October, 2016

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The people with the best people always win. Always.

Greg Savage

Technology? Yes, you got to have the best, and you have to know how to use it. But the point of difference in recruitment is still people, and in my view that will increasingly be the case. Stands to reason. Everyone who is a serious player will be able to afford the best technology. But […].

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Think Before You Hire! 10 Common Mistakes Made in Rushing the Recruitment Process

ExactHire Recruiting

Hiring is one of the most critical tasks and challenges an organization faces. Yet, unfortunately, too many approach it as transactional or don’t allocate the proper attention, priority and resources towards it. Even with a gainfully employed talent acquisition staff, the struggle to keep up with today’s hiring needs promotes a rushed approach to the recruitment process.

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24 Terrifying Job Ad Blunders (Halloween Special)

Social Talent

In 3 days time, little children everywhere will be doing their best to scare the lives out of unsuspecting adults in the hopes of receiving candy for their efforts. But recruiters the world over are already trying to frighten away thousands of job seekers by making some of the silliest job ad blunders known to man. ‘Bust’ or ‘busty’ instead of busy.

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Recent SHRM Survey Finds Disparity in Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

JazzHR

This fall, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conducted a survey to uncover details surrounding paid leave in the workplace. This survey was aimed to explore the details of different paid leave benefits that organizations offer their employees such as days awarded, waiting periods, and eligibility. Of the information collected, researchers were surprised to find a staggering difference in paid maternity and paternity leave that reinforces traditional gender roles.

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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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The Secret Ingredients You Need To Improve Talent Acquisition

Spark Hire

Those in charge of hiring can typically rattle off a solid list of traits that attract a job seeker to an open position within their business. Factors like salary and health benefits will always matter when it comes to recruiting efforts, regardless of the age of the person you’re talking with or the type of position that’s available. However, there is a range of other components that professionals are seeking out as they look for their next career opportunity.

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Being a Small Business Can Be a Big Recruiting Advamtage

Entrepreneur

Small companies can offer prospective employees important advantages they won't find at a larger organization.

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Think Before You Hire! 10 Common Mistakes Made in Rushing the Recruitment Process

ExactHire Recruiting

Hiring is one of the most critical tasks and challenges an organization faces. Yet, unfortunately, too many approach it as transactional or don’t allocate the proper attention, priority and resources towards it. Even with a gainfully employed talent acquisition staff, the struggle to keep up with today’s hiring needs promotes a rushed approach to the recruitment process.

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A Lesson on Workplace Motivation (Infographic)

Social Talent

Is employee engagement at the forefront of your mind when you’re recruiting for a role? If not, it really should be. Reports show that only 31.5% of U.S workers are actually engaged in their jobs, costing companies up to $550 billion every year due to lost productivity. So it’s all well and good for recruiters to place a candidate in a role, but if they aren’t actually motivated enough to fulfill their duties in that role, it’s not just a big ol’ waste of time, but

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What is the Ideal Length of an Online Job Application?

Newton Software

Candidates Are No Longer Willing to Jump Through Hoops in Your Online Job Application. Length of Online Job Application Process Plays Major Role in Candidate Experience In our recent Bootcamp, we examined the evolution of the modern job seeker into the “Connected Candidate” and provided guidance for how you can become an “Engaged Employer.” A […].

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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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6 Recruitment Strategies Every Start-up Founder Should Know

Jobsoid

A company is only as good as its employees and this is exactly why start-ups in the growth stage need good hires. While every entrepreneur wants the best candidates to make a big impact, identifying and attracting A-players […]. The post 6 Recruitment Strategies Every Start-up Founder Should Know appeared first on Jobsoid.

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When Are Candidates Most Likely to Apply for Jobs?

FireFish Software

Simply placing an advert on your website and marketing it out via social media is not enough. Especially if you want to attract the very best applicants. Recruiters need to understand their audience and they need to know what the peak times are for publishing a job advert. Fortunately, we’ve done that research for you. We've analysed data from over 150 recruitment agencies and we’ve determined the times that candidates are most likely to apply for jobs.

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Why You Should Provide Your Salary History to Employers and Recruiters

NPA Worldwide

It has recently become a very popular point of contention for job seekers to refuse to offer salary history to prospective employers and the recruiters they use to source talent. While in some instances this may make very good sense, particularly if someone was significantly underemployed or underpaid, in most cases it is creating an unnecessary hurdle that may cause a candidate to be excluded from consideration for a job they really want.

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Recruiting Ninjas: 5 Ways to Build a Niche Network

ExactHire Recruiting

Sales and recruiting have a lot in common and I think just about any recruiter out there would agree with that. Given this similarity in function, you can imagine the path to success for both is likely similar. All good salespeople and recruiters know that networking is the key to any long term success. Successful networking involves repetitive and constant effort.

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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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How to: Use Strengths-Based Recruitment to Improve Your Placements

Social Talent

Source: www.adp.com. It’s happened to everyone: A candidate looks great on paper. She has all the right education and experience. She’s articulate, has great references, and appears to be the “whole package.” Yet when she takes the new job, it’s a disaster. Her performance is subpar, and she never quite takes to her new role, and she’s looking for a new position within a few months.

