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The five biggest mistakes recruitment leaders are making now

Greg Savage

It’s a tough time to be a recruitment leader. So many challenges, so much change. In my work across the globe, meeting and advising Owners and Managers of recruitment businesses, five key themes have emerged. Don’t make these mistakes as a recruitment leader, and if you work for a company that habitually falls into these […].

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15 Memes Everyone Who Works in an Office Will Understand

Social Talent

If you work in an office from 9-5, 7 days a week in the company of other people, you’ll understand! 1. The dreaded Monday morning small talk… 2. When no else seems to be doing any real work except you: 3. It’s the little things in life. 4. The crushing disappointment! 5. When middle management makes a pitstop at your desk. 6. When that first person comes in sick. 7.

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Being a Small Business Can Be a Big Recruiting Advamtage

Entrepreneur

Small companies can offer prospective employees important advantages they won't find at a larger organization.

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High Demand, High Pay: 10 Opportunities for People Without College Degrees

Indeed

The election may be over, but that doesn’t mean we have heard the last of the debates that raged along the campaign trail. Among them, one of the most pressing will surely be this: What is to be done about all the people without college degrees who have been left behind in the economic recovery? After all, even when the US monthly jobs report contains what appears to be good news, a little extra digging can reveal that the picture isn’t so rosy for those who never went to college.

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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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Your 6 Step Checklist to Crafting the Perfect Job Description

RecruitLoop

Every candidate expects to see a job description if they are going to consider a career move. What sort of impression are you creating if you can’t even provide a potential new employee with a detailed description of the job you expect them to do for you?

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7 Ways To Attract Star Hires Using Social Recruiting Best Practices

Jobvite

Has your business fully embraced social recruiting? Is it now a key element in your talent attraction strategy? Or are you worryingly one of those businesses being left behind by your competitors? Here are 7 ways recruiting teams are adapting to the social world to attract talent and win candidates over. Do stop to ask yourself “How many are we doing?”.

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5 Reasons to Rethink Banning Social Media at Work

CareerBuilder

Think allowing employees to use social media at work is a recipe for disaster? Before turning your small business into a Facebook-free zone, consider these possible benefits the company might reap by allowing workers to stay connected: Increased productivity: People need short breaks during the workday to maintain energy and focus. One team member may enjoy grabbing a cup of coffee between tasks, while another may prefer checking Twitter.

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15 CV Mistakes Costing You Interviews

Undercover Recruiter

Your CV is an important part of your armoury when looking for a job. It has to look good and be as close as possible to the job description to get you through to the next stage. As one of the first documents that someone will ask for to represent your capabilities, your CV should. View Article. 15 CV Mistakes Costing You Interviews. Undercover Recruiter - Career & Recruitment Blog.

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4 Undeniable Similarities Between Recruiting and Marketing

Jibe

In the past few years, we’ve heard a lot of people say, “recruiting is marketing.” We’ve even said it ourselves. While the main difference between recruiting and marketing is who the target is—buyers versus candidates—the list of similarities between the two disciplines is massive. That said, it’s no surprise we’ve seen lots of professionals in recent years move from marketing to recruiting roles, or to a hybrid role like “employer branding manager.

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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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LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner Shares 4 Tips for Engaging on Social Media

Linkedin Talent Blog

If you’re one of the 4.8 million people who follow Jeff Weiner on LinkedIn, you probably feel like you know him. Between his likes, shares, comments, and long-form posts, you’re likely familiar with his leadership style, his passion for tech, and his support for his employees. Business leaders often ask Jeff how he’s able to build such a large and engaged following.

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12 massive blunders most recruiters are making right now

Greg Savage

Many recruiters are adapting and re-skilling as the market evolves. Most are not. Indeed, the majority continue with tactics that don’t work. Here are the top 12 blunders I see recruiters making everywhere. How do you rate ?

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LinkedIn Hack: How to Convert Your Profile Views into Candidates

Social Talent

Source: Sheila Scarborough/Flickr. Be honest – you love to see who’s looking at your Linkedin profile, don’t you? It’s perfectly ok to admit it – we all do! Maybe it’s the narcissist in us, but there’s just something strangely validating about knowing that someone has an interest in finding out more about you.

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A New Solution for Efficiently Recruiting Talent

Entrepreneur

Small and midsize businesses often find themselves in a pickle.

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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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3 Examples of Great Organizational Culture You Can Learn From

Indeed

Warren Buffett said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” Many organizations struggle to create a memorable and magnetic workplace culture, and it’s no wonder. Culture is tricky to define, and takes time and effort to build. Michael Watkins defines organizational culture as a moving target made up of the patterns of behavior; shared process of “sense-making”; and the stories, values and rituals that take hold within organizations.

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Why A Poor Candidate Experience Can Destroy Your Business

RecruitLoop

Far too many candidates are starting to feel disrespected and even resentful during the recruitment process. Whether you’re a hiring manager, or internal recruiter, it’s up to you to ensure you treat your future potential employees with the respect they deserve.

