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Navigating the Shecession: Bringing Women Back to Work

Rally Recruitment Marketing

We began hosting weekly webinars to help women use their time strategically to get their resume and LinkedIn profiles in shape, work on their elevator pitch and hone in on the expertise they bring to the table. There’s so much talent sitting on the sidelines right now and it’s our job to help them showcase their value.

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How a New LinkedIn Hiring Initiative Takes 'Skills Not Schools' to Heart and Eliminates Basic Qualifications

Linkedin Talent Blog

That’s how Shine with LinkedIn was hatched. Through this innovative pilot program, the company has hired 13 customer support consultants by removing the basic qualification — two-plus years of customer service experience on email, chat, and phone — from the job description and focusing on skills rather than experience and education.

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How LinkedIn’s Skills-Based Hiring Pilot Delivered Jobs to Workers Who Didn’t Meet Basic Qualifications

Linkedin Talent Blog

That’s how Shine with LinkedIn was hatched. Through this innovative pilot program, the company has hired 13 customer support consultants by removing the basic qualification — two-plus years of customer service experience on email, chat, and phone — from the job description and focusing on skills rather than experience and education.

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How Many of These Green Flags Does Your Hiring Process Have?

Linkedin Talent Blog

The same low-frequency signals that employers glom onto in job interviews are beamed back to candidates trying to decide whether or not a company is the right fit for them. The job description is clear and free of jargon Think of the job description as the front door to the position you’re trying to fill.

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How a Teenager's Viral Post Points to a Huge Hiring Opportunity

Linkedin Talent Blog

At the beginning of March, Ryan Lowry , a 19-year-old in Leesburg, Virginia, posted a hand-written letter on LinkedIn with a simple message: Hire Me. Rewrite job descriptions to make them more inclusive. When you’re writing a job description, think about what skills an employee really needs to perform the role effectively.

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Older Professionals Often Face Discrimination at Work — Here's Why Your Company Should Change That

Linkedin Talent Blog

Give your job descriptions a second look: words like “young” and “energetic” can give applicants the wrong idea. You probably already know that using certain words and phrases in your job descriptions can make women less likely to apply. That will give you an objective picture of which applicant is right for the job.

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NGOs and NPOs: Investing in an ATS will help you deliver your mission

Workable

As a nonprofit organization, you are mission-driven; you care more about tirelessly delivering your mission than anything else. I heard this countless times in my years of nonprofit work. Recent research finds that only 22% of nonprofit organizations always review how technology can improve their administrative efficiency.