Tue.Nov 12, 2019

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The Gatekeepers Part III: Why a positive recruiting philosophy matters

Proactive Talent

In the final blog of my Gatekeeper series, I want to tackle one of the toughest barriers in shifting your recruitment model to a Gatekeeper approach: hiring leaders and executives. If you’ve read the first two parts of my series, you may think the Gatekeeper approach looks great on paper, but gaining organizational buy-in seems implausible. (And if you haven’t read the first or second installment in my series, I encourage you to pause and read those now).

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Backdoor Hires: We Already Knew the Candidate

NPA Worldwide

Today’s guest blogger is Wilson Cole. He is the CEO of BackdoorHires.com and Adams, Evens & Ross , the nation’s largest credit and collection agency designed exclusively for the staffing and recruiting industry. In 2008 he was inducted into INC Magazine’s, “INC 500” for being the CEO of Adams, Evens & Ross, the 307th fastest-growing privately held company in America.

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What To Do If Your New Hire Is Underperforming

McQuiag

Hiring isn't easy and it usually isn't fast. With all the time and resources that go in to finding your next great hire, the last thing you want to discover is that your new employee is underperforming. Now, no one drops into a new job knowing everything already but some hires seem to find their feet faster than others. There are many reasons a new hire might struggle, from a miscommunication during the interview to a steep learning curve once in the job.

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How Will ATS’ Improve Social Media Hiring in 2020?

ApplicantStack

Social media hiring is growing in importance. Why? You find more qualified candidates. It helps you strengthen your employer brand. You build your talent pipeline faster. Want to improve social media hiring in 2020? Social media has changed recruitment significantly—in a relatively short period of time. Companies are struggling to catch up. Many HR professionals don’t understand how an applicant tracking system supports social media recruiting.

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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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Why You Should Be Texting Your Applicants

Team Software

For most people, text messaging has become a part of our everyday lives, and in many cases it has eliminated the short phone call altogether.

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3 Job & Hiring Trends You’ll See in 2020 (& Beyond!)

Glassdoor for Employers

Recruiting and HR are always constantly evolving, but with a new decade just around the corner, change is in the air more than ever before. Today’s most proactive organizations are already getting ready for these shifts by reading up on the latest trends and planning for them accordingly. And while we can’t use a crystal ball to show you the future, we can offer the next best thing — a list of recruiting and HR predictions identified by Glassdoor’s Chief Economist, Dr.

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The Worst Recruiting Email Ever

Katrina Kibben

All of the worst recruiting email templates sound the same. The post The Worst Recruiting Email Ever appeared first on Katrina Kibben.

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Top 5 Candidate Sourcing Techniques You Must Definitely Try!

Jobsoid

It is a well-known fact across all industry domains that sourcing good candidates is the first step towards better talent acquisition. Every Human Resource or Recruitment Professional identifies a list of potential candidates for a particular job profile. It has become one of the most important tasks in their to-do lists. Though sourcing talent may […] The post Top 5 Candidate Sourcing Techniques You Must Definitely Try!

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The Gig Economy: Past and Present

Recruiting Daily Advisor

The phrase “gig economy” has become a critical part of the HR conversation. Whether it’s HR professionals looking to expand rapidly by outsourcing projects or startups relying entirely on outside workers, the gig economy is here to stay. But how well do you really understand it? Knowing its origins might help you see where this crazy train is headed.

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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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Introducing Hiretual’s One of a Kind Recruitment Report Page

Hiretual

We know you’re busy managing your business, and the last thing you have time for is to manually track and measure the performance of your projects and teams. With a constant inflow of new projects and outflow of candidate outreach, talent acquisition teams yearn for a detailed yet easy-to-digest overview of all active tasks. Hiretual’s new, comprehensive Reports page gives you a live feed of your recruitment performance: Projects, Team, Pipeline, Talent Pool , and Engagement.

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Speed Is The New Currency: Respond To Job Applicants Quickly

Valuehire

When searching for talent, it’s imperative to remember your applicants aren’t the only people who will soon be in the proverbial hot seat. The reputation of your company is at stake. As much as you’re interested in reading impressive, well-put-together resumes, your candidates are interested in discovering how reputable your organization is. You have more than one job to do.

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Tech Hiring: Understanding the Data to Make Informed Decisions

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Overwhelmed with hiring tech workers? You’re not alone! As the need for tech workers continues to increase due to technological advances, understanding key data about hiring tech workers will help you make informed decisions throughout the hiring process. Source: chombosan / iStock / Getty Images. Talent acquisition platform iCIMS recently released its “ 2019 Benchmark Report: Hiring tech talent for CIOs and CTOs.

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Daily Habits Every Recruiter Should Have

The Staffing Stream

As a recruiter, it’s ever so important to make sure you’re developing the habits you need to perform to the best of your ability. Habits, or rituals as they’re known in the personal development world, are the routines you master in your daily life that not only make your job easier for you but also get better results and help you become a lot more effective.

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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 Keep Employees Engaged in the Digital Era: Run Better Meetings

Recruiter

Organizational design is a key issue for every business leader. While there may be differences in approach to that design, all tend to agree on one thing: the right strategy and work structure are critical components that shape everything from company culture to the day-to-day experiences of employees. It's common knowledge: When employees are engaged, they are happier, more work gets done, and as a result, companies prosper.

