January, 2019

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Why Recruiting Older Workers Adds Value to the Bottom-Line

Glassdoor for Employers

Why would you hire a 45-, 55- or 65-year old candidate when a 25- or 35-year old job seeker is available? What areas of value do people with more years behind them than possibly ahead of them bring to the workplace? How do you seek out and vet candidates in their more advanced career years who will enhance both the culture and the performance of your company?

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An unforgettable welcome for your new hire

Lever

At Lever, the moment a new hire signs an offer letter is the best part of our day. We have the same high bar for everyone who joins our 200+ person team, so whether we built a relationship with a candidate for months or we sped them through a whirlwind, week-long process, we’re never less than completely pumped at the prospect of welcoming a new member on board.

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Tips for Remote Workers - How to Avoid Loneliness and Burnout

ClearCompany Recruiting

It’s Monday morning and Jane, a marketing associate, begins her workday by pouring a cup of coffee and getting cozy in her home office. Jane is a remote worker. With the flexibility of hours and location, Jane can work from anywhere at any time as long as she keeps her manager in the loop. Recently, remote and flex work has moved from a progressive perk to a standard practice.

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Breaking the Talent Bottleneck: 3 Ways to Force a Nimble Workforce

Allegis Global Solutions

Whether a company needs to build a website, develop an application, move to a new facility, or deliver a communications campaign, there are many ways to get the job done.

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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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Machine Learning and The Future of Hiring

Social Talent

The future of recruitment is inherently connected with the future of tech, and as advances are made in the world of machine learning it is important for those in the business of hiring to take notice. So, what is machine learning? How will it change the future of recruitment? And, why should you know about it? What is machine learning? Machine Learning is a vast and complex area of data science, impossible to surmise in a few sentences.

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9 Strategies to Attract More Women in Tech

Glassdoor for Employers

Hiring and retaining women to work in STEM fields presents a unique challenge for employers. Women constitute slightly more than half of college-educated workers, but make up only 25% of college-educated STEM workers.(1). However, employers who invest in hiring and retaining women in STEM careers can reap significant rewards. The World Economic Forum has projected that correcting gender segregation in employment and in entrepreneurship could increase aggregate productivity globally by as much as

Strategy 161
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Top 9 Onboarding Questions Answered

Lever

In many companies where resources are limited, once the offer is signed there is little done afterwards. Hiring managers and people teams can often miss the opportunity to roll out the red carpet and truly make a new hire feel welcome.

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2019 Recruiting Trend Predictions: Recruiting Feedback-Driven Hiring

Survale

So every year we see a crop of recruiting trend predictions coming from everywhere. Most are self-serving and this article is no different. The rise of recruiting feedback driven culture looms so large on the recruiting horizon that I can’t ignore the prediction, even though I am co-founder of the platform that is in large part enabling this trend. While it may be self-serving to predict that 2019 will be an inflection point for recruiting feedback-driven culture, I forward the prediction from a

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Global Employment Trends: How Hiring Models Are Evolving.

Allegis Global Solutions

Given the talent shortages across North America, and the EMEA and APAC regions, companies are feeling the pressure to improve their ability to secure the workforce they need, and employers will continue to engage talent solutions partners to better acquire and manage talent across all work models.

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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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How To Transform Your Recruitment Process In 2019

Social Talent

New Year, New Processes. We’re just about halfway through January and if you haven’t nailed down your recruitment processes for 2019, then you might want to start planning. The new year is always full of fresh opportunities with eager candidates racing to apply for vacant jobs. Finding the best talent early should be a priority for any recruiter and with the right processes put in place, you can be sure life will be made easier.

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What I Learned Writing 60 Job Posts in 60 Days

Katrina Kibben

These are the lessons I learned by speaking with over 100 practitioners about their job posts. The post What I Learned Writing 60 Job Posts in 60 Days appeared first on Three Ears Media Blog.

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Top 10 Phone Interview Questions to Ask Job Candidates

TalentLyft

Great phone interview questions will help you uncover the best candidates in less than 15 minutes. Discover which 10 phone interview questions you should be asking your job candidates to find out everything you need to make an informed decision and select the top candidates. Read More.

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5 Tips on Recruiting From Michelle Obama

Lever

I had the great honor and pleasure of attending Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama on December 14th at the SAP Center in San Jose. I took my mom and we treated ourselves to a night filled with inspiration that sparked our resolutions for the New Year. In reflecting on those takeaways, I couldn’t help but find a correlation between them to the recruiting organizations and people functions critical to the long-term success of any business.

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DEIB Reimagined: Navigating Change and Shaping the Future

Speaker: Lachandra B. Baker, MBA, CTA, CDP - Founder/Principal Consultant at LBB Edutainment, Keynote Speaker, and Author

Join us for an insightful session where we delve into the evolving landscape of DEIB. Discover the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities that have emerged over the past year and explore what lies ahead. This webinar will equip you with actionable strategies, best practices, and reflection tools to effectively lead and inspire change in your organization.

