January, 2020

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Screening applicants: best methods and handy tips

Workable

Well, not yet. Lots of questions will occur down the line. How experienced is this candidate in this must-have skill? How can we interview this applicant who lives two hours away? And ultimately, how do we know who the best candidate is? In this step-by-step guide, you will find useful screening techniques and tips to follow. Before we go into details though, take a step back for a moment to make sure you’ve: Identified all must-have and nice-to-have skills : You may already know the highly impo

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Talent Branding – How to Make a Great Impression on Candidates

Jobsoid

The competition for finding the best talent for your roles is growing day after day. There are several companies out there who are hunting for the top talent, just like you. The candidates, therefore, have the flexibility to choose the employer for whom they wish to work. Amidst this crowd of employers, you need talent […] The post Talent Branding – How to Make a Great Impression on Candidates appeared first on Jobsoid.

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Rethink Your Recruitment Marketing Content Strategy for 2020

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Years ago, when I first transitioned my role from recruiting to employer branding, the world of Recruitment Marketing looked a little different. At that time, we were all working hard to create and share as much new content as possible. This approach worked well when we were building the foundation of our employer brands, but over time, things started to shift.

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Growth Hiring: The six strategic steps for success

Social Talent

Entering a period of growth is a double-edged sword. The success, whether product or investment led, which has opened up this new route will mean your business dreams have never seemed more in reach. It’s exciting! That said , we can almost guarantee this feeling of elation will be quickly followed by a heavy dose of reality. These new goals will come with the (somewhat terrifying) realisation that you’ll need to grow the team by a seemingly impossible amount.

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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 15Five Tackles Explosive Growth while Maintaining a Lean Hiring Team

Lever

As a small company, there’s nothing better than being recognized as “Best Place to Work,” especially during times of explosive growth. The influx of interested candidates can be a huge boon to your recruiting — as long as your hiring process is. Read More. The post How 15Five Tackles Explosive Growth while Maintaining a Lean Hiring Team appeared first on Lever.

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100 powerful hiring & job statistics for 2020

Devskiller

2019 has come to an end and the magnifying glass on this year’s HR and recruitment trends has already begun to heat up. To help you sift through the numbers, we’ve put together a list of over 100 powerful hiring and job statistics for 2020. The numbers have been crunched by the likes of The Bureau of Labor Statistics, iCIMS, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Deloitte, Jobvite, CareerBuilder, SilkRoad, Pew Research Center, Forbes, CNBC, PayScale, and the Society for Human Resources Management.

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4 reasons why employer branding and recruitment marketing is a great career choice

Stories Incorporated

Reading Time: 5 minutes. Employer branding and recruitment marketing is a great career, in a new and growing field. Want to know exactly why choosing to work in the intersection of talent acquisition and marketing (talent marketing) is a fantastic idea? Here are four of our favorite reasons. 1. Purpose galore. Recruitment marketers and employer brand professionals serve the world in two ways: They help organizations realize their potential and success by attracting the right talent They help can

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8 Fail-Proof Ways to Optimize Your Resume's Format for the ATS

ClearCompany Recruiting

With over 95% of all Fortune 500 companies moving to use Applicant Tracking System, or ATS, these applications are scanned and filtered by software before reaching a hiring manager’s hands based on parameters set by the hiring team. We know very well that technology has its faults, but we also know there are usually ways to work around the kinks. These systems scan resumes to determine if a candidate’s qualifications match up with what the company wants in an employee.

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How Hiring Nontraditional Candidates Can Give You a Competitive Edge

Glassdoor for Employers

In our hyper-competitive economy, a recalibration of hiring strategies may be just what is needed for companies to innovate better, prop up the bottom line and expand market share. While there are many creative ways to reinvigorate hiring, one particular path to consider exploring is hiring nontraditional candidates. . “Being open to candidates who appear not to be a ‘fit’ at first glance and more closely assessing candidates who’ve had untraditional successes in their field, would be a great wa

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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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Is the Future of Recruiting Written in the History of Poker?

Recruiter

In the movie Maverick, Mel Gibson plays a con artist and poker player. Trying to get a seat at the table in a new salon, Gibson promises to lose for at least an hour. He's as good as his word, but when the second hour begins, he starts winning hand after hand. When things are about to get rough because the other players suspect he is cheating, Gibson reveals his secret: "What do you think I was doing during.

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Reinventing the Traditional Resume

Hiretual

With the rise in social networking, digital professional platforms, and AI-driven resume parsing, we’re seeing a dramatic transformation in the usual definition of a resume. As a technical sourcer working in an extremely niche field, most of my candidates are passive or non-job seekers. In some cases, we rarely have candidates that apply to requisitions, proving the fact that there are three times more passive job seekers than active job seekers.

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9 Automation Tools to Use in Recruiting

WizardSourcer

As a recruiter, you have multiple responsibilities that include posting jobs, interviewing, prioritizing daily tasks, and understanding the needs of your clients or hiring managers in order to locate and recruit the best talent for the job. Of course, some of these tasks require your full attention and hands on involvement, but there are automation tools that can help streamline repetitive tasks and save you time.

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12 crucial recruiter tips for 2020 (In 10 words or less!)

Greg Savage

New year. Fresh dreams. We all want to get better. Achieve more. Just ‘working hard’ won’t do it and that’s not a real goal anyway. Here are 12 simple, actionable tactics for all the desk recruiters out there. Each no longer than 10 words. Will lead you to fun and money. Click on the hyperlinks […].

