2020

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The Power of Human Interaction in the Current Hiring Climate

Allegis Global Solutions

AI has become an increasingly pervasive part of the talent acquisition landscape. But even the most sophisticated algorithm in the most advanced instance of any talent management product couldn’t have predicted COVID-19.

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Recruitment smashed! Recovery underway. The facts.

Greg Savage

The pandemic has wiped out a decade worth of recruitment industry growth, and sent employment and revenue in our industry back to 2010 levels. Figures from IBISWorld Australia suggest staffing industry revenue in Australia has dropped $4.4 Billion in the past financial year. (Four ‘point’ four billion dollars!) Profit margins have collapsed from 4.2% of […].

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Apply Anyway: The Truth On Requirements in Job Descriptions

Katrina Kibben

Women often talk themselves out of jobs they could thrive in because of the listed requirements in job postings and I hate it. The post Apply Anyway: The Truth On Requirements in Job Descriptions appeared first on Katrina Kibben.

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9 Types of Unconscious Bias and the Shocking Ways They Affect Your Recruiting Efforts

Social Talent

We make countless decisions every day without even realising it. Even as you sit here reading this, you’re making decisions. Decisions about the content, the questions being asked of you. And the answers to these are influenced heavily by something researchers refer to as “unconscious bias.”. What is “unconscious bias”? Bias is an inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group.

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Ace Your I-9 Compliance: How HR Can Navigate the End of I-9 Virtual Review

Speaker: David Secunda, Co-Founder and CEO of WorkBright

Did your company inspect I-9 documents virtually? Hot off the press from ICE, you have until August 30th, 2023 to document a physical inspection of those documents! If you’re not sure what exactly this means for your organization or are struggling to physically review I-9 documents with remote employees, join WorkBright for a 60 minute deep-dive and Q&A on the end of I-9 virtual review.

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Remember! The candidate is assessing you too.

Greg Savage

Recruiters, Inhouse and Agency, sometimes lapse into hubris and complacency. This, we know. Don’t take offence. It’s a fact. I have been guilty myself. The candidate experience has been a disaster for decades, ironically made exponentially worse by all the Wizz-bang technology tools, added in to ‘enhance the process’. But now it’s potentially much worse. […].

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Simple Ways to Create a Better Candidate Experience: Ramblings of a Quarantined Recruiter

ClearCompany Recruiting

Candidate experience is a critical point to recruiting and hiring the top talent. These tips will help you re-evaluate how applicants interact with your company.

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If You Can’t Trust Them, Why Hire Them?

Proactive Talent

The impact of the coronavirus on the world of work is ongoing and in at least one way, the ramifications are affecting the privacy of remote workers. What do I mean? Well, one of the hottest types of software to fly off the shelves these days is employee monitoring software. With more people telecommuting than ever before, companies want to make sure that their people are indeed working.

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This Is How You Really Automate Recruitment Advertising

Recruiting Brief Submitted Articles

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HR Department Best Setup Guide For Startups in 202

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Asking the Humans: Using People Data to Create a Great Employee Experience

Speaker: Karen Weeks, Chief People Officer at Ordergroove

As HR professionals, we always want to make sure the work we are doing, the programs we are rolling out, and the perks we offer have the most value and impact to the team. How can we determine what that means for our organizations? We need to ask our team! In this webinar, we will be focusing on where and how to use surveys and other feedback tools to collect data and, more importantly, what to do with it once we have it.

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12 Companies Ramping Up Their Diversity & Inclusion Efforts - and How You Can Too

Glassdoor for Employers

While more diverse than in the past, it's no secret that corporate America suffers from a lack of diversity and inclusion. Nowadays, companies are being more intentional about ramping up their diversity and inclusion efforts to show solidarity and support to their underrepresented employees. Thankfully, many companies are now realizing that increasing diversity and inclusion within the company is not only good for society, it's also good for business.

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What Matters Most to Continuous Listening

HR Technologist - RB

In an effort to improve the employee experience, companies are on the verge of making it worse. HR pros are obsessed with the idea of “continuous listening” and trying to relieve survey fatigue by asking employees a small set of questions repetitively to track issues over time.

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Dear White HR Ladies, We Need To Talk: How a Homogenous Profession Has shaped our workplaces, and what we need to do about it

Fistful of Talent

I woke up Tuesday to yet another trending news story about a white woman calling the police on an innocent black man. This time, Amy Cooper, a white professional New York resident was violating the dog leash rules for a popular birding spot in Central Park, when an avid bird watcher, approached. Christian Cooper (no relation) asked Amy to leash her dog, and that is when the familiar scene unfolded.

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What I Learned Writing 1000 Jobs: New Job Post Training

Katrina Kibben

After writing over 1,000 job posts, I turned my expertise into a job post training that will teach you to write effective postings quickly. The post What I Learned Writing 1000 Jobs: New Job Post Training appeared first on Katrina Kibben.

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Bridging the Gap: Strategies to Boost and Evaluate Your DEI Initiatives

Speaker: Cassandra Binkley, SHRM-CP, PHR - DEI Leader and Sr. Manager of Community, Engagement & Philanthropy at Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

Those who have firsthand experience with your work environment may be the best people to help bridge the gap between your organization and future DEIB initiatives. Like never before, we're seeing companies turn to voluntary, employee-led groups to ensure these initiatives are met while supporting the goals of the organization and increasing employee retention.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Boolean Search Terms

Social Talent

Trying to narrow down candidates for a role can be a difficult task for any recruiter. Using Boolean search writing can help you save time and improve the quality and specificity of candidates from the potential pool. Boolean search is based on the work of prominent British mathematician George Boole. His legacy was Boolean logic, a theory of mathematics in which all variables are either “true” or “false”, or “on” or “off”.

