ExactHire Recruiting

JULY 9, 2013

In the June 2013 issue of Inc. magazine, you don’t have to get to page 30 to have a clear understanding that the differentiating factor setting companies apart from their competitors is which individuals they select to hire. The culture fit of a hire is one of the greatest make or break qualities the person can possess. Luis von Ahn, the co-founder of Captcha, is very forthcoming about what he’s doing differently at his new company, Duolingo, in an article titled “ Hire People Who Play Nic

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Staffing Talk

JULY 12, 2013

'Karen Cheng has a blog post up on this subject that is getting a lot of attention. Her advice is pretty sound if you can get past the fact that she uses The Bachelor as a metaphor for her advice. Shorter Karen: if you have no connections you need to make them. Here’s a comment on the post from Wisty on Hacker News that I thought got to the heart of the job search connundrum: Everyone with a job knows a hiring manager, and the hiring manager will trust them more than all the job seekers banging

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Recruitalicious

JULY 10, 2013

'There isn’t a recruiter out there who hasn’t experienced an on-the-fence candidate, claiming they need time to consider accepting (or rejecting) an offer. Perhaps candidates are hesitant about relocating, perhaps they have questions or concerns about the compensation package, or perhaps they aren’t sold on the company culture. Regardless of the reason, it can be very frustrating.

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Hiring Thing

JULY 9, 2013

'HiringThing has teamed up with leading employee performance software provider Trakstar to host this even focused on attracting and retaining top talent.

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ExactHire Recruiting

JULY 10, 2013

When was the last time you took a good look at your organization’s recruitment site through the eyes of a potential applicant? I’m talking about just the career-related content you feature on your branded applicant tracking software portal. You can’t remember? Well, whether you don’t recall or perhaps just need a gentle nudge to revisit the candidate experience side of your ATS software, in this blog I’ll outline five simple adjustments to make to the content you feature to entice individuals to

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Contract Recruiter

JULY 12, 2013

Employers have several objectives when interviewing candidates for their job openings. TheySpin Unique Interview Questions want to obtain as much information about the candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities as possible, get to know the candidate’s personality, and assess work ethic, maturity, and honesty. Rapport and culture fit are important aspects of a good hire for most employers, so unique interview questions that elicit information about how a candidate thinks, where a candidate’s in

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Hiring Thing

JULY 9, 2013

'When you create a new job posting within your HiringThing account, as long as your account has been approved and your job posting''s status is Online, we will automatically post your job description with a link to your new HiringThing online application to all of our free job board partner sites, giving you access to millions of active online job seekers.

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ExactHire Recruiting

JULY 10, 2013

When you take time to write job descriptions, then push them to external job boards, then blow up social media with the #hiring hashtag and then finally conduct interviews, do you ever take the time to find out more about what society is telling applicants in terms of how to get the job or be great at interviewing? I think back to when I was looking for a job in the past few years…what did I do?

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Staffing Talk

JULY 12, 2013

'AND Low Paying!" src="[link] width="580" height="387" title="Forbes: Embalming Is Surprisingly High Paying AND Low Paying!" />. I just came across a mind-boggling discrepancy on Forbes. They published two separate articles: one is a list of surprisingly low -paying jobs, and the other is a list of surprisingly high -paying jobs. Both lists, compiled by the same writer, feature “Embalmer.”.

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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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Jobvite

JULY 9, 2013

As many of you know, Jobvite has been compiling a detailed report on social recruiting for the past five years—and we’re pretty proud of how this endeavor has evolved. We started out looking for a … Continued.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 8, 2013

'For me and Fitbit , it was love at first sight. Or, more accurately, love at first read [partial article available free, full article only for New Yorker subscribers]. It certainly didn’t hurt that two Tempworks stalwarts, Maria and Bracy, were already into it big time. I bought mine and soon I bought one for my wife and then for my brothers and sister out in California as well.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 8, 2013

'There are lots of questions surrounding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and one of the more obvious ones on everyone’s mind is, “ Couldn’t we have done something simpler ?” I just came across this post from the first director of the Congressional Budget Office that offers a couple of basic answers as to why we have all this complexity.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 10, 2013

'Recruiting and training new employees can be a big drain on your bottom line. When you are ready to recruit employees, __ can help. When you need to hire the right people, we’re the right people to turn to! Our goal at is to help you find the qualified employees you need without spending a lot of time or money. You can reduce your hiring costs by matching the skills you need to job seekers who have those skills.

