August, 2021

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Beware the recruitment ‘Valley of Death’!

Greg Savage

The candidate shortage is well documented. The follow-on effects of changing candidate behaviour, ghosting and counteroffers are almost universal, and I have addressed them several times. You are facing it too, every day. Recruiters must change their inputs if they want to change the outputs. That means doubling down on questioning, relationship-building, avoiding assumptions and […].

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Why End-To-End Recruitment Analytics Matter

Recruitics

Recruitment today is marketing and, as such, must be measured to determine ROI and to identify inefficiencies that can be optimized to improve that ROI. If we’re to think of recruitment as marketing, then we must consider the marketing funnel, adapted for recruitment. End-to-end (E2E) cost analytics provides a data-driven framework to measure your full life cycle of recruiting.

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Generate Phenomenal Results With Your Employee Referral Program

ApplicantPro

I talk about this all the time. Though people nod their heads, they don't usually step in and do the things it takes to actually IMPROVE their employee referral program. I think it's because. They think they have a program and there's not much they could do to fix it. They think only money will increase the payout to the employees, and they don't have the budget or don't want to ask for that budget.

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Proactive Talent Hires James Foley for Principal Consultant, Employer Brand

Proactive Talent

The uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has not stunted the growth of the agile recruitment processing outsourcing company – Proactive Talent who made a strategic hire with James Foley, Principal Consultant, Employer Brand. This is a transformational leadership role helping to continue the drive of growth and innovation in their modern employer brand consulting practice.

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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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How to Protect Yourself From Candidate Backouts

FireFish Software

You’d think flaky candidates are a thing of the past now that we’re in a job-short market, but unfortunately, backouts are even more common now than before the Covid-19 crisis.

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The magic of a qualified Job-Order

Greg Savage

Candidate shortages, huh? We have got to find more candidates! Well, yes, but also, no. How about we start by managing the client and the job order? A much misunderstood and poorly handled recruiter skill is the high art of taking a qualified job order. No job order was ever filled by a candidate […]. The post The Savage Truth first appeared on Greg Savage.

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Recruitment Trends to Embrace

NPA Worldwide

The pandemic has changed our world. If the word pivot is not a part of your new lexicon, it should be. 2020’s challenges have impacted recruitment for years into the future. Your clients and candidates expect new and different services from you post-pandemic. Your client companies are adapting to virtual recruiting, more accepting of remote candidates, and require diversity, equity and inclusion.

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How To Think About Your EVP

Recruiting Brief Submitted Articles

Precision isn't the answer. Alignment over time is.

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Why Women Are Leaving the Workforce — And What You Can Do About It 

Hireology

One of the startling realities of the pandemic is the profound effect it’s had on women in the workforce. Women made up 54% of overall job losses throughout the pandemic, with nearly 3 million women leaving the labor force — a display of the disproportionate burdens placed on women like lower pay, childcare responsibilities, and elderly care. According to data from Mckinsey , jobs held by women are 19% more at risk than jobs held by men because women represent a majority in industries that have

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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6 Interview Fails Your Candidates Are Making (And How to Prevent Them)

FireFish Software

After all your hard work you've sourced a great candidate and your client has invited them to interview. You can feel it…you’re so close to getting them over the line and into the role. But, even if you know they are perfect for the job, sadly this won't protect them from these interview fails - and this could cost you your placement.

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SocialTalent new content release

Social Talent

If the pandemic taught us anything in terms of the workplace, it’s that having the right leader in place can be a huge factor in the success of your business. It seems obvious to say, but when it came to making tough decisions, showing empathy and providing stability, COVID really shone a light on what it takes for executives and CXOs to truly flourish.

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A crucial 55-second lesson in personal online brand

Greg Savage

Sick of hearing about ‘personal brand’? Me too! But it is real. And it is essential. And most recruiters don’t know where to start. Check out this 55-second video grab from the RCSA TalentX Conference for a special message that took me a long time to learn. But it can help you immediately. Key points […]. The post The Savage Truth first appeared on Greg Savage.

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Winning the War For Talent

NPA Worldwide

We’re in uncharted territory. With nearly 10 million unfilled jobs in the US, a record number of employers are reporting a talent shortage. Because of the incredible demand for talent and fierce competition, employers are beginning to take different routes to not only attract new candidates, but retain their current talent who are likely being wooed by other companies and recruiters.

