June, 2014

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20 reasons your boss hates you

Greg Savage

'Does your boss hate you? OK, hate is a strong word. I am sure she does not actually hate you. (Well, maybe not). But let’s say you irritate her, disappoint her, and ultimately incline her to regard you more as a liability than an asset. And that can only end in tears. 30 years of […].

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Make Hiring More Predictable

ExactHire Recruiting

We recently hired another staff member, and as we wound down the process, one of the key factors in choosing the person we did was based on the type of work they had done previously and the positive feedback from others who had worked with that person in those prior positions. This made me stop and think about an old, but mostly true, saying: “Past performance is the best predictor of future performance.” As you likely know from prior blogs, I’m a big believer in employee assessments

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Farewell, Mobiquity

Good To Know

'About a year and a half ago, a good friend & colleague in the talent acquisition field connected me with Susan Miele, one of the top human resources pros in the world (as a side-note, if you ever have the chance to work with Susan, jump at it). We hit it off, to say the […].

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Demand Rises for Top Advertising Executives

The Investigative Recruiter

'What’s Hot: Top Advertising Executives. Advertising is a talent-driven business and demand for top adversing executives is on the rise — a trend that is being fueled by the resurgence of the advertising industry. Total spending by the 100 Leading National Advertisers has topped pre-recession levels — it reached a record $108.6 billion in 2013, passing the previous spending peak set in 2007.

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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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The Life of a Staffing Professional

Staffing Talk

'There are probably lots of more difficult, more stressful, and more thankless jobs, but one thing’s for sure – there’s no job on the planet quite like staffing. It’s hard enough to meet and exceed the expectations of one set of customers, something every for-profit company is required to do every day to stay in business, but imagine having to please TWO entirely opposite customer groups when the definition of ‘pleasing’ (and consequently, your job) is bringing them together in such a way that b

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Five recruiter ‘must haves’ (Infographic)

Greg Savage

'Welcome to the first ever ‘Savage Truth’ Infographic. Just to mix thing up a bit. Short and sweet, too. Five recruiter essentials. Check you have them, won’t you? Thanks to Ross Coverdale of Head Resourcing for producing this Infographic. Have your say. Please leave your comments and ideas below. ** Subscribe to The Savage […].

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How to Make Sure an Electronic Signature is Valid – Whiteboard [VIDEO]

ExactHire Recruiting

If you’re trying to determine how you can use technology to make the employee onboarding process paperless , then there are some things you should know about e-signatures. In today’s Whiteboard Chat, Jeff Hallam discusses the elements that are included in a legitimate electronic signature. Video Transcript: Hi! Today we’re going to talk about electronic signatures.

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How We Harm Our Daughters’ Futures

Good To Know

'Not to soapbox (I have Facebook status updates for that), but this is something that struck a chord with me. For the past few years, I’ve been involved formally as well as informally, in efforts to encourage more women to get involved with technology. It’s not because I’m heroic – it’s because I’m selfish and […].

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How Your Career Site Is Losing Candidates

Recruiting.com

'Have you ever found yourself judging a company’s reputation based on the quality of their web site? If the answer is yes, you’re not alone! Research shows it only takes us seconds of looking at a web page to form a first impression. That initial impression influences our personal affiliation with a brand, or worse. The post How Your Career Site Is Losing Candidates appeared first on Recruiting.com.

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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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Recruitment Marketing Best Practices (Educational Kit)

iCIMS

Savvy employers know that recruitment marketing is key to attracting and engaging quality candidates. Unfortunately, navigating all the noise to find actionable best practices is a daunting task.

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Recruitment's Problem with Persuasion

Metashift

'It was my great pleasure to speak at the excellent RecFest in London the other week. My presentation on “The Art of Persuasion” was inspired by some recent conversations with a number of employers who have found themselves struggling to recruit the talent they need in 2014. Many employers are currently facing a big uplift in recruitment and some are going into a blind panic throwing money at projects that have been on ice since 2009 (new EVP, new recruitment website etc) to try and fix their pr

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Advice to New Temp That Got the Cold Shoulder: “Just Outwork Them”

Staffing Talk

'Everyone is temporary, just outwork everyone — Gregg Haas. Not infrequent StaffingTalk commenter @TempEmployees alerted us to a woman who tweeted that she got the cold shoulder from her coworkers when she started a new temp assignment today. She got plenty of replies back. My favorite was from Gregg Haas: “I always say everyone is #temporary just #outwork everyone.

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5 Real Life Instances When Video Interviewing Saved the Day

Hire-Intelligence

'Most of the positive social chatter about video interviewing comes from the video interviewing vendors while most of the negative chatter comes from those who don’t want to change their hiring process.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Advertise Healthcare Volunteer Jobs for Free at HospitalRecruiting.com!

