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How to Assess Candidates in a Job Interview?

TalentLyft

Are you sure you are assessing your candidates the best way ? Learn the best practice tips and tricks for assessing candidates in a job interview. You’ll also discover 5 questions that can help you assess the performance, responsibility and ownership the candidate has displayed in the past. Read More.

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Actually, You DON'T Want To Hire "The Best"

Recruiting in Yoga Pants

Of all the lies recruiters tell themselves this might be one of my faves. We only hire "the best". We only engage with "the best" talent on behalf of our clients. We won't consider less than "the best" for our open roles. In fact, someone looking to hire a recruiter recently told me "decent is a bad word to me" , as he only hires "the best". As I'm thinking about this post, I'm wracking my brain trying to remember a time a hiring manager said those words to me.

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How a video cover letter can help screen for customer-facing roles

JobAdder

Recruiters know all too well that paper cover letters for customer-facing roles can come in the hundreds, even thousands. Reading through each one can be daunting, take time and is hardly the most enjoyable task. The concept of a video cover letter is becoming the key to screening high volume roles in regards to customer-facing roles. We’ve spoken with industry professionals who have shared their own experiences and findings since using the upcoming screening feature of video cover letters.

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3 Examples of Successful Employee Referral Programs

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Recruiting teams spanning all industries and of every size are often looking for that “Holy Grail” to find the right candidates. While each source for finding talent comes with its own benefits, no one tactic is perfect. They all work in conjunction to bring in talent. . But let’s say we had to name a recruiting strategy that continues to be effective for companies all over and gets as close to that “Holy Grail” status as is possible.

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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 Recruiting Skills You Need to Engage Passive Candidates

JazzHR

Recent increases in U.S. employment figures accompanied by drops in unemployment benefit filings offer continued evidence that the job market remains historically tight. With fewer and fewer people out of work, organizations are confronting more challenges when attempting to source and hire new employees. In the current landscape of low unemployment, recruiters need to work harder to secure talented individuals, which includes making efforts to step up their engagement with passive candidates.

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Interview Questions That Uncover Who A Candidate *Really* Is

Glassdoor for Employers

This month’s must-ask interview questions derive from a social media native who also is an engaging and tech-savvy recruiter. Ed Han , Talent Acquisition Geek, JobSeeker Ally, Wordsmith and Job-Hunt.org contributor, imbues July’s column with his knack for connecting the dots for culture as well as skill fit. . Not only does he reach deep into the who, what, why and how, but he also unearths the subtext of the candidate’s value proposition.

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Yes, Job Seekers Want to Speak with Humans

Allegis Global Solutions

For early-stage job seekers, what’s more important: technology or the human touch? According to a recent Allegis Group Pulse survey, the answer is a bit of both, and that should serve as a lesson for employers.

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If you love something…

The Whiteboard

The departure of our beloved Tash from the Rice team has had an inevitable knock-on effect. Aside from having absolutely no one to talk about the inner workings of Casa Amor or any aspect of Love Island, there is a slightly more frequent problem. I and Sean are now locked in a Djokovic v Federer esq rally , going back and forth, trading pop culture references with potential defamation lawsuits from the desk of Mr.

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Three Things That Lie Outside a Recruiter’s Control

Social Talent

Transforming anything in business be it culture, processes or technology is a long and sticky process. We all like to believe that we have this innate ability to enact change, and deliver on these transformational projects. But the reality is there are some things that recruiters simply have very little control over. There is a fine art to striking the balance between a great deal for a candidate, your hiring manager… and in some cases, yourself.

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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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What Do Executives Really Want in Their Next Job?

Glassdoor for Employers

In the throes of preparing for a job search, executives often are seeking asylum from something or someone that is toxic. It could be a boss who impacts their day-to-day through disrespectful communications; it could be lack of information; and/or it could be overall vibes of negativity. . Perhaps even, their job no longer challenges them, as their expertise has skyrocketed while the job has remained stagnant.

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How to Sell Your Jobs to Candidates

FireFish Software

We all know how tough it is to find top talent these days. So when you do find an excellent candidate who you know would be perfect for a role you're recruiting for, how do you sell the job to them in a way that's guaranteed to hook them in and make them want to apply?

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How Make a Standout LinkedIn Profile

Undercover Recruiter

The increasing popularity of LinkedIn has made it an indispensable tool for recruitment. Anyone looking for a job should know that one of the first things a potential employer will do is to look the person up on LinkedIn. A poorly structured profile or a lack of one could be a deciding factor when choosing. View Article. How Make a Standout LinkedIn Profile Undercover Recruiter - Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Blog.

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From UK To US: Where Is British Talent Moving To?

Social Talent

Jobseekers in Britain keen on making the move to the US are most likely to be looking for roles in California, New York and Florida, according to new data released by Indeed. But while UK searches accounted for 7.9% of inbound ones for US jobs this year, interest in working in America has fallen by almost 20% over the past four years. Customer service roles are the US jobs most sought after by UK-based jobseekers, with other roles that are typically popular among younger workers – such as

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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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2 in 3 Employees Ignore Your Emails, Here’s What To Do About It

Glassdoor for Employers

Recent statistics suggest email is not the most effective way to reach employees anymore. A full 60.8% of respondents in a survey about workplace communication preferences revealed they either occasionally, often or always ignore emails at work. With so many people skimming their inboxes, how do you get important information out in a timely manner? Here’s what the survey results showed about how people prefer to communicate. .