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Protecting Against Workplace Bullying

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Recently, a manager named Carol told me she had been verbally attacked by another manager. The anger seemed to come out of nowhere. Carol asked a question, Mount Vesuvius erupted, and next thing she knew, she was covered in hot lava. It happened at the end of a management meeting when others were still lingering. No one, including her boss, came to her defense.

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From Selling to Storytelling: LinkedIn's 'Future of Recruiting' Report Predicts Transformational Change for the Industry

Recruiter

"The perception is that it's harder to find people. The reality is that it's easier than ever to find people. It's just harder to engage them — especially when that talent has 100 other companies coming after them." So says Recruiting Toolbox Managing Director John Vlastelica in LinkedIn's "Future of Recruiting" report.

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The Ultimate Tech Recruiting Event Checklist

Stack Overflow

In an era where so much of the recruiting process happens online, in-person recruiting events can seem out of place or old fashioned. But make no mistake: when properly utilized and executed, live events can be an incredibly useful recruiting tool. There’s no real replacement for seeing a candidate face-to-face and interacting with them in real-time, without the pressure and tension of a formal interview, and that’s what recruiting events have to offer.

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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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Three Simple Things Applicants Should Do To Look More Appealing To Employers

Forbes Human Resources Council

To show you are putting in more than just a little bit of effort when you are interested in a new position with a new company, candidates should follow these three simple steps to become more appealing to employers.

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How to Prioritize Developer Roles in a Startup

Stack Overflow

Your company just made the jump from idea to reality. You got the funding to hire a core team, but don’t have any founders with serious technical skills. As you prepare to start building your product, you have to answer a fundamental question: how many developers does my startup need, and what roles should I look to fill first? Who should be your first hire(s)?

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15 Key Values Every Company Needs To Cultivate

Forbes Human Resources Council

Companies that create their internal culture based on specific values are more likely to connect with the consumer on a deeper level. HR professionals share the values they believe every company should embody.

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Words That Set Off Developers’ BS Detectors

Stack Overflow

Developers are a clever bunch. They’re trained to break a problem into logical chunks so that a computer can perform them the same every time. If you’re looking to hire them, your job listing will undergo the same scrutiny that an algorithm does. They have a pretty refined BS detector, practiced over years of trying to program the impossible and only getting it half right.

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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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Hiretual’s In-House Recruiter Series: Technical Recruiter Tips and Tricks

Hiretual

It’s no surprise that the demand for tech talent is at an all-time high. Organizations across all industries are eager to push the boundaries of innovation and they need capable talent to make that happen – and here at Hiretual, so do we. . Technical recruiting has its challenges, and we’re well aware of them. Here are some of their tips on identifying and overcoming technical recruiting barriers, from our in-house recruiters, Beixi and Helene. .

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Job Listing Keywords: What Developers Search for vs. What Companies

Stack Overflow

Supply and demand in the marketplace for tech talent have long since shifted in favour of the candidates. In recruiting circles, it’s referred to as a candidate-driven market. At the same time, the greatest risk for companies is the unmet demand for new talent. This talent gap makes it all the more important to reach those developers who are thinking about a new position.

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Leveraging Third Party Data to Understand Wages and Talent Pool Availability

Change State Blog

High-volume recruitment presents unique challenges for talent acquisition teams. The sheer quantity of roles that need to be filled, combined with intense competition from other employers means relatively small differences in conversion ratios from top of the funnel to hire can have big effects on recruiting costs as well as time to hire. Having a strong employer brand can make a huge difference , yet at the end of the day compensation is often king, especially for roles that pay less than <

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Understanding quantified achievements on engineering resumes

Stack Overflow

Resume best practices are always shifting. What sections do you include? Do you put skills on there? Should you include all my jobs, including when you worked as a busboy in high school? This recent question, on StackExchange site the Workplace, highlights a more recent example: “Should I quantify my contributions on my resume?”. User niceEarthling , who asked the question, has heard that “most resume advice suggests to quantity your achievements,” but finds examples that they can’t match.

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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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What Is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)?

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) generally refers to the use of ERP processes and/or software to handle some or all of an organization’s system, process, and planning requirements. It’s basically a high-level business management system. When talking about an ERP, usually someone is referencing a specific ERP software, often classified as business management software, that consists of an entire set of applications that work together to run the business.

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3 Ways to Make Hourly and Seasonal Workers Feel Valued

Visier - Talent Acquisition

UPS is currently hiring 100,000 workers , and Target is bringing in another 130,000. Amazon has 30,000 job openings and plans to hire tens of thousands more ahead of Black Friday. The staffing run-up to the holiday shopping season is a stark reminder of how vital seasonal, contract and hourly workers are. It’s not just that they keep store shelves stocked and get packages to our doors during one of the most hectic seasons of the year.

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Best Practices for Accepting Paper Resumes at Career Fairs

Yello

Spotting students holding paper resumes at a career fair is hardly uncommon, but future-focused talent acquisition professionals know that these days may be numbered. In fact, the demise of the paper resume was predicted as far back as 2001 , and several technologies have emerged since then to alleviate common campus recruiting headaches. . But any recruiter who spends time at career fairs knows that we’re hardly paperless yet.

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