October, 2013

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Should I Use Cognitive or Skills-Based Assessments for New Hires?

ExactHire Recruiting

It’s no surprise that in an age where there are often many candidates applying for any given job, many hiring managers are using pre-employment assessments to review applicants. Using assessments can help a company find new employees who are the best fit for its company culture and for the position. There are several kinds to choose from; picking the right one for your needs depends a lot on the organization and the type of job being filled.

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Could Your Recruiting Process Be Turning Off Top Candidates?

HireRabbit

When companies and managers seek to formulate and design their recruitment and talent acquisition strategies, the overbearing work load seems to leave them feeling stressed. Although, what companies have to realize is that the stresses they experience in hiring and recruitment are nothing compared to the stresses that accompany the potential job seekers.

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Temp Employee of the Year Does the Unthinkable

Staffing Talk

'As staffing professionals, it’s easy to get frustrated at the people who let us down. After all, from that first point of contact to the day they start their first work assignment, we have a lot of time, and sometimes emotion, invested in them. And when they finally set foot on our client’s property, it’s our reputation that’s on the line, our judgment that’s questioned if it all goes wrong.

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8 Tips to Increase Physician Recruiting Success

Hospital Recruiting

1. Get More Candidates. It sounds simple, right? In-house physician recruiters should always be looking for new ways to source candidates. At the beginning stages of a recruitment effort, you’ll likely need a good quantity of candidates in order to find the right fit and quality that you need. If what you’re currently doing isn’t meeting your needs, then it’s time to try something new, and the good news here is that there is an abundance of sources that can provide the candidate you need.

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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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Josh Woodward – Already There

SmartSearch

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.

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3 Tips to Engage Your Applicants During the Hiring Process

ExactHire Recruiting

Any decent recruiter knows that it is critical to have an active pool from which to source candidates for jobs, but that doesn’t just mean a large number of any past job applicants. A truly good applicant pool includes applicants that are interested in future positions with your organization and have the qualifications required. Here is an overview of three tips to engage your applicants throughout the recruiting and selection process.

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Star Employees Leaving? Here Are 6 Tips To Retain Top Talent

HireRabbit

When your company is privileged enough to acquire great and outstanding talent, next comes the daunting task of retaining that talent. More and more business practices today involve pirating the top employees of competitors. If you wish to be immune from this, you will need to develop a systematic and sustainable game plan to keep your workers delighted and fulfilled.

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Is An IT Failure Dooming The Affordable Care Act?

Staffing Talk

'Two weeks after the heavily-publicized rollout, pretty much everyone can agree the Web site, HealthCare.gov , is not working as intended. But why is less clear. Missed deadlines, lack of proper project management, delayed regulations, not enough budget and other resources are just a few of the reasons cited for the problem-plagued rollout described by some as “ a complete fiasco.” Over the weekend the New York Times published this stor y featuring interviews with contractors, gover

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In-house Physician Recruiting Tips from an Ex-contingency Recruiter

Hospital Recruiting

Tip #1 Always Share Financial Information About Your Jobs. Although both in-house physician recruiters and contingency based physician recruiters share the primary objective of placing physicians into jobs, some of the methods they use to achieve these goals are very different. Both types of physician recruiters must source candidates, prescreen and interview them, schedule interviews with others, and do a lot of follow up with all of the involved parties.

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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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Portugal 2013 road-trip gallery

SmartSearch

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.

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ComNetwork Gumbo

Forum One

'Recently I attended the Communications Network Fall 2013 Annual Conference in New Orleans, and had the opportunity to cover the event as a guest blogger with Philanthropy411. New Orleans, communications trends and overall great conversations from the Communications Network Fall 2013 Annual Conference. read more.

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Is Paperless Hiring More Efficient?

ExactHire Recruiting

Would paperless human resource processes be more efficient for my small- to medium-sized organization? My cut and dry answer is yes. Since we are all grown-ups, however, we know that there are rarely instances when answers are cut and dry. So, let’s explore, briefly, why my answer is yes. What do I do with all of these paper resumes? Do you remember that seminar where the instructor says, “Try to make all of your paper ‘one-touch!

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The Power of Benchmarking Your Recruiting Efforts

Jobvite

Although comparing yourself to others may go against what your mom always taught you, it’s exactly what you should be doing. This time around, though, don’t focus on who has the fake Converse All Stars … Continued.

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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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How Small Staffing Companies Get Big Accounts

Staffing Talk

'When Tom Klenotic, owner of Safe Staffing , a full-service recruitment and staffing agency located in Northeast Ohio, wanted to go after bigger accounts, he got on the clock. As in TempWorks Online Time Clock solution. “Having the ability to add clocks quickly, along with the ease of getting employee information into the clocks, gives me the confidence to go after any size account now,” he said.

