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Hey stupid! Pick up the phone.

Greg Savage



The battle for quality, unique candidates is starting to resemble a cage fight. 

Why do so many recruiters treat it as though they are in a pillow fight? I am not easy to shock. Especially when it comes to recruiters and recruitment. Yet, here is the transcript of a recent conversation between a smart, experienced […].

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A Simple Onboarding Cheat Sheet

ExactHire Recruiting

As summer comes to an end and everyone’s schedule gets hectic with school, fall activities and new work projects, finding ways to simplify and focus at work are a must! There are countless tips out there for enhancing your employee onboarding process (think employee retention), but here is a quick “cheat sheet” to make sure you’re doing the big things–and a few little things–that make the process easy and effective.

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Top 10 In-Demand Banking & Finance Job Titles 2015

Social Talent

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be using Indeed.com’s industry employment trends analytics tools and our powerful sourcing tool, SourceHub , to bring you the Top 10 Most In-Demand Job Titles in each industry, the Top 10 keyword searches performed by job seekers in each industry, and a list of the top employers of people with those skills in the USA, the UK and Ireland, as well as some information regarding the average salary those candidates can expect to receive.

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Companies Prioritizing Diversity on Glassdoor

Glassdoor for Employers

What’s your current diversity strategy at work? Diversity isn’t just about complying with laws, but rather including all employees from various backgrounds and making your workplace an inclusive and fun place for all. Rather than a burden for the workplace, we believe diversity initiatives should be embraced. No matter the size of your company, making diversity a priority is a fundamental step toward becoming a recruiting and branding powerhouse.

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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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Cold Calling with a Candidate? 5 Recruiter Sales Tips

NPA Worldwide

It seems to be a typical practice in the world of independent recruiting to present or pitch a candidate on that first cold/sales call with a potential client. It is a bit of a baiting method, as you outline exactly what they need, but do not offer the candidate up officially until the contract is signed. Not only does it offer the client something immediate, but shows you know how to deliver value in your space.

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10 Crazily Creative Instagram Job Ads

Social Talent

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tried of seeing the following array of images CONSTANTLY appearing in my Instagram feed. Yes, I’m one of the 300 million people out there who login to Instagram on a daily basis to keep up the Kardashians (pun intended), my favourite clothing brands, my friends, and my favourite companies. Unfortunately, in doing so, I’m forced to scroll past more than my share share of yawn inducing “We’re Hiring” images that laz

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Part 3: Hiring Manager Roadblocks, Avoiding Panic

Glassdoor for Employers

This blog post is the third in a series of five posts based on our webinar with Greenhouse , 10 Hiring Manager Recruiter Roadblocks and How to Overcome Them. The job description is the first impression most candidates see of your company. Candidates are analyzing your job descriptions to determine not only whether or not they’re qualified, but also whether they’re interested in working for you.

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What Millennials Want in a Candidate Experience (from an Actual Millennial)

Symphony Talent

Millennially speaking: What makes a great candidate experience? As a millennial who has spent a fair amount of time looking for a job, I’ve learned a ton about the candidate experience (maybe a little too much). I know that there are plenty of articles trying to explain how our crazy millennial minds work and label. Continue Reading → The post What Millennials Want in a Candidate Experience (from an Actual Millennial) appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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How to Align Your Screening Process with Your Hiring Process

Spark Hire

The hiring process is an essential part of ensuring a strong future for your company. However, many hiring managers inadvertently overlook the importance of the screening process prior to beginning interviews. They simply see the screening portion as a necessary step to getting the hiring process moving, not realizing that it can be a crucial tool to making the entire experience streamlined.

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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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A Detailed Guide on Advanced Search Operators (Infographic)

Social Talent

Sometimes when you’re looking for really hard-to-find talent, the information you need just isn’t in the usual places. You’ve checked the social sites and your databases, but you just can’t find the right people or the right information on them. So do you do next? Answer: you use x-ray sourcing techniques and a variety of advanced search operators to cleverly scour the web for the information you need, whether it be the names, phones numbers, email addresses or background information of people w

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Suds and Staffing Episode 29: Guiding Candidates

HarQen

A cookout last week at a co-worker’s house inspired Dave and Sam to talk about how recruiters, (much like parents do with kids) can successfully guide candidates through the unfamiliar. Dave and Sam draw off of their experiences as parents to relate to recruiters acting as guides for candidates. They are not comparing recruiters to parents or candidates to children.

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How To Recruit The Most Talented People In The World

SmartRecruiters

“No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else.” In the 1990s, Sun co-founder Bill Joy thus challenged leaders to face the Knowledge Revolution. His quip later became “ Joy’s Law.” Joy was not talking about the old “ war for talent ”—hiring better employees–but a newer one: tapping networks of smart non-employees for innovation and problem-solving horsepower.

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How to Attract the Best Candidates with Your Talent Brand

Spark Hire

Employer branding is the way in which a company positions themselves to job seekers and is an essential part of an organization’s talent acquisition process. Ninety-one percent of job candidates say that employment brand plays a key role in their decision to apply with a certain company. However, gone are the days of companies only having to think about maintaining their employer brand.

