Sat.Jan 02, 2016 - Fri.Jan 08, 2016

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How to Get People to Respond to Recruiting Emails & Messages

Boolean Black Belt

When it comes to sourcing and recruiting, it’s gotten easier to find people but it’s gotten more difficult to get people to respond to emails, InMails, social messages and voicemails. The poor quality and lack of sophistication of most recruiter messaging, along with rampant spamming, certainly hasn’t helped. Unfortunately and yet somewhat thankfully, the bar of what people expect to receive from recruiters has been set fairly low, so the opportunity for improvement is massive.

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Recruiting Developers on GitHub: A Step-by-Step Guide

Lever

Recruiting developers is difficult in today’s competitive job market. The best candidates on popular sourcing sites are inundated with recruiting messages, and often stop responding to them as a result. Smart recruiters are going off the beaten path, to sites like GitHub, to identify tech talent that can’t be found elsewhere.

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Work Culture–Monday FunDay

ExactHire Recruiting

ExactHire wrapped up a successful 2015 with the final Monday FunDay of the year on December 21. In addition to the monthly competition and employee workiversary/birthday celebrations, we added a Sweet Treat Exchange for everyone to enjoy. Combining these activities made for an exciting, sugar-charged day that once again brought our company together to enjoy and relish in our unique work culture.

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4 Ways To Become the Go-to Recruiter In Your Industry Niche

Social Talent

The recruitment industry is no longer a simple case of processing CVs and passing the best onto your clients. Businesses are beginning to demand more from their recruiters, as quality talent continues to elude them. If you are a recruiting agency specialising in a particular industry niche, then you need to decide whether you are doing enough to stand out from the crowd.

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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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The 3 Top Social Media Trends in 2016 Translated for Social Recruiting

Proactive Talent

You've probably seen one of the many articles popping up this week covering the major trends emerging in social media as we head into the new year, like this one on socialmediaclub.org , but how do these new trends translate over to talent acquisition in regards to social recruiting? We'll break down the top trends emerging in social media and translate them into recruitment marketing tactics your recruiting teams can start leveraging today to get ahead of the curve in 2016.

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How Recruitics Employees #GSD Every Day

Recruitics

(from left) Our President Josh Gampel, CEO Ken Clark and VP of Marketing Steve Dobrowksi show off the many shades of #GSD in our CT office. The Recruitics' team #GSD at the ASA Conference in 2015. Recruitics' Managing Director for Europe Cory Kapner made sure #GSD made it's way across the pond when we opened up shop in London in June, 2015. Sometimes the face of GSD is upside-down and hanging from a NYC Subway hand rail.

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19 Inspirational Quotes for Recruiters

Social Talent

January: a time for self-reflection, for bettering, for trying new things. Here’s X inspirational quotes to focus your goals for 2016. 1. “In recruiting, there are no good or bad experiences – just learning experiences!!” 2. “Recruiting should be viewed as business partner, someone who is critical to the success of the business.” 3. “You’re not just recruiting employees, but are sowing the seeds of your reputation.” 4. “The goal of your

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What OpenTable Is Getting Right

Glassdoor for Employers

When coaching job applicants, especially junior candidates, on how to find the job of their dreams, I advise that they not shy away from sharing their accomplishments. For some people, this can be hard to do. But being able to take pride in your triumphs while remaining humble and appreciative of where you can grow is key to a wonderful career and rich life.

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Newton Rings in the New Year With Mobile Career Pages and Mobile Apply Features

Newton Software

Newton Mobile Career Pages and Mobile Applications. READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE. Newton now empowers employers with mobile apply capabilities. This new technology is designed to meet every job seeker where they are at regardless of the device they use to connect to the internet. Specifically, the new offerings provide employers with Mobile Career Pages and Mobile Job Applications.

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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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How to Use Snapchat to Recruit

Spark Hire

While you may think of it as a convenient way to send your friends pictures as you go about your day, Snapchat can actually be an important business tool, particularly for hiring mangers. Companies are becoming increasingly dependent on Snapchat as part of their recruiting efforts. The app, which allows you to send quick pictures that then disappear, is a favorite of millennials.

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The Recruiter’s Social Media Checklist (Infographic)

Social Talent

My best friend has dubbed 2016 the year of change. The year we get up off our arses and we start changing the things in our lives that make us unhappy or that are not helping us do the things we’d love to be doing. The year we try new things and take on new projects. The year of change! One of the things I’d like to change up and start doing better in 2016, and something A LOT of recruiters tell me they want to start doing better in 2016, is using social media. “Wow, that’

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How to Encourage Employees to Get (& Stay) Fit

Glassdoor for Employers

Breaking new ground in employee health and wellness requires looking beyond the status quo, and being willing to take a few risks. That insight, and where it led us, is one of the chief reasons Glassdoor selected my company, Health Catalyst , one of their Best Places to Work in 2016. Sure, we offer unlimited time off, great compensation, a mission-driven and highly successful business situated in one of the great cities for outdoors enjoyment, Salt Lake City.

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Recruiting Trends to Watch

NPA Worldwide

Qualigence International has released its 2016 Recruiting Trends white paper. The report offers a comprehensive look into some of the changes recruiters can expect to see throughout the year, including cross-industry hires, diversity, college graduates, benefits, talent pipeline, and big data. The white paper is a free download ; a few of the salient points are highlighted below.

