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Recruitment is marketing. Are you ready for that?

Greg Savage

There is a new reality in recruitment, which Agency recruiters who want to thrive need to understand, and act on. Clients are not going to pay you to screen candidates that they can get from job boards or other traditional sources. In fact; Any recruitment business model that relies on candidates making proactive applications for […].

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10 Diversity Hiring Statistics That Will Make You Think

ClearCompany Recruiting

Companies need diversity. It helps them think with a wider breadth of perspectives, makes them look better to the public eye, and gives them access to the potential revenue gains from employing people who can contribute different things to the companies they work for. Still, many hiring managers and people in charge don’t see hiring diversity as an issue.

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How Non-Techies Can Find the Right Tech Talent (Infographic)

Social Talent

For anyone within the tech and IT industries, knowing the correct lingo and techno terminology is essential in getting by in your day-to-day job, so how are recruiters supposed to be able to find tech talent if they don’t know the lingo themselves? Any recruiters out there who don’t know their java software from their java coffee beans will need to check out the latest research Modis have done on how non-tech recruiters are able to find the right tech talent.

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Glassdoor’s 2015 Recruiting Metrics: Revealed

Glassdoor for Employers

It’s planning time! It’s time to figure out your 2016 recruiting goals, strategies and tactics. It’s also time to nail down the budget and resources you need to hit those goals. And of course, you aren’t done until you’ve convinced your boss that your budget requests are reasonable. Last year, we published our complete 2014 Recruiting Budget for recruiters around the world to see what Glassdoor’s hiring goals were and how we accomplished them.

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Cracking the Culture Code: Interviewing for Culture Fit

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Join Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, for this live webinar as he guides you through an objective interview process that will help your team assess candidate's alignment with your organizational culture. Space is limited, register today!

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6 Millennial Recruiting Techniques You Need to Know About

Spark Hire

Millennials are taking over today’s workforce. According to the 2015 Millennial Majority Workforce study by Elance-oDesk and Millennial Branding, Millennials will be the largest generation in the U.S. workforce as of this year. In fact, the study found that 28 percent of Millennial workers are already at management level. Unfortunately, while the study found that 82 percent of hiring professionals believe Millennials bring a unique set of skills to the workplace and are more technically adept th

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Stop Hiring the Disengaged!

SmartRecruiters

'I’m always amazed when I see an obvious job mis-fit. If you’re like me, when you experience poor customer service from a person who is obviously ill-suited for the role you think, “Why the heck did they put this person in the job? Is she/he a relative of someone in senior management?”. Years back when we were contacted to assess the attributes of one Vice President of Human Resources, we were a little shocked at the results.

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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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Why Candidate Experience Will Be More Vital Than Ever in 2016

CareerBuilder

It is no surprise to anyone involved in recruiting that the focus on candidate experience has come around as an agenda item the last few years. Every time you turn around, a new article is talking about talent shortages, skill gaps, and challenging hiring issues. CareerBuilder’s research found that more than half of companies say it’s getting increasingly difficult to find quality talent.

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Recruiters, Don’t Let 2016 Be The Year You Dropped The Ball

Jobvite

Every year it bemuses me to see just how many articles are published predicting the future of recruitment. They always appear around this time of year too. It’s as though the transition from one year to the next is going to somehow miraculously produce a seismic shift in the way that recruiters operate. Of course it’s not. What I find more compelling is to look at the pain points and undeniable trends we can see in the market right now – and then project forward what these mean recruiters

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Benefits of Human Capital Software

HRsoft

Human capital management is an approach to employee staffing that perceives employees of an organization as assets whose value can be quantified and whose future value can be nurtured and enhanced through continuous engagement and investment. A company with good human capital capabilities supports the personal growth of employees within the organization through a series of engagement processes held responsible by managers and supervisors. .

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Resume Dos and Don’ts: Making Recruiters Take Notice

AkkenCloud

Finding the right candidates has always been and will continue to be a top challenge for recruiters and their clients. And, with the job market as strong as it is now, often times active and passive candidates for employment are relying on the available new media channels and not spending as much time as they should on dusting off an old resume or perhaps creating a new one.

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What is Talent Management and How is it Different from HR?

Capterra

We all know that couple. They’re the ones who have been on-again off-again since high school. They go to all the same parties, share the same social circles, and live in the same neighborhoods. They’re so finely enmeshed with each other it’s hard to think of one without also bringing to mind the other. Even when they try to break up, their history and everything else they have in common inevitably brings them back together again.

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Biggest Global Recruiting Trends of 2015 So Far (Infographic)

Social Talent

I think we can all agree that 2015 has absolutely flown by! One minute it was January, the next we ended up here in November! How did that happen so fast?! But while the year might not be over yet, 2015 has already proved to be an important year for the development of the recruitment industry and has marked the start of a number of key changes in how we source and how candidates look for jobs.

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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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Glassdoor Halloween Contest: See Which Companies Won

Glassdoor for Employers

A few weeks ago, we shared 6 Ways to Win Halloween in the Office , including throwing a party, encouraging costumes, and providing spooky treats. Many employers rose to our challenge of entering the first ever Glassdoor Halloween Photo Contest , too. Hundreds of companies used the Glassdoor app to post photos of their companies getting in the Halloween spirit.

