March, 2023

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Jump off the crazy recruitment see-saw.

Greg Savage

Almost all owners of recruitment companies make this disastrous error. I have done it myself. But I learned. It affects recruiters, too, and it can hurt them badly. We must be honest with ourselves. As an industry, we sometimes descend into a herd mentality. Lemming-like, even. We are skittish, scare easily, and see things in […] The post Jump off the crazy recruitment see-saw. first appeared on Greg Savage.

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5 Tips for Recruiters in Slow Hiring Seasons | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

In recent months, layoffs — mainly at tech companies, but also in finance and retail — have dominated headlines. At the same time, unemployment is nearing historic lows and hiring is “robust” in plenty of market sectors, including leisure and hospitality and construction. Whether your industry’s job market is slow now or you’re preparing for future downtime, how can your recruiters make the most of hiring freezes or seasonal fluctuations?

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2023 Social Recruiting Benchmarks to Improve Your Strategy

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Social media is one of the most important talent attraction strategies that every employer can use today. It’s becoming harder and more expensive to recruit candidates through traditional job boards when practically everyone that a company wants to hire is already employed and therefore not looking for job ads. This is why talent acquisition and Recruitment Marketing teams are investing more into using social media to get their employer brand and career opportunities in front of candidates where

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What are the Benefits of Recruiting Training?

Social Talent

What concerns are your organization grappling with at the moment? Are you finding it difficult to source top talent? Is employee retention still an anxiety? Perhaps you’re worried about the lack of diversity and innovation within your culture? Or is economic uncertainty a major spanner in the works? Well, what if we were to tell you that the answer to your prayers could lie in recruiting training ?

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6 Strategies to Navigate Social Determinants of Health for a Better Workplace

In today’s dynamic work landscape, where the lines between personal and professional life blur, understanding the intricate interplay between social determinants of health (SDoH) and emotional wellbeing is paramount. Employers must acknowledge that the whole person comes to work and every aspect of a person’s personal and professional life, especially their mental health, comes with them.

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Top Tips on How to Get Over Your Fear of Data Migration in Recruitment

FireFish Software

Let’s be honest – if you’ve spent 10+ years using a certain CRM (or worse – spreadsheets!), chances are, you are in possession of a pretty significant set of data. And with over 73% of companies moving towards using some kind of recruiting acquisition software, it’s pretty clear that sooner or later, they will need all that data moved.

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Are you scared of public speaking? ?

Greg Savage

Public speaking! Presenting at a meeting. Even introducing a speaker at a company event. The long walk up to the podium. All those eyes on you. The silence as they wait for you to start. Terrifying! You are in the majority, but the good news is, you can improve. And you should because it can […] The post Are you scared of public speaking? ? first appeared on The Savage Recruitment Academy.

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Introducing Google Job Ads

Recruitics

Google Job Ads are finally here. This new, long-awaited product offers employers the opportunity to dynamically advertise specific jobs in the most premium inventory Google offers via a feed of jobs. Google Job Ads are modeled after Google Listing Ads which have effectively resulted in a lift in ecommerce results. Job advertising is enabled by a feed (similar to programmatic job advertising).

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Social Media Takeovers: How TTEC increased intern engagement by 40%

Rally Recruitment Marketing

A great way to share your culture and employees on social media is by giving them the opportunity to create amazing and creative content for your corporate channels. Rebecca Brookson and Leesha Bush-Anderson at TTEC share how they collaborated with their interns to create a social recruiting campaign to celebrate National Intern Day. It’s clear that the best social recruiting content highlights your employer brand and features your culture, values and people.

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Someday When I Retire

Katrina Kibben

I’m done saving up all my wishes for someday when I retire. The math on that just doesn’t add up to a good life. The post Someday When I Retire appeared first on Katrina Kibben's Blog.

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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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Why Candidate Screening is More Important than Ever in 2023

Social Talent

Screening candidates for a role has long been considered one of the most important markers of making a successful hire. But as we move into an era of increased optimization, we must look at all our processes and question how we can improve them. With the startling speed at which new tech and AI proliferates into the market, recruiting professionals are constantly trying to balance innovative systems that can improve speed and efficiency with the ever-vital human experience.

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Recruiter vs. Counteroffer: Win The Battle

NPA Worldwide

Recruiters know, making a placement isn’t as easy as just matching a candidate’s experience with the required skills of a job. You have to unearth passive candidates that fit all the minutiae your client wants. You then have to make the candidates realize this opportunity is worth leaving their current one for, you have to scrutinize their resume, prep them for interviews, and coordinate all the interviews.

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Back to Work: Women At Work - Life Science Edition

Yoh

March is Women's History Month. This a fantastic opportunity to recognize and honor women's contributions throughout history and promote gender equality across industries. During the month of March, our podcast will showcase a four-part series of women making strides in the tech, life sciences, health care and engineering fields. This episode will focus on women in Life Science, a branch of science that studies living organisms and their interactions with each other and the environment.

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Why I'm Closing Proactive Talent: A Letter from CEO and Founder, Will Staney

Proactive Talent

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Discover the 4 Big Recruitment Challenges for 2024

It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is tough! The constant changes can make it seem impossible for HR leaders, hiring teams, and hiring managers to remain flexible and agile. However, there’s a silver lining amongst all the hiring chaos, as these changes also bring great opportunities and fresh ways for HR leaders to gain that competitive edge in the race for top talent.

