June, 2021

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Candidate shortages are a good thing!

Greg Savage

I got a little peeved recently. So unlike me. An experienced recruiter, steeped in self-pity, opined, “All that’s happened is we have swapped the disaster of no jobs in Covid to the disaster of no candidates as we recover”. And then he started to launch into a little bit of ‘woe is me’ and ‘it […].

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Quick Wins to Boost Recruiting in a Hot Talent Market | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

Along with the weather, the talent market is heating up and the competition for applicants is only getting hotter. It’s a candidate’s market: Job posts are up 28.6% since February 2020 and with people quitting their jobs at the highest rate since 2000 , candidates have more options than ever. The complex, unfamiliar labor market calls for a quick shift in recruiting strategy that both maintains applicant volume and centers employee engagement and retention.

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3 Recruitment Strategies to Attract Talent in 2021

Lever

Over the last year, we’ve been forced to change how we work. Now, we’re choosing to change how we work. If I were to look into my crystal ball and make a prediction as to what is going to happen over the. Read More. The post 3 Recruitment Strategies to Attract Talent in 2021 appeared first on Lever.

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10 Content Topics You Need to Engage Gen Z

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Gen Z has begun entering the workforce, and getting their attention as job seekers requires new Recruitment Marketing approaches than you may be using with Boomers, Gen X and Millennials. Whereas previous generations left school with a feeling of endless opportunity, Gen Z is graduating into a world of uncertainty. With major social and economic shifts over the past year, Gen Zers are understandably more skeptical.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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How to Build a Recruiting Flywheel

ApplicantPro

Struggling with recruiting? You're not alone. We are all struggling to attract qualified applicants for our jobs. A simple solution to these challenges sounds appealing, right? In theory, the solution is always to spend more money. Whether that's. Increasing your budget for job boards, increasing the size of your recruiting team, or increasing your employee's compensation.

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The crucial new candidate tactic – above all else

Greg Savage

There is so much angst about random candidate behaviour right now. ‘Erratic, mind-changing, counteroffers, ghosting.’ The response from most recruiters has been predictable. Change nothing – yet hope for candidates to change. Good luck with that plan. If ever we needed proof that recruiting requires a dynamic, evolving skill set, Covid provided that.

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The Importance of Employee Feedback | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

This article on the importance of employee feedback was originally published in July 2016. It was updated to reflect new information and statistics in June 2021. The importance of employee feedback can’t be overstated when it comes to business success. Giving constructive criticism helps employees grow, while employees’ feedback can offer unique business insight to leadership.

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How to Support LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Workplace

Lever

We’ve all heard the same thing for months now – “the last year was unprecedented,” but for a good part of the workforce that identifies as LGBTQ+, it had an even bigger impact. The last year wasn’t just a pandemic, but also. Read More. The post How to Support LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Workplace appeared first on Lever.

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What Does an Award-Winning Careers Social Media Presence Look Like?

Rally Recruitment Marketing

In this year’s Jobvite Job Seeker Nation Report , 33% of candidates said they get their information about a company’s culture through the employer’s social media accounts. But what does that mean for your Recruitment Marketing strategy? Simple: enhance your social media presence. . But that can be easier said than done. An effective social recruiting strategy needs to be thoughtful and intentional.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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Gig Economy: Workforce Attraction, Adaption, and Adoption

Recruitics

With the continued growth and economic impact of the gig economy, there’s no doubt it has become a disruptor to traditional employment trends. When the term “gig economy” was coined in 2009 by journalist Tina Brown , she reported that this trend involved “workers pursuing ‘a bunch of free-floating projects, consultancies, and part-time bits and pieces’ while they transacted in a digital marketplace.

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TribePod: Lessons in Leadership with Pierre Quinn

Proactive Talent

Is Pierre Quinn destined to be the next great American President? Brittany King and Jim Stroud speculate as much after hearing Quinn share lessons in leadership. Tune in to hear information that will shift your paradigms and inspire you to live your best life today. ABOUT OUR GUEST. Pierre Quinn is a speaker, leadership coach, consultant who focuses on helping others to assess their strengths, understand organizational culture, and foster the relationships that lead to personal and professional

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Six signs your new recruiter is destined to fail!

Greg Savage

Every city. Every country. Every recruitment business leader. “It is impossible to hire great recruiters!” So, inevitability, recruitment firms (and corporates too, I imagine) will relax their criteria. Maybe they will train more newbies into the industry, and that is no bad thing. But… The most significant cost to every recruitment firm is salaries, and […].

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What is the Purpose of an ATS? | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

Recruitment and hiring can be overwhelming for any human resources department, especially when hiring for many positions at a time. Paperwork quickly piles up, and screening, scheduling, and interviewing dozens of candidates means your recruiters have less time for making connections. Manual hiring processes make it harder to reach and hire top talent, especially in organizations that are consistently hiring for open positions.

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Protect Your Business: Tackle the Future of I-9 Fraud with Expert Strategies

Speaker: Speakers

Is your business ready for the future of document fraud? AI advancements have made forgery easier, increasing risks for employers. With 85% of identity fraud last year linked to impersonation, proactive compliance is essential. Join WorkBright’s webinar on October 8 to equip yourself with crucial insights for protecting your business from fraudulent I-9 documents, including: Understanding Risks: Learn about new fraud tactics impacting your business.

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Limited Labor Supply Shapes Workforce Trends in North America

Allegis Global Solutions

Just over one year has passed since the devastating impacts of COVID-19 jobs losses hit the US, and many companies find themselves in a very different situation than they had anticipated. A high-demand talent environment spurred by a post-lockdown recovery shows that companies face historical challenges in retaining and securing workers. In most places, the pressures of emerging workforce trends have created conditions of significant talent scarcity.