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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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Recruitment in 2022 – 5 Trends to Help You Plan Ahead

RecruitmentJuice

The modern workplace is evolving quickly, prompted by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ever-evolving business technologies, so managers are faced with new challenges when it comes to sourcing and recruiting talented individuals within the industry. That’s why this task is being increasingly outsourced to the professional recruiters rather than in-house teams, because […].

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How to Market Your Hotel Roles to Young Talent

Hireology

As more and more individuals resume traveling, hotels are looking to staff up to ensure they’re able to provide a great guest experience. But as we’ve seen across nearly every industry, a hiring crisis has caused a surplus of unfilled roles. . Some industries are rethinking how they’re marketing their roles to talent, and many are focusing on attracting young job seekers to find the perfect start to their careers.

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How to Attract In-Demand Candidates Through Your Recruitment Website

FireFish Software

Attracting in-demand candidates is never an easy task, but right now there’s a huge shortage of candidates which makes it even harder. The good news is, your recruitment website has the potential to be your secret weapon!

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Google Strings vs. Boolean Strings

Boolean Strings

(Can I please ask you to read to the end?). It has eventually become such a mismatch in terminology. Most people in our industry refer to search strings on Google as “Boolean Strings” However, the term “Boolean”, meaning AND, OR, and NOT , no longer applies to Google search best practices, and less so every day. Practical Google search strings do not use ORs and rarely use the minus – This similarly-styled string (submitted yesterday to our NING site as a “fav

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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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It’s the SOFT skills that are HARD

Greg Savage

It’s been bugging me for a while. The term ‘soft skills‘ Often thrown in as an afterthought. Even mentioned with a slight smirk in some cases. As if ‘soft skills‘ are nebulous. Not real. Fluffy even. Or, at best, less critical. Time for a re-think. Take recruitment as an example (what else:?) What’s a hard […].

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How To Write Remote Job Descriptions

NPA Worldwide

Today’s guest blogger is Eve Davies-Greenwald. Eve is a content specialist at McQuaig , a global leader in talent management solutions. McQuaig assessments are designed to provide a deeper insight into a candidate’s personality, cognitive, and behavioral attributes. With over 50 years of experience, McQuaig assessments provide a comprehensive view of a candidate and their potential to succeed in a organization while shedding light on the most important areas of employee development.

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Getting Hired: The Two Phases of Landing Any Job

TalentCulture - Recruiting

Getting hired for a job can be one of the most tiresome processes. Often, it feels especially daunting when you don’t actually have a job and require it desperately. Moreover, […]. The post Getting Hired: The Two Phases of Landing Any Job appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Inbox Now Available on the Hireology iOS App

Hireology

Last month we launched Inbox — a new feature designed to centralize all applicant and candidate communications within the Hireology platform. Today, we’re excited to share that Inbox is now available for the Hireology iPhone app , allowing you to reap the benefits of the feature while working on-the-go. As a refresher, with Inbox, you can view all of your SMS and email communications with both candidates and applicants from a single message center.

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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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Should You Quit Your Job During the “Great Resignation”? Ask Yourself These 10 Questions

The Muse

People began quitting their jobs at record rates about a year after COVID hit. Ask yourself these 10 questions to figure out if you should leave your job too.

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The Advantages of the “Wrong Password” on LinkedIn #OSINT

Boolean Strings

A more descriptive title of this post could be “Hack: Check Whether an Email Address or Phone Number Points is Registered on LinkedIn in 5 Seconds or Less” The “hack” does not reveal which member it is – it only returns a Yes/No answer. But it is a validation pointer for the contact phone number or email address you are looking to verify, or, in a different scenario, trying to guess the email or the missing phone digits.

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How to Best Adjust to The Hybrid Work Schedule

Employment Metrix

It feels like only yesterday I was making recommendations about how to make yourself comfortable and effective as we all shifted to work from home 100%. I bet you’ve changed and tweaked and reconsidered your work from home space a bunch since then, I know that I have. I used to make a rule about the dog not being in the office during office hours, and, well, he’s in my lap right now.

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How to Work With Your Competitors to Fill More Jobs

FireFish Software

It’s likely the idea of working alongside your competitors on roles makes you wince. Recruitment is a competitive industry, so this is never going to be a strategy that works for everyone.

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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.