July, 2017

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Great recruiters live on the ‘edge’.

Greg Savage

Today’s recruiter is never ‘done‘ You are never ‘trained’, ‘expert’, or ‘finished with learning’. It’s constant renewal, up-skilling and starting again. That is your challenge from today on. I like the concept of ‘living on the edge’ because it suggests being alert, being dexterous, being nimble. I encourage you to adopt as your mantra, from […].

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Onboarding New Leaders: 5 Tips to Help Executives Make a Smooth Transition

ClearCompany Recruiting

Onboarding is an important piece of the hiring process, and one that more and more leaders are working to improve in their organizations. Onboarding starts before the first day and carries on to the job offer, new hire documentation, training and goal setting for performance management. Though it is such an integral part of any new hire’s development, the conversation usually focuses on those employees who are entry or associate level.

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Ask the Sourcing Squad: 3 Quick Tricks for Cold Recruiting Emails

Lever

Cold recruiting emails just aren’t your thing, right? You do all you can to make them stand out, and candidates just won’t respond. It’s time to accept that other recruiting tactics - referrals, inbound applicants, and meeting candidates at events - are more rewarding methods for you than sourcing. Right?

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So, Are Remote Workers Happier Than Other Employees? 

JazzHR

Working remotely is fast becoming the new norm. In 2015, 37 percent of US workers said they had telecommuted, representing a huge increase from the 9 percent who said the same in 1995. Advances in technology have meant that it’s easier than ever before to make the world your office, rather than the office your world. But is technology the only thing that’s driving the increase in remote workers, or could it be that they’re actually happier than everyone else?

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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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SEO For Recruiters Webinar (3/3) – How to Use Advanced SEO to Dominate Google

Talent Hero Media

The final and most important part of a three-part webinar series on SEO for recruiters, covering how to improve interaction factors and the holy grail of SEO - getting sites to link to you. The post SEO For Recruiters Webinar (3/3) – How to Use Advanced SEO to Dominate Google appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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Crap KPI’s. Dumb managers. Unhappy recruiters: Or the smart way.

Greg Savage

Recruiters love to be busy. Or to be more accurate, they love to feel busy. Same goes for many recruiting managers. If everyone is busy, busy, busy, they are happy. Happy, but dumb. Because yes, activity is key in recruitment. But smart activity is what we want. So many recruiters are currently getting better and […].

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Stop Sabotaging Your New Hire! Try These Bold Onboarding Ideas

ClearCompany Recruiting

While the employee onboarding process should instill confidence in new hires, it goes beyond warm fuzzies. You and your team are preparing the new employee for the reality of the job. Give them the wrong idea about your company or their position, and you will see a quickly exiting or disengaged hire. Aside from the critical steps of the employee onboarding process , your team should be using your company culture and values to inspire a unique experience.

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How to Leverage Design Thinking in Talent Acquisition: Introduction

Lever

We’ve made it our mission to make hiring a better experience for every stakeholder in the process. Recruiters, we want you to spend more time learning about your candidate’s favorite hackathon than getting mired in scheduling hell. Hiring managers, we want you to breeze right through feedback submission because it’s that seamless. Candidates, we never want you to get asked the same question over and over by a team of interviewers again.

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Get Results with Online Employee Training in 3 Steps

Glassdoor for Employers

Whether your goal is for successful onboarding, keeping your employees up to date with relevant skills, ensuring the glass tapping interns are engaged, or improving morale and retention - you need a training program to fulfill your workforce's needs.

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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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Should Candidates Include a Profile Picture on Resumes?

Social Talent

Recruiting for a job is an undeniably stressful process. There is usually a surplus of applicants, many remarkably similar CVs and skill sets, and of course massive time constraints. And this is all without one of the most contentious issue in current job application debates – that of whether or not inclusion of a photo is the new norm. And, perhaps more importantly, whether it should be.

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Australian 457 Visa Reform an Opportunity for NZ Recruiters

The Whiteboard

I remember moving to Australia back in 2005, looking forward to starting afresh after five full-on years of London living, to meeting, mixing and mingling in a new culture. Scratching around for a meaningful job I accidentally ended up securing a role in recruitment. I wasn’t entirely sure why Hays seemed so convinced I’d make a good recruiter, but after my first couple of days at work I realised: I was pretty much a blueprint for what used to work for them back then.

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Smarter KPI’s for Temp & Contract Recruiters

Greg Savage

So, last blog we deconstructed crappy perm recruiter KPIs and rebuilt them with a good old ‘backwards plan’. I called for a show of support from Savage Truth readers interested in a temp/contract backwards plan, and it came in the form of over 60 requests for the plan in the comments section of last week’s blog. […].

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The Massive Effect THIS Has on Your New Employees

ClearCompany Recruiting

Close your eyes. Think of a time when you were busy and needed to hire a lot of people. Were you concerned with candidate experience? Of course you were. Were you wary of long interview times and ensuring you hired for technical and cultural fit? Absolutely! Did you have your onboarding process mapped out before you sent out the offer letter?

