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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Top Recruiting Tips Part I: Sourcing Candidates

Lever

Our friend and 5-tim e e ntrepreneur turned VC David Skok has a gift for you, recruiters: A compilation of the very best recruiting tips on the entire recruiting funnel – from source and attract, to evaluate and sell. And we were lucky enough to get our hands on it. Following is part one in this three-post series, a collection of expert tips and articles to get you started with what David calls the hardest part of recruiting: Sourcing candidates.

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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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Monday FunDay: Love Is Spelled…B-I-N-G-O

ExactHire Recruiting

While the ExactHire team has enjoyed a somewhat mild winter this year, February in Indianapolis is still a time to hunker down and indulge in some tried and true indoor activities. February’s Monday FunDay was no exception. ExactHire’s Fun Committee (Yes, that is the official name; and, yes, I am a member of it.) channelled childhood memories of Valentine’s Day parties for this month’s event.

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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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Greg Savage Ireland Recruitment Masterclass!

Greg Savage

Last year when I delivered five Masterclasses in the UK, I got a number of emails from Ireland saying ‘what about us ? ’ So it got me thinking. I have many Irish blog subscribers, thousands of Twitter followers from Ireland, and a strong LinkedIn following too. So I had a chat with my good friends […].

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Easy Ways to Keep Employees Motivated

JazzHR

High Morale: Easy Ways to Keep Employees Motivated. Do your employees walk into work with a smile? How enthusiastic are they when asked to stay later than usual, in order to meet a deadline? As a manager, if you can’t answer these questions with confidence, it might be time to try some new inspirational strategies. Below, we’ve outlined some useful tips on how to motivate employees over the long term.

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3 Ways to Get Your Recruiting Team the Recognition It Deserves

Lever

We kicked off our blog series, "How To Make Recruiting Your Company's Top Strategic Priority in 2016," because we believe passionately that while a lot of organizations talk a good game when it comes to talent, many struggle to put the rhetoric into action.

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10 Common Reasons You Can’t Find Your Jobs on Job Aggregators

Recruitics

You’ve just posted a job on one of the many popular job aggregators (search engines for job seekers) like Indeed or Jobs2Careers , for example. You’ve spent the time, and money, to write the job title and job description with best practices in mind. Now you want to find it on the aggregator, just as any job seeker would, by searching the keyword you optimized for … but it’s just not there.

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What to do when Recruiters Quit

The Whiteboard

Recruiters quit. It happens and, as job-hopping throughout one’s career becomes ever more accepted, it will doubtless happen with increasing regularity. The question for recruitment company owners and Directors is how to handle the news. There are a multitude of scenarios in which recruiters quit their jobs, of course, and so naturally there are a large range of reactions.

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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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Every recruiter in (or near) Scotland should attend this

Greg Savage

Greg Savage is speaking in Glasgow! Brilliant opportunities exist for recruiters over the next few years. But only if changes are made, new skills acquired, and fresh tactics perfected. This Masterclass is packed with cutting edge insights for Scottish recruiters, as well as strategic imperatives for owners/managers. Greg will highlight his learning in his own businesses […].

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5 Common Career Site Mistakes Companies Make

Proactive Talent

Did you know your career site is considered the most valuable resource candidates use when researching employers and job opportunities? After surveying more than 130,000 candidates from over 200 companies, the Talent Board found that candidates prefer to go directly to the source to learn more about a company and a job before checking third-party sites like Glassdoor.

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How To Use Job Boards To Find The Best Candidates

JazzHR

Brand Boost: How To Use Job Boards to Find the Best Candidates. Job boards provide a wide range of benefits to a growing company, but some young startups don’t recognize that these websites also boost brand awareness. Like a struggling local band, nascent companies should use whatever avenues they can to increase their exposure. They certainly haven’t become a household name yet, because that takes a successful product, wider press coverage, and time.

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The Importance of Collecting and Acting Upon Interview Feedback

Lever

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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 Find Effective Employees in the Healthcare Industry

ApplicantPro

The key to finding the perfect candidate is all about balancing needs and wants. In the healthcare industry it is particularly important as companies set high requirements, but experience high turnover rates among applicants. To find qualified employees for entry level positions you need to balance what the position really requires with what’s available in the job market.