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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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Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 7/27 to 7/31

Symphony Talent

Here we go: one of our favorite parts of the week! We round up the best articles and content in recruitment marketing each week so you can spend more time reading and less time searching. Content of the Week A huge thanks to our customers Derina Adamczak of CH2m, Rick Rosario of CDW and. Continue Reading → The post Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 7/27 to 7/31 appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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Work-Life Balance… What’s That? My Life as a New Parent

CareerBuilder

I had my daughter, Beatrix, just five months ago. The first week after she was born, my husband was able to use PTO and stay home with me ( Paternity leave — say what? ), and it was a full-on tag team effort of feeding her, taking turns power napping — because full-on sleep is not an option — and trying to keep the dog from getting too jealous and the house from getting a knock on the door from the producers of “Hoarders.”.

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Video – Everyone’s doing it. Are you?

Recruiting.com

The impact that video has made on business and marketing environments in recent years is both astounding and unprecedented. It is estimated that one-third of all online activity is now spent watching video (Digital Sherpa). Traditional news sources such as The New York Times and Wall Street Journal now employ video teams of 75 and. The post Video – Everyone’s doing it.

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2 Reasons for Developing Leaders Within Your Small Business

Spark Hire

How often have you seen small businesses hire leaders from outside of their business, only to let them go a year or so later? I believe one of the key reasons why this happens often is simply because the new hire does not understand or fit in with the company culture. When you hire leaders outside of your small business, it can be difficult to know if the new hire will fit in with your culture and develop the sense of loyalty that your small business needs.

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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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A (Necessary) Storify for #SRSC

Symphony Talent

Of course, the Social Recruiting Strategies Conference (#SRSC) last week had Twitter feeds blowing up (it sort of had to). We kept an eye out for the best in conference swag, sessions and speakers, and rounded up our favorite tweets of conference. [View the story “A (Necessary) Storify for #SRSC ” on Storify]. The post A (Necessary) Storify for #SRSC appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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4 Tips for Working From Home Without Being Hassled

CareerBuilder

People think I’m so lucky to be a work-from-home writer and human resources consultant. Well, those people are right. Working from home is awesome. The rumors are true: I wear yoga pants and eat ice cream in the middle of the day. But working from home isn’t for everybody. Here are my tips on how to stay productive when the couch and television are calling your name. 1.

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Diversity Hiring and Mobile: Are You Missing the Mark?

Recruiting.com

To remain competitive in the marketplace, implementing a diversity hiring strategy is a must. Whether you’re seeking bilingual candidates to better serve your clientele or simply looking to amp up your diversity recruiting initiatives, companies with a well-rounded staff are more likely to succeed. According to reports by McKinsey, racially diverse teams outperform non-diverse ones.

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3 Reasons Why Video Interviewing Will Help Your School District Hire Top-Notch Teachers

Spark Hire

When hiring for your school district, it is of utmost importance to hire the best teachers you can find. If you are not currently using video in your interviewing process, you may be surprised by its advantages. There are three reasons why video interviewing will help you hire the best teachers for your school district. 1. Expands interview territory.

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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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Your guide to talent communities

Allegis Global Solutions

What is a talent community and how can you make the most of it?

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3 in 4 Full-Time Employed Workers Are Open to New Jobs

CareerBuilder

Think all your employees are perfectly happy working for your company and don’t have a roaming eye for other jobs? Think again. CareerBuilder’s 2015 Candidate Behavior Study shows that as many as 3 in 4 full-time employed workers are open to or actively looking for new job opportunities. It isn’t just the unemployed who are putting themselves out there and competing for jobs; it’s likely some of the people sitting in your cubicles are also looking for greener pastures.

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Some Increase Recruitment Fees While Others Are Discounting

NPA Worldwide

Recruiters operate many different ways. The ones I am most familiar with are contingent recruiters, who charge a fee for successful hires. They only get paid when a hire is made. That structure is itself a long opportunity for discussion. I always joke with my friends that it would be nice if your accountant or health club charged this way. I guess some may?

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How to Choose Leaders in the Classroom

Spark Hire

Identifying leadership traits in teachers is an essential part of the hiring process. You want teachers who will help to shape your school community into a positive place for children to learn and grow. When you’re looking to hire educators who are also leaders, here are some traits to pay attention to: The ability to work around difficult situations.

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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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Start-up to Grown-up: hire for the growth process

Comeet

Every company wants to grow. But the growth process can be a very challenging one. The key to success lies in the people you hire and the teams that you build. That is why, when taking your company to the next level, you need to hire for the growth process. Here are some of the aspects to consider when revamping your hiring. Your recruitment changes as your company grows.

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4 Ways to Ease your Summer Hiring Woes

Recruiting.com

Hiring during the third quarter isn’t a summer breeze. Prospects aren’t aggressively job hunting and summer vacations make it hard to score face time with sought after candidates. Just because the majority of top talent is likely enjoying a well-deserved vacation, doesn’t mean that your need for skilled talent is slowing down. Stand out from. The post 4 Ways to Ease your Summer Hiring Woes appeared first on Recruiting.com.

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A Template for Boring B2B Blog Posts.

Snark Attack

So, you want to write a B2B blog? While it sounds like a lot of work, in fact, it requires little more than following a few simple rules to make sure that you say stuff without saying anything, never offend a client or customer even a little tiny bit, and trying to push a product […].

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