Sat.Apr 09, 2016 - Fri.Apr 15, 2016

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A New Approach to Performance Management

JazzHR

Looking Forward: A New Approach to Performance Management. Over time, businesses have found that rating people on a strict rubric is a faulty approach to performance management. It feels cookie-cutter to employees, and it doesn’t inspire them to take positive steps for their future. Instead, we need to start thinking about a new system that is practical, positive, and more human.

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I Recruit Therefore I Phone

The Whiteboard

I enjoyed this recent article from NZ recruiter Karl Harenburg reminding us of the importance of picking up the phone. It sounds so obvious yet we appear to have reached an era of such information overload that I think it really is the only way to cut through all the noise nowadays. We had a team gathering yesterday with our Business Managers from Christchurch and Wellington joining us in Auckland and part of the meeting centered around what we found to be the most effective sales tools.

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12 Fist-Pump Moments That Only Recruiters Will Understand

Social Talent

We’ve talked about what really grinds our gears as recruiters. We’ve talked about the many emotions of an in-house recruiter. But let’s not forget that there are good times too, people. Today, we’re listing 12 fist-pump moments that only recruiters will understand, and as always we’ve enlisted our trusty recruiter extraordinaire Chloé to share her endless pool of wisdom with us.

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How to Use a Phone Interview to Sell Candidates Instead of Screen Them

Lever

In today’s competitive candidate market, it’s important for companies to create a consistently positive interview experience if they want to win top-tier talent for their teams. Eighty seven percent of talent says a positive interview experience can change their minds about a company they doubted, while 83% says a negative experience can change their minds about a role or company they once liked.

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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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Treat Your Job Candidates Like Marketing Leads

Hoops

In a topical piece for Personnel Today , business journalist talks specifics about how to recruit the right candidates. The focus of the article is technology - ways to leverage technological innovations to interact with jobseekers in a way that's more engaging than traditional ‘post and pray’ methods. In the midst of discussing other popular topics like passive candidate recruitment, leverage mobile technology, and the importance of video for job sites, this sentence stood out: “…the way organ

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The Biggest Retention Woes in Recruitment (Infographic)

Social Talent

Recruiting ain’t easy. According to research carried out by BMS UK , 49% of firms found it hard to recruit in 2015, with issues like vacant roles, lack of training and churn rates all contributing to the woes of recruiters. Lack of social awareness and online employer branding were also some of the problems listed in the study, with a big emphasis on the importance of online reputation. 20% of those surveyed looked at employee LinkedIn pages to see who they would be working with, but su

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Matching ? Recruitment

NPA Worldwide

I recently read a blog from Greg Savage, Is Agency recruitment going to be Uber-ised? The answer here. Greg’s premise is that there are a ton of new start-ups in the recruitment space offering the latest and greatest idea to revolutionize recruitment with technology. Many, if not most, of these start-ups are offering new tools that seek to streamline or improve the “matching” part of the process.

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Newton Expands Boundaries of Applicant Tracking Software With Spring Release

Newton Software

New Applicant Tracking Software Features Blooming This Spring. Spring is now upon us and here at Newton, we are celebrating the change of seasons with some exciting new improvements to our applicant tracking software. Our rock-star engineering team in Fort Collins has been hard at work to bring our customers the latest round of innovative features and we are ecstatic to share them with you!

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What’s Missing from Women’s Paychecks

Glassdoor for Employers

Imagine if outfits were styled the same way women are paid in the U.S. It’s obvious when nearly a quarter of your outfit is missing. But what happens when nearly a quarter of your paycheck is missing? That’s the reality for women across the U.S., who, according to a recent Glassdoor study, earn, on average, 76 cents to every dollar men make. The impact of the Gender Pay Gap.

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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The Most In-Demand UAE Jobs in 2016

Social Talent

The Monster Employment Index is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity in the Middle East, based on real-time review of tens of thousands of employer job opportunities across a large representative selection of career websites and online job listings. According to their latest set of figures, the number of job opportunities posted online in the UAE rose by 45% over 2015 to February 2016 (the same rate of growth recorded in January 2016 ), making the UAE the best performing Gulf Cooperati

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What Defines a “Senior Developer?”

Stack Overflow

Take a look at any job board and you’ll see a slew of profiles and listings with the title “Senior Developer” in them. But what exactly makes this employee Senior? Usually, someone with this word in their job title has been in their field for a certain amount of time or has a specific amount of work experience. So we were a little shocked when 30% of developers we surveyed that identified as a “Senior Developer” were in their 20s.

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Twitter for Recruitment (Every Recruiter’s Secret Weapon)

Beamery

140 characters doesn’t feel like a lot, but if you play it right it can be enough to convince candidates that your company is the real deal. A huge 58% of job seekers use Twitter in their search – the network actually has more active candidates than professionally minded LinkedIn. It seems crazy to not use Twitter for recruitmen t and ignore anywhere with this many active candidates!

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4 Things Employers Can Do to Close the Gender Pay Gap

Glassdoor for Employers

On Equal Pay Day, a team of business experts and leaders including Hillary Clinton and Glassdoor CEO Robert Hohman gathered in New York City to discuss pay equality. Questions asked by panel moderator and award-winning journalist Diane Brady revealed insights and actionable steps for employers. “It’s not just about women’s choices, it’s about employers’ choices,” said Tracy Sturdivant, co-founder & co-executive director of Make It Work.

