Fri.May 31, 2019

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What is Social Proof? and Why it’s Essential for Recruitment Agencies

Undercover Recruiter

Wikipedia describes social proof as: “A psychological phenomenon wherein people copy the actions of others in an attempt to reflect correct behavior for a given situation.” Robert Cialdini, the Professor of Psychology & Marketing who coined the term, goes on to say that social proof “is driven by the assumption that the surrounding people possess more knowledge about.

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#WorkTrends: Beating Your Bias

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Yassmin Abdel-Magied says she changed the appearance of her headscarf one day and noticed that people on the street began to look at her differently. This experience with the power of unconscious bias was the basis for Abdel-Magied’s moving TED Talk, and it’s one of many moments that she says led her on the path to becoming a writer, broadcaster and activist.

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Exercising Discipline to Succeed

ExactHire Recruiting

The phrase “exercise discipline” can rouse different feelings. On one hand, we dread discipline as a punishment for failure. Parents discipline a child for failing to get off the playground when asked. After failing an assignment, a student becomes disciplined and grudgingly chooses the library over the party. On the other hand, we admire discipline as a character trait that leads to success.

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Leading Trust in a Digital Era - CIPD Ireland Annual Conference

Allegis Global Solutions

Last week saw the CIPD Ireland annual conference. Allegis Global Solutions had the pleasure of joining senior HR leaders from some of Ireland's biggest companies for a day of inspiration and discussions exploring the changing nature of trust and its effect on how organisations attract, engage and retain talent.

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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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News | Indeed announces acquisition of recruiting platform Syft

Social Talent

Indeed announces acquisition of recruiting platform Syft. Indeed announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Syft , a leading recruiting platform for the hospitality, event and light industrial sectors in the UK. Founded in 2015, Syft’s proprietary technology provides a simple, effective recruitment solution and shift management tool for part-time and flexible work, connecting and matching qualified and vetted jobseekers with available shifts through its desktop and mobile app.

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Generational Hiring: 5 Common Millennial Stereotypes Debunked

Recruiting Daily Advisor

The media has dubbed the Millennial generation lazy and entitled, but these stereotypes couldn’t be further from the truth. Additionally, many forget that the oldest Millennial will be 37 this year, which means that the way you attract and retain this generation should be different from how you recruit and hire younger, Gen Z talent. Source: iQoncept / Shutterstock.

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10 Ways Employers Can Attract Top Grad Talent

Forbes Human Resources Council

College graduates often have solid ideas of what they're looking for. Here are some ways you can make a solid connection, and bring in the skilled and passionate people you need.

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Work/Life Balance Doesn't Mean You Can't Be Friends With Your Coworkers

Recruiter

"Work/life balance" is the buzz phrase of the moment, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Americans are notoriously overworked, and we could all use more time for our personal lives. However, it can be easy to go too far with work/life balance. Some workers end up erecting impenetrable walls between their personal and professional lives.

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How to elevate the importance of employee training Four tips to make training a priority in your organization

Visibility Software Recruiting

Recently, we highlighted five common workplace training and development challenges employers face in 2019. One of those challenges sounds the simplest but is one of the most difficult to address—making training and development (T&D) a priority. For both employers and employees, simply giving T&D the attention, time and budget share it deserves is a pervasive and ongoing challenge.

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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 Big Data Curse: Is TA Tech Actually Making Recruiters' Jobs Harder?

Recruiter

Sometimes, the issues that plague people in talent acquisition (TA) are unavoidable and really, really hard to solve. But there's one problem — one of the most common TA challenges of all — that we brought on ourselves. In fact, talent acquisition technology created the issue in the first place.

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Staff Accountant job description

Workable

In search of a Staff Accountant? Use this Staff Accountant job description sample to advertise your open roles for your company or accounting firm when hiring accounting staff. You can also use this template to create a Senior Accountant job description. Feel free to adapt responsibilities and requirements to your specific needs if needed. What is a Staff Accountant?

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How to elevate the importance of employee training Four tips to make training a priority in your organization

Visibility Software Recruiting

Recently, we highlighted five common workplace training and development challenges employers face in 2019. One of those challenges sounds the simplest but is one of the most difficult to address—making training and development (T&D) a priority. For both employers and employees, simply giving T&D the attention, time and budget share it deserves is a pervasive and ongoing challenge.

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The last mile: turning insights into actions in workplace learning analytics

HR Zone - Talent

Development. Learning analytics: the 'last mile' problem.