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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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Why You Need to Post Job Openings Outside of Office Hours

Spark Hire

Hiring is rapidly evolving, and if you want to continue to recruit the best talent that your industry has to offer you’ll need to adjust accordingly. It’s no longer reasonable to expect to field calls or answer e-mails about an open job during business hours, abandoning your hiring efforts when the workday is over. If you truly want to attract the best in the business to your company, here’s how you should approach hiring: Use your company’s website to answer questions and field applications.

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Social Talent Presents: Learn, Recruit, Perform

Social Talent

Today is a VERY exciting day at Social Talent. Why? Because today marks the launch of our BRAND NEW recruiter performance product – Learn, Recruit, Perform – a product that will empower you with the knowledge, tools and techniques you need to succeed at work. In today’s world, recruiters have to be part investigator, part marketer and part sales person.

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5 Reasons No One Will Apply to Your Job Posts

Recruitics

If you’re a recruitment marketer, it’s important to track the candidates that apply to your job posts. In fact, tracking applicants is one of the most basic and easiest methods for measuring the effectiveness of your recruitment marketing strategy. It answers the question: is the way which I post jobs and execute PPC campaigns producing the results I’m looking for?

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Headhunting is Back!

NPA Worldwide

We are in the midst of a severe talent short market. Some predict it will last for years into the future. Even during the recent recession, the employment rate for those with four-year degrees and those with advanced degrees was not remarkably high. Today, some career segments, like IT, are at near full employment. Employers and the global recruiters supporting their search for talent are having a tough time finding qualified talent.

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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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How to Reject Candidates “Restaurant Style”

Beamery

Recruiters are in the rejection business. You’ll always spend far more time firing off bad news than good! For this reason alone, rejection emails carry huge importance. Every touchpoint that you have with a candidate is an opportunity to strengthen their relationship with your company. Why can’t the rejection email strengthen that relationship too?

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6 Recruitment News Stories to Kick-Off 2016 – 4th January 2016

Social Talent

In recruitment news this week: Recruitment Industry Has Best Year EVER! According to Suzie McCafferty , the Managing Director of staffing company Select Appointments, everyone involved with the recruitment industry should be congratulating themselves for helping towards the industry’s best ever year ! That’s because according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) recently released 8th annual report on the recruitment industry’s performance , we can see that total recruitment indu

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When Recruiters Become Stewards of Their Employer

Symphony Talent

This post is inspired by Brian’s original idea contribution in the 2016 Recruitment Marketing Ideabook, featuring 37 recruitment marketing ideas talent acquisition teams should implement in 2016. Marketers are always under fire from top executives to deliver highly qualified sales leads or prospects. There’s no patience for generic branding activities, ad impressions or click-throughs if.

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Infographic: Job Candidate Quality VS. Quantity

SimplyHired

The post Infographic: Job Candidate Quality VS. Quantity appeared first on.

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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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3 Things You Should Know From the December 2015 Jobs Report

CareerBuilder

The new year kicked off on a positive note, keeping up the steady pace with today’s December jobs report release, which exceeded expectations and closed out the year strong. Breaking: U.S. employers added 292,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate held steady at 5%. #JobsFriday #jobsreport. — CareerBuilder (@CBforEmployers) January 8, 2016.

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3 Things You Need to Know about the Q3 U.S. Hiring Trends Report

iCIMS

In iCIMS’ recently published U.S. Hiring Trends Q3 2015 report, we reviewed employer and job seeker behaviors within the United States across all industries, geographies, and company sizes. The quarterly report, which is compiled using iCIMS customer data representing approximately 4,500 organizations, unveiled conclusions about recruitment performance in the third quarter (Q3) of 2015.

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Take 30 Webinar: Do You Really Know Recruitment Marketing?

Symphony Talent

Do more than dabble in Recruitment Marketing this year. Here’s how. Recruitment Marketing isn’t just a buzzword. It’s a holistic strategy that touches every attraction and engagement effort pre-application. It will propel your team into a modern recruiting organization. Do more than dabble in Recruitment Marketing this year! In this first installment of a three-part, Continue Reading → The post Take 30 Webinar: Do You Really Know Recruitment Marketing?

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Whatever You Do, DON'T Burn Those Bridges!

Staffing Talk

" The thought of telling a boss to 'take this job and shove it' may sometimes be an appealing one, at least on a particularly bad day at work, but in all reality there are very few areas of life where burning one's bridges is ever a good idea. Especially when it comes to any sort of employment or business situation.… [.

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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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5 Attributes of a Successful Staffing Agency Recruiter

CareerBuilder

I grew up in the staffing agency world. My mother started her agency (HRU Technical Resources) when I was 10 years old and worked in the industry before starting her company. I can distinctly remember sitting on her bed stuffing envelopes with skill assessment questionnaires for candidates. She paid me $.05 per envelope, and I thought it was a pretty sweet gig!

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3 Things You Need to Know about the Q3 U.S. Hiring Trends Report

iCIMS

In iCIMS’ recently published U.S. Hiring Trends Q3 2015 report, we reviewed employer and job seeker behaviors within the United States across all industries, geographies, and company sizes. The quarterly report, which is compiled using iCIMS customer data representing approximately 4,500 organizations, unveiled conclusions about recruitment performance in the third quarter (Q3) of 2015.

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Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 1.4.16 to 1.8.16

Symphony Talent

We’re back into our Friday swing of things, which means getting back to the our weekly roundup of the best resources and articles in recruitment marketing. Here’s what we’ve been reading and loving the past few weeks: Content of the Week It will be content, so tune in. We’re launching a 30-minute webinar series called Take. Continue Reading → The post Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 1.4.16 to 1.8.16 appeared first on SmashFly Blog.