March, 2016

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Easy Ways to Optimize Your Resume for an ATS

JazzHR

With online job posts receiving thousands of applicants, it’s no wonder that more than 90% of large companies use an applicant tracking system to assist with their hiring needs. A portion of the ATS software focuses on analyzing resumes to determine whether they meet basic qualifications for the job. The technology isn’t always as effective as it sounds, though, and talented applicants can often be overlooked or not accounted for at all.

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End Of An Era for Rice Consulting

The Whiteboard

Good morning recruiters of New Zealand. Great to see so many of you at the #RicePowWow last night, especially as it will be my last. I was tempted to make this announcement last night, but opted instead to confide in a few of you in person, before issuing this press release on my recruitment blog of 5 years, The Whiteboard. Every recruiter has a shelf life, it’s a tough gig to maintain, and I really do take my hat off to those “career recruiters” out there.

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10 Interview Questions You Should NEVER Ask a Candidate

Social Talent

We’ve talked about bias in the workplace in our latest White Paper – How to: Increase Diversity Through Improved Recruitment and Hiring Processes. We’ve also discussed how most bias stereotypes don’t come from a place of bad intent, but more so develop in our brains through years of different influences that we often had no control over.

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This is Why Job Candidates Hate Your Candidate Experience

Spark Hire

The workplace has entered a digital era and so should your hiring methods. What worked in attracting job applicants ten years ago isn’t going to work in today’s highly competitive job market. In fact, text-heavy job ads and unrelenting headhunters may do your brand more harm than good. . According to a recent study of more than 2,000 hiring decision makers by CareerBuilder, 82 percent of employers think there’s little to no negative impact on the company when a candidate has a less-than-stella

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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 FREE Ways to Attract All-Star Employees

Glassdoor for Employers

Wouldn’t it be great if all the Harvard graduates, international superstars and MBA qualified candidates wanted to work for you? How much more productive would your company be if your staff was made up of all-star employees who not only knew how to work together as a team, but who also responded well to challenges, contributed bright ideas and moved your company forward?

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4 Ways to Make Your Easter Break Eggs-ellent!

FireFish Software

Even if you don’t celebrate the religious side of Easter, who can say no to a long weekend? If you’re like the Firefish lot, you may not be off all weekend – we’ll be making the most of the long lie on the Monday morning - but you can pack a lot into the time away from your desk (and the days you are in the office).

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The leadership illusion

Workable

What would you say about a global industry worth $45bn annually that was delivering no apparent value? An industry which has grown by 39 percent in the United States in the last five years. One that attracts ever more investment even as its returns are seen to diminish. You might conclude that it was a failure, and an impressive one at that. This is the leadership industry, a complex that now encompasses colleges, gurus, corporate departments, startups, foundations, consultancies, publishers, th

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22 Pet Peeves EVERY Recruiter Has About the Recruitment Industry

Social Talent

Being a recruiter can be one of the most rewarding jobs going. We get to help candidates realise their career goals and we help companies boost their profits. We are the link between great talent and their full potential and the lynchpin of our organisations. But as fabulous a job as it can be, recruitment is not without its downsides and its frustrations.

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3 Simple Ways To Rekindle Your Love of Interviewing

Spark Hire

While adding to your team is exciting, over time, the interview process can begin to feel like a chore. Between filtering through resumes and trying to factor in time to meet with candidates and deliberate with your team, it’s a high-stress process. However, infusing energy back into interviewing positively impacts both hiring managers and candidates alike.

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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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Mastering the Art of Candidate Rejection

Glassdoor for Employers

As a recruiter, you’re more statistically more likely to be the bearer of bad news than good to hopeful job seekers. Whether you receive a dozen or hundreds of applications for each position, your employer brand depends on sending every applicant a response, no matter how far in the process they go. The age of transparency demands that the resume black hole and the impersonal rejection letter after a lengthy interview process become experiences of the past.

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Leveraging Video Interviews for Talent Acquisition

iCIMS

Companies are always looking to decrease time-to-fill and increase quality hires. Learn how using video interviews can help achieve recruiting success!

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4 Ways to Optimize Your Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems #TechTuesday

Undercover Recruiter

If you’ve ever conducted an online job search, you know how the process goes. You find a great job opening and create an account to start an application. Then you submit your resume, cover letter and manually fill in a dozen answer forms. An hour later, you hit send, only to never hear from the. View Article. 4 Ways to Optimize Your Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems #TechTuesday.