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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 elevate the importance of employee training Four tips to make training a priority in your organization

Visibility Software Recruiting

. Recently, we highlighted five common workplace training and development challenges employers face in 2019. One of those challenges sounds the simplest but is one of the most difficult to address—making training and development (T&D) a priority. For both employers and employees, simply giving T&D the attention, time and budget share it deserves is a pervasive and ongoing challenge.

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Jobvite Helps Pactiv Streamline Its Talent Acquisition Process

Jobvite

Pactiv has an impressive reach that includes managing teams and products in multiple locations to meet the needs of its customers. However, Pactiv found that in order to improve internal efficiency and workflow, they needed some help. Fortunately, that’s where Jobvite Hire was able to step in to update Pactiv’s applicant tracking system to shorten hiring time and improve the onboarding experience.

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Do Your Business a Favor: Hire People with Disabilities!

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Hiring people with disabilities is the right thing to do, but is it really right for your business? Given the right circumstances, many employers are willing to give a helping hand to a person “in need,” right? What if I were to tell you that the right circumstances are in place and that instead of reaching out the hand of charity, you could be making the best personal and professional move of your career?

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The 10 Must-Read Articles for Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

If you’re looking for a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We found some of the best recent articles published for talent professionals and posted them below. They cover a wide range of topics, including the benefits of micro-internships, the lack of progress in many companies' diversity and inclusion efforts, and why implementing a flexible work policy can prevent "deviant" employee behavior.

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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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When Money Doesn't Talk: The Employer Branding Imperative

Forbes Human Resources Council

Money may not get top talent in the door, but your employer brand can.

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Jobvite Helps Pactiv Streamline Its Talent Acquisition Process

Jobvite

Pactiv has an impressive reach that includes managing teams and products in multiple locations to meet the needs of its customers. However, Pactiv found that in order to improve internal efficiency and workflow, they needed some help. Fortunately, that’s where Jobvite Hire was able to step in to update Pactiv’s applicant tracking system to shorten hiring time and improve the onboarding experience.

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Going That Extra Mile for Candidates

Zartis

It seems the only thing you hear about these days is how tricky it is to move Developers into jobs, given the competitive and oversaturated job market. So, instead of sounding like a broken record, today we want to share our thoughts on how you can go that extra mile and become the most desirable employer in a crowded market. We asked many Developers what gets them across the finish line easier and they all give the same answer: it’s as though they’ve agreed on a secret ‘Code of Coders’ that’s h

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The death of the CV: why recruiters need to move beyond the traditional CV cycle

HR Zone - Talent

Acquisition. The death of the CV: what's next?

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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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3 Tips for Leveraging Your Job Posting to Get Top Talent

GoodTime

Your job posting is really the first interaction that candidates have with your company. It’s a given not to use certain words that are typically biased , but how can you fully take advantage of this platform? 1) Use the job posting to give a glimpse into the day-to-day. Most job postings will include the necessary experience but don’t give any inclination into how often the individual will be performing certain tasks.

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Love the Road? How to Make Driving into a Career

Recruiting Blogs

Driving can be a soothing and cathartic experience. If you have the right personality type, you may even be able to make a career out of it. People who are patient, detail-oriented, and responsive tend to make the best and safest drivers. There are various different options accessible to people who are currently exploring the idea of driving professionally.

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SilverChair Partners Hot Jobs!

SilverChair Partners

1. Executive Assistant to support the CEO of a global technology company. $150K DOE plus bonus and benefits. Great opportunity to be a true right hand and wear many hats! 2. Junior Chief of Staff at a thriving private family office. $115-150K DOE plus bonus and benefits. This role offers great exposure and an opportunity to really sink your teeth into a meaty role. 3.

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The Importance of Volunteering and Learning in Career Development

Recruiting Blogs

Volunteering and learning. Learning and volunteering. Both are important in today’s business world. The importance of volunteering lies in its development of soft skills such as problem-solving, decision-making, flexibility and teamwork, and making ample room for developing and refining new skills. Career change is easier and networking gets a boost.

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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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Candidate Communication: Save Time with Saved Replies in Clinch Talent

Clinch Talent

With SMS, email, and social channels available 24/7 and mobile devices constantly in-hand or nearby, it's never been easier for companies to connect with candidates. And while the same rings.

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We've Beefed Up Our Engagement Function

Hiretual

Hiretual has established itself as the leading sourcing solution.

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Candidate Communication: Save Time with Saved Replies in Clinch Talent

Clinch Talent

With SMS, email, and social channels available 24/7 and mobile devices constantly in-hand or nearby, it's never been easier for companies to connect with candidates. And while the same rings.

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