March, 2023

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Jump off the crazy recruitment see-saw.

Greg Savage

Almost all owners of recruitment companies make this disastrous error. I have done it myself. But I learned. It affects recruiters, too, and it can hurt them badly. We must be honest with ourselves. As an industry, we sometimes descend into a herd mentality. Lemming-like, even. We are skittish, scare easily, and see things in […] The post Jump off the crazy recruitment see-saw. first appeared on Greg Savage.

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5 Tips for Recruiters in Slow Hiring Seasons | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

In recent months, layoffs — mainly at tech companies, but also in finance and retail — have dominated headlines. At the same time, unemployment is nearing historic lows and hiring is “robust” in plenty of market sectors, including leisure and hospitality and construction. Whether your industry’s job market is slow now or you’re preparing for future downtime, how can your recruiters make the most of hiring freezes or seasonal fluctuations?

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2023 Social Recruiting Benchmarks to Improve Your Strategy

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Social media is one of the most important talent attraction strategies that every employer can use today. It’s becoming harder and more expensive to recruit candidates through traditional job boards when practically everyone that a company wants to hire is already employed and therefore not looking for job ads. This is why talent acquisition and Recruitment Marketing teams are investing more into using social media to get their employer brand and career opportunities in front of candidates where

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7 Ways Wellness Initiatives Improve Recruitment and Retention

RecruitmentJuice

At a time of political and economic uncertainty, employers that show they care about the mental, physical, and financial wellbeing of their teams stand to pay off when it comes to attracting and holding on to the best talent. Below, we explore wellbeing initiatives employers can put in place to help recruit and retain talent. […] The post 7 Ways Wellness Initiatives Improve Recruitment and Retention appeared first on Recruitment Juice.

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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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5 Recruitment Strategies for the Professional Services Industry

Recruitics

In today's highly competitive job market, hiring the right talent is crucial for success, especially in the fast-paced and ever-evolving professional services sector. Talent acquisition in the professional services sector is a highly-specialized undertaking. Each of the disciplines in this area has its own unique challenges and characteristics, and those occupying them require expert handling when it comes to recruitment marketing.

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Are You A Stagnating Recruiter?

Greg Savage

Complacency is your enemy. Good company results in 2022 are no guarantee you are match fit to thrive in an evolving market. This applies to individuals even more so because if you stumble, the penalty could be very harsh in a declining market The big differentiator in companies and recruiters that thrive versus those that plateau and even […] The post Are You A Stagnating Recruiter?

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Top Tips on How to Get Over Your Fear of Data Migration in Recruitment

FireFish Software

Let’s be honest – if you’ve spent 10+ years using a certain CRM (or worse – spreadsheets!), chances are, you are in possession of a pretty significant set of data. And with over 73% of companies moving towards using some kind of recruiting acquisition software, it’s pretty clear that sooner or later, they will need all that data moved.

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17 Text Recruiting Statistics You Should Know | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

This post was published in June 2018. It was updated with new text message recruiting statistics in March 2023. It’s no secret that engaging qualified candidates is more difficult than ever. Layoffs are in the news, but unemployment is low and 95% of firms with less than 1,000 employees say they don’t have plans to slow hiring significantly, according to research from Lighthouse Research & Advisory.

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How Recruiters Can Achieve Their Recruitment KPIs

Lever

The best talent acquisition leaders don’t arbitrarily assign recruitment KPIs to specific TA specialists and their teams at large. Rather, they use data to drive their decision-making around what goals to set for their recruiters. The number of applicants generated, candidate source quality, the average time to hire and fill, offer acceptance rate: There are […] The post How Recruiters Can Achieve Their Recruitment KPIs appeared first on Lever.

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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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Social Media Takeovers: How TTEC increased intern engagement by 40%

Rally Recruitment Marketing

A great way to share your culture and employees on social media is by giving them the opportunity to create amazing and creative content for your corporate channels. Rebecca Brookson and Leesha Bush-Anderson at TTEC share how they collaborated with their interns to create a social recruiting campaign to celebrate National Intern Day. It’s clear that the best social recruiting content highlights your employer brand and features your culture, values and people.

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Introducing Google Job Ads

Recruitics

Google Job Ads are finally here. This new, long-awaited product offers employers the opportunity to dynamically advertise specific jobs in the most premium inventory Google offers via a feed of jobs. Google Job Ads are modeled after Google Listing Ads which have effectively resulted in a lift in ecommerce results. Job advertising is enabled by a feed (similar to programmatic job advertising).

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Are you scared of public speaking? ?

Greg Savage

Public speaking! Presenting at a meeting. Even introducing a speaker at a company event. The long walk up to the podium. All those eyes on you. The silence as they wait for you to start. Terrifying! You are in the majority, but the good news is, you can improve. And you should because it can […] The post Are you scared of public speaking? ? first appeared on The Savage Recruitment Academy.