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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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Staffing Talk

JULY 10, 2013

'“Hiring is exploding in the one corner of the U.S. economy where few want to be hired: Temporary work.” So goes the lede sentence in a piece by the Associated Press about the rise of temps, freelancers, contract workers and consultants, a piece no doubt inspired by this ProPublica story entitled The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 8, 2013

'Immigration reform is being hotly debated in Congress. While early signs are encouraging that this time it will pass, the proposed law could still fail because of partisan bickering. Our current immigration policy is deeply flawed. It has not fundamentally changed since the 1950s and does nothing to attract high-quality talent. Despite high unemployment, the U.S. is critically short of talent in agriculture, manufacturing, and – most critically — science and technology.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 11, 2013

'Economists expect jobless claims to seesaw in July; last week they jumped 16,000 [Market Watch]. Target faces lawsuit after using racist training document [Gawker]. Investment banker who was fired for sending a meme video likening JPMorgan Chase’s CEO to Hitler will recover $1.86 million after new ruling [The Atlantic]. Nine states have reduced the max duration of unemployment benefits to 20 weeks, leaving economy vulnerable [The Wall Street Journal].

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Staffing Talk

JULY 12, 2013

'I sent this out to our employee base this morning. So far, I’ve gotten three correct answers (and one of them from a humanities major!). Any Staffing Talk readers want to take a shot? It’s been a while since we’ve done one of these. For math lovers it’s been like forever. First right answer gets a coupon from Paradise: A software company located in Grand Marais, MN, was set to begin a mobile project when an argument broke out between those who wanted to build it in native code and those who w

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Staffing Talk

JULY 10, 2013

'Don’t have a well-designed mobile version of your website? Google’s going to start ranking it lower [ERE]. Barring discrimination against the unemployed : what staffing agencies should be doing [HRE Online]. Some say delaying the health care mandate will boost small-business hiring; others say it won’t change [Delaware Online]. Houston boss rapes woman over course of 15 months after hiring her for software job [Courthouse News].

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Staffing Talk

JULY 9, 2013

'FMLA approaches its 20 th anniversary : refresh your knowledge and learn the recent changes [Bed Times Magazine]. TaskRabbit CEO Leah Busque confirms recent layoffs have taken place despite strong business growth [Tech Crunch]. Companies like Fatburger who already reorganized staff due to ACA feel like they have “whiplash” [CNN Money]. Global survey reveals social media is the least popular channel for job-seekers [PR Newswire].

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Jobvite

JULY 9, 2013

As many of you know, Jobvite has been compiling a detailed report on social recruiting for the past five years—and we’re pretty proud of how this endeavor has evolved. We started out looking for a way to gauge trends in a space where little documentation existed, and now the Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey has become the go-to fact book for many industry experts and analysts.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 12, 2013

'France investigates activities of Adecco, ManpowerGroup, and Randstad [Staffing Industry Analysts]. CareerBuilder says employment rates will hold steady while temp and contract hiring increase 10% [Chicago Business Journal]. 35% of CIOs plan to hire new IT grads in 2013, according to Robert Half Technology [Staffing Industry Analysts]. Illini Precast, a concrete fabricator, must pay female laborer $27,682 after turning her away due to sex [HR BLR].

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Staffing Talk

JULY 8, 2013

'Woman whose baby died 10 minutes after birth sues employer for ignoring doctor’s orders [Manteca Bulletin]. Pilot of crashed Asiana Airlines plane was getting on-the-job training , but his inexperience “wasn’t a factor” [WKRG]. Service and manufacturing hiring is expected to pick up steam this month [Staffing Industry Analysts]. Universities plan to market themselves directly to students’ parents , given their characteristic “pushiness” [University World News].

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