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Getting the Most Out of Remote Workers

Indeed

Once rare, the phenomenon of remote work has today become common and is increasingly sought after by employees. Surveys estimate that anywhere from 40 % to 70 % of workers in the US telecommute at least once a week. And almost half of US job seekers say the ability to work remotely is a significant factor in choosing a job. While the stereotype of people lounging in pajamas instead of working at home may still hold for some people, a two-year Stanford study found that remote workers at a large C

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The “Side Hustle” and the Gig-ification of American Employment

Allegis Global Solutions

Texas isn’t known for its public transportation system. I’ve taken my share of Lyft rides, as a result. I’m that annoying passenger who sits in the front seat and asks the driver interrogative questions, proud to finally put that journalism degree to good use.

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3 Obvious Skills Every Recruiter Should Work On

Social Talent

There is a never-ending list of skills that recruiters can work on at all times. How is your phone screening technique? Should you spend some time refining the way you craft Inmail subject lines? We get it, the list is endless. You know you need to work on these “obvious” skills in order to engage with candidates, bill faster and shine brighter than your competitors.

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I Want It That Way: Personalizing Recruitment Automation Messages

Katrina Kibben

How do you personalize recruitment automation and make candidates feel something even when the machine is doing the talking? The post I Want It That Way: Personalizing Recruitment Automation Messages appeared first on Three Ears Media Blog.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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3 Capabilities the Software Industry Needs, to Solve the Developer Talent Crunch

Entrepreneur

Today, we see more and more job descriptions for developers asking not only for test-driven experience but also behavior-driven design and development experience.

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How to Build a High-Performance Recruitment Team for 2019

FireFish Software

The whole concept of what makes a ‘good’ recruiter, and what’s needed to create a high-performance recruitment team, has changed a lot in the last 5-10 years. Yet, as an industry we’re stuck in our ways: We still look to the same old sh*t KPIs, techniques and strategies when building our teams. But this needs to change if we want to continue getting the best out of our recruitment teams in 2019 and beyond.

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Top-Rated Workplaces: Best in Tech

Indeed

When it comes to disruption, tech companies are the experts. In the last year, we’ve seen everything from the expansion of 3-D metal printing ( which could change the face of mass production ) to new alternatives for urban transportation (the explosion in electric scooter use in US cities ) re engineered by tech. It turns out that companies in tech are also pretty great at pleasing employees.

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How to Turn Employees into Employer Brand Ambassadors?

TalentLyft

Your best employer brand ambassadors are your employees. They are the most trusted source of truth about how your company works. If you want to tell the story of your company, they are your best storytellers. Learn how to encourage them to share a compelling story about your company and help you recruit top talent! Read More.

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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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The Skills Companies Need Most in 2019 (And Where To Learn Them)

Social Talent

The Skills Companies Need Most in 2019. The new year can be an inspiring time for people determined to change their habits and learn new skills. With thousands of skills to choose from, it’s hard to know which are the most efficient to focus time on, and will offer the greatest return on investment. For those resolving to transform their career in 2019, it’s a good idea to spend time honing the skills most sought after by companies.

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Be Human: The Key to Competitive Sourcing, and the 3 Steps to Get There

SmartRecruiters

Overcome the communication challenges posed by fast-evolving tech so your candidates have an A+ experience. You’ve heard it before, but we’re in the midst of a talent shortage. According to the Hays 2018 Salary Guide , over half of employers are looking to increase their employment numbers in the next year. At the same time, three-quarters of those employers experience some types of skill shortage in their individual industries.

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Which Employees Should You Invest in? 3 Strategies on How to Make That Choice.

Entrepreneur

With unemployment low, you need to enrich and empower your company's existing leaders so they'll stick around. Here's how.

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6 of the Worst Job Ads of 2018

FireFish Software

As recruiters, we pride ourselves in writing great job ads, but of course we don’t get it right 100% of the time – and neither do employers. But to make ourselves feel better, let’s take a minute to reflect on a few of the worst, most cringey and downright outrageous job ads to have hit our computer screens in 2018.

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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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Candidate Quality: How Your Job Description Helps You Get Closer to the Hire

Indeed

Do you ever look at your candidate list and wonder why some people thought the position you posted was a good fit for them? You’ve read through their background and are unable to connect the dots. Well, you’re not alone. Although finding a new hire can be time consuming, the process will be much faster if you set the appropriate expectations about your positions early on.

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Using Video in Recruitment: Interview with Abby Cheesman, Co-founder at Skill Scout

TalentLyft

We interviewed Abby Cheesman, a Co-founder at Skill Scout. We asked her about the video recruitment best practices and challenges. Abbyy also presented great insights, tactics and examples of using videos to attract, hire and develop talent. Read More.

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The Science of Writing Awesome Job Ads

Social Talent

Welcome to SocialTalent’s Live & Learn Series! Each week we gift you with a little bit of info that will help smoothen your recruitment process and expand your knowledge of your industry. With this Live & Learn series we promise to keep it: Short. Simple. Ready to use! Sound good to you? Let’s begin! How to Word Your Job Ad. Even if you have limited resources you can still create job ads that can spark a candidate’s imagination.