Thu.Mar 22, 2018

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How One Teacher Overhauled Her School's Recruitment Process

Lever

Imagine all the resources you’d need to build a new charter school from the ground up in New York City. Do mounds of textbooks or new computers come to mind? Maybe walls covered with chalkboards or clusters of wooden desks? You’re getting somewhere. But if you ask the staff at Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School (HSCS), no resource compares in value to one core piece: the right group of teachers.

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4 Questions to Ask Applicants to Assess Their Empathy

Glassdoor for Employers

Every company has its own mix of hiring must-haves: hard skills, education, personality traits, ability to problem-solve under pressure and more. But.

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Top Tips From Real Women About Getting Real With Female Talent Acquisition

Spark Hire

“Nevertheless, she persisted.”. The rally cry for Women’s History Month falls right in line with the ongoing female empowerment movement. No matter what’s tossed their way, women continue to push and pull to get the rights they deserve. This is especially true in the workplace where women aren’t only fighting for equal rights, but also the right to their own unique experiences.

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Report: Using Company Culture Transparency to Build a More Diverse Workforce

Indeed

According to recent research from the World Economic Forum, women around the world will have to wait 217 years for the differences between pay and employment opportunities available to them and to men to disappear. So while the heightened profile of the conversation surrounding inclusion and diversity and how women are treated in the workplace is encouraging, we still have a long way to go before we can reach equality.

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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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Revealing Insights Into the Minds of Hard-To-Find Talent

Yoh

Recruiting highly-skilled talent is a major challenge in today's job market. In industries as diverse as life sciences , technology , and energy , advances are often achieved by Ph.D.-level or similar quality talent. Finding this talent is a nearly impossible considering that individuals with these qualifications are most likely gainfully and happily employed in challenging careers.

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How to Write a Job Ad 101

The Hire Talent

If you want to attract good candidates, take the time to create, curate, and develop a job advertisement that speaks to your target audience, your “A Players.” It takes some time and effort up front, and you might think you don’t have the time to do so. Remember, nothing great comes from doing something with. Read More. The post How to Write a Job Ad 101 appeared first on The HIRE Talent.

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When Positive Discrimination Can Be Completely Legal

Undercover Recruiter

“Is this fake news?” was the message I received through my Facebook page with a screenshot of an advertisement for a training opportunity at a BBC radio station. It clearly stated that the roles were only open to people from Black and Asian backgrounds. “Surely this can’t be legal? I’m shocked that the BBC can. View Article.

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New Resource: The Hireology Onboarding Playbook

Hireology

Effective onboarding is essential to any new employee’s success. But many businesses don’t have a set onboarding process in place, which can lead to new hires spending a significant amount of time filling out administrative paperwork during their first day or week. Is your business doing everything possible to ensure employee onboarding is seamless?

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Moving Forward…With Temp and Contract Placements!

NPA Worldwide

Everything is moving forward with the economy as we reach the end of the first quarter in this likely-to-be boom year of 2018! Look back on placement requests you have received so far and consider if you have been able to successfully satisfy your client’s needs. If the answer is no, you may need to consider other actions to help improve your success ratio.

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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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The Importance of Glassdoor for Candidate Attraction in 2018

Glassdoor for Employers

Here at OME, we’ve seen a significant increase in queries about Glassdoor over the past 12 months. We have been working with.

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The Golden Rule of Recruiting: Let Your Candidates Eat Cake

ConveyIQ

“Let them eat cake,” Marie Antoinette enthusiastically declared upon learning commoners and peasants had no bread. The oblivious, selfish upper class in France at the time was met with a revolution like no other after these words were uttered. Now there is no clear evidence that Marie Antoinette ever even said these words, but the general sentiment of elitism in France at the time dictated the behavior of pro-revolutionary individuals for a decade.

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How Can Q&A Help Employers and Candidates in Recruiting

Recruiting Daily

Candidate recruitment has undergone enormous changes in the past decade, driven largely by a shift toward Internet-based recruitment strategies. Most of these changes are positive, resulting in a more dynamic interaction between job seekers and potential employers. By creating this level of transparency and communication, hiring managers and job candidates can get the information they […].

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Innovative Rewards To Power Your Referral Program

EmployeeReferrals.com

Companies with successful referral programs often adopted a reward strategy that seeks to reward employees for participation rather than only on a successful end result. Introducing micro rewards in the referral program strategy helps to keep employees engaged and motivated by rewarding them in small ways for participating in the program, irrespective of the outcome of the referral.

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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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How to Use the 80/20 Talent Rule to Increase Quality of Hire

Linkedin Talent Blog

Most companies unknowingly violate this the 80/20 Talent Rule every day. The rule is: Focus 80% of your hiring and recruiting efforts on the most important 20% of the talent market. When companies don't follow this rule, they overpay and work too hard to hire average candidates. This entire concept is summarized in this graphic. It doesn’t take much research to discover that the best candidates come from referrals, as shown in the graphic.