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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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Ask the Sourcing Squad: Your Most Creative Email Subject Line

Lever

After unwinding beneath the sun this Fourth of July, we’re excited to share that our minds are refreshed and the creative juices are flowing. Unsurprisingly, our Sourcing Squad is no different. This week, they’re inspiring us - and making us laugh - with the inventive ways they attract candidates’ attention.

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3 Touch Points to Better Engage a Multigenerational Workforce

Entrepreneur

Smart HCM technology can help organizations create compelling work environments that make employees feel valued and treated fairly - regardless of their generation, employment status, or position.

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Recruitment Roundup: Videogames and Pay as You Go Population

Social Talent

Press Start To Continue Employment. We’re used to hearing all the usual reasons for unemployment like lack of education and companies deciding to outsourc e more. But now there’s a news threat to consider- video games. According to research, more and more young men are prolonging unemployment due to video games. Source: BloombergView.

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Recruiting for Tech Diverse Talent in a Noisy World

Allegis Global Solutions

Diversity recruiting, already a focus of considerable dollars and attention, gets even harder when you’re recruiting in one of the most competitive verticals, namely tech.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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Sixty Savage Seconds – Two skills every modern recruiter has nailed

Greg Savage

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled “Two skills every modern recruiter has nailed“ Let me know what you think!

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10 steps to hire more women in tech

Devskiller

As Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO says , “A diverse mix of voices leads to better discussions, decisions, and outcomes for everyone.” That’s especially significant in tech companies who aim to drive innovation.That said, women remain underrepresented in tech positions both in startups, SMEs and corporations globally. In this post, we present the 10 steps you need to take to hire more women in tech.

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6 Exit Interview Questions to Aid Recruiting

Lever

An exit interview helps organizations learn why employees are leaving, and how they can improve to become a better workplace—but it has many recruiting applications as well. The feedback your organization receives can be used to more effectively manage your employer brand, expand your talent pool, and close more of your top-choice candidates. If your recruiting team isn’t already reviewing exit interview questions and answers, you should be.

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7 of the Best Online Tools for Sourcing in Recruitment

FireFish Software

For recruiters, there are plenty of great online sourcing tools to use. We’ve compiled a list of our favourites to help you streamline and get the most from your sourcing efforts. We’ve started by listing some excellent options for sourcing candidates before listing some tools you can use to communicate with candidates, too. Happy hunting!

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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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Recruitment Roundup: Interview Tactics From Facebook’s Director

Social Talent

Welcome to another week of our recruitment roundup, where we share with you the latest news in recruitment. Here are the latest stories to keep you in the know! Facebook Director Reveals Interview Insight. Interviewing for a job can be daunting at the best of times, with many candidates letting their nerves get the better of them. Sometimes a candidate will have everything rehearsed and stick to their script.

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How Shopify Scales Their Team to Hire for Culture Add

Glassdoor for Employers

There’s a somewhat cynical, commonly held view that a startup is bound to ruin its culture once it gets to a certain size. Shopify’s not a 50-person company anymore, but our growth remains fast and steady.

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Sixty Savage Seconds – If you have to discount fees, remember this!

Greg Savage

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled “If you have to discount fees, remember this!“ Let me know what you think!

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Customer Spotlight: 5 Tools Making Life Easier for Pet Care Business Owners

Hireology

This is a guest post from Hireology client Cara Armour, founder of Boston-based Active Paws. Cara has more than a decade of pet sitting experience, winning Pet Sitter of the Year in 2009. Below, Cara highlights several tools that help her pet sitting business run smoothly. Read more insights from Cara’s 13+ of professional pet services experience here.

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8 Pillars of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have long been a priority for companies, but the pandemic has made the need to increase these efforts even more apparent. As many companies have doubled down on efforts, how can they transform promises into company-specific actions? This eBook shares what a comprehensive commitment to DEI looks like at every part of the employee lifecycle.

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Lever's Talent Innovation Summit 2017: What to Expect

Lever

On September 18th, exactly 54 days from now, hundreds of recruiting leaders, recruiters and other talent community members will gather in downtown San Francisco for the kickoff of Lever’s second Talent Innovation Summit. We’re pumped to showcase the innovative tips, tricks and strategies used by talent leaders at companies like Medallia, Illumination Entertainment, KPMG New Zealand, Lyft, Bazaarvoice, Cirque du Soleil and HotelTonight , to name a few.

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'Location, Location'? It Isn't Everything: Here's How to Attract out-of-Town Talent.

Entrepreneur

Expand your search beyond your own backyard by convincing candidates that you're seriously interested in their success.

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Talent Watch: Amazon Continue Impressive Surge In Hiring with ‘Geek Squad’

Social Talent

Industry leaders, Amazon, have placed their faith in the importance of hiring top talent. Attracting the best talent is number one priority for any company, and Amazon have done just that it seems. The e-commerce giant is once again pushing technological boundaries in their search for smarter ways of working. As a result, the ‘Geek Squad’ was born.

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