Greg Savage
APRIL 4, 2016
What makes a great recruiter? I get asked this all the time, and frankly I am still trying to pin down that moving target. But one thing is for a sure; a great recruiter, especially a super temp or contract recruiter, is an opportunist, quick to spot an opening. They are always looking for ways […].
JazzHR
APRIL 27, 2016
So you’ve made it past the resume bots and screening stages to land an in-person interview. Congratulations! Now comes the time, perhaps your only shot, to impress the hiring manager and get an edge on your competition. To help you nail your interview, we’ve put together a short list of the most common interview questions and how to answer them so you’re prepared for the big day.
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Social Talent
APRIL 26, 2016
Source: hackerearth.com. Recruiters, we have a serious problem on our hands. There are not enough women entering technology-based jobs and, according to Rachel Thomas , there is a significantly “high attrition rate for women working in tech” – meaning we’re losing women from the tech industry at a higher rate than we’re gaining them.
Spark Hire
APRIL 26, 2016
So, you’ve finally got a handle on recruiting millennials. Congratulations! Now it’s time to start preparing for Generation Z in the workplace. Don’t think that the two generations are one and the same. A survey by Randstad found that while 46 percent of millennials would prefer to work in a corporate environment, only 16 percent of Gen Z would. Before you throw your hands up in the air at the thought of catering your recruiting to yet another generation, remember we still have a few years befor
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Glassdoor for Employers
APRIL 7, 2016
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Greg Savage
APRIL 26, 2016
Modern Australia was built on immigrants. They came in clearly defined waves. The British. The Southern Europeans. The Asians. Many other countries are the same, and most pay homage to those immigrants now. I am an immigrant myself, arriving in Australia two weeks before my 21st Birthday. I am the son of an immigrant too. […].
JazzHR
APRIL 26, 2016
In the game of hiring, Recruiting Software is your best friend. Today’s companies depend on quality recruitment tools to facilitate the entire hiring process — from sourcing candidates to rating interview responses. Even if you’re a small business, it most likely pays to integrate your hiring in one streamlined application. First, quality recruiting software allows you to pull from a larger applicant pool.
Social Talent
APRIL 21, 2016
This post is based on an article that was originally published by Buzzfeed.com. We’d love to have been a fly on the wall at any of these job interviews if they’d actually taken place in real life! 1. Source: @DaddyJew on Twitter. 2. Source: @cluedont on Twitter. 3. Source: @vikkaroni on Twitter. 4. Source: @D_Ricky1 on Twitter. 5. . Source: @_Peter_Thompson on Twitter. 6.
NPA Worldwide
APRIL 15, 2016
I recently read a blog from Greg Savage, Is Agency recruitment going to be Uber-ised? The answer here. Greg’s premise is that there are a ton of new start-ups in the recruitment space offering the latest and greatest idea to revolutionize recruitment with technology. Many, if not most, of these start-ups are offering new tools that seek to streamline or improve the “matching” part of the process.
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Glassdoor for Employers
APRIL 20, 2016
If you’ve worked in corporate America long enough, you’ve probably heard the phrase, “Sales keeps the lights on.”. There’s a grain of truth to that, but making the wrong sales hires or losing great candidates to competitors can depress morale, impact client relationships and damage your bottom line, whether it’s quarter- or fiscal year-end, especially at the enterprise level.
Newton Software
APRIL 14, 2016
New Applicant Tracking Software Features Blooming This Spring. Spring is now upon us and here at Newton, we are celebrating the change of seasons with some exciting new improvements to our applicant tracking software. Our rock-star engineering team in Fort Collins has been hard at work to bring our customers the latest round of innovative features and we are ecstatic to share them with you!
AkkenCloud
APRIL 14, 2016
So you've found the job of your dreams, or maybe just the job that will get your foot in the door. Or perhaps, you help place job candidates in temporary and permanent roles. The first impression is often the most important one to make. No matter which generation you fall under, keep in mind that good manners are universally key and are noticed. Follow these best practices before, during, and after the interview process for the best chance to land the job you want or give your candidates th
Indeed
APRIL 27, 2016
There have never been more ways to attract and recruit talent, but the latest Top Sources of Hire Report from SilkRoad shows the top external sources perform far above the rest. For the fifth year in a row, a deep analysis of the data showed that Indeed greatly outperforms other job search engines and job boards as online sources of hire—58% of external online hires are sourced from Indeed (up from 54% in 2015).
