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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Innovative Ways to Improve High Volume Hiring

Lever

Currently, competition for talent is fierce. It’s a job seeker’s market, where top talent has an abundance of opportunities open to them. If your organization is scaling up and looking to improve its high volume hiring, finding the right people to join. Read More. The post Innovative Ways to Improve High Volume Hiring appeared first on Lever.

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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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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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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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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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Top 10 Recruiting Best Practices to Help You Win Over Talent in 2021

Lever

Nearly 40 million people have quit their jobs since April 2021 in confidence that they can find better work. If you are looking for new hires in 2021, you’ll certainly have no shortage of applicants! However, the sheer volume of candidates could. Read More. The post Top 10 Recruiting Best Practices to Help You Win Over Talent in 2021 appeared first on Lever.

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3 Tips for Using End-to-End Cost Analytics For Staffing Companies

Recruitics

The global pandemic has forever left its mark on us. COVID-19 changed our personal and professional lives, and the impact of the pandemic will continue to be felt for quite a while. One critical concern among employers is recruiting, topping the list with workforce planning and workplace health and safety coming in second and third, according to a recent survey of 563 U.S. employers.

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Power Source Flywheels Are More Efficient than Job Board Funnels

ApplicantPro

Do you ever feel like you're struggling to get applicants and that it's out of your control? Or maybe, the only thing you can do to increase applicant flow is to throw money at it? If you do feel that way, most likely your organization is too reliant on just one primary source for applicants - job boards. Hear me out! I have nothing against job boards.

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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 Recruit Loyal Employees

Proactive Talent

If you recruited someone out of a negative work environment, it is quite possible they will remain loyal to your company out of a sense of gratitude. Of course, there are no guarantees, but I think it's entirely possible. That being said, how would one go about finding people suffering in less than ideal company cultures? Well, in a word – Glassdoor.com.

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Why It’s Time to Reframe the Value of Recruitment Marketing

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Hi everyone! You might have heard our big news… We’ve launched a new analytics & benchmarking tool for the Rally Recruitment Marketing community! The tool is called Rally® Inside and it provides you with a new way to measure and show your impact on attracting great talent to your company. Check out my other video if you want to learn more about what Rally Inside does.

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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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Navigating times of change with Kevin McNulty

Social Talent

Throughout a person’s life they are met with many transitions. And regardless of a significant life change being positive or negative, people can struggle between their familiar old world and the unknown. This is particularly true for employees throughout their career cycle. New jobs, department transfers, role redefinitions – work naturally lends itself to alteration.

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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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6 Tips for Gig Marketplace Recruitment

Recruitics

The composition of today’s workplace is evolving rapidly. Currently, five generations -- from the Silent Generation to Gen Z -- are actively working. Fifty-seven million workers of all ages are currently participating in the U.S. gig economy. And Gen Z is the most “ racially and ethnically diverse generation ” to date.

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A Breakdown to Convert Direct Interest Job Seekers

ApplicantPro

This may be a little different than previous blog posts. We're going to have a little tear-down planning session. I'm going to run through each of the direct interest sources and help you make a roadmap for setting up a source. You will be able to get the initial momentum going to reach the point of inertia for that source. You will walk away with an understanding of.

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Retention Hack: Creative Compensation Strategies

Proactive Talent

Consider one of your roles that has been difficult to recruit for and even more difficult to retain; one way to keep that employee engaged is creative compensation packages. What do I mean by that? Simply put, look at the job description and consider it carefully; figure out how you could reduce the workload by a significant percentage, say… 30%. Likewise, reduce the pay so that the reduction in labor is reflected.

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How Giant Eagle’s Careers Blog Increased their LinkedIn Followers by 85%

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Launching a careers blog is a big project, and while it’s one thing to create content and have the blog up and running, it’s another to get that content in front of prospective candidates. At Giant Eagle, our LinkedIn strategy was incorporated with our careers blog goals right from the start, along with a focus on our Team Member stories and hearing their experiences in their own words.

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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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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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The End-to-End Recruitment Marketing Analytics Funnel [INFOGRAPHIC]

Recruitics

The insights talent acquisition professionals can learn from end-to-end analytics are very valuable. With access to these analytics, companies can see what they're doing right in the recruiting process and potential gaps that need focus or adjustment. End-to-end analytics also provide a data-driven framework to measure the full life cycle of recruiting and can help companies understand how their recruitment marketing efforts are playing throughout the funnel.

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Increase Quality Hires With Effective Employee Referral Programs

ApplicantPro

It is time to build the most powerful and sustainable talent attraction engine for your organization. One that will sustain your growth no matter what the economy, competitors, or job boards do. The employee referral flywheel. Almost every organization says. Oh yeah, we have an employee referral program.". But most of them are running at less than 25% of what they could be.

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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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Retention Hacks

Proactive Talent

Have you heard of “The Great Resignation”? The Great Resignation is this phenomenon where people are quitting their jobs en masse even as recent labor numbers show that the economy is recovering after the financial impact of the pandemic. We have discussed the phenomenon in detail on our blog. This content is in response to that report.

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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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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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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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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 Organizations Can Progress DEI in the Retail Industry

Lever

Like many industries, when it comes to the challenges faced with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the retail sector is no exception. As 56% of retail employers actively recruit for open roles this year, these same employers have a growing responsibility to. Read More. The post How Organizations Can Progress DEI in the Retail Industry appeared first on Lever.

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Is Your Job Ad Falling Flat on Job Boards?

ApplicantPro

Is Your Job Ad Falling Flat on Job Boards? We're still in the throes of a massive talent shortage. Honestly, it's not improving. In fact, all the news says that a high majority of all employees are thinking about quitting their jobs or finding a new position as the economy opens back up. Everything shifts and changes. Most companies that I work with. well, their approach to job boards is actually doing more harm than good.

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Is Your Company Mandating Covid Vaccine Shots?

Proactive Talent

Last week we excitedly met as a leadership team to discuss the details of our upcoming Proactive Talent Company Retreat, scheduled to take place this November. Like many companies out there, we reached the subject of vaccinations. And suddenly, meeting progress came to a halt.

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