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Innovative Rewards To Power Your Referral Program

EmployeeReferrals.com

Companies with successful referral programs often adopted a reward strategy that seeks to reward employees for participation rather than only on a successful end result. Introducing micro rewards in the referral program strategy helps to keep employees engaged and motivated by rewarding them in small ways for participating in the program, irrespective of the outcome of the referral.

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Structure Your Interview to Find The Truth

Recruiting Blogs

Everything starts with the foundation. My job as a recruiter is to help my clients find the best person for their unique hiring needs. Part of that job involves follow-up after every interview to see how things unfolded. In almost every interview I can point out a fatal flaw: the hiring manager didn’t prepare. They didn’t think of questions ahead of time, and they ended up doing all the talking.

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How to Build Amazing Teams with NCAA Athletes

Entelo

Every company wants to hire go-getters who play to win and thrive in high-pressure competitive environments – but where do you find those candidates and how to you test for that skill set during the interview process? To find out, Entelo sat down with Enterprise Sales Development Rep , Lariel Powell, to hear how her days as a student athlete prepared her for the world of work.

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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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Why You Should Promote Internally

Recruiting Blogs

According to a workplace study by Wharton Professor Matthew Bidwell, external hires have significantly lower performance evaluations for their first two years on the job when compared to internal workers who are promoted into similar jobs. Additionally, they have higher exit rates and are paid an average of 20% more. Are you interested in paying more for less productivity?

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3 Ways

The Hiring Group

The post 3 Ways appeared first on The Hiring Group.

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The Candidate Experience Journey: Enhancing Six Key Touchpoints

Bersin

In today’s highly competitive talent market, an organization’s ability to attract high-quality candidates is a significant business advantage—making improving candidate experience a priority for talent acquisition (TA) teams. Our most recently published High-Impact Talent Acquisition research found that a personalized talent journey was essential for applicants, with 76 percent of high-performing TA functions reporting that […].

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Gamification in Recruitment: The New Talent Attraction Tool

Jobsoid

31 is the average age of gamers now and it would surprise you to know that the number of gamers over 35 far exceeds the number of gamers between the ages of 18 and 35. Source: The Entertainment Software Association Your jobseekers are more likely to comprehend the dynamics of gamification and this explains why […]. The post Gamification in Recruitment: The New Talent Attraction Tool appeared first on Jobsoid.

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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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Transparency Policy: The Why & How of Building One that Works for Your Organization

ClearCompany Recruiting

“Transparency” seems to be the word of the day. In today’s world of corporate shenanigans and frustrating bureaucracy, there is a solid case to be made for transparency. Transparency policies at Buffer and Netflix have been much written about, as they are keeping their culture, and their salaries, out there for the world to see. Proponents of corporate transparency say it can lead to improvements, innovation and can foster a deeper sense of trust with employees and shareholders.

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The 6 Key Steps for Job Description Management Software

Ongig

You need an automated system for job description management to post and fill jobs faster. Here are the key steps I recommend for your effective job description management: 1) Job Description Library. If you’re reading this, I’ll assume your current job description management process is not cutting it. Let’s start from the beginning…. You’re going to want to import whatever quality existing job descriptions you have into one place (so you can reuse them in creating JDs when you need them).

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High Tech Recruitment Helps Healthcare

Hospital Recruiting

With the advent of so much technology to help the recruitment process, it’s no wonder hospitals and healthcare organizations are turning to apps to acquire top talent. The shift for HR continues to spend a larger amount of time on talent management and candidate engagement has helped technology grow. Outsourcing some of the more mundane of the recruitment tasks can give recruiters more time to spend with candidates, evaluate skills and verify credentials, and orient and onboard new hires.

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YUDU You, Girlfriend

The Whiteboard

Once upon a time, jobs were advertised in the newspaper. If you wanted one, you rang the number listed, or submitted an application by post. The hungry among us would sidestep all of that and front up with CV in hand to say hello to the manager personally, shake hands and, all going well, make an impression lasting enough to supersede all others. Then came the Internet.

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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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Understanding the Wants & Needs of Long-Term Service Employees

HRsoft

Long-term service employees have needs and preferences that are in many cases different from those of Millennial or Gen X employees. To ensure the needs of all employees are being met, it’s important to evaluate compensation programs against the wants and needs of all generations. Here, we’ll look at the key characteristics and preferences of Veterans and Baby Boomers.

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How and Why One Analyst Recruits: Q&A With Luke Elder at Lincoln International

Recruiting Blogs

Banks Have Culture Too. We worked with Lincoln International , a Chicago based investment bank, who has been using NextWave Hire over the past year to share their unique culture with prospective applicants. Luke Elder works at Lincoln as an analyst and explained in more detail about how they’ve been using the platform to build their employer brand.

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Guest Weekly Roundup: Top Headlines in Talent Acquisition, March 16, 2018

ConveyIQ

Welcome back to another ConveyIQ Weekly Roundup. Here’s the latest news and updates that made headlines in the HR community this week. Guest Roundup by Alston Chiang, Customer Success Manager at ConveyIQ. At 23, I was a hiring manager. At 25, I was a job seeker. Now, at the age of 28, I am looking to change the world of recruiting. In recruiting, we make the comparison between interviewing and dating.