wed.Jun 16, 2021

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How Your Company Could Celebrate Juneteenth

Proactive Talent

Juneteenth is almost here and it’s time to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. Although the holiday is celebrated every year on June 19th and is 156 years old , how to celebrate it is not common knowledge. Due to recent civil unrest following the death of George Floyd and calls for social justice, companies have had a heightened sensitivity to the African American experience and have made efforts to show their support.

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The future of networking with Kingsley Aikins

Social Talent

The power networking exerts in creating change, both for businesses and individuals, cannot be underestimated. One conversation can literally alter the course of your life. But, with COVID pushing a large portion of the workforce online – how do you make sure you’re still networking successfully and efficiently over Zoom calls? And what does the future of networking look like?

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6 Ideas To Help You Become the Manager You’ve Always Wanted To Be

Celarity

Congratulations! You’ve finally landed the opportunity to lead your own team. That’s really exciting and probably a little scary. You’re responsible for the quality of work, effectiveness, and growth of a team. Plus, you now have to navigate new territories, including hiring, professional development, dealing with turnover, and more.

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3 Inclusive Workplace Strategies to Defrost the Frozen Middle

Ideal

It goes without saying that inclusive workplaces are better at attracting talent, and even more important for retaining and upskilling your existing employees. However, organizations are still working towards diversifying every level of their organization and the frozen middle remains a universal issue challenging many companies. DEI remains a top priority for leading organizations, with many companies linking bonuses towards hiring quotas and D&I benchmarks.

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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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Hoping to Get a New Job Post-Pandemic? Here’s How to Figure Out What You Actually Want

The Muse

You might know it’s time to move on from your current job or company in the wake of the pandemic, but how do you figure out what exactly to look for next?

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How to Break Out of the Feast or Famine Cycle When Freelancing

Transformify - Recruiting

Ah, the feast or famine cycle. Freelancers around the globe are all too familiar with the ebbs and flows that can come with the contractor lifestyle. One minute you’re drowning in work and the next you’re scrounging for anything to help bring in a little cash. If you’re a digital nomad, a freelancer, or a contractor of any kind that struggles with the feast or famine cycle from month to month, you’re not alone.

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Leadership and Employee Engagement: Inspire a Shared Vision

FlashPoint

Creating a Shared Vision For Your TEAM increases Engagement. Whether your team is working virtually, or in person, creating cohesion and inspiring others is more important for leaders than ever before. One of the key practice areas effective leaders demonstrate is to Inspire a Shared Vision. Inspiring a shared vision helps employees engage in and see a deeper meaning in their daily work, instead of feeling as if they are performing routine tasks that don’t contribute to the bigger picture.

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Is AI The Answer To Recruiting Effectiveness?

Forbes Human Resources Council

Engaging a talent acquisition strategy that leverages today’s powerful technology with experienced human talent acquisition professionals will prove to be the most successful way to win the battle for top talent in the future.

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Developing Hiring Strategy for Hybrid Workplace Environment

TalentLyft

The suspense that was building up around the idea of going back to the offices and redefining our everyday working arrangements has finally reached its end as soon as some tech giants announced their model of work for the future. Ever since the CEO from Google released a statement that the company is about to create a hybrid workplace for its employees, it seems as though others started following their example.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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How to reduce candidate drop off rate in tech [7 tips & strategies]

Devskiller

According to Glassdoor , only 20% of job applicants complete the application process from start to finish. This brings the candidate drop off rate to 80%, which is rather terrifying. Considering how competitive it is to recruit developers specifically, it’s necessary to design a recruitment process in a way that is candidate friendly due to a competitive market.

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Talent Wars: The Post-Pandemic Hiring Race For A Competitive Advantage

Forbes Human Resources Council

Want to be on the winning side in the war for talent? Planning needs to start now.

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Here’s How This Expert Is Reimagining Diversity, Equity, and Belonging at Her Company

The Muse

Jennifer Sutton was hired at Instacart to spearhead the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives—here’s how she’s getting it done.

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How To Develop And Maintain A Healthy Employee Feedback Process

Forbes Human Resources Council

Constructive feedback is vital to the continued growth and development of employees.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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The Diamond in the Rough: Using technology and transferable velocity to obtain the perfect match

The Staffing Stream

Although a workforce evolution was on its way pre-pandemic, there’s no denying that Covid-19 and its aftermath spurred significant change as businesses were thrust into new opportunities that forced remote work, new protocols, and a reliance on technology like never before. Now, as companies look to restaff, reskill, and reengage their ranks, they’re also reimagining traditional roles and working arrangements and looking to accelerate through the recovery and beyond.

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How Executive Coaching For Leaders At Every Level Can Help Your Bottom Line

Forbes Human Resources Council

Coaching is a secret weapon for people on many rungs of the corporate ladder, but especially for mid-level people leaders who may be eyeing that corner office.

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Let’s Talk About the B2B vs. B2C Sales Process

Lusha

How much do you love that bot on your favorite e-commerce site that browses the store for you to spoon-feed you items similar to your latest purchases? How much easier does it make your shopping experience when your service provider hands you insights about your shopping habits and interests? It saves time and effort and it’s oh so spot on! This, my friends, is B2C sales 2.0 and its buy-in from customers is so infectious that B2B sales are taking notice and following suit. .