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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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5 Essential Qualities to Look for in a Remote Worker

Social Talent

I’ve worked almost exclusively from home for almost 2 years now. With the exception of Mondays (when we hold our weekly staff meetings), I spend my week working from home and communicating with my fellow colleagues via email, Google Hangouts and WhatsApp. As a result, I no longer have to endure the arduous morning and evening commute from Wicklow to Dublin, meaning I get to spend more time with my family and my pets, and using the hours I save travelling to do more of the things I love.

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Interviews per hire: recruiting KPIs

Workable

Understanding what to measure in the hiring process is the key to getting a better return on investment (ROI) from your recruitment marketing spend. But it’s not as simple as compiling a few reports, recruiting metrics need to answer questions relevant to your business. We’re taking an in-depth look at the four key performance indicators (KPIs) we think are worth tracking in recruiting metrics.

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Recruiting a Superstar: 5 Ways to Engage Candidates

RecruitLoop

Candidates today want you to treat them like you’d treat your customers. It all starts with your first impression - your job description.

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Glassdoor’s Pay Equality Roundtable: 5 Takeaways Employers Need to Know

Glassdoor for Employers

Glassdoor’s CEO and Co-founder Robert Hohman hosted a roundtable discussion in New York City today (Equal Pay Day) on pay equality featuring Hillary Clinton and other leaders like Dan Henkle, president of the Gap Foundation & SVP of global sustainability. The panelists discussed the true cost of the gender pay gap, not just to individuals, but also to businesses.

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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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The Tax Jobs Market, Explained in 4 Charts

Indeed

This year, April 18th is the filing deadline for federal tax returns in the US, instead of the traditional April 15th. Thanks to a public holiday, taxpayers will have an extra three days to prepare. In spite of this good news, the notoriously complex US tax code is likely to remain a source of stress for many people: At four million words long it is five times as long as the Bible.

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7 Signs Your Candidate is Just Not That Into Your Role

Undercover Recruiter

It’s a sad but familiar story. You find the perfect person for the job. They’re qualified, experienced and within budget. Boxes ticked. As time goes by you let your client fall more in love with them, only to have them pull out at the eleventh hour. Why? Because the ‘perfect person’ never cared as much as you. View Article. 7 Signs Your Candidate is Just Not That Into Your Role.

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It’s Time to Change the Perception of Sales Jobs: Part II

Hireology

A sales career is not for everyone. It’s also not only for a select few. Traditionally, hiring managers judge candidates by his or her sales experience alone, rather than focusing on personalities and skills. This hiring practice increases the risk of turnover because you’re making a judgment based on a resume and not the overall picture—and therefore, end up hiring someone that might not fit for the job in the long haul.

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From Handshakes to Start Dates: Managing a Candidate Job Offer

FireFish Software

Recruiters and employers alike know just how treacherous managing a candidate job offer can be. Candidates often have four weeks between signing a contract and starting their new job, and they're often juggling other options too.

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DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.

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Leveraging innovative sourcing practices to improve workforce management

Allegis Global Solutions

A case study of how innovative sourcing can relieve contingent workforce challenges.

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Forget Job Titles: Here’s What Really Matters in Your Career

Undercover Recruiter

There are many ways you can measure the success of your career. Your pay packet, your job title, the size of your team. But when it comes down to it , and you begin to look at the bigger picture, these measurements don’t mean a thing. You could have a great paying job with an impressive title – but. View Article. Forget Job Titles: Here’s What Really Matters in Your Career.

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7 Recruiting Fundamentals to Master Now

CareerBuilder

You’ve made two dozen cookies in the last hour to bring to work… and you’ve proceeded to polish off half of them in about 10 minutes. Productive? Sure (you made a lot of cookies). Effective? Well, you’ve managed to undo half of your work — and unless your other goal is to get a bad stomachache and a sugar crash, you haven’t managed to be very effective.

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How to Curate Content for Recruitment Marketing (in 500 Words)

Symphony Talent

Every minute, Facebook users share 2.5M pieces of content, and Google receives more than 4M search queries. So how are you going to create content that competes with all of this stuff? How are candidates going to find you? Good news: You don’t have to reinvent the wheel! You’re allowed to (and should!) curate and. Continue Reading → The post How to Curate Content for Recruitment Marketing (in 500 Words) appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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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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5 Simple Steps to Build a Business Case for Managed Services

Yoh

In my years of experience in the workforce solutions industry, I often see an organization’s external workforce typically ranking in the top five commodities in terms of total expenditures. If you consider that the external workforce often makes up 20% or more of an organization’s talent the importance of managing this workforce is compounded. Knowing how to effectively develop and manage an outsourced contingent labor program starts with the foundation of a Managed Service Program: a strong bus

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How to Give Feedback After A Job Interview

SimplyHired

The post How to Give Feedback After A Job Interview appeared first on.

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Branding for Better Hires

iCIMS

Recruitment marketing has emerged as a key theme in talent acquisition, yet many organizations are still becoming familiar with the concept. Just what is recruitment marketing?