January, 2016

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5 Steps to Better Job Description Click-Through Rates

ExactHire Recruiting

In most organizations, marketers don’t own the task of writing job descriptions for new opportunities available within their organization. This responsibility generally belongs to people in human resources or recruiting. And even if those folks have marketers review a draft before it posts (at least for marketing positions, that is), many times the urgency of the request prevents anyone from worrying about fine-tuning the job listing’s content.

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6 Personal Branding Tips for Hiring Managers

Proactive Talent

We’ve all heard it before: Personal branding is key to job search success. Hiring managers and recruiters are looking for information about candidates online, and when they can't, they are less likely going to select those candidates for a job opportunity. But did you know job candidates are searching you the same way you are searching them? Perspective applicants, as well as candidates currently in your hiring process, are researching your company and employees to help decide whether to apply f

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Twitter Recruiting: Sourcing Candidates in 140 Characters

Lever

Too often, we mistake a high volume pipeline for a high quality one. It’s easy to post a job advertisement and wait for the applications to flow in, but identifying the exceptional candidates among the droves of average and mediocre applicants is onerous. Proactively sourcing candidates allows you find fewer, but more qualified, candidates to fill your talent pipeline, freeing up your time to provide each of them with an experience that makes your company stand out as a place they’d like to work

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Don't miss your next great superstar employee

Hoops

Hiring, like most areas of business, is about wins and losses. It’s about making the right decisions at the right times, eating the costs of wrong decisions and hopefully learning from them. Recruiters are always on the lookout for superstar hires that can make a difference from day one. But sometimes, great hires are overlooked. Whether it’s résumé overload, time pressure to get jobs filled, or great interviewing skills which don’t translate to effective job performance, top performers don’t al

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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45 behavioral questions to use during non-technical interview with developers

Devskiller

You only have up to 1 hour to get to know your candidate during the interview. Not much. You probably want to hire programmers who are flexible, adapt quickly in fast-changing environment and, above all, perform well under tight deadlines. Therefore, assessing soft skills, next to verifying programming skills, prove to be crucial as they can to a great extent influence delivering results.

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Liza Galliher | Business Development

ExactHire Recruiting

Liza joined ExactHire in August 2016 as our Business Development Specialist after several years of sales experience at a technology firm in Washington, DC. Liza serves as our main point of contact for our clients who are in need of our software solutions for their organizations. Previously, Liza worked at WeddingWire Inc. in a similar consultant role, and even more recently she worked as a Behavioral Clinician at Meridian Health Services utilizing her educational background in psychology.

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The 3 Top Social Media Trends in 2016 Translated for Social Recruiting

Proactive Talent

You've probably seen one of the many articles popping up this week covering the major trends emerging in social media as we head into the new year, like this one on socialmediaclub.org , but how do these new trends translate over to talent acquisition in regards to social recruiting? We'll break down the top trends emerging in social media and translate them into recruitment marketing tactics your recruiting teams can start leveraging today to get ahead of the curve in 2016.

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Reflections on Lever's Series B Investment Round

Lever

Lever Co-Founders Sarah Nahm, Nate Smith and Randal Truong. It’s my pleasure to announce that Lever has closed a $20 million Series B investment round led by Scale Venture Partners. As reported in Forbes , we’re excited to put these funds towards growth and further innovation in ATS software. This announcement follows a year of tremendous progress. In 2015, we more than tripled our team size, shipped hundreds of code releases, and grew our customer base to over 700 amazing companies.

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Don't miss your next great superstar employee

Hoops

Hiring, like most areas of business, is about wins and losses. It’s about making the right decisions at the right times, eating the costs of wrong decisions and hopefully learning from them. Recruiters are always on the lookout for superstar hires that can make a difference from day one. But sometimes, great hires are overlooked. Whether it’s résumé overload, time pressure to get jobs filled, or great interviewing skills which don’t translate to effective job performance, top performers don’t al

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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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Hiring Overqualified Candidates: Do or Don’t?

Leoforce

Too much of a good thing is a good thing…right? I’d argue that one could never have too much chocolate…but most doctors would probably disagree with me. Some recruiters might say that a candidate could never have too much good experience, but other recruiters could hold very different opinions. Recruiters have been arguing for years about whether or not hiring overqualified candidates is a good recruiting decision.

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As Staffing Industry Grows, So Too Do Sourcing Woes

Recruitics

Staffing agencies have been on the rise since the official end of the Great Recession, near the end of 2009. In fact Staffing Industry Analysts, which annually surveys enterprises to gauge the size of their contingent workforces, found that 18 percent of large companies’ workforces were temporary in 2014, up from 12 percent in 2009. The rising demand for contract work comes as a direct result of the Great Recession.

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Work Culture–Monday FunDay

ExactHire Recruiting

ExactHire wrapped up a successful 2015 with the final Monday FunDay of the year on December 21. In addition to the monthly competition and employee workiversary/birthday celebrations, we added a Sweet Treat Exchange for everyone to enjoy. Combining these activities made for an exciting, sugar-charged day that once again brought our company together to enjoy and relish in our unique work culture.

