August, 2017

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‘Exclusive’ candidates will double your billings

Greg Savage

Not long ago I wrote how ‘unique candidates’ are the future of successful recruiting. Indeed, recruiters talk a great deal about securing exclusive job orders (although few recruiters actually know how!) while we should really put equal focus on negotiating exclusivity with highly specialised, in-demand candidates. The rewards for doing so are juicy-sweet.

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3 Revelations to Create a Culture of Learning

ClearCompany Recruiting

What if 74% of your organization’s workers felt they weren’t reaching their peak potential? A recent study of 4,300 employees found that 74% felt as though they were underachieving. While there are many factors at work to cause this sentiment, it’s the approach to learning and development that tells the story. For instance, only 12% of learners actually apply the skills they gained in training to their job.

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Is Text Messaging the Future of Recruiting?

JazzHR

Text messaging is becoming an incredibly useful tool for recruiting. What at first glance might seem as a very informal method of communication can actually pay dividends at all stages of the recruitment process. That’s because these days we’re all connected to our phones. In fact, the average person checks their phone more than 150 times a day , and 91 percent of people say that they always have their phone within arm’s reach.

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Ask the Sourcing Squad: What People Get Wrong About Sourcing

Lever

So far, our Ask the Sourcing Squad series has zeroed in on what’s important to get right in sourcing. Our band of sourcing experts has shared tips on crafting creative email subject lines , go-to tricks for cold recruiting emails , and which places you should try sourcing. Yet even if you follow every.single.one. of their tips, you can't guarantee sourcing success.

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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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The Best Recruitment Blogs of 2017

Talent Hero Media

A list of the 14 top recruitment blogs you must read to stay on top of the news and opinions in the recruiting and staffing industry. The post The Best Recruitment Blogs of 2017 appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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What I told the African headhunters!

Greg Savage

I just got back from a speaking tour in South Africa. We spoke to 800 recruiters over six events in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The response was phenomenal, and it was fascinating to note that the issues they face on the southern tip of Africa, are for the most part very similar to the challenges […].

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The Must-Have Process to Onboarding New Employees [Infographic]

ClearCompany Recruiting

Do you want to make your employees’ first day one to remember? U se our guide to ensure you don’t miss any steps so their first day is unforgettable!

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3 Ways to Boost Your Candidate Pipeline

JazzHR

Hiring successful candidates all starts with qualified applicants. Having a bounty of candidates in your pipeline can ease a lot of the stress that comes with needing to fill key positions quickly. Depending on your industry, time of year, and other position specific details, the candidate flow may be less than you want or need. Check out a few suggestions for boosting the number of candidates flowing into your JazzHR account: 1) Make sure your job posting is engaging.

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How to Leverage Design Thinking to Enhance Your Candidate Experience

Lever

Recently, we conducted research that proved that leveraging design thinking in talent acquisition truly works. It inspired us to dedicate an entire series to exploring this topic. In our previous posts, we put on our design thinking hats to reenvision the hiring manager as the customer. The idea was that in striving to make their hiring experience as fluid and efficient as possible, you automatically enhance your overall recruiting success.

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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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Recruitment Blogs You Need To Read

Talent Hero Media

A list of the 14 top recruitment blogs you must read to stay on top of the news and opinions in the recruiting and staffing industry. The post Recruitment Blogs You Need To Read appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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How to Define Your Job Ad Goals

ApplicantPro

Having well-defined job ad goals are crucial to your job ad success. After all, one of the most beneficial things you can do for yourself relative to hiring is to lay out specific job ad goals, so you can build a killer job ad strategy. We’ve found this step to be the most crucial for our clients to adopt in order to attract the highest quantity of quality applicants for their open positions.

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Sixty Savage Seconds – The modern recruiter: sourcer vs seducer

Greg Savage

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled “The Modern Recruiter: Sourcer vs Seducer“ Let me know what you think! View here. .

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Ongoing Training: 4 Astounding Benefits For Your Employees

ClearCompany Recruiting

No job remains the same forever. Even if jobs never evolved, your employees do. Research shows that employees want to learn, change and grow in their careers. Spend on corporate training has grown to over $70 billion in the United States. Indeed, 87% of millennials say professional development or career growth opportunities are very important to them in their search for a new job.

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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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And You Thought YOUR Recruiter Was Bad…

The Whiteboard

A battle between agency recruitment and internal recruitment is nothing new nowadays. Since the inception and growth of in-house recruitment teams it has turned into our industry’s very own hundred year war. The tension between the two factions follows a familiar pattern: Agency recruiters are targeted with making as many placements and billing as much money as possible.

