September, 2020

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If You Can’t Trust Them, Why Hire Them?

Proactive Talent

The impact of the coronavirus on the world of work is ongoing and in at least one way, the ramifications are affecting the privacy of remote workers. What do I mean? Well, one of the hottest types of software to fly off the shelves these days is employee monitoring software. With more people telecommuting than ever before, companies want to make sure that their people are indeed working.

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5 Ways Recruitment Teams Are ‘In It Together’

Lever

In the midst of disruption and uncertain times, it sometimes feels like we are alone, adrift at sea, with no horizon in sight. We may feel rudderless, optionless, hopeless, but the truth is, we don’t have to be. This is especially true. Read More. The post 5 Ways Recruitment Teams Are ‘In It Together’ appeared first on Lever.

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9 Types of Unconscious Bias and the Shocking Ways They Affect Your Recruiting Efforts

Social Talent

We make countless decisions every day without even realising it. Even as you sit here reading this, you’re making decisions. Decisions about the content, the questions being asked of you. And the answers to these are influenced heavily by something researchers refer to as “unconscious bias.”. What is “unconscious bias”? Bias is an inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group.

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How to Prevent Remote Teams from Working in Silos

ClearCompany Recruiting

Did you know that two-thirds of remote workers do not feel engaged with their colleagues? Find out how to prevent your employees from working in silos.

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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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Agency Recruitment. Five Brutal Truths.

Greg Savage

Recruitment agencies must move with lightning speed to stay ‘recession-fit’, but also agile enough to take advantage of an upturn. Precisely the same applies to individual recruiters. Laggards and dinosaurs won’t make it. It’s as simple as that. Here are the five big brutal truths agencies must tackle, with pace, persistence and courage. Also, ideas […].

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Trigger Warning: You're missing out on 99% of applicants

ApplicantPro

After talking with several employers I've noticed a hiring trend in what I like to call the "post and pray method". Essentially this means, they'll grab the same job ad that they've always used, throw it out on the job boards (post), and assume (pray) that any available and qualified talent will see their ad and apply. They've become comfortable with the assumption that what they get is what they get, and if they don't get enough applicants it simply means there's not talent available for hire.

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The Best Recruiter Training Programs: How To Become A Top Performer

Talent Hero Media

A comprehensive list of the top recruiting training programs for the recruiter that wants to become an elite performer. The post The Best Recruiter Training Programs: How To Become A Top Performer appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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You’re not too busy! 3 ways to find time to learn

Social Talent

“Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.”. Haruki Murakami. Finding time to learn can often feel like this. We know how important it is to expand our knowledge base and develop new skills, it’s a smart investment in our own professional growth. But how often do we put this on the back burner?

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Reimagining the Office After COVID-19

Glassdoor for Employers

COVID-19 has forced the adoption of new ways of working and shifted the norm in and out of the workplace. Now organizations are tasked with reimagining their work and the role of offices in creating safe, productive, enjoyable workplaces for their employees. Many companies around the world have risen to the occasion, acting swiftly to safeguard employees and migrate to a new way of working that even the most extreme business-continuity plans hadn't envisioned.

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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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Recruitment smashed! Recovery underway. The facts.

Greg Savage

The pandemic has wiped out a decade worth of recruitment industry growth, and sent employment and revenue in our industry back to 2010 levels. Figures from IBISWorld Australia suggest staffing industry revenue in Australia has dropped $4.4 Billion in the past financial year. (Four ‘point’ four billion dollars!) Profit margins have collapsed from 4.2% of […].

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Entry-Level Job Postings: A Writing How-To

Katrina Kibben

Entry-level job postings are the most straightforward roles to write because you don't need to understand technical requirements. The post Entry-Level Job Postings: A Writing How-To appeared first on Katrina Kibben.

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Everything You Need to Know About Virtual Campus Recruiting

Talview

During the coronavirus pandemic, university recruiting efforts will lead to an increase in Virtual Campus Recruiting. Here's what you need to know.

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Social Recruiting Best Practices

NPA Worldwide

Social media platforms can be a valuable tool in a recruiter’s toolbelt, if used wisely. Candidates regularly utilize use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, to find their future employers. In an article by TalentLyft, it was noted that: 73% of millennials found their last position through a social media site. Source: Aberdeen Group.

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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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10 companies embracing the “remote first” model

Social Talent

When companies across the world were forced, suddenly, to adopt “working from home”, no one was sure what the result would be. Would work get done? Would it be too difficult to do business from your kitchen counter? Certainly, these were valid concerns. But when remote working became the only way to get business done, many people were pleasantly surprised with how effective and how productive they became.

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Bank CEO's Remark Shows Leaders Still Believe the "Lack of Black Talent" Myth

Glassdoor for Employers

When the head of one of the nation's largest banking corporations recently made a remark about Black employees, he did much more than trigger a controversy. He cast a spotlight on a pervasive myth that still holds back diversity at businesses nationwide, across numerous sectors. "While it might sound like an excuse, the unfortunate reality is that there is a very limited pool of black talent to recruit from," Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf wrote in a company memo in June.

