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Crap KPI’s. Dumb managers. Unhappy recruiters: Or the smart way.

Greg Savage

Recruiters love to be busy. Or to be more accurate, they love to feel busy. Same goes for many recruiting managers. If everyone is busy, busy, busy, they are happy. Happy, but dumb. Because yes, activity is key in recruitment. But smart activity is what we want. So many recruiters are currently getting better and […].

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So, Are Remote Workers Happier Than Other Employees? 

JazzHR

Working remotely is fast becoming the new norm. In 2015, 37 percent of US workers said they had telecommuted, representing a huge increase from the 9 percent who said the same in 1995. Advances in technology have meant that it’s easier than ever before to make the world your office, rather than the office your world. But is technology the only thing that’s driving the increase in remote workers, or could it be that they’re actually happier than everyone else?

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Ask the Sourcing Squad: Your Most Creative Email Subject Line

Lever

After unwinding beneath the sun this Fourth of July, we’re excited to share that our minds are refreshed and the creative juices are flowing. Unsurprisingly, our Sourcing Squad is no different. This week, they’re inspiring us - and making us laugh - with the inventive ways they attract candidates’ attention.

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How to Drive Real Results with Paperless Onboarding

ClearCompany Recruiting

When someone new joins your organization, there’s always some amount of adjustment. The current employees are concerned about how the new hire is going to impact their work life. What kind of person are they? How diligent of a worker will they be? Managers are concerned as to whether the new hire will be productive quickly and how much time it will take to train him or her.

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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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509 South African Recruiters have signed up already!

Greg Savage

Over 500 South African recruiters are already signed up for this major event! Are you the only one going to miss out?

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How to Make a Killer Recruitment Video

Lever

Seventy-two percent of candidates spend an hour or more researching a job. They will look to resources such as your website, social media channels, and Glassdoor page to determine if your opportunity is worth pursuing. If you want to attract and convert the best talent on the market, don’t just tell them why they should want to work for your company— show them!

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Millennials Are The Most Demanding Generation > FAD or #HR Fundamental?

ClearCompany Recruiting

For those of you who want to throw a tomato at my head (gently please) because I’m writing an article about Millennials… slow your roll! Cause I’m gonna drop some knowledge on you that may rock your world just a little bit. Ready?

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4 Tips to Help You Effectively Manage Your Remote Employees

JazzHR

Every year, more and more Americans report that they work remotely either full time or during part of their week or month. New generations of tech savvy employees not only expect, but also demand, the freedom to use technology to let them work whenever and from wherever they want. In fact, for Millennials, who will soon comprise 50 percent of the workforce, flexible working practices is one of the most important things a job can offer.

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A Week of Winners and Losers

The Whiteboard

Quick one from me this week as I’m off on me ‘olidays after today (as I’m sure many other recruiters with kids are also planning on doing too!) For the rest of you, enjoy the free flowing traffic for a couple of weeks and try not to get too frustrated at most of your recruitment deals grinding to a halt while your client’s decision-maker is away… Talking of parents and parenting, this week’s loser has to be Dr Mark Robson, who is setting up a new vet clinic a

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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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Get Results with Online Employee Training in 3 Steps

Glassdoor for Employers

Whether your goal is for successful onboarding, keeping your employees up to date with relevant skills, ensuring the glass tapping interns are engaged, or improving morale and retention - you need a training program to fulfill your workforce's needs.

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Recruitment Roundup: Interview Tactics From Facebook’s Director

Social Talent

Welcome to another week of our recruitment roundup, where we share with you the latest news in recruitment. Here are the latest stories to keep you in the know! Facebook Director Reveals Interview Insight. Interviewing for a job can be daunting at the best of times, with many candidates letting their nerves get the better of them. Sometimes a candidate will have everything rehearsed and stick to their script.

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7 of the Best Online Tools for Sourcing in Recruitment

FireFish Software

For recruiters, there are plenty of great online sourcing tools to use. We’ve compiled a list of our favourites to help you streamline and get the most from your sourcing efforts. We’ve started by listing some excellent options for sourcing candidates before listing some tools you can use to communicate with candidates, too. Happy hunting!

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Recruiting on LinkedIn: a step-by-step guide

Workable

With more than half a billion members, LinkedIn is a formidable recruiting tool that lets you post jobs, build your company brand and network with passive candidates. Here’s a primer on how to recruit on LinkedIn, starting with posting jobs: How to post jobs on LinkedIn. There are two ways to post jobs on LinkedIn : through paid job postings that reach passive and active candidates, or for free through your company page, personal profile or LinkedIn groups.