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How Does Human Resources Use Social Media? [Infographic]

Unbridled Talent

Recently, BLR’s HR Daily Advisor published the results of their HR Trends survey – sponsored by SuccessFactors. Although the size was relatively small (300 HR Practitioners), the survey results offer some interesting and specific insights about how HR professionals are utilizing social media in the workplace. Top areas identified for social media integration included: Recruiting Employee Communications Training Onboarding Teambuilding Check out some of the specific responses related

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Transitions In UX Design

SmartSearch

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.

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Global Talent Trends: New Research Opportunity

Bersin

One of the biggest challenges we hear from our clients is "how do I effectively globalize" my HR and talent programs? As we described at IMPACT last year, the world has become both highly connected and very uneven. Fast growing economies like China, Eastern Europe, and Brazil have drastically different labor markets and skill sets […].

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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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Chantel Hatch – Client Services Associate

ExactHire Recruiting

Chantel Hatch began working with the ExactHire Client Services team in 2011 as a Client Services Associate. She’s available to help ExactHire clients by offering thorough training on applicant tracking system features and ongoing product/tech support. She helps our clients take full advantage of all HireCentric ATS product features; thus, enabling them to use their software applications more efficiently.

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Jobvite Engage Wins Product of the Year and "Awesome Technology Award"

Jobvite

Here’s some exciting news to start your week: Jobvite Engage just won Product of the Year from Human Resources Executive. As if that weren’t enough of an honor, Jobvite Engage was also named an “Awesome … Continued.

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E-Verify Goes Dark As Employers Scramble

Staffing Talk

'Why the government shutdown requires that E-Verify’s servers go down is not clear, but the reality that standard background checking procedures at many employers are no longer working is taking its toll across the United States today. …the best time to get hired as undocumented is now. “We can’t process our background checks,” tweeted Sarah aka Sarah ?

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How Does Human Resources Use Social Media? [Infographic]

Unbridled Talent

Recently, BLR’s HR Daily Advisor published the results of their HR Trends survey – sponsored by SuccessFactors. Although the size was relatively small (300 HR Practitioners), the survey results offer some interesting and specific insights about how HR professionals are utilizing social media in the workplace. Top areas identified for social media integration included: Recruiting.

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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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Eric Stauffer – Chief Technology Officer

ExactHire Recruiting

Eric Stauffer began working with ExactHire as Chief Technology Officer in 2014 and brings a wealth of development and strategic technology management experience to the team. The post Eric Stauffer – Chief Technology Officer appeared first on ExactHire.

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Will LinkedIn Do to Staffing What Apple Did to Blackberry?

Staffing Talk

'It’s hard to imagine how fast and furious the fall of Blackberry has been. Who would have guessed that some failed valley tech-CEO with a music player would upend its entire business model in a span of less than six years? Certainly I didn’t, and neither did any of Blackberry’s storied management — including its founders. LinkedIn’s market cap is more than what Manpower and Kelly are on track to make over the next 100 years.

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Visionary Staffing Firm Shares a Secret

Staffing Talk

'We all know about the growth of mobile. But do you think of mobile as being a catalyst for the growth of your staffing company? Bill Peppler, managing partner of Florida-based Kavaliro Staffing Services has thought about it, and what he’s found has helped propel Kavaliro to the Inc. 500 list of fast growing companies in America. 70% of the traffic coming to employment sites these days is via mobile. “ If you want to reach your candidates anytime, anywhere, and have them be able to get bac

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Millennials to Baby Boomers: Seriously, Retire Already!

Staffing Talk

'Retire Already!" src="[link] width="580" height="405" title="Millennials to Baby Boomers: Seriously, Retire Already!" />. With half of Baby Boomers delaying retirement longer than previously thought, and a stunning 82 percent saying it is at least “somewhat likely” they’ll return to work after retirement, Millennials are starting to squirm.

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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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If You Think the Obamacare Screwup Is Bad…

Staffing Talk

'Hey at least on Healthcare.gov we had the pretty brunette (who has now gone missing) to look at while we were pulling out our hair. The fact is we’re downright lucky. Let’s have a heart for our British friends – they are pulling the plug on their version of Obamacare IT after sinking $17 billion and 10 years into it. And for those blaming the temp agency behind our fiasco, it’s never fun being named captain of the Titanic after it’s hit the iceberg.

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Is This Truly The Worst Cover Letter Ever?

Staffing Talk

'Cover letters. Big subject, right? We all know the tips about how to write great ones that get you noticed. We’ve all read plenty of them ourselves; the good, the bad and the ugly. We’ve long heard about the death of the cover letter – and the resume. I wrote this Staffing Talk story about the best Wall Street cover letter. And now come the folks at The Muse , “ cringing after being forwarded the World’s Worst Cover Letter ” (as they have officially dubbed it).

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Shutdown Over, But Not for Employers

Staffing Talk

'The federal government may be back up, but employers will be dealing with the shutdown for at least the next several weeks according to Susan Wurst, VP of Account Management at Tempworks Software. E-Verify, the federal government’s electronic system for checking whether new hires can legally work in the U.S., was suspended during the government shutdown, along with scores of other government functions deemed nonessential.