July, 2020

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My post-COVID recruiting dream

Greg Savage

As an industry, and as individuals, we have never had a better chance to change what we don’t like. To slaughter sacred cows. Smash our outdated, self- inhibiting paradigms. To configure our futures. Who is going to stop us? Who is even looking? The most significant waste of all will be to come back to […].

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Fostering Hiring and Finance Team Collaboration During Times of Constant Change

ClearCompany Recruiting

In order to thrive through changing business cycles, there is a delicate balancing act taking place within organizations to keep human capital and employee engagement goals aligned with spending responsibility and revenue achievement. Planned and forecasted properly, organizations can remain in a proactive state with time to model out a variety of scenarios to determine the best course of action for their people, and the business as a whole.

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3 Innovative Takeaways From the COVID-19 Experience

Lever

As companies have grappled with the undulations of a global pandemic, the reverberating impacts on performance have mounted. While some of those impacts are recessive and challenging; others are encouragingly positive and forward-looking. Here are three of the gains that companies and. Read More. The post 3 Innovative Takeaways From the COVID-19 Experience appeared first on Lever.

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Recruiters are being fired at the rate of 1 in 3!

Greg Savage

This is not good news. We knew it was happening, but the numbers are horrific. Latest research from Staffing Industry Metrics tells us exactly how many recruiters were fired in March, April and May this year. And its ugly, ugly, ugly. But read on because I am seeing the silver linings, and so should you. […].

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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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What Effective Performance Management Truly Looks like in 2020

ClearCompany Recruiting

54% of employees said that performance management has not had a positive effect on employee performance. Many organizations may be realizing their performance management approaches are no longer suitable for the new workforce dynamic, and that they will need to become even more agile in order to meet future needs.Emerging technologies built to automate and streamline the way we work — and the shift to remote and virtual work — has created a more complex situation surrounding performance manageme

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How to structure your interview questions

Social Talent

While lots of things can go wrong, the biggest mistake you can make is to not plan adequately for the interview. Preparation is everything and this extends to interview questions and structure. An interview isn’t a casual chat, and while you will want the candidate to feel as relaxed as possible, it’s important you still have a steer on the direction of your questions.

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How to adapt to an active candidate market

Social Talent

Let’s not delve too much into how and why we got here. From a war for talent, a shortage of skills and near full employment, we now are faced with some of the largest unemployment figures since the Great Depression and a plethora of candidates actively looking for a new role. Yikes! A huge amount of recruitment teams and hiring processes were not built for this kind of market and will need to adapt.

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Why You Should Work With a Recruiter Right Now

NPA Worldwide

When looking for a new job, candidates shouldn’t go at it alone. Even if you are armed with an impressive resume, it can be tough to even snag an interview. An experienced recruiter can be your guide and main point of contact with potential employers. But during a pandemic where many companies have enacted hiring freezes, you might be thinking there’s no reason to reach out to a recruiter.

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7 Tips for Running a Successful Team Brainstorm—Even When Everyone's Remote

The Muse

Just because you can’t get your colleagues in the same room doesn’t mean you can’t have a great brainstorming session. Here’s how to do it remotely.

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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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Why more remote workers mean you need a new onboarding process

Social Talent

Remote working has come skidding into our lives as not only a popular, but in many cases essential way of working. Remote workers aren’t new – after all, many people have been working from home for years – but working remotely has become nearly universal across multiple industries, validating it much faster than anyone expected. Here are some interesting statistics we found which show that remote working is here to stay, and that the unique challenges it presents means you will need to readdres

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Toptal’s Tips for Sustaining an Enterprise-Grade Remote Work Environment

Lever

Practically overnight, enterprise technology organizations like Twitter, Slack, and Apple have had to relocate thousands of individuals from the corner office to the home office – and there’s no clear sign it will be reversed any time soon. Fortunately for all of. Read More. The post Toptal’s Tips for Sustaining an Enterprise-Grade Remote Work Environment appeared first on Lever.

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7 Questions to Ask Yourself If You’re Thinking of Making a Career Change During COVID-19

The Muse

It’s a confusing time. How can you be sure you really want to change careers during a global pandemic? Ask yourself these questions first.

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Recruiting in tech: 3 ways to stay relevant

Social Talent

Tech is a fast paced industry, full of new trends and emerging technologies. Needs and roles change regularly. As a recruiter, what can you do to keep abreast of this notoriously evolving industry? Today we’ll explore three ways you can keep up to date in the world of recruiting in tech. Accept change. Change isn’t something anyone generally likes.

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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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Great recruiter. Great bloke. Great shame.

Greg Savage

Duncan Cunningham died nine years ago this month An excellent recruiter, a great bloke and a loyal friend. As we bemoan our fate during COVID I can’t help but remember this kind, generous man who left his family before he reached the age of 40, and no doubt would have tackled this time with the […].