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JOBS Radio – Our Internet Radio Station Launches 1st February 2016

Web Based Recruitment

Candidate Attraction - Target Your Ideal Candidates. Home. Recruitment Videos. Recruitment Video Ads. Training Courses. Using Online Video To Attract Targeted Candidates. Recruitment Events. About Us. Speaking. Contact Us. Blog. JOBS Radio – Our Internet Radio Station Launches 1st February 2016. January 21, 2016 By Mike Taylor Leave a Comment.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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Here’s How to Incentivize Hiring Managers to Prioritize Talent

Lever

Today in our blog series, How To Make Recruiting Your Company's Top Strategic Priority in 2016, we’re tackling how to engage one of the most, if not the most, important stakeholders in the recruitment process: the hiring manager.

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Newton Rings in the New Year With Mobile Career Pages and Mobile Apply Features

Newton Software

Newton Mobile Career Pages and Mobile Applications. READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE. Newton now empowers employers with mobile apply capabilities. This new technology is designed to meet every job seeker where they are at regardless of the device they use to connect to the internet. Specifically, the new offerings provide employers with Mobile Career Pages and Mobile Job Applications.

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Separating cult from culture

Workable

You know what to expect from a headline like this. You’ll be introduced to some brainwashed characters displaying cultish behavior. After a breathless description of groupthink, sleepless vigils and bizarre rituals, the writer will lift the veil to reveal that this is not the Branch Davidians or the Moonies, it’s a Silicon Valley unicorn. Take a breath.

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Why Successful Job Posts Start With Content

Recruitics

Companies spend a lot of money trying to get job seekers to their open positions. Unfortunately, regardless of what you spend generating greater traffic, if your job descriptions are poorly written then you’re not going to see the conversions you’re hoping for. After all, at the end of the day successful job posts start with content, not budgets.

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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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5 Steps to Better Job Description Click-Through Rates

ExactHire Recruiting

In most organizations, marketers don’t own the task of writing job descriptions for new opportunities available within their organization. This responsibility generally belongs to people in human resources or recruiting. And even if those folks have marketers review a draft before it posts (at least for marketing positions, that is), many times the urgency of the request prevents anyone from worrying about fine-tuning the job listing’s content.

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Recruitment Marketing: Fad or Future?

iCIMS

An in-depth look into what employers and job seekers have to say about marketing to candidates.

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Facebook Recruitment: How to Source Candidates on the Largest Social Network

Lever

When it comes to sourcing candidates , most people think of LinkedIn. As the go-to sourcing resource, however, LinkedIn is saturated with recruiters and competition for the same talent is high. What if we told you there was an underutilized network you could source from that had nearly 15 times as many active users as LinkedIn?

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8 Instagram Accounts Recruiters Everywhere Could Learn Something From

Social Talent

Back in late 2011, a little known mobile app that went by the name of Instagram, had a healthy but still relatively small legion of about 10 million users. F ast forward 6 years, and that little legion has ballooned into an army of over 300 million active monthly users ( 12 million more than Twitter and about 230 million more than fellow image sharing app, Pinterest!).

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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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Why You Need A Smarter CRM

Beamery

“ATS software manages applicants, but what happens when the best talent doesn’t apply. Recruiters have to be proactive, for many roles just filtering incoming applications isn’t getting it done. The best hiring teams are focused on supplementing applications by sourcing new leads, building referral systems and re-engaging past applicants.

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Create a Consistent Interview Process That Includes a Test Drive

Entrepreneur

It's vital to have an interviewing process that goes beyond asking candidates about their resumes or posing brain teasers to them.

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Save Time Sourcing Only the Best Talent

ROIKOI

When working to acquire the best fits for open positions, recruiters focus on time and quality. Sourcing only the best talent typically takes several hours — and the fear of hiring the wrong candidate still lingers. In fact, $5 Billion is spent on recruiting software every year , yet 50% of hires are mistakes. So, how can talent directors effectively address these inefficiencies?

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Why 2016 Will Be The Year of Recruitment Marketing

iCIMS

To keep up with today's consumer-minded job seekers, modern recruiting professionals are proactively attracting and engaging candidates and adopting recruitment marketing techniques and tools.

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5 Trends to Help Your Organization Boost Job Satisfaction and Productivity

Treating your workforce as the organization’s top priority improves customer satisfaction and revenue growth and can boost job satisfaction and productivity. Read about five trends that are helping organizations around the country improve their people’s career well-being.

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5 reasons you need an official paternity leave policy

Workable

While the struggle for statutory maternity leave has been making visible progress in recent years, efforts to deliver laws on paternity leave are still in their infancy. There are paternity leave policies on the books in about 80 countries but many of them appear little more than symbolic. Countries like Italy or Greece offer a couple of days while many European nations offer no more than two weeks.

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31 Dogs Who Take Their Jobs Very Seriously

Social Talent

Recruiters! Stop messing around trying to source and hire human candidates. They’re useless. If you want a job done, call a dog. You’ll soon see why! (Based on this post which originally appeared on Buzzfeed.com ). 1. This very polite Shiba. youtube.com. 2. This programmer with laser focus. blog.joins.com. 3. This Shiba, who won’t let any physical malfunctions get in the way of telling the news. reddit.com. 4.

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How to Reject Candidates “Restaurant Style”

Beamery

Recruiters are in the rejection business. You’ll always spend far more time firing off bad news than good! For this reason alone, rejection emails carry huge importance. Every touchpoint that you have with a candidate is an opportunity to strengthen their relationship with your company. Why can’t the rejection email strengthen that relationship too?

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