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Employee Development: 5 Flexible Approaches That Work

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Over the last three years, flexible and agile work models have been at the forefront of workplace disruption. Emboldened by work-from-home standards enforced during the pandemic, companies across numerous industries stopped requiring employees to be present at the office everyday. Now, many of these organizations are enjoying improved productivity and performance.

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How to Write A Job Post: New Free eBook

Katrina Kibben

I’ve updated my how to write a job post eBook for the first time in 3 years. Get your free updated copy and help us change this bad experience for job seekers. The post How to Write A Job Post: New Free eBook appeared first on Katrina Kibben's Blog.

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What is the Future of Flexible Work?

Social Talent

As the cloud of the pandemic unceremoniously ushered in a new era of flexible and hybrid work, it’s time we start digging into what this really means for the future of the workplace. What began as a stop-gap measure has now become an organizational mainstay and a critical component of the employee experience. But if we were to assess this experiment 3 years on, how do we envision this process moving forward?

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Demographic Drought … Recruiters, Coach your Clients

NPA Worldwide

The numbers don’t lie. There are 2 job openings for every unemployed person in the US and that has been true for a few years now. Where have all the workers gone? Population growth is down, immigration is limited, labor force participation rates are approaching levels not seen since the early 1970s. Workers are opting not to work or to work reduced hours.

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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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Job Ad Mistakes That Affect Your Conversion Rate When Recruiting

FireFish Software

Attracting top-quality candidates from your job ads can be a challenge at the best of times, and with the candidate shortages we have experienced in the last few years, it’s all the more difficult. Couple this with the influx of new roles being posted on job boards and social media, it is crucial that your job ads are designed to convert.

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5 Types of Toxic Coworkers and How to Deal With Them

The Muse

Toxic coworkers—like credit stealers, microaggressors, and gossipers—make it hard for you to do your job and are harmful to be around. Here’s what you can do.

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Learning Culture: Ideas for Nurturing Growth in a Hybrid Work Environment

TalentCulture - Recruiting

At what point in a career does learning stop? Hopefully, never! Most business and technical professionals realize that becoming proficient in a job and becoming more capable over time requires continuous learning. But this can be difficult for employers to support, particularly in a hybrid work environment. Here’s why… The Business Challenge According to research, […] The post Learning Culture: Ideas for Nurturing Growth in a Hybrid Work Environment appeared first on TalentCult

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Time Is All We Get

Katrina Kibben

A lesson about the value of time courtesy of the two dogs I love more than anything. The post Time Is All We Get appeared first on Katrina Kibben's Blog.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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Introducing branded job boards, a standalone solution for communities and networks

Workable

Workable’s new branded job board program offers powerful recruitment tools for online communities. Through this program, Workable is partnering with organizations to build custom, branded job boards that target their communities. A partner’s community members can use the board to post jobs or apply to them. With a branded job board you can: Provide an additional membership benefit Build a stronger community Create a new source of revenue In fact, we’ve just launched a job board with Innovative G

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Do Work Portfolios Really Showcase True Talent?

Vervoe

From test driving a new car to accepting a bite of free cheese at your local deli, there’s no denying that most of us love samples – but why exactly is that? In most situations, samples are used as examples. Conclusions drawn from samples are intended to be snapshots of the big picture, and the information drawn from a sample is inevitably used to make decisions for the future.

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Parental Burnout: How Employers Can Combat It in the Workplace

Namely - Talent

While many employers and employees are familiar with job burnout, how many are working parents and are feeling the burnout in their professional and personal lives?

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What Toxic Positivity Looks Like at Work—and How to Deal With It

The Muse

Here’s what happens when positivity turns toxic at work, why it’s harmful, and what you can do to protect yourself and your coworkers from it.

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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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When You Train Employees, Do You Also Boost Retention?

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Sponsored by FranklinCovey If you’re involved in hiring or managing people, no one needs to tell you that competition for top talent is incredibly fierce. And keeping teams engaged and motivated is getting more difficult all the time. That’s why it pays to be especially thoughtful and strategic about how you train employees. This isn’t […] The post When You Train Employees, Do You Also Boost Retention?

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Ronnie Bratcher – Interview with a Sourcing Legend

WizardSourcer

Throughout my professional journey, I have had the privilege of hearing Ronnie Bratcher speak on multiple occasions. Ronnie has been a prominent figure at SourceCon for many years, actively contributing as a presenter, welcome wagon representative, and grandmaster judge. I have observed many other sourcers admiring Ronnie, and I consider myself fortunate to know him personally.

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The Job Seeker Quadrant™: Four Candidate Personas Based on the Current Labor Market

Jobvite

For employers today, understanding job seeker mindset and behavior is critical to connecting with them more effectively and staying competitive in a tight labor market. Without knowing what to prioritize, it can be difficult for employers to determine what candidates respond to, what their motivations are, and how to effectively engage with them. Based on the latest job seeker data , Employ has identified four key personas that recruiters and hiring teams should look for when evaluating candidat