Hospital Recruiting

© Rawpixel.com / Fotolia. HospitalRecruiting.com, a healthcare job board , is now offering free advertising for Healthcare Volunteer jobs. There is no catch or obligation to this offer. Any healthcare organization can now post these jobs at no charge, even if you are not a current paying customer. We decided to do this after working with our new client, HCR ManorCare , to set up their account.

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Candidate Sourcing: Get More Replies to Your Contact Emails

Recruiting.com

'Sourcing for great talent can be difficult in today’s job market—where everyone who is employable is already employed. This can be especially true when it comes to a niche position that’s in high demand. Since too few candidates are actively looking, you’re usually forced to go after prospects who are already employed. So what does. The post Candidate Sourcing: Get More Replies to Your Contact Emails appeared first on Recruiting.com.

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Recruitment Marketing Best Practices (Educational Kit)

iCIMS

Savvy employers know that recruitment marketing is key to attracting and engaging quality candidates. Unfortunately, navigating all the noise to find actionable best practices is a daunting task.

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Opportunity Alert–Direct Response Fundraising

Jeff Rothman

'Exceptional Career Opportunity w/ Major Non-Profit . Title: Director of Acquisition Strategy. Location: Central U.S. (full relocation provided). My client, one of the largest and most admired charities in the world, is looking for someone to oversee a 7 person team that’s responsible for developing and executing the strategies behind all of their donor acquisition and reactivation programs.

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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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How Much More Reliable Is an Employee Referred Candidate?

Staffing Talk

'Trust as every great recruiter knows serves as the basis for good business, but does the trust factor work against the third part recruiter? This isn’t just to save on recruiting fees – it’s also about “getting the band back together. Yes, at least according to VC Mark Suster. He says employee referred candidates are 10 times more reliable than so-called ‘perfect candidates’ on paper.

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When Employee Referral Programs Turn Dangerous

Jobvite

Imagine that it is 9 a.m. and you’re sitting at your desk, slowly sipping on your third cup of black coffee – it’s just that kind of morning. As you stretch your tired limbs and … Continued.

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Like Dessert, Don’t Over-Indulge on Social Media

Recruitalicious

'As the saying goes, “Less is more,” usually proves to be true in all areas in life—over-spending during a shopping spree, indulgent dinners, dessert and… recruiting via social media? Logically, they don’t pair together unless you eat at your computer, but on the topic of content-posting frequency the two have more in common than one might think! Simply stated, for recruiters, posting on social media too frequently is one of the top faux pas.

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Demand Rises for Top Advertising Executives

The Investigative Recruiter

'What’s Hot: Top Advertising Executives Advertisin […].

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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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10 Tips to be a Better Recruiter

iCIMS

If you want to be a better recruiter and rise to the top in your organization, you need to manage relationships with hiring managers and candidates, while managing your time effectively. In this eBook, we tips that can help you be the best!

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Highlighting Hourly when Hiring

Hiring Thing

'Hiring the right people for your workforce requires time, patience and a strategy tailored to your business. If that business happens to have hourly paid workers, your strategy has to be appropriate for the audience you''re trying to connect with.

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Cutting Edge Recruiting with New Features in Snapchat and Slices

Staffing Talk

'A recent round of mobile updates has elevated SnapChat beyond its original intentions as a lightweight teen exchange of disappearing pics and may just make it the perfect app for recruiting millennials or for positions involving rapid and graphic intercommunication. Still using Facebook to recruit millennials? Might as well use your fax machine. If you’re not familiar with Snapchat or Snapchat Stories, check out the video below or see the full post by Snapchat which first instroduced St

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Jobvite Brings Mobile Career Sites to Life

Jobvite

Connecting with today’s on-the-go job seekers just got easier, thanks to Jobvite’s new mobile career website solution, which was announced earlier this morning. This offering is a critical asset for recruiters looking to market more effectively to a changing workforce demographic. Job seekers today—particularly those of a younger generation—are rarely without their smartphones and tablets, and that’s how they like it.

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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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6 Reasons We Must “Listen” to Our Candidates!

Recruitalicious

'Humans of New York is a fascinating Facebook page. Photographer Brandon Stanton travels around New York City snapping pictures of the people he encounters and inserts brief quotes with each shot he shares on the Facebook page—which currently stands at 4.7 million “Likes.” As Stanton explains, “Humans of New York now provides a worldwide audience with daily glimpses into the lives of strangers in New York City.

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How to Recruit the Right Executive

The Investigative Recruiter

'How to Recruit the Right Executive I have recruited top […].

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10 Tips to be a Better Recruiter

iCIMS

If you want to be a better recruiter and rise to the top in your organization, you need to manage relationships with hiring managers and candidates, while managing your time effectively. In this eBook, we tips that can help you be the best!

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