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How to Get the Most out of Your Social Media Recruitment Budget

FireFish Software

Rather than asking “how much should I be spending on social media?” every month, a much more productive question to ask yourself is “how can I get the most out of my social media budget?”. No matter how much money you spend on social media, you should be confident that you’re spending it right. Which is why everything you do on social media should be driven by a solid recruitment marketing strategy.

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Complete.NET developer salary data

Devskiller

If you’re wondering what a.NET developer salary is, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve gathered data from reputable sources like PayScale, Glassdoor, and Indeed so you don’t have to look any longer. .NET is a free cross-platform software framework created by Microsoft and initially released in 2002. Since then, it’s been growing in popularity because it offers a simple and secure way to create software.NET supports many programming languages, such as C#, F#, C++, Visua

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Tech Sector Hiring: The Six Stages of Building A Database

Social Talent

Software development can feel overwhelming when we first encounter it, especially with the wealth of roles contained within the industry. Luckily, there is a standardised process used to create modern database systems. It’s called The Waterfall Model , and is generally used across the industry to organise large software development projects. There has been tonnes of debate about the merits of the Waterfall model compared to a system of working like Agile, but the reality is that the majority of

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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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Are You Still Hiring Like It's 2009??

Recruiter

Many small and mid-sized businesses are struggling to stay fully staffed. With unemployment under 4 percent, the talent market is as competitive as it has been in 50 years — but unfortunately, many small businesses haven't updated their hiring procedures in a decade. In fact, businesses often approach the talent market as if it were still the height of the Great Recession, when unemployment was triple what it is today.

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Sales Recruitment: 8 Skills to Look out for in a Sales Manager

RecruitLoop

We all know the classic adage “sales are the lifeblood of any business,” so when it comes to hiring a new sales manager, it’s important to get the hire right! In this post, our guest author explains 8 competencies any business should look for in a potential hire.

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How Will a Company Profit if We Employ a Person with Disabilities?

Jobsoid

Let this number sink in for a moment: almost 13% of the entire US population has a disability. That translates into over 300 million people and counting that can be described by many other terms in addition to living with a disability. They can be innovative, hard-working, creative, outgoing, confident, and exceptional in every way. […]. The post How Will a Company Profit if We Employ a Person with Disabilities?

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Recruiting for Database Technologies

Social Talent

Welcome to SocialTalent’s Live & Learn Series! Each week we gift you with a little bit of info that will help smoothen your recruitment process and expand your knowledge of your industry. With this Live & Learn series we promise to keep it: Short. Simple. Ready to use! Big Data and Tech Recruitment. Ayub Shaikh, the founder of Holistica Consulting , provides training for IT recruitment teams all over the world.

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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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Recruiting Metrics You Should Be Tracking: Retention

Crelate

Ideally, every candidate you place for a client would be the perfect fit, staying with the company for a long time as a key contributor to growth. Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case. After all, if candidates weren’t interested in leaving their job, recruiting and staffing would be a dead industry. How can you be sure that you are placing the best candidates available?

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What Does Successful Recruiting Look Like?

Recruiting Daily

In today’s recruiting landscape, there’s a lot of emphasis on the idea of “success.” But what does that even mean? Is it crushing KPIs? Or just showing up every day and making sure everything gets done? Well, if you ask pro athlete Tim Tebow, he would tell you, “Success comes in a lot of […].

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Developers’ Take: Collaboration and Mentorship is Crucial in Software Development

HackerRank

This is the final installment of a 3-part series where we interviewed Gen Z developers around the world about their views on their job opportunities, workplaces, developer communities, and more. . You can read the first installment of the series to learn about developer culture in London and New York City. To find out what it’s like to be a developer in India or Brazil, check out part 2 of this series. .

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Tactics to Achieving Your Diversity and Inclusion Goals

ConveyIQ

A very popular rallying cry for diversity and inclusion initiatives that leads the many blog posts on the topic comes from McKinsey, which found that “ diverse companies outperform similar companies by 35 percent.”.

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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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From Target to Walmart: What Retailer Has the Best Leaders?

Undercover Recruiter

The retail world is so heavily reliant on the trends and tastes of its consumers. And this constant need to adapt to the times provides implications for many important business factors, especially their employer brand. This is because as demand grows for their products, so does the need to hire the best talent in the. View Article. From Target to Walmart: What Retailer Has the Best Leaders?

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Training built for the multi-faceted role of recruiters

RecruitmentJuice

Sales superstars. Confident networkers. And, over time, inspirational leaders that know how to get the best from an entire team. Recruitment consultants wear an entire storefront’s worth of hats all at once – it’s a diverse, engaging role that doesn’t stand still for long. That’s why getting into recruitment can be such a rewarding experience, […].

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loTech Recruitment Trends in 2019

Vervoe

Tech recruiters in 2019 face a surge of demand for specific tech skills up against a pool of tech talent out there which is becoming increasingly difficult to access. Now that we are already halfway through the year, we decided to look at the most relevant studies to date to understand these and other important tech recruitment trends emerging in 2019.