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Why I'm Closing Proactive Talent: A Letter from CEO and Founder, Will Staney

Proactive Talent

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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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3 Common Myths About Passive Candidates | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

Every company has critical roles that are difficult to fill, demanding high-caliber talent. When it comes to hiring these candidates, you have to act fast — top candidates are only on the market for around 10 days. That means chances are, employees with specialized skills are already working at another company. But that doesn’t mean they’re impossible to recruit or that you shouldn’t consider them as a candidate source.

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Why Equity Matters More than Diversity or Inclusion, with Aubrey Blanche

Social Talent

Equity is often regarded as the overlooked middle child in the DEI family. Organizations understand why diversity of thought, experience, and background is important and they strive to make workplaces safe and beacons of inclusion for employees. But when it comes to the tangible qualities of equity, we struggle. We lump the term in with the rest and tend to shy away from tackling it – yet, what if it’s actually the most important factor for driving real change?

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Why You Should Infuse your Employer Brand in the Candidate Experience

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Your candidate experience is a vital part of the recruiting and talent attraction process. It gives your talent audience and candidates a taste of what it’s like to be a part of your company. Because of this, it’s so important to infuse your candidate experience with your employer brand. The candidate experience should validate the tone set by all your other employer branding work and materials.

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Understanding The Candidate Journey When Recruiting in Retail

Recruitics

Recruiting top talent in the retail industry can be a challenge, especially with so many job opportunities available. This labor market is unlike anything we’ve ever seen – some companies are laying off, and others are growing.

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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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Would Anyone Say This About You?

Greg Savage

What would your first boss in recruitment say if I asked for three words to describe you, what about any boss you ever had? What would they say? What if I asked your colleagues? We love to develop a construct of ourselves, and often we surround ourselves with people who reinforce that. But as they say, your […] The post Would Anyone Say This About You?

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Someday When I Retire

Katrina Kibben

I’m done saving up all my wishes for someday when I retire. The math on that just doesn’t add up to a good life. The post Someday When I Retire appeared first on Katrina Kibben's Blog.

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Recruiter vs. Counteroffer: Win The Battle

NPA Worldwide

Recruiters know, making a placement isn’t as easy as just matching a candidate’s experience with the required skills of a job. You have to unearth passive candidates that fit all the minutiae your client wants. You then have to make the candidates realize this opportunity is worth leaving their current one for, you have to scrutinize their resume, prep them for interviews, and coordinate all the interviews.

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Why Candidate Screening is More Important than Ever in 2023

Social Talent

Screening candidates for a role has long been considered one of the most important markers of making a successful hire. But as we move into an era of increased optimization, we must look at all our processes and question how we can improve them. With the startling speed at which new tech and AI proliferates into the market, recruiting professionals are constantly trying to balance innovative systems that can improve speed and efficiency with the ever-vital human experience.

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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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Candidate Expectations You Need to Know In 2023

Lever

As the labor market and record-low unemployment rates keep recruiters on their toes, the focus on the candidate experience continues. The candidate experience includes all the feelings, impressions, interactions, and activities a job seeker encounters along their candidate journey. It’s how a candidate feels they’ve been treated throughout the recruitment process and how that treatment […] The post Candidate Expectations You Need to Know In 2023 appeared first on Lever.

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Recruitics Launches its Automated Marketing Platform (AMP) for Staffing and Direct Employers

Recruitics

Recruitics’ advanced programmatic buying technology and advertising automation deliver cost-effective and targeted recruitment campaigns at scale globally.

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10 Shocking Facts About Uk Recruitment

Greg Savage

The UK recruitment industry is a Goliath and it is growing, and changing fast. If you are in any way involved, you have to understand this complex beast. It’s almost certainly not made up as you think. I am in the UK very soon to speak at the Recruitment Agency Expo. The date has now changed to […] The post 10 Shocking Facts About Uk Recruitment first appeared on The Savage Recruitment Academy.

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I Am Scared To Live Out Loud

Katrina Kibben

I am scared to live out loud in the country I grew up in and it gets a little scarier every single day for people like me. The post I Am Scared To Live Out Loud appeared first on Katrina Kibben's 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.

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Demographic Drought … Recruiters, Coach your Clients

NPA Worldwide

The numbers don’t lie. There are 2 job openings for every unemployed person in the US and that has been true for a few years now. Where have all the workers gone? Population growth is down, immigration is limited, labor force participation rates are approaching levels not seen since the early 1970s. Workers are opting not to work or to work reduced hours.

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What is the Future of Flexible Work?

Social Talent

As the cloud of the pandemic unceremoniously ushered in a new era of flexible and hybrid work, it’s time we start digging into what this really means for the future of the workplace. What began as a stop-gap measure has now become an organizational mainstay and a critical component of the employee experience. But if we were to assess this experiment 3 years on, how do we envision this process moving forward?

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Is your job application strategy doing more harm than good?

ApplicantPro

How effective is your Job Application Strategy? Did you know that, according to a study done in 2022, the average rate of candidates that start applying for a job but never complete an application is a whopping 92%?! These job seekers will click your "Apply" button but they won't finish applying for your job! Why is that? This is caused by a lengthy application process that requires job seekers to jump through unnecessary hoops.

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