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The Only Recruiting Metrics That Actually Matter

Beamery

Without analytics, companies are blind and deaf, wandering out onto the web like deer on a freeway – Geoffrey Moore, Author of Crossing the Chasm. As a workforce, we talk a lot about being “data-driven” We discuss “ KPIs “, wax lyrical about “ OKRs ” – but does any of it actually make a difference? Are we actually getting closer to the important recruiting metrics?

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One Way to Close the Gender Gap

HackerRank

Believe it or not, there’ve been more *articles written on diversity in tech in 2016 than in the last three years combined. You know the deal: Why Diversity Matters, The Grim Diversity Numbers and The Problem’s Getting Worse. What’s not written enough is: How do we individually move the needle to close the gender gap in tech? What […]. The post One Way to Close the Gender Gap appeared first on HackerRank Blog.

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5 Simple Ways to Stay Focused at Work

FireFish Software

We’ve all been there, it’s 60 minutes before an important client meeting, you are reviewing your notes before you head out and your phone buzzes. There’s no harm in having a sneaky peak at it, is there?

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The Greatest Overlooked Tool: A Recruiting Assessment Guide to Transforming Hiring

You know talent acquisition is essential to business success, but are you frustrated with hiring results? Learn how to spotlight ideal talent & match them to the right roles in your organization today by using the Greatest Overlooked Tool.

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What makes a good client?

NPA Worldwide

It takes a lot of time and filled job orders for a recruiter to develop a good relationship with a client – as a recruiter, you must produce results, build trust and be dependable for your clients. But a relationship is a two-way street and it takes more than an employer saying “just find me this candidate” and paying you a fee to cultivate a successful business partnership.

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7 Tips to Improve Recruitment

Entrepreneur

Here's something you might not know: Fridays are a great time to post a help wanted ad.

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When You Should Email Candidates (And How To Schedule Them In Advance)

Social Talent

When do you usually send emails to your candidates – as soon as you get to your desk in the morning, right before you leave the office in the evening, or just at random times throughout the work day? You may think that the time at which you send emails to doesn’t matter. So long as it’s delivered and sits in the candidate’s inbox, they’re bound to see it, so what difference does the time that it’s sent make?

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Pareto’s Principle: A Simple Rule for Recruiting Efficiency

Beamery

Vilfredo Pareto would be pretty surprised to learn how many top executives rely on the basic principle that he came up with when analysing the pea pods in his garden. Pareto observed that approximately 80% of the land in 19th century Italy was owned by 20% of the population – while working on this theory, he found that it didn’t just apply to wealth distribution, there were correlations across almost every field.

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How to Decrease Costs and Increase Engagement - The HR Playbook

Preparing for the future in this volatile economy means making some tough decisions. You must trim costs and run a lean operation while still managing to motivate and engage employees so morale doesn’t take a hit. In Paycor’s new whitepaper, we share 13 practical ideas to accomplish both of those objectives. Download our new guide to see how it’s done.

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Our Vision for SmashFly Transform™

Symphony Talent

Wow. In three weeks, we’ll be hosting SmashFly Transform™, the first-ever Recruitment Marketing Conference in the industry. It’s an exciting (and busy!) time for our company: we started. The post Our Vision for SmashFly Transform™ appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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The Spectrum of Untapped Tech Talent and the Myth of Diversity Hiring

Yoh

With a growing tech candidate gap of up to five open positions for every developer , and the need to innovate and bring new perspectives and ideas to keep a competitive edge, diversity hiring has become a hot topic for most. Diversity hiring is crucial for staying ahead of the curve, and for filling the tech gap. So what gives? Where’s the real gap?

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7 Things to Consider Before Engaging a Recruiter

RecruitLoop

You wouldn't hire a lawyer without asking them a few questions, would you? Well there’s a lot to uncover before engaging a recruiter too. And rest assured finding out up front will save you a lot of angst in the long run.

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15 CV Mistakes Costing You Interviews

Undercover Recruiter

Your CV is an important part of your armoury when looking for a job. It has to look good and be as close as possible to the job description to get you through to the next stage. As one of the first documents that someone will ask for to represent your capabilities, your CV should. View Article. 15 CV Mistakes Costing You Interviews. Undercover Recruiter - Career & Recruitment Blog.

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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 Traits of a Superstar Tech Recruiter

Social Talent

If you’re a tech recruiter, you’ll know all too well that it isn’t always a walk in the park. You really need to have your wits about you if you want to attract top-notch talent when you’re in such a competitive and candidate-driven market. We’ve always said that the hiring game is much like a courtship and that is without a doubt the case when it comes to tech recruiting.

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Recruiter Efficiency: Are You Keeping Up?

ConveyIQ

To dig into how today’s hiring funnel actually works and what real recruiting processes look like, we’ve asked recruiters (anonymously) to provide candid feedback on what their current relationship with hiring managers looks like. It seems like most recruiters and employers still have a ways to go to improve their relationship. Check out these recent recruiter quotes: […].

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Recruitment Marketing Champion Series: Mike Hennessy, SmashFly

Symphony Talent

In light of the recent Olympic games, the first-ever Recruitment Marketing Conference, SmashFly Transform™, and our love of recruitment marketing pioneers everywhere, our Recruitment Marketing Champion Series will. The post Recruitment Marketing Champion Series: Mike Hennessy, SmashFly appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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