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5 Tips to Make Text Messaging an Effective Recruitment Channel

ClearCompany Recruiting

Mobile-focused, generational groups like Millennials and Gen Z are taking over candidate pools in full-force. They want to feel connected to their employers, and they want faster means of communication and they want to work for businesses that care about their preferences and needs. New technologies like text recruiting are making this increasingly possible by providing businesses with the opportunity to build relationships with candidates in new ways.

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Are You One of LinkedIn’s Most Predictable Recruiters?

Social Talent

There’s no second chance to make a good first impression. Recruiters pour a lot of time and effort into investigating and prepping candidates. They pour over resumes and sift through the keywords to try and tease out the most eligible candidate. However, this is a two-way system. Candidates need a recruiter that has their best interest at heart.

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Human Resources Today: Interview with Joanne McDonagh 2017 MVP Awards Winner

Rezoomo

Joanne McDonagh, blogger at Rezoomo, won First Place in the Talent Acquisition Category of Human Resources Today’s 2017 MVP Awards. Our judges and audience at HRT had hundreds of nominated articles to read through, so her article, 2018 Trends in Candidate Experience – What You Need To Know, really was the best of the best! Now that it’s been a few months since the conclusion of the awards, Shelley Trout, editor at Human Resources Today, has some questions for her.

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Putting the 'Total' in Total Talent Management

Allegis Global Solutions

We all know the biggest disruptors of the last ten years were; globalization, demographic changes and speed of technological advancements but what’s next?

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Moving Forward in HR and Recruiting Uncertainty

An era of uncertainty has arrived in recruiting. The unpredictability that exists in the labor market can make it difficult for employers to know how they should respond in this environment. Despite the turbulence, recruiting professionals should be encouraged by recent trends. Applications per job are up over the last year across companies of all sizes, and more than half of all recruiters expect their teams to grow in the next year, with nearly two-thirds expecting their recruiting budgets to

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Sourcing Is the New Recruiting

ERE SourceCon

I have some excellent news for you. Sourcing is the place to be in talent acquisition today! Recruiting as it has traditionally been known is going away. Increasingly companies are adopting recruitment process automation, and that means that there even as demand for talent increases the need for traditional full lifecycle recruiters will decrease. Adaptation of interview and assessment technology will allow companies to automate much of the work that full life cycle recruiters do today.

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5 Tips for Filling Hard-to-Fill Positions

Glassdoor for Employers

As an employer or recruiter, you certainly want to fill positions with the best talent you can find. But this process can be challenging. Recruiting.

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Look At Me: A Perspective on Privilege

Katrina Kibben

My perspective on privilege is probably a little different from most. But this is one of those thoughts I couldn't get out of my head.

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Employing Individuals with Disabilities May Solve Your Talent Crisis

Entrepreneur

Employment rates won't change until companies begin to shift attitudes and awareness about people with disabilities.

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The 20 Hottest Companies for Job Seekers in 2018

Indeed

With the unemployment rate hitting record lows, the battle for talent is on. Big or small, every company has to fight to win the attention of today’s savvy job seeker. Of course, everybody is different and has a unique set of priorities, so there is no single way to attract talent. That said, there are some things that many people find attractive — for instance, the opportunity to perform meaningful or innovative work, high wages, flexible conditions and the potential for career growth opportuni

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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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15 New Recruiting Trends You Should Implement in 2019 [UPDATED]

TalentLyft

This list of 2019 recruiting trends should be your guide for improving your recruiting strategy. 2019 will bring a new set of recruiting trends that will significantly impact your recruiting process. Are you ready to implement these new recruiting trends or will you be left behind? Read More.

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5 Management Mistakes Hindering Employee Performance

ClearCompany Recruiting

Gallup reports only. 32.5% of U.S. employees are engaged in their work, which is a shame, because engagement lays the foundation for improving employee performance. Gallup also reports at least. 70% of variance in employee engagement can be attributed to managers. So, while many companies are paying big bucks for employee wellness programs, handing out complimentary food to employees or organizing a company-wide day of volunteer service, their own engagement problems might actually lie in their

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How to approach GDPR legitimate interest in recruiting

Workable

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides six lawful bases for processing personal data. Two of them – legitimate interest and consent – are very relevant to recruiting. But while consent is strictly defined and simple to grasp, legitimate interest is vague and idiosyncratic. And that’s what makes legitimate interest a challenge for employers.

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8 Ways Recruiters Can Grow Their IT Technical Knowledge

Hiretual

The majority of recruiters start out being generalists in their career. I started my career with just a bachelors in marketing and communications. I had absolutely no understanding of computer science. I was able to take a few STEM courses and wrote my first wordpress site using basic HTML and PHP.

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Small HR, Big Impact: Boosting Employee Engagement and Excellence with Innovative HR Tech

Speaker: Aino Ilkka - People and Culture Lead at KAITO Insight

In the fast-paced landscape of small growth companies, harnessing the power of HR technology is the key to achieving remarkable results in employee engagement and HR management. Aino Ilkka, People and Culture Leader, will share practical tips and lessons learned through case stories and cover how to successfully source, implement, and scale HR tech for the best ROI.

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8 Benefits of Allowing Employees to Work Remotely

RecruitLoop

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post Irma Hunkeler -Head of Operations with BlueGlass. Her opinions are her own. We are in the midst of a flexible workplace revolution. More employees than ever before are working remotely, and it’s predicted that by 2020, 30 percent of the workforce will either be freelance, outsourced or remote workers […].