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Recruiting KPIs: time to fill

Workable

There is no broad consensus in the world of recruiting about what we should be measuring. What we have in its place is a lot of noise. With more and more businesses take their hiring online, millions of jobs and candidates are finding each other through applicant tracking systems, so there’s an abundance of data to look at, including time to fill metrics.

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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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This is How You REALLY Sound When You’re Interviewing Someone

Social Talent

Be careful when interviewing candidates for a job. What you mean to say might not be exactly what they hear! In fact, that’s exactly what the people over a the Fast Company have so hilariously demonstrated in their new video. They gathered some of New York’s finest comedians ( Dan Hodapp , David Ross & Becky Yamamoto ) to show what you might say versus what your candidates really hear when they’re being interviewed!

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How To Stop Being Fooled By Fancy Resumes

Spark Hire

Job seekers are getting creative with their resumes. They know that many hiring managers only glance at a resume before deciding if the applicant is right for the job or not. In fact, a 2014 SHRM survey found that most hiring managers spend less than five minutes reviewing each resume. So in order to get noticed it’s becoming common for talent to include eye catching elements like charts or graphs in their resumes.

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Why is it so Hard to Hire Sales Talent?

Glassdoor for Employers

Like all top talent, salespeople aren’t strangers to getting contacted on a regular basis by recruiters trying to entice them away from their current role and company. Individuals that work in sales are experts at these types of outreaches and have a more critical eye than most because of their own experience prospecting via cold calls and emails. They expect to be sold to throughout the interview and hiring process and want to know what’s in it for them.

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Don't Even Bother Looking for Funding If You've Not Yet Assembled the Right Team

Entrepreneur

There is no more important task than attracting and managing the right people to grow your business. Here's how to find them.

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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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9 Simple Steps to Writing a Compelling Job Advertisement

RecruitLoop

Improving the quality (as opposed to quantity) of your applicant response starts by having a well-written job ad (often the first impression a candidate has of your organisation) that targets the appropriate audience.

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3 Ways to Attract the Talent You Actually Want

SmartRecruiters

Guest Post from our Marketplace Partner “The Muse” Recruiting top-quality talent isn’t as easy as many people like to think. Yes, it involves a lot more than simply posting a job description, kicking up your feet, and just waiting for the applications to roll in. Sure, maybe your inbox will immediately be flooded with submissions. But, weeding through all of those entries in order to find a candidate who has the right skills and expertise and also seems like a great cultural fit for

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8 Simple Tips to Increase Your LinkedIn InMail Response Rates

Social Talent

Ah, the InMail. The internet’s most abused piece of communication. People have been squandering the opportunity InMails afford them since their day of inception by sending unsolicited, automated, and un-personalised messages that even the most polite person in the world wouldn’t respond to. As a result, the humble InMail has gained itself a bit of a bad rep.

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This St. Patrick’s Day, Many Americans Are Headed to Ireland for Work

Indeed

St. Patrick’s Day is an Irish holiday but today it is celebrated all over the world—with some of the biggest parades taking place in the US. Links between Ireland and the US date back to colonial times, when immigrants from Ireland started making the journey across the Atlantic. Celebration of the national holiday in North America dates back to the same period.

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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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Why You Should Hire More Freelance Workers

Glassdoor for Employers

Sometimes a full-time salaried hire is not the best choice for an open role. Hiring a freelance contractor may be a better choice for short-term or part-time project. Or, you might have a specific need in which the best person for the role simply refuses the trappings that come with a salary. Here’s why freelancing is the preferred choice for many top workers, and the benefits of hiring these skilled employees: Freelance work allows them to do many different things.

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Time to hire: key recruiting KPIs to track

Workable

Using recruiting metrics effectively is about finding the signal in the noise. Hiring managers, business owners and recruiters need data that delivers actionable insights. Following the release of Workable’s new Reporting Center we’re taking an in-depth look at the four key performance indicators (KPIs) worth tracking. This time we look in more detail at “time to hire.”.

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Top 50 Female C-Level Marketing Professionals in Seattle

RecruitLoop

Last week we celebrated International Women’s Day to recognise the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women all over the world. Over the last few months, we’ve shone the spotlight on several groups of awesome women for their amazing contribution to ‘all things tech’ We set out to do Read More.

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How to Nurture Candidate Leads In Your Talent Network

Symphony Talent

This series is a partnership with Glassdoor for Employers covering the key elements and examples of nurture in a recruitment marketing strategy, inspired by our eBook: Nurturing Candidates from Attraction to Hire: A Guide to the Ultimate Candidate Experience. Read Part 1 on the Glassdoor for Employers blog here and Part 2 here. Nurture starts. Continue Reading → The post How to Nurture Candidate Leads In Your Talent Network appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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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.