Sat.Jul 23, 2016 - Fri.Jul 29, 2016

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Such a great recruitment business. So I bought it! And why.

Greg Savage

Well, I didn’t buy the whole business. But I did invest a significant amount of money for a significant shareholding, and a place on the Board. I thought long and hard about publishing this blog. This is personal financial information after all. Not really something to ‘share’. And I have invested in plenty of other […].

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Commoditising Candidates in Competitive Times

The Whiteboard

Hello again. I’d rather have started with “Talofa” but my recent holiday to beautiful Samoa seems to sadly be a distant memory already! Whilst I can wholeheartedly recommend switching off from “the grid” and shutting down all mobile devices and sources of news to achieve a truly relaxing break, you do need to be prepared for the jarring deluge that accompanies the simple act of turning your phone back on.

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10 Interview Mistakes Candidates Make That Every Recruiter Can Relate To

Social Talent

We feel for you recruiters sometimes. There is A LOT of work that goes into not only finding and sourcing quality candidates but also efficiently screening them for the interview stage, where things can get…interesting! Today we are going to list the top 10 interview mistakes candidates commonly make that every recruiter can relate to. Read on for some Friday Funnies!

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Why Online Talent Platforms Are The Future Of Hiring

Hoops

Online talent platforms are transforming hiring by helping to quickly connect jobseekers with opportunities that match their needs. In fact, by the year 2025, online talent platforms could potentially add $2.7 trillion to the global GDP. How exactly can online talent platforms provide that much value to the business world? And perhaps more importantly, how should that influence your company’s hiring processes?

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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The Bottom-Line Importance of Developing Your Employees

Glassdoor for Employers

Ambitious professionals yearning for recognition and career advancement naturally gravitate to companies who will help facilitate growth. Future-focused companies who are collaborative.

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The Personality Types of Highly Successful People (Infographic)

Social Talent

Based on the Myers-Briggs personality types, this infographic by Colonial Life , uncovers the personality types of some of the world’s most successful people, including US President Barrack Obama, Film Director Stephen Spielberg and Singer/Songwriter Beyoncé. While the theory originated with world-renowned psychologist Carl Jung, the Myers-Briggs personality types were developed by Katharine Cook Briggs, who observed the differences between her personality and those of her family.

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Why Online Talent Platforms Are The Future Of Hiring

Hoops

Online talent platforms are transforming hiring by helping to quickly connect jobseekers with opportunities that match their needs. In fact, by the year 2025, online talent platforms could potentially add $2.7 trillion to the global GDP. How exactly can online talent platforms provide that much value to the business world? And perhaps more importantly, how should that influence your company’s hiring processes?

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How to Recruit on Glassdoor

Glassdoor for Employers

When you’re hiring, growing your reputation as a great employer is one of the most effective ways to attract better candidates. Whether.

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A Recruiter's Guide to Talent Pools

FireFish Software

Waiting on clients, waiting on applicants, waiting on the phone to ring – the recruiter’s job is often a reactive one. But it doesn’t have to be. Some recruiters can predict the future. How do they do so? By proactively digging deep talent pools. Read our recruiter’s guide to talent pools and find out how you can glimpse the future too.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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The Ultimate Recruiter’s Guide to Marketing (FREE Download)

Social Talent

Recruitment and marketing have consummated their relationship. Employers today are increasingly using consumer marketing techniques to attract and convert top talent as it has become more clear that strong recruitment is dependent on adapting to the evolving landscape. The marriage of recruitment and marketing has seen the birth of ‘recruitment marketing’, which primarily involves the tactics that are used to attract, engage and convert leads into qualified applicants.

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7 Facts Recruiters Look For in Your CV

Undercover Recruiter

Most business decisions are based on hard cold facts, and hiring decisions are no different. If an organisation is going to invest time and money into employing you; they will need to see evidence that you can perform. By now we all know that clichés and buzzwords do nothing to impress recruiters, but many candidates. View Article. 7 Facts Recruiters Look For in Your CV.

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Where Are the Highest Paying Cyber Security Jobs?

Indeed

Today, cyber crime is a major concern for every type of business or government organization. A series of high-profile breaches has highlighted the apparent ease with which hackers can steal sensitive information — so it’s little surprise that demand for cyber security professionals is rising. In fact, according to a recent analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics figures from Stanford University , demand is expected to grow by 53% through 2018.

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Want to Be a Best Place to Work? Read This

Glassdoor for Employers

Every year, companies around the globe strive to be named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work. And, past research shows companies.

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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 3 Simple Rules For Following Up With Candidates

Social Talent

Following up can be tricky business – you want to make sure that you’re doing absolutely everything you can to get potential candidates to respond to you, but on the other hand there’s that voice in your head that whispers ‘They haven’t answered your first email, clearly they aren’t interested.stop being such a pest and give up the ghost!