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8 Candidate Red Flags You Need to Watch For

Spark Hire

It’s only natural for candidates to want to put their best foot forward during a job interview — even if that means stretching the truth or holding back potentially game-changing information. For hiring professionals, the mask that job interviewees tend to wear can make it tricky to really get to know the candidate and evaluate their ability to perform well in any given role.

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Recruitment marketing: fad or future? The expert review

Beamery

'‘Treat your candidates like your customers’ Recruitment marketing is a multi-faceted approach with huge potential to transform the recruitment process. The way we treat applicants, the way we speak to them is having an increasing effect on our hiring success. Today’s candidates are far more subjective. They’re easily influenced by what they hear about your company from friends , what they read about you on Twitter – you need to make sure that you’re providing

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10 Signs Your Applicant Tracking System is Stuck in the 90’s

SmartRecruiters

'Applicant tracking systems (ATS) were originally designed in the late 1990’s to automate the application for job seekers and to track applicants for employers. And after leading corporate talent acquisition throughout my career, I know far too well the ATS hasn’t evolved enough over the past 15 years to meet the requirements for a competitive approach to recruiting.

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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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Temp Employment To Grow 13% Over Next Five Years

Staffing Talk

'" Temporary employment is expected to grow 3% from 2014 to 2015, and 13% from 2014 to 2019, according to new data just released. [.

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The 1 Question You Need to Ask to Retain Great Employees

CareerBuilder

People say retention isn’t about money. But if it’s not about money, what’s it about? A few years ago, I had a pretty sweet gig as the HR leader at an automotive component manufacturing company. I’d joined the company for the purpose of starting up a new facility. As a result, I had been involved in hiring all of the employees, creating internationally-recognized continuous programs, and developing a culture that was well-known in our industry for employee involvement levels th

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7 Benchmark Metrics to Help You Master Your Recruiting Funnel

Jobvite

Deconstructing the Recruiting Funnel. Data is always a hot topic. Every year we learn a new data-related buzzword, from “big data” – to “data analytics” – and these days “predictive analytics” is the supposed key to the future. So it’s expected that any relevant, credible recruiting technology would provide data, big data or analytics – but, now what?

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Compensation Planning Automation

HRsoft

Compensation planning plays a pivotal role in ensuring that your employees remain motivated to work for your company. This is especially true when you are looking to retain your top performing employees. Your best performers are always looking for the next best company where their talents can be better recognized and compensated for. A good compensation plan not only rewards them adequately for their performance, but also lets them know that your organization is the best place for them to contin

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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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Inbound Marketing: How to Attract, Engage, and Convert

AkkenCloud

This past week, I had the opportunity to speak with many executives who lead staffing and recruiting companies at the American Staffing Association Staffing Law Conference in Maryland. When we discussed their top challenges, they indicated talent acquisition and keeping up with today's technology and marketing trends rank right at the top of their list.

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Preparing for Millennial Employee Churn [Infographic]

HireRight

Millennials (a.k.a. Generation Y, or those born between 1982-2004 ) now comprise the largest generation in the workforce. In fact more than a third of all American workers today are Millennials. You’ve probably already hired Millennials and will be hiring more. But don’t expect them to stay long. Millennials are twice as likely as 30-somethings [.].

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The Secret to Fantastic Candidate Engagement Great Recruiters Don’t Tell You

Social Talent

How many unread emails do you currently have in your inbox? I have 12. My colleague Reza has 11, George has the slightly larger number of 473, while Laura has a staggering 26,532… It’s not that we all actively decided not open and to ignore these unread emails, the truth is we were probably all busy when they arrived on our inboxes. By the time we had a chance to look at them, 10 new emails had arrived in our inboxes, pushing those other emails further down and out of sight.

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How VMware Recruits and Retains Military Veterans

Glassdoor for Employers

While serving as a military police sergeant for the U.S. Army, Aaron Dumbrow was accustomed to higher-level officers paying attention to his reports from the field. When he entered the IT field after medical retirement from the Army, Dumbrow wasn’t sure his voice would continue to be heard in the same way. But soon after joining cloud solutions provider VMware as a senior systems engineer , Dumbrow was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from the company’s CEO, following up on his recent st

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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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10 of the Most Revealing Interview Questions to Ask Job Candidates

Spark Hire

You can bet your candidates are well-versed in how to answer standard interview questions like, “What’s your greatest strength? Weakness?” or “Why should I hire you?” or even “Where do you see yourself in five years?”. Because questions like these are so often used to gauge a candidate’s potential to perform well in a particular role or company, answers are usually very scripted, insincere, and tailored to what you’re looking for in a candidate.

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33 insanely awesome job ads

Beamery

'Writing job ads is tricky at the best of times. You know that you’re offering a great opportunity, but how do you tell potential applicants? It’s also becoming more and more important to stand out from the crowd and write better job ads - you need talented candidates to choose you over your competitors. Some companies are tackling the issue by running creative recruitment campaigns to capture the imagination of the very best candidates.

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10 Biggest Changes to LinkedIn Groups You Really Need to Know About

Social Talent

On October 14th , LinkedIn began undertaking a massive overhaul of its current Groups feature. There are several important changes of note, many of which will directly affect how you use Groups today. So, for the sake of recruiters’ sanities everywhere, we decided to list and explain all of the most important changes being made to the feature in one place – this blog.

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