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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 the Most Successful Organizations Hire With Purpose

Symphony Talent

It would be presumptuous for business leaders to assume their employees’ purpose is to work for them every day. For most people, their job is more than likely. The post Why the Most Successful Organizations Hire With Purpose appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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Google Make Fresh Approach To Become A More Diverse Workforce

Social Talent

Diversity is quickly becoming the most popular buzzword word in the recruitment, with more and more company’s focusing on its importance. Diversity and Inclusion is something that we here at SocialTalent practise and preach, and it’s a proven fact that the more diverse your workforce are, the better they perform. More and more companies are now starting to conduct diversity assessments and seems Google have now made an assessment of their own.

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What is the Best URL for My Job Pages?

FireFish Software

As a marketer working in a recruitment agency, often the responsibility of optimising your agency’s website falls to you. One important SEO consideration to make is whether you should structure your website with subdomains or off your www. domain as a subdirectory. To help you make the right decision, here’s how to pick between subdomains and subdirectories.

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Employer Branding: Definition, Process, Strategy and Resources

Beamery

Companies that consistently attract the best talent get one thing right: Employer branding. Job applications are starting to receive the same scrutiny as any other purchasing decision. Instead of reading reviews on Amazon, candidates are turning to social media and to websites like Glassdoor to get the real scoop on companies. It’s up to recruiting departments to make sure candidates like what they see.

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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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The Best Facebook Groups For Recruiters

Ideal

It used to be LinkedIn was the social network you used for your professional life and Facebook was the one for your personal life. Today, that distinction isn’t so clear. In fact, LinkedIn groups are mostly dead these days while Facebook groups are thriving. Here are 4 Facebook groups you need to be in if you’re in recruiting. 1. Recruiters Online.

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5 ways AI is changing the hiring sector

Allegis Global Solutions

AI and automation is sure to affect hiring managers’ jobs in a number of ways, from making it easier to acknowledge applications to helping with onboarding.

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Why Don’t Recruitment Agencies Collaborate More?

NPA Worldwide

I was reading a post on LinkedIn this morning titled, “Why Don’t Recruitment Agencies Collaborate More?” and it got me thinking about some of those reasons. As a split placement network, our members have been successfully sharing candidates and jobs for more than sixty years. But, there are definitely recruiters who shy away from the cooperative model.

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How to build a passive talent pipeline – Talent pipeline management

Workable

What is talent pipeline? A talent pipeline is a group of passive candidates you’ve engaged who can fill future roles in your company. Building a talent pipeline has one great benefit: it saves you time you’d spend on sourcing candidates, decreasing your overall time-to-hire. Here’s how to build your talent pipeline strategies and foster relationships with passive candidates: 3 Steps of building a talent pipeline.

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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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How Productive Are Remote Workers Really?

JazzHR

There are a lot of negative stereotypes that go around about remote workers. Employers and colleagues can view them as lazy and unreliable. After all, they’re probably at the beach when they’re supposed to be stapled to their desk at home. And, they no doubt start their day late and finish up early, and definitely don’t do as much of the heavy lifting as everyone in the office.

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Spark Hire CEO Josh Tolan on NewVector IT Staffing Podcast

Spark Hire

In this episode of the NewVector IT Staffing Podcast, Maurice Fuller interviews Spark Hire CEO, Josh Tolan, about how staffing firms are leveraging video interviews in their recruitment process. Maurice is the Founder and President of NewVector Group which offers training and professional development services for IT and engineering staffing firms. Learn more about NewVector Group or check out more episodes of the podcast here.

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How Improving Your Employee Referral Program Will Make You More Successful

SmartRecruiters

Sure, you might have an employee referral program. But is it something you make a recruiting priority? Or has it been sitting on a shelf, getting kind of dull because you haven’t dusted it off for months or maybe even years? It’s well accepted that employees can be your best source to add to your talent pipeline. After all, employees know what your mission and values are, so are in a great position to refer others who share those values.

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7 Things to Look for When Hiring a Sales Person

RecruitLoop

Hiring a capable sales person is not a walk in the park. Hopefully these 7 recruiting tips will help you identify the perfect sales person for your team.

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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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PPC (Pay Per Click) Manager interview questions

Workable

These sample PPC (Pay Per Click) Manager interview questions will help you identify qualified candidates for roles within your Marketing department. The post PPC (Pay Per Click) Manager interview questions appeared first on Recruiting Resources: How to Recruit and Hire Better.

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Navigating Candidate Experience, Part 2: Interviews And Onboarding

ConveyIQ

In the second part of this series, we explore how employers can improve candidate experience after talent applies for an open job position. The post Navigating Candidate Experience, Part 2: Interviews And Onboarding appeared first on.

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5 ways to measure social media ROI as a recruiter

RecruitmentJuice

It’s all too easy to believe that the number of followers or ‘likes’ are an accurate barometer of how successful social media activity is. Of course, these are not referred to as ‘vanity metrics’ without reason – and for HR and recruiters the numbers are largely irrelevant. As employers and recruiters have come around to embracing the potential that social offers, so too comes an increased pressure to measure ROI.