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13 Activities to Engage Remote Employees Today

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Although the movement towards increased remote work was already a trend before COVID-19, the pandemic has sped things up significantly. In addition, since it has slowed hiring for many organizations, a lot of us in Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Marketing have had to shift more of our time from external recruitment to internal employee engagement activities.

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TribePod: An Interview with Jeff Wald

Proactive Talent

In this premiere episode of TribePod, Courtney Lane , Principal Consultant of Proactive Talent interviews Jeff Wald , the author of "The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations." She is assisted by Jim Stroud , VP of Marketing at Proactive Talent.

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Attracting Qualified Candidates in the Right Places

ApplicantPro

Recently, I read that current unemployment rates may be as high as 21% in the United States. DOUBLING the rates since the recession in 2008. So if almost 1 in every 5 people is currently unemployed. Where are all the job seekers? And why are your qualified applicant rates SO low? In this week's video, I'll be sharing with you why I believe you aren't receiving applicants and my proven tactics to easily increase the quality of your applicants by looking in the right places.

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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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Moving Beyond The EU-US Privacy Shield

Lever

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on July 16, 2020, that the EU-US Privacy Shield framework is not a valid transfer mechanism for personal data between the European Union and the United States, on the basis that US national security requirements. Read More. The post Moving Beyond The EU-US Privacy Shield appeared first on Lever.

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Working together effectively: Four tips to get it right with Hiring Managers

Social Talent

Did you know that 56% of recruiters claim the biggest bottleneck is hiring managers moving candidates through the hiring stages and a further 43% say it is hiring managers reviewing resumes? That’s a lot of disgruntled relationships with hiring mangers ! We’re going to guess while you might not have known the exact number, the general consensus doesn’t surprise you.

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This client spent $2 Billion with 11 recruitment agencies. (No BS)

Greg Savage

It turns out the good old Aussie Federal Government has been supporting the local recruitment industry all along. To the tune of $2Billion in contractor fees in the past 6 years. No typo. That’s Two Billion Dollars! Yes, the much loved, often lucrative (but always ludicrous ) game of using agencies to hire temps and […].

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Recruiting Benchmarks

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Despite tens of millions of people currently unemployed, the cost of recruiting has skyrocketed. In January 2020, the average cost to attract a job seeker and convert them into a job applicant was $12. The cost per applicant (CPA) had been averaging $11-12 throughout 2019. But when the new coronavirus became a pandemic and millions of businesses closed in March, recruiting costs began an upward trajectory that reached a CPA of $19 in June—a 60% increase, according to recruiting benchmark data fr

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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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Get Me Out of Here: Why Millennials are Fleeing Big Cities

Proactive Talent

If you live in the Bay Area of California, chances are you are looking to get out. Why? If I had to guess, I would say sky-high real estate prices, excessive taxes and the massive homeless problem. And it's not just California residents who are looking for greener pastures, there’s a BIG trend now for people - millennials specifically - who are looking to relocate while still working remotely for their present employer.

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8 Key Interview Questions to Ask in the Age of COVID

Glassdoor for Employers

Living and working in the midst of a pandemic has affected everyone, which is why it's so important to adapt your interview questions accordingly. Here are 8 questions to consider adding to your interviews for the foreseeable future. 1. What would you do if there were a tech issue that couldn't be resolved remotely right away and you couldn't move forward with one specific project?

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Playing for Keeps: How 5 Lever Gaming Customers Keep Momentum in Recruiting

Lever

Video games provide a delightful escape from reality into the vivid and creative minds of graphic artists around the world. The experiences are so fun and immersive that it’s easy to forget that every game at your fingertips is actually the result. Read More. The post Playing for Keeps: How 5 Lever Gaming Customers Keep Momentum in Recruiting appeared first on Lever.

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Giving Feels Good: Free LinkedIn Profile Rewrite

Katrina Kibben

Free LinkedIn profile rewrite for anyone who can benefit from making a great first impression with their online presence. The post Giving Feels Good: Free LinkedIn Profile Rewrite appeared first on Katrina Kibben.

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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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This ‘post-recession’ advice is 11 years old. It’s never been more relevant!

Greg Savage

I wrote this blog in 2009, just as we were emerging from what we then considered to be a bad recession. LOL (Yes, that’s right, I have been writing blogs for your reading pleasure, every week, for over 10 years. Thanks for asking.) It could not be more relevant for us now, even if I […].

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7 Virtual Interview Guide Examples from Top Employers

Rally Recruitment Marketing

For years, companies have been thoughtfully improving their end-to-end candidate experience in order to make the right first impression and convert qualified talent. However, with the move to remote work and virtual hiring facilitated by COVID-19, employers are having to rethink their new virtual candidate experience. . And as a starting point here, many organizations are now creating Virtual Interview Guides to help provide a better overall virtual candidate experience.

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TribeTV #9 - Are diversity quotas the answer to systemic racism?

Proactive Talent

Sparked by social protests over systemic racism, the tech industry is laying out concrete plans to increase diversity and inclusion within their workforces. Although well intentioned, how do you recruit for industries where statistically, the talent pool of minority workers is low?

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