Sat.Dec 03, 2016 - Fri.Dec 09, 2016

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Take the holiday. But keep the pipeline pumping for 2017!

Greg Savage

Most of us will have some kind of break in the next month or so. Christmas, New Year, summer holidays, Chinese New Year. You, your clients and your candidates are going to have some well-deserved downtime. But what about the cost? We won’t bill while we are on the beach, or in the pub. And […].

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HackerRank and Lever Partner to Streamline Tech Recruiting

Lever

It’s no secret that engineering roles are some of the most challenging to fill. According to our recruiting benchmarks report , only 1 in every 134 engineering applicants is hired. But once your pipeline is flush with engineering candidates, how can you best evaluate a candidate’s technical skill set? Is reviewing a resume or conducting a phone screen really the optimal way to assess an engineer’s technical aptitude?

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4 Simplest Ways to Improve Diversity in Your Organisation

Social Talent

According to Clare Mulligan , a workplace diversity consultant, a multicultural work force is one that sees employees of an organisation include members of a variety of ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds. But in this day and age, a multicultural workforce is no longer just a “nice to have”, it is a business necessity. Diverse companies now outperform non-diverse companies by a whopping 35% !

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How Extreme Recruiting Is Winning Over Millennial Tech Talent

Entrepreneur

Businesses pursuing the best and brightest will have to ditch the old-school hiring playbook. Today's tech stars are all about experiential learning -- and they expect companies to keep up.

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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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Greg Savage ‘Modern Recruiter Masterclass’ in Europe!

Greg Savage

Dear European ‘Savage Truth’ readers, I am very excited to invite you to my new half-day ‘Modern Recruiter Masterclass’ to be held in Prague and Bratislava in April 2017 Maybe you saw me speak at the ‘Evolve’ Conference in Brno in 2015? Certainly you are a reader of my blog, so it would be wonderful […].

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Beat Monday Blues – 5 Tips for Being Energized for the Work Week

ExactHire Recruiting

Staying motivated is all about staying engaged and excited about what you are doing. Therefore, the key to self-motivation is giving yourself something to look forward to on a regular basis. This can either come in the form of a goal you are hoping to achieve or a reward you will earn for yourself (or give yourself) if you achieve your goal. For example, most fitness fanatics will reward themselves at the end of a competition with a juicy burger, cupcake or some other indulgence.

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The Millennial Bug: How To Successfully Recruit The “Me, Me, Me” Generation

Social Talent

Recruiters have millennials on their minds. It’s hardly surprising. Millennials (those born after 1980) are the most educated generation in history – almost half of UK millennials have at least one degree. They understand and welcome the technological innovations and globalisation reshaping the workplace. And they cannot be ignored, being on course to represent 75% of the global population within a decade.

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How To Give Candidates Valuable Interview Feedback

Spark Hire

Many think the only purpose of the hiring process is to evaluate candidates. If a job seeker has the skills and traits required, great. If not, the process is over for that individual. While that mindset helps organizations reach their goal of filling empty positions, it ignores what a candidate wants. Job seekers are looking to find the right company and role for them.

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2 Recruiting Leadership Challenges Lou Adler Taught Us to Master

Lever

In our first live recruiting challenge with Lou Adler, he dismantled common recruiting obstacles like how to source beyond LinkedIn and boost diversity recruiting. Known to some as “The Godfather of Passive Candidate Recruiting”, Lou is a widely respected recruiting consultant for good reason - he’s not easily stumped by talent acquisition puzzles.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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How to Handle Resigning

The Whiteboard

Today’s blog post comes to you sandwiched between last night’s RicePowWow and today’s office party (followed by my football team’s Christmas drinks) so please forgive me if I sound kind of distracted. And husky. Why do these things always require so much talking? Not that many of you will notice, given how many seemed happy to persist with celebrations post-PowWow, and no less than three recruitment firms whose own Christmas do’s blended into the tail end of last ni

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19 of the Best and Worst Office Christmas Decorations You’ve Ever Seen

Social Talent

When it comes to Christmas decorations, your office will generally fall into one of two camps – The Best and The Worst. Offices with “The Best” Christmas decorations, ADORE Christmas. And the festive season is a chance for their staff to get creative and transform their office into a winter wonderland fit for Queen Elsa herself. But for those of you who are unfortunate enough to work in offices with “The Worst” Christmas decorations, Yuletide is just like any other

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Three Ways to Prevent Recruiter Burnout through Recruiting Optimization

Proactive Talent

The cost of replacing a worker is expensive. The direct cost of replacing an employee according to the Society of Human Resource Management can range anywhere from 50 to 60% of an employee’s annual salary with total costs associated with turnover ranging from upwards of 200% of their annual salary. To put this into terms we all can understand, the average recruiter makes $45,439.

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3 New Questions You Can Answer with Lever Talent Intelligence Today

Lever

This past October , we launched Lever Talent Intelligence powered by Tableau to provide our users with robust reporting in an approachable, highly visual format to fuel strategic discussions with every team member. We originally introduced nine pre-built dashboards that sought to provide immediate value for users with any level of analytics experience.

