February, 2014

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LinkedIn Represents Over 60% of U.S. Non Farm Employment

Boolean Black Belt

'In certain sourcing and recruiting circles, it’s in vogue to say that you shouldn’t rely heavily on LinkedIn for your talent acquisition needs. In fact, some people will go so far as to say that LinkedIn is “overfished” for talent and that recruiters are lazy if they use LinkedIn as their primary source of potential candidates.

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Understanding What Mobile Job Seekers Want From Companies

Web Based Recruitment

'Mobile & Video Recruitment & EventsE Mobile Recruitment. Free Mobile Recruitment Guide. Video Recruitment. Training Courses. Mobile Recruitment Video Training Course. Recruitment Events. We Can Help you. Contact Us. About Us. Press & Media. Blog. Understanding What Mobile Job Seekers Want From Companies. February 26, 2014 By Mike Taylor 1 Comment.

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The Ultimate Checklist For A Stand-Out Job Description

HireRabbit

In the competitive world of hiring and recruitment, well-crafted job descriptions serve as your first lines of defense when trying to lure in prospective candidates into your company. On many occasions, your job descriptions that you post in your online and print media will be your chance at casting a good first impression as a company. It’s more than just maximizing SEO and standing out in a list of search results.

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Is automation going to change the world of work?

Allegis Global Solutions

The 'rise of the machines' has long been a common theme in the science fiction genre. We are all familiar with stories that see humans develop technology that is so advanced it overtakes mankind and becomes bent on world domination.

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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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Words, words, words: Why the age of text is ending

Metashift

'This blog first appeared on the REC''s Rectechub Towards the end of 2013, I took part in a panel at a conference that was discussing the future of recruitment. Key topics included growing skills’ shortages and the quality of the candidate experience. There were a number of job board owners and recruiters on the panel and they were very much of the view that many candidates had very skewed expectations of the recruitment process.

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Hiring the Right Candidate: Onboarding Tips, Tricks, and Tactics

iCIMS

In this webinar, we discuss what happens once you’ve found those perfect candidates, and how to create and automate a formal onboarding process that ensures a successful experience.

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Would Any Of The Dragons’ Invest In Your Company?

Web Based Recruitment

'Mobile & Video Recruitment & EventsE Mobile Recruitment. Free Mobile Recruitment Guide. Video Recruitment. Training Courses. Mobile Recruitment Video Training Course. Recruitment Events. We Can Help you. Contact Us. About Us. Press & Media. Blog. Would Any Of The Dragons’ Invest In Your Company? February 19, 2014 By Mike Taylor Leave a Comment A new series of Dragons’ Den (one of my favourite TV programs) is showing on the BBC this month.

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11 Digital Trends for Impact in 2014

Forum One

'What do organizations looking to be influential on policy issues need to do online in 2014? Here you’ll find what some of our lead experts see as key tech issues for organizations in the nonprofit, foundation and government sectors. Our focus is what is relevant for organizations looking to increase the influence of their work – and we see interesting trends in partnership approaches, user experience and empathy, video conferencing, open data, feedback strategies, going “beyon

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Is Your Applicant Tracking System Hurting As Much As It’s Helping?

Staffing Talk

'Everyone – candidates and hiring managers alike – knows why Applicant Tracking Systems exist, and knows they are far from perfect. Do you ever consider the notion they may actually be doing more harm than good? Sure, they might be parsing resumes and quickly cutting down your candidate pools to more manageable sizes. In the process though, they may be sending the wrong messages – sometimes literally – to people who may one day, if not today, be the right candidate.

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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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Inbox-zero recruiting

Workable

So, Workable takes the old hiring habits of spreadsheets and email and provides a better way to work; • post to multiple job boards and social networks with one submission. • use faster, trackable team communication tools. • get a searchable resume database, automatically generated from the applications you receive. At the heart of Workable is your recruiting pipeline.

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HospitalRecruiting.com on Social Media

Hospital Recruiting

kbuntu/123RF.com. HospitalRecruiting.com actively participates on a wide variety of social media. We enjoy sharing healthcare news, actively participating in discussion, and learning more about our audience through these venues. We make every effort to participate in social media in a non-promotional way, as we never want to make our audience and customers feel as if we are spamming their personal social media accounts.

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Build a Great New Hire Experience

iCIMS

Employee onboarding is centered on helping the new hire, but it is ultimately the company that reaps the benefits of successful onboarding. According to a survey by the IDC, U.S. and U.K.

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New Mobile Recruiting Strategies Online Event Launched

Web Based Recruitment

'Mobile & Video Recruitment & EventsE Mobile Recruitment. Free Mobile Recruitment Guide. Video Recruitment. Training Courses. Mobile Recruitment Video Training Course. Recruitment Events. We Can Help you. Contact Us. About Us. Press & Media. Blog. New Mobile Recruiting Strategies Online Event Launched. February 25, 2014 By Mike Taylor Leave a Comment I am pleased to announce the first of a series on online events – Mobile Recruiting Strategies.

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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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Announcing CHeQPoint: A Snapshot of HIE Activity in California

Forum One

'One major focus of health reform efforts is on Health Information Technology (HIT), which is trying to pull health communications into the 21st century through Electronic Health Records (EHR), Telemedicine , and other technologies. CheQPoint.org provide an overview of major Health Information Exchange efforts in California. read more.

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Will Lowering The Minimum Wage Raise Hiring Rates For The Long-Term Unemployed?