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Newton Recruiting Insights – Filling Open Positions is the #2 Recruitment Priority of 2016

Newton Software

#2 Recruitment Priority of 2016 – Filling Open Positions. According to our Recruiting Insights Study*, the second highest priority for recruiting and hiring professionals is managing the recruiting process in order to fill open positions (48% of respondents listed this as one of their top priorities). Previously , we discussed how to build out an effective sourcing strategy to draw in top talent and build out your pipeline.

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4 Ways To Be The Best Company At Your Next Job Fair

Spark Hire

Oh, job fairs. Setting up the perfect, eye-catching booth, preparing your winning pitch, and fighting for the attention of job seekers. Events like this are great to attract new talent, network, and promote your business, but you have to do them right if you want to reap the rewards. So how do you make your business stand out amongst the rest? These hiring experts shared their insight on making your company the best at the fair.

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5 Ways for Recruiters to Attract Passive Candidates and New Clients

RecruitLoop

Digital has changed the way you operate as a recruiter. If you don't adapt you'll start to lose market share as your smart competitors win more business.

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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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Find Candidates That Will Work Abroad With These Killer Sourcing Hacks

Social Talent

We often get asked by the sourcing ninjas who are training for our Black Belt in Internet Recruitment about how they can search for candidates who are willing to work abroad. Unless someone explicitly states ‘Looking for overseas opportunities’ in their LinkedIn headline, it can be very difficult for a recruiter to determine who could be open to taking a job abroad.

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Newton User Insights – Sourcing Top Talent is the #1 Recruitment Priority of 2016

Newton Software

Sourcing Remains the Number One Recruitment Priority of 2016. According to research from our Newton User Insights*, 55% of our respondents list sourcing top talent as their number one challenge. This makes sense, considering that sourcing is the fuel that keeps the recruitment fire burning. When done right, it empowers employers to maintain a healthy candidate pipeline and a robust talent pool.

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Invaluable Lessons I’ve Learned From 5 Top Talents on Social Media

Jobvite

In my recent series on social recruiting here on Jobvite’s blog, I’ve helped you with specific tactics and approaches to be more effective at recruiting on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. In today’s post I’d like … Continued.

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How to Find and Hire a Data Scientist

Stack Overflow

Although many organizations have sophisticated processes to track business metrics , it’s difficult for those insights to have an impact if you don’t fully understand what they mean. Enter data scientists, who often have extensive backgrounds in academia and have decided to turn their focus to helping companies understand their data on a deeper level.

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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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7 Ways to Spot a Specialist Recruiter From a Generalist in Disguise

RecruitLoop

What is your so-called ‘specialist’ recruiter really offering you? Are you getting real value for money? Are they a specialist or a generalist in disguise?

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How to spot disengaged employees

Workable

What makes disengaged employees stand out? They’re unlikely to send you a memo, although you can get some insight from employee engagement surveys. A disengaged employee is difficult to define. They might be actively disengaged, spreading negativity and performing poorly. But, they might also just be doing the bare minimum, going through the motions without a hint of enthusiasm.

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Talking Recruitment Marketing Technology & Trends with Kyle Lagunas

Symphony Talent

It’s always fun and interesting to discuss new trends and technologies with analysts in the talent acquisition space ― and I thoroughly enjoyed presenting on this recent webinar. The post Talking Recruitment Marketing Technology & Trends with Kyle Lagunas appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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5 Things You’re Forgetting to Do Before Sending Your Resume

Undercover Recruiter

If you could choose between a beautifully tailored outfit designed to fulfil all of your wildest fashion dreams or a ready-to-wear baggy tee from some random retailer, which would you pick? That’s a rhetorical question. You’d obviously want that tailored outfit. Did I mention it comes with bespoke pockets? Well, it does. In the age of personalization, View Article. 5 Things You’re Forgetting to Do Before Sending Your Resume.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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Engaging candidates in your recruitment

Jobsoid

Today’s hyper-competitive recruitment environment has given rise to the need for engaging candidates in your hiring process. It is no longer the case that candidates will be fine with a lack of post-communication or their engagement in the […]. The post Engaging candidates in your recruitment appeared first on Jobsoid.

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Overcoming The Fear Of Feedback

Glassdoor for Employers

Mary considers herself a good manager. Whenever one of her employees struggles with an assignment, she swoops in to help them put.

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You Sourced the Perfect Candidate – Now Get Them to Respond

Symphony Talent

You have your sourcing strategy down pat. You’re a master of finding the perfect candidate for a hard-to-fill position. But if you can’t get—and keep—their attention, none of. The post You Sourced the Perfect Candidate – Now Get Them to Respond appeared first on SmashFly Blog.