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How Domino’s Delivered High-Volume Recruitment Using Programmatic Job Advertising

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Hey, Rally community! My name is Robbie Snelson, I am a relatively new Domino’s franchise owner, having acquired 7 stores in Birmingham, Alabama in September 2020 alongside my business partner. While my partner runs the “business” side of things, I am the “people person.” I’m focused on managing our hiring, training and retention efforts to ensure we have the best teams to delight our customers and provide them with exceptional service. .

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10 Ways To Ensure Your Recruitment Process Is LGBTQ-Friendly

Recruitics

As numerous studies performed over the past two decades have demonstrated, diversity and inclusion is good for business. According to a 2019 report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , companies that formalize inclusive policies are more likely to see higher financial performance than their peers who have not adopted these policies, and their employees report greater job satisfaction.

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Am I Society's Keeper? Corporate Social Responsibility in the Era of Wokeness

Proactive Talent

What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? For some companies it is a voluntary commitment to do public good whereas for others, it is a chance to virtue signal. CSR efforts are often met with criticism and scrutiny. Did the company do the right thing out of an altruistic impulse or to simply boost their bottom line and/or distract from a misdeed or scandal?

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Navigating Assessments: Choosing the Right Fit for Your Organization

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you struggling to make sense of the pre-employment assessment space? In this live webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading Industrial-Organizational (I-O) psychologist, will guide you through a practical and objective framework to identify and implement the assessments that best address your organization’s unique hiring needs.

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Delegation, trust and learning opportunities

Social Talent

Leadership advice to help you develop your team. There are loads of ways to measure how you are performing as a leader. You can look purely at results and performance, for example. Or at how happy and motivated your team are. Perhaps it’s how you contribute to the professional development of individuals in your team? Skills development is obviously something I am passionate about.

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Bad candidate communication is bad business

Leoforce

Arya - Recruiting AI Technology. Bad candidate communication is bad business. We all want to be known as an excellent company to work with, but too often, we get busy and neglect candidate communication. We can’t afford to do that. The candidate who doesn’t hear from you about today’s job could be the perfect candidate for a job next month. And a candidate who has good experience, even if they are rejected, could refer a friend for a future job.

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Why Sharing Gender Pronouns At Work Matters: A Quick Guide

Katrina Kibben

Gender pronouns at work can help build belonging. Before adding them to your email signature, let's talk about why they matter. The post Why Sharing Gender Pronouns At Work Matters: A Quick Guide appeared first on Katrina Kibben's Blog.

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How Syneos Health Achieved a 10x Increase in Daily Application Rates

Rally Recruitment Marketing

As a biopharmaceutical organization with over 25,000 clinical and commercial employees supporting customers in over 110 countries, Syneos operates in an incredibly competitive hiring landscape, especially in light of the pandemic’s heightened need for healthcare workers. But since coming aboard in 2019, Kerri Smith and her team have persevered to help Syneos increase their daily applications 10-fold!

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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What Is Machine Learning?

Recruitics

Between artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, companies today are continuing to adopt and implement these business intelligent tools, as technology rapidly evolves, seemingly daily. 54 percent of business executives say that adopting AI in the workplace has led to a boost in productivity. AI and machine learning implementation seem to be ubiquitous, with 86 percent of CEOs claiming that AI technology is now mainstream in their offices and operations.

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We Don't Do RFPs (This is why)

Proactive Talent

Imagine this scenario playing out in your office. You meet with the perfect candidate for a hard to fill role and the following dialogue takes place.

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The future of networking with Kingsley Aikins

Social Talent

The power networking exerts in creating change, both for businesses and individuals, cannot be underestimated. One conversation can literally alter the course of your life. But, with COVID pushing a large portion of the workforce online – how do you make sure you’re still networking successfully and efficiently over Zoom calls? And what does the future of networking look like?

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Learning is Crucial for the Future of Employees

NPA Worldwide

Today ’s guest blogger is Tim Lane founder and director of Park Lane Recruitment based near Manchester UK. Park Lane Recruitment is a specialist recruiting firm in the technology space with niche areas of cybersecurity, fintech, space and defense IT, as well as generic IT sales, tech and managerial. Tim is also an NPAworldwide Board Director with responsibility for the EMEA region and a 30+ year veteran of the recruiting industry.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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How To Add Pronouns To Social Media Profiles (And Why)

Katrina Kibben

A how-to that will show you how to add pronouns to social media profiles. But really, let's talk about why that matters in the first place. The post How To Add Pronouns To Social Media Profiles (And Why) appeared first on Katrina Kibben's Blog.

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Leverage Employee Generated Content to Help Your Employer Brand

Rally Recruitment Marketing

If there’s one thing we learned over the past year, it’s that job seekers want authenticity now more than ever. Having witnessed major social and economic changes, candidates want to know exactly what they’re signing up for in applying for a job at your organization. . The best way to showcase this is through employee generated content (EGC). By seeing, hearing from or communicating with existing employees in roles they’re interested in, candidates can more clearly envision themselves in those s

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Inflection Meets Impact: What Rapid Changes in Today’s Workforce Mean for Talent Acquisition Professionals

Recruitics

In a recent interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US economy is at an "inflection point" and that job growth and creation are poised to accelerate. That may be the case, but what’s also true is that the workforce is changing, and there are new realities about the way people look for jobs and prioritize what they want in a job.