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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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How to Reduce the Friction your Applicants Feel When Applying

ApplicantPro

Did you know that 60% of job-seekers quit in the middle of filling out an online job application because of the length, complexity, and friction they feel while applying? When applicants feel friction by having to jump through too many hoops they most often decide that it isn't worth it. They do not have the time nor the patience to deal with the headache.

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Guest Blog – Prepping Your Resume For An AI Future

Ideal

Imagine getting a job without ever talking to a real person. A computer analyzes your resume using AI, thinks you’re a good fit, then sends gives you a test assignment. You complete the assignment and the computer takes a read. Based on its data-crunching, it believes you will do the job well. A job offer arrives via email the next day with and address to show up at for day one.

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3 Ideas to Turn Declined Candidates into Fans

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Thanks to research from the Talent Board, many Recruitment Marketers know that your candidate experience has a major impact beyond just your hiring team’s success. It also affects how likely candidates are to continue doing business with your company as consumers, meaning that a poor candidate experience can negatively impact your overall business performance.

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Lever CEO Sarah Nahm Looks Forward at the Next Decade of Talent

Lever

The past decade of talent has been a competitive one. As a Korn Ferry study revealed, the current global talent shortage could threaten business growth in the coming year as a result of a talent deficit of more than 85.2M workers by. Read More. The post Lever CEO Sarah Nahm Looks Forward at the Next Decade of Talent appeared first on Lever.

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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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Post Open Roles Faster with JazzHR’s New Job-Creation Experience

JazzHR

The recruitment process can often feel like a marathon. From sourcing and screening to interviewing and onboarding, crossing the finish line as quickly as possible with a quality candidate is key to your company’s overall success. That’s why we created an enhanced job-creation experience to help JazzHR users post open roles faster. Users can now create jobs in JazzHR in fewer steps for faster, a more seamless process.

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Are you ‘client-flabby’ or are you ‘client-fit’?

Greg Savage

Recruiters often complain about the fickleness of clients. Clients don’t return our calls, they don’t give commitment, and they don’t follow through. Often true. But, is it always the client’s fault? Does the relationship flounder because you don’t put in the effort you should? Indeed, do you commit the cardinal sin of slipping into ‘chronic […].

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5 Reasons to be a Freelance Contact Recruiter

Proactive Talent

If you’re asking, “What are the benefits of being a freelance contract recruiter?” You’ve come to the right place. Proactive Talent’s OnDemand Recruiting Model offers a career of autonomy, the ability to set your own wages, and make your own schedule. OnDemand Recruiting is Proactive Talent’s version of an hourly contract recruiting service that supports companies during various growth points.

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Optimize Your Inbound Hiring Process

ApplicantPro

Hiring is critical to every business's future. No matter what industry you're in, no matter how big or small, the one thing center to all is people. But, every company wants the RIGHT people and there is a much higher demand than supply. Commonly, recruiters are trying to STAND OUT against competitors by using best practices. That's not enough! If they work, you're still doing the same thing as everyone else and getting lost in the sea of opportunities talented job seekers have to choose from.

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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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Is Your Talent Welcome Experience a Candidate Experience Blind Spot?

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Let’s talk about blind spots. You know, those hard-to-see areas where problems lurk until it’s too late and they bite you in the butt. Blind spots are in your candidate experience right now. Even though you try to design an ideal candidate experience for your company, the integration of people and technology isn’t always perfect, and you can be sure there are problems that are out of view.

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Lever’s 2019: A Year in Review

Lever

2019 was a banner year for Lever. It saw the launch of a major new product and two massive product releases, reaffirming Lever’s commitment to building the industry’s best, most powerful recruiting software. 2019 was also the year that Lever went international. Read More. The post Lever’s 2019: A Year in Review appeared first on Lever.

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Small Businesses Who Prioritize Employee Benefits Attract Quality Talent

JazzHR

Guest Post by Angela Sluss, COO at Wellthie. It is an exciting time for small businesses. An increased number of business owners are reporting better business conditions and expecting higher nominal sales over the next several months. This small business optimism is the largest month-over-month gain since May 2018, rising from 2.3 points to 104.7 in November 2019.

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10 recruitment trends I predicted in 2010. A decade later, how foolish do I look?

Greg Savage

A decade ago I was honoured to present a keynote address to the RCSA National Conference in Hobart. (The original here. August 2010) In that speech, I laid out 10 trends that I believed would impact the recruiting profession, and which I predicted we needed to factor into our strategies and business planning. Ten years […].

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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 Decide on the Right Tech for Your Recruitment Goals

Leoforce

Recruiters have no shortage of recruitment technology tools at their disposal. Figuring out which of those solutions is best suited to streamline their hiring procedures, however, does require some upfront investigation. During that research, most recruiters uncover one thing: It’s a combination of platforms, software, and processes — and not one solution — that will provide the support they need.

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Recruiting Generation Z: 5 Key Factors to Consider

Indeed

New year, new hiring push — and your efforts probably include Generation Z. This generation of digital natives is the newest to enter the workforce, bringing 61 million potential new hires who are expected to comprise 36% of the workforce by 2020. But how do you bring them into your company? First and foremost, don’t get mired in the same myths over this generation as you might have with millennials.

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How Knowing Your Personal Values Makes You a Better Recruiter, Marketer (and Human)

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Do you know what your personal values are? And more specifically, do you know how your personal values relate to your company’s values? Not many people do. In fact, less than 1% of people on the planet can rattle off their personal values on command, never mind their company’s values. To be fair, I actually didn’t do a study to justify my inkling that it’s less than 1%.