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How Office Culture Should Influence Recruitment

AkkenCloud

Organizational Culture: “The values and behaviors that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization.” — Business Dictionary. An anthropology cliché tells us that culture is to humans what water is to fish. You probably don’t think about it, but your family has a culture. So does your neighborhood and your country.

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Four Recruitment Trends To Watch Out For This Coming Year

Jobvite

If you’ve been following my series of recruiting articles here on Jobvite, then you’re hopefully approaching the next 12 months with a renewed optimism about the results you’ll be able to generate from social media. But what else does the recruitment industry have in store for us over the coming year? In a break from my usual social recruiting advice, today I’m sharing four trends that I think we can expect to see gather significant momentum this next year: The Rise of LiveChat in 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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The Telltale Signs of a Great Hire

CareerBuilder

Regardless of the position for which you are hiring, demonstration of certain characteristics can indicate that an applicant will make an excellent employee. Help your small business reach new heights by looking for candidates who exhibit the following qualities: Professionalism. Want to hire someone you can trust to represent your company? A candidate who shows up on time , dresses appropriately, acts courteous, and clearly has done his homework knows the importance of a good first impression.

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The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Interview

Undercover Recruiter

If you haven’t attended an interview for a little while, things have changed while you were away. It’s now the equivalent of going out on a blind date and expecting that gorgeous person from the ad, but finding a multi-headed hydra answering the door to you. As you’re lured into the room, you have no. View Article. The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Interview.

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5 Expert Recruiter Tips That You Might Have Forgotten

Spark Hire

There’s always something new to learn in recruiting. From new technologies to the best way to assess a candidate’s qualifications, you can always gain more knowledge to help you succeed. But it’s important to remember your increasing expertise should never come at the expense of recruiting basics. With more experience, it’s natural to find ways to do things faster and with more efficiency.

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Your Crash Course in Employer Branding from Two Marketing Execs

Linkedin Talent Blog

If you’ve ever tried to pull Marketing into employer branding, you may have faced some resistance. Marketers usually have the expertise you need, but they often lack the time, interest or resources to pitch in. Yet we know that when Marketing and Recruiting work together, companies do better. According to LinkedIn research , organizations with strong consumer brands and strong talent brands see 36% five-year growth, while those with only strong talent brands or only strong consumers brand see 10

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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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18 red-hot tips for the newbie recruiter

Greg Savage

Every week I get a request from a newbie to the recruitment industry asking for guidance on how to succeed. It’s a tricky one because it’s a bit like asking the meaning of life, or the secret to being a brilliant parent. There is no easy, short, answer. However, here is my best road-map for […].

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6 of the Best Employer Brands on Snapchat Right Now!

Social Talent

150 million people use Snapchat every day to send more than 400 million snaps – that’s a bigger daily active user base than Twitter (136 million)! And the platform is growing incredibly quickly. By the end of 2016, Snapchat’s US user base is projected to have increased by 27% from the start of the year, and the app is expected to add twice as many new users through 2020 as Twitter and Pinterest.

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5 Metrics That Tell You Nothing About a Recruiter’s Performance (And The Ones That Actually Matter)

Beamery

KPIs are a recruiting necessity, but recruiting managers often get it totally wrong when they’re figuring out how to measure recruiter performance. For some, it’s all about the bottom line – they only care about the number of placements made by each recruiter. Then there are recruitment managers that get granular on vanity metrics like numbers of searches or number of LinkedIn connections.

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International Talent Is Interested in Hard to Fill, High-Skill US Jobs

Indeed

In this election cycle, immigration is a leading topic of conversation. Both parties have called for reforms to immigration policy, and the candidates have vastly different proposals in this area. In addition to capturing the attention of the public generally, these reforms are of particular interest to employers across the country. In many sectors, employers rely on international talent to mitigate shortages in hard to fill roles.

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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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5 Things NOT to Do When an Employee Resigns

RecruitLoop

Reacting correctly to an employee who gives notice will smooth out his or her experience. If the employee has a good experience with you on the way out, your other employees will know about it. Here are five things you must never do when an employee gives notice.

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The Future Is Now, How APIs and Machine Learning Can Change Talent Acquisition

Jibe

Earlier this week in San Francisco, Jibe participated in a Google press event and the launch of new machine learning APIs for the Google Cloud Platform. Specifically for enterprise HR, Google announced its Google Cloud Jobs API which understands which of a company’s jobs best match a jobseeker’s preference. For talent acquisition leaders machine learning might seem like something out of a sci-fi movie.

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The Top HR Technology and Recruiting Tools of 2016.

Recruiting Daily

Everybody presents themselves in this very polished, professional package, you know, but I still think poop jokes are hilarious, watch an obscene amount of cartoons for an adult male, and waste most of my spare time playing video games. And during the weekdays, I write for a living – and the beat I happen to […].

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