April, 2013

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Improve Your Hiring Process: Manage Your Applicant Pipeline Effectively

ExactHire Recruiting

Now that you’ve made candidates aware of your position, leveraged contacts to draw applicants, and have gone through the process of thinning the initial herd of applicants , perhaps the most important part of the hiring process begins. Now is the time to dig deeper and take applicants through your remaining steps to hire. If your hiring process is very short and compact, keeping track of applicants as they go through it likely isn’t much of a challenge.

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What Hiring Managers Can Learn from the Walking Dead

Staffing Talk

'The AMC drama The Walking Dead has quickly become one of the most watched programs on cable television. Its unique blend of compelling, easy-to-root-for characters and depressing apocalyptic scenery filled with brain-dead, flesh-eating zombies keeps viewers on the edge of their seats and conversations around water-coolers buzzing the next day. After all, who doesn’t love zombies?

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Five Reasons I'm Attending Health Datapalooza

Forum One

'?Health Datapalooza is fast approaching! The event, June 3-4 in Washington DC, is the largest and most consequential national conference focusing on health data. ?. With everything from a coding sprint to a health data apps expo, everyone has his or her own reasons for attending. My top five reasons for going include: Health Datapalooza is fast approaching!

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Four Ways To Optimize LinkedIn for Hiring

Hiring Thing

'LinkedIn is a reliable and affordable way to increase your visibility with qualified job seekers when you are hiring. The social network provides great tools to help job seekers search for jobs and get a feel for companies that are hiring. Employers can also reach out to their network to help spread the word about open positions.

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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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Why RPO Recruiting is Good for Your Career

Recruitalicious

'I suspect many career-minded people share my paralyzing fear of making the wrong career choices. More than most, recruiters are particularly prone to self-analysis about their careers and their career paths. After all, a good portion of the day is spent judging other people on their career choices and career paths and making decisions based on those choices and their explanations.

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5 Ways to Use Video in Your Recruiting & Hiring Process

ExactHire Recruiting

Looking for ways to spice up your company’s recruiting brand? Check out this quick list of five ways to use videos in your recruiting and interviewing processes. Then, start converting more of your career site visitors into actual applicants, and eventually, new and engaged employees. 1 – Highlight Videos on Your Company’s Careers Portal This may be the most obvious and already widely used idea; however, it just might be one of the most effective for engaging your site visitors to stay on

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Our Firm’s Legendary Failed Drug Test Excuses

Staffing Talk

'Ah, that most dreaded of employment rites of passage, the in-house drug screen, that wonderful time when employers and future employees who barely know each other are forced through the distasteful process of getting to know each other more than they ever wanted to … EVER … (Can anyone say TMI??). Most staffing agencies conduct their own drug screens because they are quick, relatively easy, and cost effective.

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Nonprofit Technology Conference 2013: Our Reflections and Predictions for the Future

Forum One

'Last week, at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Minneapolis , Forum One attendees were busy making the most of the annual nationwide meet up of technologists and non-profiteers. Our conference presentations included data strategy, mobile strategy, Drupal upgrades, and Drupal Administration. Last week at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), Forum One attendees were busy making the most of the annual nationwide meet up of technologists and nonprofiteers.

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Guide to Background Check Regulations for Small Businesses

Hiring Thing

'Why do businesses expend the time, effort, and cost to perform background checks on their employees?

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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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5 Ways To Source Tomorrow’s Top Talent

Jobvite

From social recruiting to communication campaigns to the application of real-time sourcing analytics, here are 5 must-have strategies currently dictating the future of sourcing. To learn more, download our new ebook, 5 Ways to Take the Sourcing Frontline in the War for Talent. These 5 strategies will help prepare you to spot the big fish ahead.

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Join Us for a Panel Session on Emerging Learning Technologies

Bersin

If you’re interested in learning about the use of augmented reality, wearable computing, 3D printing, alternatives to virtual ILT, gamification and other emerging technologies to support learning, you’ll want to join us for a thought provoking panel session with Marc Ramos, Global Lead, PeopleDev Global Learning Design at Google, Mary Woolf, Director of Learning Technologies […].

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Why Use Employee Assessments in Your Hiring Process?

ExactHire Recruiting

We all know that turnover is expensive; however, so is the cost of having an under-performing employee who continues to work for your company. Consider also that terminating employees is more difficult due to the number of laws that exist. Is it any wonder that companies are becoming more diligent and taking additional steps in the hiring process to ensure they are hiring the right people?

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Scuba Divers, Thirsty Kids, & Fake Pee: More Staffing Horror Stories

Staffing Talk

'We love it when staffers send us their feel-good stories and industry gripes, but there’s something to be said for the ridiculous mishaps that only people in staffing can truly appreciate. A few months ago we created a post of some examples , followed by a sequel , and then it became a trilogy. This is Part 4, and while you may not think it’s as pure as the first, at least it doesn’t have nuked fridges or Shia LaBeouf.

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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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Get Going with Mobile! Email, Responsive Design and More

Forum One

'Forum One Communications, CEO, Chris Wolz often, blogs, speaks, and presents on digital strategy for nonprofits. The Communications Network originally published this post, co-authored by Director of Mobile Services Nam-ho Park , online at comnetwork.org and it is cross posted below with permission. We hear a lot of questions from foundations, grantees, nonprofits and NGOs about whether they should make their online communication “work” for mobile devices. ?.