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Social Talent
APRIL 14, 2016
We’ve talked about what really grinds our gears as recruiters. We’ve talked about the many emotions of an in-house recruiter. But let’s not forget that there are good times too, people. Today, we’re listing 12 fist-pump moments that only recruiters will understand, and as always we’ve enlisted our trusty recruiter extraordinaire Chloé to share her endless pool of wisdom with us.
NPA Worldwide
APRIL 1, 2016
As a recruiter, it is critical to maximize your time and avoid wasting time on unqualified or unresponsive candidates by applying smart search strategies to find the right talent from the get-go. Across nearly 1,000 respondents in a global recruiting survey , conducted by Social Talent and Alexander Mann Solutions , the survey found that the average recruiting pipeline converts at a rate of 0.4 percent, meaning the average recruiter needs to find 282 candidates in order to make 1 hire.
Glassdoor for Employers
APRIL 14, 2016
For the second year in a row, Quantcast is proud to be recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work. At its core, Quantcast is a people-powered big data company. While we believe in the potential for big data to radically improve the online experience, we celebrate the great people behind our technology and the one-of-a-kind work environment our employees helped to create.
Newton Software
APRIL 12, 2016
Improve Workplace Diversity With Mobile Apply. When many of us think about mobile recruiting, we think of executive-level business professionals scanning their smartphones in search of their next C-suite position. We picture fresh-out-of-college millennials scrolling through job listings, searching for that exciting opportunity to jumpstart their career.
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.
Stack Overflow
APRIL 12, 2016
Take a look at any job board and you’ll see a slew of profiles and listings with the title “Senior Developer” in them. But what exactly makes this employee Senior? Usually, someone with this word in their job title has been in their field for a certain amount of time or has a specific amount of work experience. So we were a little shocked when 30% of developers we surveyed that identified as a “Senior Developer” were in their 20s.
RecruitLoop
APRIL 6, 2016
It’s critical for recruiters to make a great impression with their candidates – that is, of course, if they want their candidates to remain loyal and to not run straight into the arms of their competitors.
Social Talent
APRIL 20, 2016
Welcome to the third and final instalment of our ‘Personal Branding’ series. So far we’ve discussed why having an honourable reputation is everything in recruitment. We’ve also talked about how you can start to build your brand by achieving All-Star status on LinkedIn, as well as how sharing relevant content can get you on your way to becoming a thought leader.
NPA Worldwide
APRIL 28, 2016
One of the biggest challenges a recruiter faces is trying to manage a schedule and predict the events of the day in an industry of constant change. What happens when you face an unexpected fall-off, a position goes on hold, or your client changes their requirements? You won’t get far in this business if you just give up – you have to adjust your strategy and plan your time to accommodate everything that’s on your plate.
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.
Glassdoor for Employers
APRIL 1, 2016
If you think leadership strength is founded on hiding emotions, keeping insecurities under wraps, and pretending you know everything, you may want to rethink your leadership strategy. Here are six examples of how being more open with your managers and bringing them into the fold of ideation, strategy and decision-making can be good for you, for your managers and for your company’s future: 1.
Indeed
APRIL 5, 2016
Millennials are on track to become the most educated generation in history —and the phenomenon is global. The average rate of people completing higher tertiary education in eight of the OECD’s 12 largest economies increased by nearly 10 percentage points between 2000 and 2012, from 27.7% at the start of the millennium to 37.4%. These figures—explored in Indeed’s Labor Market Outlook 2016 —don’t just illustrate the increase in the number of degrees in the world, but also the large jump in the amo
Beamery
APRIL 27, 2016
Cold email. It’s the bane of many recruiters’ lives. It’s essential to connect with new candidates, but finding the perfect cold email template is hard, really hard. What messages should you send to top candidates? Well, our team have spent the last few weeks reviewing the kinds of recruiting cold email templates that actually work.
RecruitLoop
APRIL 18, 2016
I thought I would share a few of the more common responses I received from a recent survey I conducted with hiring managers … a snapshot of what they are actually thinking.
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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