Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

If you’re a recruiter, you’ll know just how challenging it can be to extract concrete information from a hiring manager. Nailing down the exact requirements for the role, knowing the salary range that you can offer, and separating the must-haves from the ‘would like to’ haves – this is information that you undoubtedly need if you have any chance of finding the right candidate for the job.

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Recruitics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In a recent post, we discussed why you should supplement recruitment marketing with social. While you can read that post in its entirety in the link above, the gist is this: Social media presents a powerful tool for recruiters, but it doesn’t necessarily deserve the lion’s share of your recruitment marketing budget. So then, how should recruiters leverage this recruitment marketing tool?

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The Whiteboard

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Rumours have been swirling around Auckland’s recruitment community this week after a story emerged in the Herald at the weekend about a cocaine sting at a hairdressers in Newmarket. It appears as if the hairdresser, a fashion designer, and a patched gang member have been using the business as a conduit to supply cocaine. The bit that really got tongues wagging across our industry (which is so unlike us recruiters!

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ExactHire Recruiting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The competition for talent requires organizations and their armies of recruiters to maintain a competitive advantage and a sharp edge when it comes to their recruiting and hiring practices. The modern day recruiter must be proactive, responsive, open-minded, and a little bit competitive. An applicant in your pipeline has also applied to other places so it’s imperative you’re on your game.

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Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

On most LinkedIn accounts, the above image is what you’ll see when you click the ‘Advanced’ search button next to the top search bar on LinkedIn’s homepage. It includes lots of the different filters, each with different headings, and each with a different purpose. Today, we’re taking you through each one of the main filters from the ‘Basic’ account and explaining what they do and how you can use each of them most effectively: Keywords Field.

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Recruitics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Ultimate Responsive Image Slider Plugin Powered By Weblizar. If you didn’t have a chance to make it out to Las Vegas last week, then you missed out on this year’s TAtech Conference and Expo. TAtech, formerly known as the International Association of Employment Websites (IAEWS), rebranded themselves near the end of last year to better serve the talent acquisition space.

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ExactHire Recruiting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The competition for talent requires organizations and their armies of recruiters to maintain a competitive advantage and a sharp edge when it comes to their recruiting and hiring practices. The modern day recruiter must be proactive, responsive, open-minded, and a little bit competitive. An applicant in your pipeline has also applied to other places so it’s imperative you’re on your game.

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Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, recruiting ain’t easy. Juggling clients, candidates and hiring managers, sometimes it can seem like there just aren’t enough hours in the day! So ask yourself this – have you ever found yourself sitting in the office at 9pm trying to get every last thing ticked off your list of things to do?

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HarQen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

If you’re a fan of the NFL or John Feinstein , chances are you’ve heard the term “next man up.” Essentially it means if a player is hurt or cannot play in a game, another player is good enough and well-prepared to fill in without missing a beat. As a recruiter, this is probably something you’ve encountered. A candidate nearing the end of your hiring process becomes unreachable or declines your offer.

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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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RecruitLoop

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Purple squirrels? Job Hoppers? Stay Interviews? Buy-Backs? Recruitment terminology can sometimes be confusing - especially for a non-recruiter. Check out our list of some typical recruitment terms and their meanings.

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ExactHire Recruiting

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Sales and recruiting have a lot in common and I think just about any recruiter out there would agree with that. Given this similarity in function, you can imagine the path to success for both is likely similar. All good salespeople and recruiters know that networking is the key to any long term success. Successful networking involves repetitive and constant effort.

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Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

You might have read our blog post a few weeks back on 15 Wildly Inappropriate Things Bosses Have Said To Employees. This week we decided to turn the tables and find the craziest things employees have said to bosses! We found these golden quotes in the ‘ What is the craziest thing you have ever said to your boss, with or without getting fired? ‘ thread on Quora and picked our favourite 15.

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Hoops

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The prevailing attitude when discussing retention is to simply accept turnover as a fact of life. This fatalistic mindset does nothing to help improve the situation or solve the problem. In actuality, there are specific and actionable that can be done to improve employee retention rates. Think about it this way: would you ignore an issue that costs your business roughly 16 percent of an employee’s annual earnings?