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Navigating the Waters of Career Change

Hiring Thing

'As years pass, the skills and qualifications for most jobs continue to increase and require more education and training, especially in light of new media and technological advancements. This may make the decision to change your line of work or start job hunting seem unrealistic, or that it''s simply too late.

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5 Ways To Source Tomorrow’s Top Talent

Jobvite

From social recruiting to communication campaigns to the application of real-time sourcing analytics, here are 5 must-have strategies currently dictating the future of sourcing. To learn more, download our new ebook, 5 Ways to Take … Continued.

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The World is Local: A New Model for Human Resources

Bersin

The World is Local: A New Model for Human Resources Despite continued focus on globalization, new research by DHL shows that the world is not as "flat" as once believed. While low cost networking has made it easier than ever to communicate around the world, economic and cultural conditions from country to country are more different than […].

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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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Improve Your Hiring Process: Protect Employment Brand

ExactHire Recruiting

The importance of branding is often overlooked when talking about efficiency and technology in the hiring process. There’s definitely a parallel here with my last blog about comparing apples to apples in the hiring process , where I covered the importance of data in both day-to-day business and in recruiting. The same concept applies to branding. Organizations (both large and small) are very conscious of branding themselves to customers and partners.

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Change Your Pitches Like Nutritional Values If You Want to Super-Size Your Sales

Staffing Talk

'I just read this dense and really nerdy study from University of North Carolina that essentially proves three simple things: 1) most people find calorie totals meaningless, 2) most people are intimidated by exercise, and 3) people will eat differently if they know how much exercise it would take to burn their meals. What does this study have to do with staffing?

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Can't-Miss Sessions at the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Forum One

'Well, here I am, once again, at another Nonprofit Technology Conference. This time, I''m in snowy Minneapolis. I''ve attended six – seven? I''ve lost count – NTC events over the past ten years. Each is a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow innovators who are pusing forward the important missions of nonprofit organizations. It''s a fun event.

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RailsConf 2013 — An Innovation Injection

Hiring Thing

'For the first time in years RailsConf returns to Portland, OR. Let''s take a look at the value of such conferences for today''s Ruby developer.

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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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Improve Your Hiring Process: Compare Apples to Apples

ExactHire Recruiting

Now that you’ve narrowed your initial list of applicants to a more manageable number, it’s time to look at those remaining candidates in more detail. So, what’s the best way to do this? As with the first step of your candidate management process (see my prior blog: “Improve Your Hiring Process: Thin the Herd” ), you have options. Resume Review: Are You Getting the Info You Want?

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How to Write Job Descriptions Optimized for Job Boards and Internet Search, Tip 3

ExactHire Recruiting

What’s in a job’s name? Sometimes…not enough. Particularly, if the job opportunity your company is trying to fill has an über common job title. So common in fact, that its chances of appearing near the top of search results for your intended applicant audience are nil. In my third installment of the “ How to Write Job Descriptions Optimized for Job Boards & Internet Search” blog series , I’ll discuss three techniques for giving your job title (and therefore job description) a fighting

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What Did You Do Today? Avoid New Employee First Day Nothings

ExactHire Recruiting

When you were a kid, did your parents ever ask you, “What did you do today?” Typically the answer, “nothing,” would roll off the tongue and away you went doing something else. Or, maybe you now ask your children this same question as you have gotten older. What if someone asked one of your new hires what they did with your organization on the first day of work?

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Let’s Have a Laugh: Applicant #LOL

ExactHire Recruiting

Laughter, like coffee or wine, is best when shared with friends. So let us share these chuckles with one another. #LOL We have all seen at least one resume, applicant, or cover letter come across our path that leaves us unsure of whether we should be appalled, reach out to help the person…or just laugh. If this has not yet happened to you and you are in a role or industry where you deal with resumes, applicants, and cover letters on a regular basis, it will soon.

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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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Unequal Pay and the Importance of Fluid Labor Markets

Staffing Talk

'Capuchin monkeys don’t like unequal pay. Nor do dogs, cats, elephants or bears. The video is pretty clear about that. Thankfully, people don’t like it either. That’s why we need fluid labor markets and the staffing industry. Staffing companies act as catalysts to fluidity, and the profit they make is a measure of how effectively they reduce arbitrary inequality.

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You Had Me At Relo

Staffing Talk

'Remember the scene in Jerry Maguire when Dorothy Boyd is packed and ready to move to San Diego for her new job? Then, Jerry proposes just before Dorothy and her son (“the human head weighs 8 pounds” kid) are about to hit the road. She decides to stay, Jerry “had her at hello” and that’s a wrap. Ever since the credits rolled, I’ve wondered about the company Dorothy abandoned in San Diego, and the bind they were in when she bailed.

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Poking Holes in the Unconventional Work History Theory

Staffing Talk

Job-seekers are hyper-sensitive creatures, and understandably so. They are especially sensitive to advice handed down from authority figures, particularly when it concerns résumés. If they find out that an employer prefers a serif font, for instance – and they’ve already submitted a resume typed in sans serif – they envision their résumé being snootily tossed aside, and then shredded.