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How Being an Agency Recruiter/Headhunter Makes You a Better Corporate Recruiter

ERE SourceCon

Yeah, yeah, I know, staffing agencies and headhunters can be a pain sometimes. Look, I’m not trying to offend anyone, I made many of those annoying phone calls for about three years before I joined the corporate world. I continue to maintain numerous agency relationships and develop new ones from time to time. A quality person who has acquired broad, trusted relationships in specific verticals such as IT, insurance (for me), marketing, etc., can be a valuable ally in the recruiting world.

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What’s the Trick to Managing Employees? It’s Simple — Just Let Them Manage You

Fistful of Talent

A few years ago, I was working as Editor of a fairly well-known talent management magazine and found myself engaged in one of my frequent discussions with the publisher over something. I don’t remember what the subject was, but at some point I said something that seemed to startle my publisher. His face contorted, turned red, and he barked something at me I had never, ever heard a boss say to me before — “Stop trying to manage me!

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6 Signs You?ve Found the Right Candidate

Glassdoor for Employers

Most recruiters are aware of the red flags they should watch out for in candidates: showing up late, trash talking a past.

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How Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Drive Business Results

According to Forbes, employees who feel listened to show a 64% longer commitment to tasks. And that’s just for starters. Learn how emotionally intelligent leaders drive business results. Download Paycor’s guide for the full story.

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Best 10 Company Career Pages

SmartRecruiters

It’s no longer enough to just have open jobs and an email address on a company career page. Candidates expect more, as they should. A career page is a candidate’s introduction to your company, where they decide to express interest in your company – or not. A great career page will provide candidates with a sense of what kind of company you are, who they’ll be working with, and why they want to work there.

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6 Ways to Keep Employees Engaged During the Holiday Season

Entrepreneur

In the workplace it can be hard to balance a festive atmosphere while simultaneously keeping employees focused and productive.

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Top-Rated Workplaces: Culture

Indeed

Culture — everybody talks about it, but how do you get it? And what does it look like? Culture can be one of the most defining aspects of a company, and great culture happens when company values are supported by behaviors, systems and practices. What that means is it’s not enough to just say what company values are — employees must feel those values in their experience of what goes on in the company day to day.

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How Will The Recruitment Industry Change Over The Next 10 Years?

TalentLyft

The recruitment industry will change a lot over the next 10 years. In this blog post, you will learn about the top 5 ways recruitment will change over the next decade. How will we hire in the future? Read on to find out! Read More.

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Ask an Expert: Stump Our I-9 Pros With Your Compliance Questions

Speaker: Chapelle Ryon, CEO of WorkBright

Ensuring I-9 compliance has never been more important…or more confusing. If you’ve struggled to find answers to your specific I-9 and compliance questions, join WorkBright, the experts in remote I-9 onboarding, for a free webinar where a panel of industry leaders will discuss: I-9 compliance tips and best practices Pros and cons of I-9 Alternative Procedure Exploring other options to facilitate I-9 remotely Open audience Q&A for all things I-9 compliance Bring your questions and hear from I-

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10 Unique Candidate Screening Questions You Should Always Ask

ClearCompany Recruiting

We know you’ve seen them, the 10,000 articles out there about interviewing. The “how to’s” the “do’s and don’ts” and, of course, the “best practice” articles that flood the internet. It can almost convince you to believe that interviewing a new applicant is simple, or at least easy to follow given this “quick recipe to interviewing success.”. Let’s cut it down to brass tacks; even seasoned recruiters and HR professionals occasionally have trouble with interviews.

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15 job interview horror stories that you won’t believe

Workable

When hearing the word “Halloween”, many of us think of decorative spider webs, vampire and ghost costumes, grinning pumpkins and of course, horror stories. Even if you’re not a fan of trick-or-treat season, you may still love a good horror story – not always fictional, but certainly one from the craziness of everyday life that can be relevant all year long.

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The Top 100 Applicant Tracking Systems in 2018

Ongig

A common question I get asked is: “What are the top applicant tracking systems I should consider using?” So, every year the Ongig team and I find the top ATS’s used by employers actively hiring…and we publish the details. We fine-tune this list of top applicant tracking systems based on community feedback — 117,000 people read the last 3 reports and 100+ commented.

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Biro on HR Tech: 5 Reasons We Buy the Wrong Stuff

TalentCulture - Recruiting

I spend a lot of time talking with people about HR tech and the best ways to use it. Making […]. The post Biro on HR Tech: 5 Reasons We Buy the Wrong Stuff appeared first on TalentCulture.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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The Power and Importance of Storytelling in Recruitment

ERE SourceCon

Since the beginning of time, we’ve told stories to share ideas, events, and knowledge. Storytelling is one of the oldest ways to get people together. Back in the days when there was no TV, internet or other perks specific to our modern society, people used to gather and tell stories of what they saw, heard or experienced. Every culture has used stories as a means to connect, to inform and entertain.

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Scents That Will Help Boost Productivity

Undercover Recruiter

Many people don’t realize what a powerful tool aromatherapy can be. Scents are tied directly to the part of the brain that is linked to memory and emotion, so scents can influence both. This can work very well in the business world, influencing employees to work harder, retain more information or stay alert. In fact, View Article. Scents That Will Help Boost Productivity Undercover Recruiter - Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Blog.

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How to Develop a Brand Story That Attracts Great Talent

Glassdoor for Employers

It’s not just your recruiters who get the talent to join — it’s your brand, too. The recruiter has their work cut.

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