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My secret to a cracking start to 2021!

Greg Savage

We all know it’s been the year from hell and many 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? And the risk? We […].

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Everything You Need to Know About Virtual Campus Recruiting

Talview

During the coronavirus pandemic, university recruiting efforts will lead to an increase in Virtual Campus Recruiting. Here's what you need to know.

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How to Prevent Remote Teams from Working in Silos

ClearCompany Recruiting

Did you know that two-thirds of remote workers do not feel engaged with their colleagues? Find out how to prevent your employees from working in silos.

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Investing in HR Software: How to Get Internal Buy-in

Buying HR software is a major decision. That’s why finding the right provider based on your needs and ensuring key decision makers are on board is vital. Download Paycor’s guide for tips to address common concerns across your buying committee.

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Diversity Hiring: 6 Steps To Hiring More Diverse Candidates

Ideal

People analytics thought leader Josh Bersin has stated that workplace diversity and inclusion is a top priority for 2019. C ompanies have notably stepped up. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has pledged $300 million to increase the diversity hiring of women and underrepresented minorities. It’s time to step up and do more. It’s not good enough to say we value diversity.

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SMB Job Creation Continues to Accelerate: Here's What it Means for Your Recruiting Strategy | JazzHR

Recruiting Brief Submitted Articles

Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released The Employment Situation for September. The unemployment rate continued to decline, dropping to 7.

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Recruiting Generation Z: 5 Key Factors to Consider

Indeed

New year, new hiring push — and your efforts probably include Generation Z. This generation of digital natives is the newest to enter the workforce, bringing 61 million potential new hires who are expected to comprise 36% of the workforce by 2020. But how do you bring them into your company? First and foremost, don’t get mired in the same myths over this generation as you might have with millennials.

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11 Tips for Motivating Millennials

Glassdoor for Employers

A recent article by Business Leader stated that 2020 would be “ dominated” by Millennials ’. The global workforce is now 35% Millennials, with baby boomers only making up 6%. But what does this mean for us as managers? How should we adapt the way we communicate and incentivize? What is the best way to motivate Gen Y to perform? Some might say it doesn’t matter — of course, no matter what our age, we all want to be treated fairly and respectfully.

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What Is the Actual Cost of an Open Role in Your Company?

In today's tight labor market, hiring and retaining top talent is more challenging than ever. Every day a job remains unfilled means lost productivity and revenue. But vacancies can affect much more than your revenue. There are multiple direct and indirect costs, and it's crucial to adapt your recruiting strategies to prioritize the most costly open roles.

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What Employees and Employers Really Value at Work

HR Technologist - RB

Several million workers worldwide quit their jobs every month, costing their organizations time and money. The solution? Engaging employees and creating a better place to work. Here’s how.

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The ‘new normal’: the future of hiring, onboarding and working

Workable

Remote work , asynchronous communication , increase of collaboration tools use; these are just a few of the current trends the hiring world and businesses are seeing. We at Workable wanted to get to the core of these developments and address them with people who are on the front lines and willing to share their first-hand experiences. That’s why on June 25, 2020, we hosted a webinar titled: “Working, hiring and onboarding in the new normal”.

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5 Job Board Trends Recruitment Ad Buyers Should Know

Katrina Kibben

I observed 5 job board trends anyone who pays for recruitment job ads should know. Trends that will help you take a new approach to your ad strategy. The post 5 Job Board Trends Recruitment Ad Buyers Should Know appeared first on Katrina Kibben.

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Thinking ahead: The top 3 recruitment trends of 2021 with Johnny Campbell

Social Talent

It feels bizarre to be writing about potential recruitment trends for 2021 when the past twelve months have been so astonishing. It was a year characterised by acute unrest. A global pandemic changed everyday life. The death of George Floyd re-sparked the Black Lives Matter movement. There were catastrophic bushfires, protests and presidential scandals. 2020 will forever exist in our memories as a moment of intense disruption.

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The Essential Guide to Leading a Strategic Talent Acquisition Function

Are you looking to be more strategic and help your team succeed? Uncover everything from how to build your "why" through gaining support for your TA initiatives in the eBook, A Seat at the Table: Guide to Leading a Strategic Talent Acquisition Function.

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What ‘The Dark Ages of Recruitment’ can teach us post-COVID

Greg Savage

Every second article I see is about how recruitment will change post-COVID. Mostly it’s BS as the majority of recruiters will go back and do exactly as they have always done. I explained that here. Of course, the opportunity to make changes has never been better, and the smart ones in our industry are working […].

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5 Predictions of What Recruitment Will Look Like After Covid-19

FireFish Software

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the recruitment industry, so we can’t expect things to go back to the way they were once this is all over. We’ve already seen some pretty major changes to how our industry operates, and while some of these will be short term until the economy recovers, there are some ways that Covid-19 has changed our industry forever.

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How to screen Groovy developer skills

Devskiller

The Apache Groovy programming language is one of the oldest alternative programming languages running on JVM (Java Virtual Machine). The Java-syntax compatible Groovy script celebrates its 17th birthday in 2020. People might think that development or the buzz surroundings more recent JVM languages like Kotlin have made Groovy redundant. . Well, that couldn’t be further from the truth!

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