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Disrupting the Status Quo with Brand Differentiation — Important Then, Important Now

The Staffing Stream

And that’s an improvement from 2009 when women represented just 10%. But before 2009, female entrepreneurs were even more rare. Unlike our competitors at the time, our focus was the candidate experience. In 2009, I was introduced to the Women Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). I intended to change that.

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How to Keep Candidates Engaged On a Long Recruiting Timeline

ConveyIQ

In fact, a recent Addison Group survey shows that 40% of candidates will lose interest in a job if they haven’t heard back from a hiring manager within a week of the interview, while 54% of recruiters say that the hiring process can take as long as a month. continue to get longer, increasing by 15% since 2009.

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How Gamification in Recruitment is Changing the Hiring Game

4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

As we understand it, the term’ gamification’ gained widespread adoption in 2009 with the launch of Foursquare, which applied gaming elements to local search behavior (remember becoming the “mayor” of your favorite local diner?). Gamification can enhance the candidate experience in several important ways.

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7 Struggles Companies Face Attracting Quality Talent

ConveyIQ

Offering a Positive Candidate Experience. The challenge: Candidate experience is vital if you want good people to seek opportunities with your business. Simplicity, communication , and speed are the most important factors to remember with candidate experience. The solution: . Finally, try to move quickly.

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The Critical Role of First Impressions in Employee Engagement

Broadleaf

” The good news is that 23 percent of employees globally were engaged at work in 2022—the highest level recorded since Gallup started measuring in 2009. By not engaging these employees, leaders are missing a primary driver of customer retention and organic business growth.”

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The Recruiting Division is now ContractRecruiter.com

Contract Recruiter

I have been exceptionally busy making a number of incremental but impactful changes to our recruiting tools, team, and best practices – especially in regard to passive candidate sourcing. Since 2009, we have been known as “The Recruiting Division”. But the biggest change over past few months has been our new company name.

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Is Recruiting Automation Necessary for Recruiting?

GoodTime

When companies leverage an automation tool, it not only keeps candidates more up-to-date with where they are in the process, it also gives them more time with their recruiter: How it Works. In a study done in 2009, CareerBuilder found that every job opening, on average, receives about 75 resumes. How it Works.