Staffing Talk

'What is the most important challenge facing America today? Robert Schiller, the Yale University professor awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, says it’s economic inequality. Others parse that and say it’s solving the record long-term unemployment problem for millions of American workers. And at least one economist is saying lowering the minimum wage – say to $4/hour – is the way to do that.

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5 reasons your careers page costs you candidates

Workable

It may sound obvious but your careers page is your shop window. You want to make it easy for candidates to have a look at what’s on offer, whether they came for a specific job or just browsing. Getting it right ought to be straightforward but here are the 5 most common mistakes that we’ve encountered. 1: You don’t have one. There are lot of ways to advertise that you’re hiring these days but yes, you do still need a careers page.

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Letters of Intent Benefit Physicians and Employers

Hospital Recruiting

For physicians , a letter of intent (sometimes referred to as LOI or Offer Letter) is often an interim step in the job search process, between interviewing and accepting a position. A letter of intent is not legally binding but is based on mutual interest and the good faith of both parties involved. There are several advantages for both physicians and employers to include a letter of intent as a part of the hiring process. alexskopje/123RF.com.

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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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The Push and Pull of Recruitment

iCIMS

The expectations of the modern workforce is a new frontier - where a specific and targeted mix of advertising is utilized to get the word out about open positions.

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Keeping Your Talent Pipeline Engaged with Jobvite Engage

Jobvite

I attended SourceCon with some of my teammates last week and there were a lot of good discussions on engaging with your talent pipeline. With the Jobvite Engage CRM our customers can create an unlimited number of email campaigns to engage their pipeline over time and ultimately convert them into high-quality candidates. Some example campaign types suggested at the conference include: Introduction.

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How to Recognize Great Talent in Executive Search

The Investigative Recruiter

'Recognizing Great Talent. Learning how to recognize great talent is the key to making amazing hires in executive search. While it is pretty easy to tell who’s good while seated court-side in Madison Square Garden watching the New York Knicks play, it is not so easy for Chief Executive Officers seated in the C-suite. At senior-executive level, candidates start to resemble one another.

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Revenge of the Rejected Applicant

Staffing Talk

'Here’s a great story in Forbes about Jan Koum , the 30+ guy behind WhatsApp, the messaging company that Facebook bought up last week for $19 billion. Jan’s a guy after my own heart – he’s all about the product and customer service – and should be an inspiration to everyone who has gotten the thumbs down on a job interview. Jan and co-founder both had applied at Facebook and got rejected before moving on to their startup.

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HR Pro Playbook: How to Navigate Global Workforce Expansion with Confidence

Speaker: Daniel Grace & Audra Bright

Have you just been told you need to hire employees in another country? 🌎 That's a huge undertaking! It involves navigating a complex landscape of diverse regulations, cultural differences, legal requirements, and currencies. If anything goes wrong, you risk your company's financials, growth, and reputation. 📊 🌟 To help ensure a successful global expansion and mitigate potential non-compliance consequences, this exclusive webinar features Daniel Grace, International HR Con

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7 Reasons Why Being a Recruiter is Downright Awesome

Recruitalicious

'If you’re in recruiting, my guess is you didn''t grow up seeking to join the profession ( I sure didn''t). Like most youths with stars in their eyes, you probably dreamed of space travel, dancing, acting, singing or playing professional sports in front of thousands, perhaps millions of fans. If those dreams didn''t come true, don’t fret; recruiting is a darn fine profession—one that offers a wealth of career development and growth opportunities, unmatched talent expertise, the building of rela

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Checklist: Use Metrics to Improve the Applicant Screening Funnel

ExactHire Recruiting

Efficiency is my middle name…or I strive for it to be anyway. I prefer to follow processes, and as my co-workers know, when they don’t exist, I’ll create my own even if they are only applicable to me. As you might guess, I’m an 8 (on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most likely to follow policies and work within the rules) on the Manageability scale of the ProfileXT (PXT) assessment.

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The Push and Pull of Recruitment

iCIMS

The expectations of the modern workforce is a new frontier - where a specific and targeted mix of advertising is utilized to get the word out about open positions.

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Keeping Your Talent Pipeline Engaged with Jobvite Engage

Jobvite

I attended SourceCon with some of my teammates last week and there were a lot of good discussions on engaging with your talent pipeline. With the Jobvite Engage CRM our customers can create an unlimited … Continued.

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Moving Forward in HR and Recruiting Uncertainty

An era of uncertainty has arrived in recruiting. The unpredictability that exists in the labor market can make it difficult for employers to know how they should respond in this environment. Despite the turbulence, recruiting professionals should be encouraged by recent trends. Applications per job are up over the last year across companies of all sizes, and more than half of all recruiters expect their teams to grow in the next year, with nearly two-thirds expecting their recruiting budgets to

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What are the Steps of the Executive Search Process?

The Investigative Recruiter

'The executive search process varies little from retaine […].

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Employers Impacted by E-Verify Update

Staffing Talk

'When the federal government shutdown last year, the E-Verify system went down with it. Employers with systems and processes tied to the service struggled to continue hiring smoothly, and they struggled again when the system came back up with confusion about how to go back and process employees hired during the shutdown. A smaller version of that is happening this week as E-Verify updates its widely used software interface.

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Why Companies Need a Chief Learning Architect

Bersin

The world of corporate learning has gotten very complicated lately. Learning management systems, MOOCs, simulation tools, content management systems, new content providers, social profiles, collaborative learning, video sharing, mobile learning, on-demand learning, new forms of assessment, and the use of Big Data are all changing rapidly. And companies are spending more money on training (up […].

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