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5 Tips to Build and Maintain a High-Quality Talent Pool

Hundred5

One of the toughest challenges facing businesses looking to recruit top talent is speed. Every time a new position is created, or an employee leaves, there’s a hole that needs plugging which invariably takes time to execute. If this sounds like a challenge you face, you could benefit from a talent pool. . You may already be familiar with the concept of a talent pool, maybe you’ve even tried to set one up before?

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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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What B2B Can Learn from B2C: Optimizing Data for a Better Customer Journey

Lusha

Are you aware of one of the biggest shifts taking place in the B2B industry? Well, for one, we’re starting to see B2B and B2C sales tactics merge. B2B companies are now allowing customers to learn about their products and services organically, without the guidance of a sales rep. Believe it or not, it’s possible to help your customers make faster purchasing decisions, create impactful relationships in a shorter time, and make the sale sooner than you previously imagined.

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How to Make the Most of Being on a Growing Team: 3 Tips from Plex’s Adriana Bosinceanu

PowerToFly

When the startup Adriana Bosinceanu was working for got acquired, things changed fast. She went from being one of eight engineers on a small team building a streaming service to joining a company that was five times larger and had a much bigger scope. That company was Plex , where Adriana has been working remotely as a software engineer for the last four and a half years.

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Let’s Talk About the B2B vs. B2C Sales Process

Lusha

How much do you love that bot on your favorite e-commerce site that browses the store for you to spoon-feed you items similar to your latest purchases? How much easier does it make your shopping experience when your service provider hands you insights about your shopping habits and interests? It saves time and effort and it’s oh so spot on! This, my friends, is B2C sales 2.0 and its buy-in from customers is so infectious that B2B sales are taking notice and following suit. .

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The Secrets to Balancing Work and Family Life

PowerToFly

Being fully committed to work and family is a challenge that many working parents have to take on. It can be exhausting and thankless pursuing a fulfilling full-time career, while taking an active role as a parent. Achieving a healthy balance can help keep you motivated and productive at work, while allowing you to be fully present when you're home.

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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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Let’s Talk About the B2B and B2C Sales Process

Lusha

How much do you love that bot on your favorite e-commerce site that browses the store for you to spoon-feed you items similar to your latest purchases? How much easier does it make your shopping experience when your service provider hands you insights about your shopping habits and interests? It saves time and effort and it’s oh so spot on! This, my friends, is B2C sales 2.0 and its buy-in from customers is so infectious that B2B sales are taking notice and following suit. .

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What These Companies Are Doing to Celebrate Juneteenth 2021

PowerToFly

Juneteenth has been celebrated by African-Americans since the late 1800s, but in recent years (particularly in response to global protests over police brutality and the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and other Black Americans), there has been a surge in interest in the day that celebrates freedom. Before it became an official federal holiday , many businesses shifted toward marking June 19th as an annual company holiday, creating different initiatives around the holiday a

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Crelate CEO Aaron Elder recently shared his insights on bridging the talent gap by focusing on candidates’ ‘transferrable velocity’ during the hiring process, on the RecTech Media podcast with Chris Russell.

Crelate

Read this article at RecTech Media. The post Crelate CEO Aaron Elder recently shared his insights on bridging the talent gap by focusing on candidates’ ‘transferrable velocity’ during the hiring process, on the RecTech Media podcast with Chris Russell. appeared first on Crelate.

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SmartSearch’s New Offering: Website Hosting & Design Services

SmartSearch

SmartSearch is ecstatic to announce a new product and service, a WordPress job plug-in, along with a hosting and web design service, which will be available next month. These features will boost the ability for clients to create a seamless UX for candidates from discovering the job post, uploading a resume, to submitting it with an application. If your website is currently hosted on WordPress, this new plug-in will be a great compliment to your site.

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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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How Do You Announce a Job Posting?

ExactHire Recruiting

Everybody likes something new and shiny. Babies, Tesla’s newest innovation , or the latest iPhone. New gets all the buzz. Job seekers, too, have a predilection for the latest and greatest. A new job posting looks more appealing than one that’s been languishing on online job boards. For all these reasons, your job posting has more traction during its first few days of life.

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Safeguard Global – Redesign Workforce Strategies by Being Globally Fluent with Brian Dames

Recruiting Daily

Safeguard Global – How Can Companies Redesign Workforce Strategies By Being Globally Fluent With Brian Dames On today’s show, we have Brian Dames from Safeguard Global here to talk about how companies can redesign their workforce strategies by being globally fluent. We’re actually gonna be talking a lot about global fluency, or multinational employment proficiency, […].

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From the President’s Desk – June 2021

SmartSearch

Greetings, SmartSearch family! As we swing into summer, it is my hope that each of you has an incredible summer full of both adventure and relaxation. Here in beautiful San Diego, California, we are working hard at finishing up version 22 of SmartSearch, and boy, are we excited about it. . Version 22 . With Version 22 you can expect: . An updated User Interface (UI) .

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