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Why you need an agile talent ecosystem

Allegis Global Solutions

Innovative, collaborative approaches to work are key in the As-a-Service economy.

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Greg Savage UK Recruitment Director Masterclass

Greg Savage

This is no time for ‘business as usual’ if you want to grow profits, fast. That’s why the new Owner and Manager ‘Savage Growth Accelerator’ Master Class is no ‘normal’ seminar. It gives you a unique ‘action plan’ for growth in disrupted times. And you will leave it with a prioritised ‘Growth Dashboard’ to drive […].

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Don't Put All Your Recruiting Eggs In The LinkedIn Basket

Proactive Talent

Let me first preface this article with this: Linkedin is a very effective recruiting tool. For many years it's been the go-to tool for recruiters and companies looking to hire talent, and at the moment, it still is. They've essentially killed the resume and put it online, amassing a large network of professionals, and built an impressive living database for recruiters to source from.

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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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Stop Employee Turnover with Better Onboarding

JazzHR

Stop Employee Turnover with a Better Onboarding System. This may come as a surprise, but within one year of hiring most companies lose more than a quarter of their new employees. Each lost employee might cost your company upwards of $65,000 as a result. Shocking, but yes, it’s actually that expensive to replace talented people. The high turnover rate is often attributed to employees leaving for greener pastures, but in most cases it’s because they weren’t happy with the onboarding process.

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3 Quick and Easy Onboarding Tips for Maintaining a New Hire’s Enthusiasm in Week 1

Lever

This article was written by Tom Wade, community and content coordinator at HROnboard. HROnboard is employee onboarding software that helps you manage the job offer and new hire process. You've selected the new hire for your organisation, sent them an unforgettable welcome to your team , and they're more excited than ever to get started in their new role.

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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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How To Promote Your Jobs Through Jobcasts

Web Based Recruitment

Attract Your Ideal Candidates Through Recruitment Videos & Targeted Social Media Advertising. Home. Recruitment Videos. Recruitment Video Ads. Jobcasts. Training Courses. Using Online Video To Attract Targeted Candidates. About Us. Speaking. Contact Us. Blog. How To Promote Your Jobs Through Jobcasts. March 1, 2016 By Mike Taylor Leave a Comment If you are looking for a new way to promote your company and your jobs (whilst increasing your visibility at the same time) then take a look at our

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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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Grocery Shopping and the Candidate Experience

HarQen

One question we often get when talking to prospects about our online interview platform is, “Is a digital interview too brief to give a good candidate experience?”. Before we get into the answer, I want to be clear that we do not believe a good candidate experience is something that can be purchased, and we aren’t alone. However, a good candidate experience IS something you can build within your organization and it’s likely that being ‘brief’ may just be a part of that.

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SmashFly Technologies + Proactive Talent = Technology + Strategy

Proactive Talent

We think this partnership makes a great equation for building a modern recruitment marketing machine. Check out the post below by SmashFly's Director of Business Development, Lynne Foster, announcing our partnership. You can also read the original post on the SmashFly blog. One of the pivotal reasons I love my job is that I get to build relationships with some of the best, brightest and most forward-thinking minds in talent acquisition.

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Today’s Best Websites for Hiring Quality Employees

JazzHR

Talented Few: Today’s Best Websites for Hiring Quality Employees. Today there’s no shortage of websites dedicated to job listings. However, all of them offer different candidate pools, so it pays to do some research before spreading a post around. Here’s some of the industry leaders, in no particular order, that can help you attract top talent: 1.

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Top Recruiting Tips Part II: Selling and Evaluating Candidates

Lever

Following is part two in our three-post compilation of the very best recruiting tips from Lever friend and 5-time e ntrepreneur turned VC David Skok. Here’s David’s collection of expert tips and articles for selling and evaluating top talent in today’s competitive environment, and equipping yourself with the tools to make informed, data-driven hiring decisions.

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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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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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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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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!