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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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Spark Hire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

As we all know, recruitment is a competitive game. At any given time there are a limited number of vacancies and promising job seekers, while the number of recruiters competing for them is only on the up. When it comes to getting ahead and staying ahead, cloud-based recruitment systems are the best solution. Agency and in-house recruiters who are not supported by a high-powered, cloud-based RMS risk taking the long way around every task – from completing time-consuming admin to securing to

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SmartRecruiters

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Filling a position can be a tough task. You have to find the right talent, but you don’t want just anyone to sit at that desk. You need fresh talent that is going to take your company to new heights, and be a great asset to your team. While you may be busy, you might delegate some of your recruiting tasks to other recruiters. At the same time, they probably have their hands full, and might not be taking the time to bring in best and the brightest to review.

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Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The biggest challenges you face, the latest technologies you’re trying to get to grips with, the new tools you’re dying to get your hands on – they’re all discussed at the recruitment and HR industry’s annual events, conferences and expos. Which makes them one of the best ways of keeping in touch with what’s going on in our industry.

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Symphony Talent

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of the newest solution in SmashFly’s Total Recruitment Marketing Platform: SmashFly Events. When it comes to recruitment marketing, recruiting events matter. The post Why We’re Launching SmashFly Events appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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Hireology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The results are in: According to the 2016 NADA Dealership Workforce Study, the retail automotive industry had a monumental 2015. Dealers from coast-to-coast saw overarching trends of long term growth: vehicle sales, transaction prices, and rooftop employment numbers leading to more profitable businesses. Unfortunately, that's where the good news ends.

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Hoops

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The restaurant industry is an amazing place to work in right now. 90% of foodservice employees believe that restaurants provide an opportunity for hard-working people to succeed. And 3 out of 4 employees say working in a restaurant offers opportunities for upward mobility. The key is to be prepared for one of the fastest-paced, most dynamic environments around.

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Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

According to LinkedIn’s 2016 MENA Recruiting Trends repor t , quality of hire is now the MENA region’s single most important key performance indicator. As a result, employee retention is now a top priority for many recruiters in the MENA region. But how can you ensure your employees will want to stay at your company? What measures can you, as a recruiter, take to assure employees that this is the organisation for them?

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Symphony Talent

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

There’s nothing like going home, and HR Tech will be a homecoming for me (cue Kanye West…). I’m a native Chicagoan (go Bears!), but currently live in Kansas. The post What to Do at HR Tech: Day & Night appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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Allegis Global Solutions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

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FireFish Software

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

We all know that recruiters have a bad reputation. Candidates often complain, feeling as though they’re treated like commodities, and clients often argue that recruiters don’t take the time to listen to what they need from a new hire. But do recruiters get a fair shake?

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Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

You know that sick feeling you get in your gut when you realise that the person you’ve played a key role in hiring has turned out to be the wrong person for the job? It’s a total nightmare for recruiters, and we’ve all no doubt experienced the feeling before (we can’t be perfect all the time, you know!). There’s huge pressure on recruiters and hiring managers to fill positions when they’ve been left high and dry and paperwork is stacking up thick and fast.

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Beamery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Don’t be boring. It’s simple advice, but when it comes to sourcing passive candidates it could be crucial. Sourcing passive candidates is a tough task. Passive candidates tend to be pretty content with life. They’re usually happy with their situation and they’re rarely looking for new roles. You have to find a way to “sell” your opportunity to these candidates, a way to make them care.

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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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Symphony Talent

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The role of campus recruiting events in the candidate journey is pivotal – they are a powerful opportunity to establish, or reinforce, your employer brand and initiate a. The post The Power of Campus Recruiting Events in the Candidate Journey appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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Yoh

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

In an ideal world, every tidbit of information included on every resume could be taken as fact. However, in the real world, not all job applicants tell the truth. Statistically, just about every employer will at some point come across a resume that is built on falsehoods. The key to successful hiring lies in knowing how to spot those falsehoods and dismantle them.

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Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

In recruitment news this week: Introducing Restless Bandit. What do you get if you combine one team from Google and one team from LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions business? The answer, my friends, is Restless Bandit , a new company that are hoping to ‘unlock your talent universe’, with their unique talent matching technology. Founded in 2014 by the team who created Bright (acquired by LinkedIn in 2014), and including team members with multiple PhDs and people who’ve spent significant time

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