Mon.Apr 06, 2020

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What Is Candidate Experience, and How Does It Show up Throughout the Recruitment Process?

JazzHR

For two years straight, the nation’s unemployment rate has hovered around historic lows. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, it oscillated between 3.5% and 4.0% between February 2018 and February 2020. . However, as March comes to a close, the once-stable economic situation we’ve gotten used to couldn’t be more different — or more uncertain.

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Recruiters. You CAN make placements in lockdown!

Greg Savage

In most cases, recruiters, clients and candidates are all at home right now. And no one knows when that will change. How on earth do we engineer a permanent placement in that situation? Job spec. Interview. Second interview. Offer. Acceptance. Start date. Handover. I am not going to tell you it’s easy. But it can […].

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Healthcare Recruiting Trends & Predictions: The Impact of a Pandemic

Recruitics

Just a few short months ago, talent acquisition leaders were celebrating the New Year with articles and blog posts predicting industry trends and innovations we could expect to see unfold in 2020. However, few could have predicted the onset of an international pandemic and its resulting impact on communities, organizations, and industries across the globe.

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How to Establish a COVID-19 Safety Policy

TalentCulture - Recruiting

The spread of COVID-19 is changing how we all operate, and businesses are no exception. With cases mounting across the United States, we’re watching the “world’s largest work-from-home experiment” unfold. Many companies that normally work in office spaces are requiring employees to work remotely, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter, and my own company, Influence & Co.

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Cracking the Culture Code: Interviewing for Culture Fit

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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How to run successful developer interviews remotely.

Stack Overflow

Everyone has their own opinions on the nuances of interviewing developers, but interviewing candidates virtually presents its own set of challenges. Here are a few tips to help you effectively evaluate remote developers and create a best-in-class remote interview experience. Before the interview. Let them know what to expect. Not only do developers hate brainteaser questions, they also wish more employers would tell them what types of technical concepts they should be prepared to discuss.

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How to Capitalise on Downtime at Your Recruitment Agency

FireFish Software

It’s natural to worry when business gets quiet, but at times like this, it’s important to try and stay positive: Slower periods can be valuable in that they give your agency the time and space to work on projects that will make the business leaner and more efficient when business picks back up again. Successful businesses know the value of high-quality downtime (yes, it really is a thing!

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Announcing: The Complete Guide to Creating a Social Media Policy

Firmplay

By Vasilios Alexiou FirmPlay just launched The Complete Guide to Creating a Social Media Policy , and we want to share it with you. It’s a definitive, one-stop-shop resource for social media policy. We’re fully aware that a guide on social media policy is not the sexiest material in the world. But there’s a huge opportunity here. Why? Because 50% of your employees are already talking about you online.

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The human side of Covid-19: Remove your mask when WFH

The Staffing Stream

When I graduated from college and entered the business world, I was taught to present myself in such a way that essentially was like wearing a mask. From my attire, hair and makeup to behavior such as arriving early and staying late, my mask set others’ perceptions of my quality of work, my aptitude, and my drive for career progression. I dressed for the role I wanted, mirroring managers and executives and the masks they wore.

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WEBINAR: Talent Pipeline Strategy – Why it's Critical Now

ConveyIQ

The Talent Acquisition landscape has changed overnight. During this webinar, we will discuss how sourcers and recruiters can quickly adapt to the current state of work as well as prepare for the recruitment rebound by building an effective candidate pipeline strategy. Join us as Alejandro González de la Peña, Sr. Customer Success Executive, Talent Insights and Innovation Strategist, discusses how some of the top companies around the world are handling this change and using this time to build sol

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

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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Top Five Issues Facing Human Resources In 2020

Forbes Human Resources Council

Although the tight labor market presents some unique challenges, adopting these recommendations can help your organization stay ahead of the curve.

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How to Weather Financial Uncertainty as a Freelancer or Gig Worker

Recruiter

As COVID-19 disrupts the world, you might be worried about how it could one day affect you. Perhaps it already has. The pandemic has caused a lot of trouble worldwide. The financial markets have taken a beating, and businesses large and small are reeling. It has been no less taxing for individuals: Once lucrative side hustles may be drying up, and freelance work may be slowing as businesses shift focus.

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Get Your Remote Team Up And Running Fast: Eight Tips For Managers New To Working From Home

Forbes Human Resources Council

Effective management and positive leadership are crucial to keeping a team productive and operational during times of crisis and unexpected change in the workplace.

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Recruiters Brace for a Hiring Slowdown

WizardSourcer

While we can only speculate the impacts that Coronavirus will have on the economy, some believe that the U.S. unemployment could rise to 15% and the economy could contract by more than 30% within the next quarter and job losses could reach up to 47 million. As we saw through The Great Recession, when the economy contracts and large numbers of workers are displaced, voluntary attrition decreases which makes it more difficult to recruit talent that are gainfully employed.

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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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If you need a distraction…

Recruiting Daily

Last week I sent this email out to a group of industry friends. It was a lighthearted way to help folks cope with the stress of COVID-19. Since I sent the email out I’ve decided to make the Google doc a list here and thus more publicly available to folks. _ Friends, colleagues […].

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12 Strategies For Conducting Effective Stay Interviews

Forbes Human Resources Council

While exit interviews can be useful, they don't focus on retaining the business's talent. Instead, try a stay interview, which focuses on what the enterprise can do to help the employee remain with the company.