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The Savage Crisis ‘Podcast and Webinar’ Collection.

Greg Savage

I have been overwhelmed with requests to speak on Webinars, Podcast and live streams. Everybody is scrambling to understand what’s happening, and what to do. Many of those events were ‘in-company’, or for Associations. But where I can share, I have. And there is a lot of good stuff here Listen to them yourself. Share […].

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How A Cloud Guru is Keeping Remote Hiring Awesome

Recruiting Brief Submitted Articles

A Cloud Guru has adapted quickly to support virtual interviewing and on-boarding for new gurus. We’re committed to building an awesome team and we’re looking forward to getting to know you.

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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Why You Need to Toughen up Your Recruitment Tactics (and How to Do It)

FireFish Software

We all know recruitment is a tough job, and it’s getting even tougher. Since Covid-19 obliterated the hiring market and pushed us into a job-short market, one quality that’s become absolutely essential for survival in this industry is this: resilience.

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How Software For Staffing Agencies is Evolving

AkkenCloud

Nowadays, the software for staffing agencies has evolved beyond the basic idea of integrating a company’s workflow and managing everything from one centralized location. This is still a core function of the software, but it has begun to branch out in some exciting ways. In terms of staffing and recruiting, it can offer efficiencies not seen outside of search engines, until now.

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11 New Strategies for Juggling WFH and Kids (Because We’re Going to Be Here Awhile)

The Muse

Working from home with kids for a few weeks is one thing in an emergency. Doing it for the indefinite future is another. Here are some tips for the long term.

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At the Intersection of Culture & Employee Engagement, a Company Grows

Glassdoor for Employers

Corporate culture and employee engagement is terminology that frequently gets bandied about, often in the context of how to improve in either or both areas. For those companies who receive negative reviews from former employees, lack of positive culture or engagement often underpins the complaint. Defining Corporate Culture. According to Inc. 's editorial staff, "Corporate culture refers to the shared values, attitudes, standards and beliefs that characterize members of an organization and defin

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Small HR, Big Impact: Boosting Employee Engagement and Excellence with Innovative HR Tech

Speaker: Aino Ilkka - People and Culture Lead at KAITO Insight

In the fast-paced landscape of small growth companies, harnessing the power of HR technology is the key to achieving remarkable results in employee engagement and HR management. Aino Ilkka, People and Culture Leader, will share practical tips and lessons learned through case stories and cover how to successfully source, implement, and scale HR tech for the best ROI.

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The best ‘Crisis Business Development’ idea I have seen!

Greg Savage

Without a doubt, the most significant issue facing recruiters is winning new business. Job flow is dire. Revenue has crashed. How do you win business in a pandemic? Especially when you are working from home? And there are no ‘IRL meetings’? When clients are weary and zoom’ed out? What is the motivation for them to […].

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Do More with Less: 7 Ways to Automate Hiring and Background Checks

Recruiting Brief Submitted Articles

Learn how you might automate portions of your hiring and background check process to prepare for an increase in hires.

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4 CRM Tricks That Will Boost Your Recruitment Sales

FireFish Software

Every agency recruiter is focusing on winning jobs right now. So if you want to take your share of today’s job market, you need to ensure your sales process is seamless and that you have a CRM in place that backs it up.

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How To Engage The Talent Pool With No In Person Events This Year

AkkenCloud

Before the pandemic engaging with the talent pool seemed much more straightforward. Conferences, recruitment events, and word of mouth were all excellent and trusted ways to acquire top talent for your business. But with the shutdown, many employers are left scratching their heads and wondering if and how reaching the talent pool is possible. Luckily it is, and it is made far easier with the digital technology we have at our disposal.

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Investing in HR Software: How to Get Internal Buy-in

Sticking with, or choosing, the wrong HR and payroll provider negatively impacts every aspect of your business. Get the essential guide for achieving internal buy-in for HR technology, including the 2 most common considerations, the 4 cases for ROI, and more.

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How Telcos Can Groom Talent for the Trillion-dollar 5G Opportunity

Eightfold

5G is not just the next generation of telecom technology. It is probably one of the greatest technological shifts in our society. At its peak (high band and above) it has potential to change the world into a fairytale land we have seen in sci-fi movies, a digital city with flying cars, intelligent roads, and smart homes. 5G has the potential to power all of those.

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Belonging Breakdowns: The 7 Ways Difference Leads to Divergence

Glassdoor for Employers

The term "microaggressions" is vast and amorphous. I think it confuses the conversation we need to be having. So, here's my attempt to unpack the essence of microaggressions so we can work collectively and individually to prevent them. Belonging is a feeling - the extent to which employees can show up to work fully without having to sacrifice meaningful aspects of their identity.

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This data could save your Recruitment Business.

Greg Savage

This one is for Owners and Managers of recruitment companies. It’s not usually the part of your job you love. You are not really that interested in it. But you need to pay attention. It could save your commercial life. Credit and Risk management. Many of us are struggling to break-even. Revenues are patchy. Cash […].

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