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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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5 Things NOT to Do When an Employee Resigns

RecruitLoop

Reacting correctly to an employee who gives notice will smooth out his or her experience. If the employee has a good experience with you on the way out, your other employees will know about it. Here are five things you must never do when an employee gives notice.

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Top Job Board Conferences to Attend in 2017

Recruitics

Needless to say, 2016 was a big year for the recruitment space. Not only were there a number of notable mergers, acquisitions and the like , but this was also the year that job boards began seriously researching and investing in programmatic buying. With 2017 on the horizon, we can expect this momentum to carry over and for job boards to take into account top recruitment marketing trends in their strategies for the year ahead.

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Stop Hiring Slow

HarQen

Have you heard the saying, “Hire Slow, Fire Fast”? This was popularized by the April 2014 Harvard Business Review and if they’re saying it, it must be true, right? NO. I’m not so annoyed about Firing Fast. In many cases, companies make everyone miserable – underperforming employees, good employees, and management alike – by delaying the inevitable for too long.

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Mobile Recruiting is More Than Apply

Symphony Talent

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess if you’re reading this, the following is true: You want to generate the right applicants, not just more. The post Mobile Recruiting is More Than Apply appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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Love or Hate Them, We All Have to Deal With These Candidates.

FireFish Software

As a recruiter, you know that no two people you will come across are ever exactly the same. But sometimes, there are similarities; traits that pop up time after time and leave you with a severe feeling of déjà vu, because you just might have come across a similar situation before. But that doesn’t mean you always remember the best way to deal with them… Here are 5 types of candidate you just might have come across.

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10 Essential Verbs to Use in Your CV

Undercover Recruiter

Your written vocabulary is obviously extremely important in the process of writing your CV, but you must pay particular attention to the verbs you include. Verbs are used to describe actions and are commonly known as “doing words”, so they are crucial if you want to describe how your input impacts your employers. Verbs quite. View Article. 10 Essential Verbs to Use in Your CV.

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Making The Most Out Of Your Talent Brand In The Interview

Spark Hire

Most everyone has heard of branding when it comes to your company, and we all know the importance of this in regards to your marketing efforts. But what do you really know about talent branding ? . My guess is that the term “talent brand” is something that is quite new to many companies. If you want to make the most of your recruiting efforts, it’s important for you to understand what is meant when referring to talent brand.

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Evaluate Your Recruiting Software with More Than Just a Checklist

Symphony Talent

I love a good checklist. It’s a simple way to get organized, view your tasks and track your progress along the way. And don’t get me started on. The post Evaluate Your Recruiting Software with More Than Just a Checklist appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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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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A Lesson in Disruptive Recruiting from Amazon Go

SmartRecruiters

In case you’ve been living under a rock these past few days or can’t come unglued from your post election Facebook feed, you may have missed that Amazon just announced the opening of a grocery store without a checkout line. Let me repeat that: the opening of a grocery store without a checkout line ! The simplicity and power of that statement is magical.

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5-Step Guide: Marketing to So-Called ‘Millennials’

Undercover Recruiter

Millennials, millennials, millennials. What if someone told you that they don’t even exist? Well, they’re about to. Brenda Wong is the social media and community manager at Debut, a careers app that is targeted toward students and recent graduates. Her role is all about engaging people. Not just any people – the right people who happen to be.

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The Most Kickass Career Site Checklist for Employer Branding

marenated

Employer branding is just one of the many things we are awesome at here at Red Branch, and we want to share our tips with you. From web development and SEO all the way to social media and content, we have exactly what you need to get your career site into high gear. Use this checklist to make your career site work for you! If you think this printable is useful, take a look at these other resources we find helpful.

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3 Tips to Find Great Candidates While Hiring for Pet Care

Hireology

Where do you start when it comes to employing the best people for your pet care business? It’s not easy to find and retain quality employees when this industry is constantly battling high turnover. With better recruiting and screening techniques, it is possible to find candidates who are eager to join your team and best suited to stick around for the long haul.

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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 to Get More Twitter Followers for Free

FireFish Software

When used effectively, Twitter is a powerful tool for recruiters; it can help generate leads, solidify your branding and build connections with new clients and candidates. Without followers, though, the benefits that Twitter can bring are essentially unattainable. Read on for our tricks to build your social media presence and boost your Twitter following for free!

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More Out-of-the-Box Recruiting Strategies

Contract Recruiter

It’s difficult to stand out and attract applicants when recruiting in a highly competitive market. Technology executives from Forbes Technology Council say locating and attracting talent, resume distrust, the need for quick hiring decisions, and geographic constraints have been the top recruiting challenges faced in 2016. Using innovative and creative recruiting tactics, and finding ways to work out-of-the-box, makes it faster and easier to find and connect with the active and passive candidates

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8 Ways to Prevent Ruining Your Productivity

RecruitLoop

Procrastination is very common. We all do it at some point. In reality, we can improve our productivity by focusing on what precisely ruins it.

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