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Tips to Stay Productive and Mentally Healthy While Working Remotely

Pragna Technologies

With the spread of the coronavirus, it has affected everything to any extent, from travel to the even the availability of masks and hand sanitizer. Fan out of COVID-19 has shaken the whole world and has become a growing concern for all. To cope up with the present situation many companies are working remotely until the virus can be slowed. Many people wish to work from the comfort of their own home.

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[PODCAST] Lever – Continuity Planning for Recruiting with Sarah Nahm

Recruiting Daily

Introduction We are continuing our podcast series where we have a virtual chat with some of the best and brightest in Recruiting and Talent Acquisition. I’d like to give a warm virtual welcome to Sarah Nahm, CEO, and Co-founder at Lever. Sarah tells me that she studied engineering and design at Stanford University. She then […].

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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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Top 6 Steps to Build an Employer Brand For Start-ups and Small Businesses

Pragna Technologies

Most of the small business and start-ups don’t have time to focus their time and energy on employer branding. It is one of the most ignored and challenged that small businesses and start up face, as their journey of growth become competitive when they look out for high quality employees. Many of these small businesses and start-ups are struggling and competing to find same talent as much larger and well established organizations.

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Search Solution Group featured on Business Talk Library Podcast

Search Solution Group

Search Solution Group’s very own Krissy Fox, Executive Recruiting Leader, and Mitchell Rockett, Business Development Manager, had the opportunity to sit down with Terrell and Lola Turner for the latest installment of their Business Talk Library podcast. Business Talk Library is a podcast and resource hosted by Terrell and Lola Turner, the founders of the [.].

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COVID-19: How to Manage Employee’s stress and Anxiety

Pragna Technologies

We are in the amidst of a pandemic, and the effect of the Covid-19 is increasingly being felt across the world. It is uncommon time of change and uncertainty. As more and more people are getting infected, employees are experiencing high levels of anxiety around the potential impact of the virus. The fear of falling sick and the anxiety concerning the social and economic impact of corona is inevitable.

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Company Culture: Questions to Learn More

Professional Alternatives

If the job duties and salary are roughly the same, what makes one employment opportunity a better choice over another? The answer is simple, yet very important: company culture , or the overall everyday atmosphere and way an organization is run. Job seekers often get so enthusiastic about a potential opportunity that they overlook signs that the company culture may not be the best fit for them.

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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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WEBINAR: Talent Pipelining – Why It's Critical Now

Entelo

The Talent Acquisition landscape has changed overnight. During this webinar, we will discuss how sourcers and recruiters can quickly adapt to the current state of work as well as prepare for the recruitment rebound by building an effective candidate pipeline strategy. Join us as Alejandro González de la Peña, Sr. Customer Success Executive, Talent Insights and Innovation Strategist, discusses how some of the top companies around the world are handling this change and using this time to build sol

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The IR35 reforms – 12 months and counting

The Staffing Stream

The coronavirus has brought many changes to our working practices of late, one of which is a delay to the implementation of the IR35 reforms in the UK contracting sector. Right up to the eleventh-hour businesses were struggling with what the reforms would mean for them. Some had placed blanket bans on personal service company (PSC) engagements, while others were looking for potential workarounds.

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6 choses à faire pour maintenir la cohésion de votre équipe

Jobillico

Le télétravail présente des défis uniques. L’un des plus importants est celui de faire face à la perte de la camaraderie que l’on trouve au travail. Chaque employé contribue à l’équipe et à la cohésion globale du lieu de travail. Aucune entreprise ne réussit grâce à une seule personne. Comme chacun de nous travaille dans son propre espace, il nous est facile d’oublier que c’est notre cohésion qui fait notre force.

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Sourcecon Spring 2020!!

Recruiting Blogs

Sourcecon Spring 2020 was the first every Digital Sourcecon. Meaning it was all done virtually. So. For my recap I will focus on the tools that were mentioned. . So first the presentations I have that this list of tools is coming from: . AmyBeth-Quinn FROM SIDESHOW TO BIG TOP BECOMING A SOURCING RINGMASTER. Amy-Schultz THE 3 SKILLS YOU’LL NEED TO FUTURE PROOF YOUR STAFFING TEAM.

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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 Star Survey Results Delivering the Ultimate Candidate Experience

GoodTime

How would your candidates rate your interview process? The majority of us would, of course, hope for a perfect ten — but that’s not the case the majority of the time. When it comes to candidate experience, most companies only focus on the part where the candidate comes onsite. After all, there are a ton of opportunities to make candidates feel welcome.

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How To Recruit Healthcare Workers During a Pandemic

Recruiting Blogs

The Coronavirus has had an unprecedented impact on our economy and has brought to closer scrutiny our healthcare resources. With so many supplies needed to treat the ill, two questions are echoed across mainstream media: do we have enough resources to treat patients and do we have enough labor to administer those resources? The answer to the latter question is the more troubling.

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Is LinkedIn Replacing the Modern Resume?

KNF&T Staffing Resources

With the similarities between your resume and LinkedIn profile, you may wonder whether both are still relevant to your job search. With a significant number of job openings being advertised and applied to online and the ability for hiring managers and recruiters to access your social media profiles, you might think your resume has become obsolete.