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Talent Innovation Summit Countdown: Discover New Talent Pools with Paired Sourcing

Lever

At this year’s Talent Innovation Summit , we’re focused on keeping our sessions interactive and providing as much value as possible to our attendees. One hidden Summit gem? The chance to sign up for a free, personalized sourcing sprint. Jer Langhans and James Temple from Paired Sourcing , whose company mission is to help companies handcraft a full, promising talent pipeline, will be setting up shop in our partner area.

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Evidence-based marketing: 3 marketing ideas for recruiters that are proven to work

Talent Hero Media

Using Detailed.com case studies, we explore three marketing ideas for recruiters that have been proven to work with hard evidence. The post Evidence-based marketing: 3 marketing ideas for recruiters that are proven to work appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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Hotel Hiring Magic! 8 Ways to Gift Yourself Applicants that Truly Fit

ApplicantPro

Hotel hiring can be challenging. Here are 8 ways that you can attract more of the right candidates. 1.Make a nice wish list: List what you really truly want to find in a candidate for each position you are hiring for. Have you heard of the trend called developing Job Applicant Personas? 2. Take time to really understand who your target job seekers are.

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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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The 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 Greg and Chris Savage 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 […].

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How to Return From Vacation Without The Stress

ClearCompany Recruiting

Coming back to work after a vacation is difficult. Whether your vacation involved traveling the world or relaxing in your own backyard, getting back to the hustle and bustle of deliverables, emails and phone calls is a shock to the system. Did you know 55% of American workers surveyed left vacation days unused in 2015? While many factors are probably to blame, 37% of American workers claim returning to a mountain of work as the top reason for not taking time off.

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Hello Handsome: The Role of Good Looks in Recruitment

The Whiteboard

We were fortunate last night to be able to host Ross Clennett here in Auckland for a short and snappy training event with some of our v.RPO on-demand recruiter community. Ross presented to our gathering about the increasing importance of soft skills in relation to workplace performance nowadays, and how to identify these skills in candidates. One of the points raised towards the end of the event particularly piqued my interest.

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4 Competency-based Interview Questions to Make a Solid Skills Assessment

Lever

Your employees are your competitive advantage, so it’s important to hire people who have the right skills to help your company succeed. Competency-based interview questions can help you suss out which candidates have the right skills, based on their past behaviors and performance. Below are four types of questions to ask, with sample questions for specific roles you may be hiring for.

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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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The Depressing Truth About Your Marketing Strategy

Talent Hero Media

Why your current marketing strategy isn't working and what a recruiter can reasonably do in only 5 hours per week to turn things around. The post The Depressing Truth About Your Marketing Strategy appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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Science Has Discovered 8 Ways You're Blowing It When Interviewing Job Candidates

Entrepreneur

Looking for a job is nerve wracking. The person doing the hiring is just as stressed.

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Greg Savage: Free webinar for United States recruiters

Greg Savage

Specially designed for US subscribers of ‘The Savage Truth’ Next week, 31st August,2017 @ 9 am PST 30 minutes of punchy information on what recruiters must do now to thrive. Make sure you do not miss the ‘Golden Era’ of Recruitment Free Greg Savage Webinar Why some recruiters will thrive and others disappear. The Golden […].

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Qualifications vs Cultural Fit- Which Is More Important?

Social Talent

With businesses recruiting at the fastest rate in 2 years , recruiters will need to invest more time into finding the right person to fill open positions. Some companies see the recruitment process as black and white, where successful candidates must tick all of the boxes. Others can look past the facts and focus on the individual, their personality and what they can bring to the role.

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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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Have Recruiter Salaries Stagnated?

The Whiteboard

Hello recruiters of New Zealand and welcome to Spring – yussss. Welcome, also, to the world’s 79th most popular recruitment blog. Oh yeah, you heard right. Did you watch the Leaders Debate last night? I’m not a particularly political person but I’m pretty sure that must have been the most pleasant, polite and civilised debate between two party leaders I’ve ever seen.

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The Ultimate Interview Checklist for Employers

Lever

Interviews can be stressful for everyone involved. Candidates and interviewers alike understand that they are being evaluated, want to make a good first impression, and want to ensure they make the right decision. On top of that, you know that a stellar candidate experience is crucial to recruiting top talent now, and in the future. If you want to ensure smooth sailing for you and your candidates, create a repeatable process and follow it as much as possible.

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Recruitment Logos: The Definitive Guide

Talent Hero Media

A definitive guide to everything you need to know about recruitment logos, from the top questions to ask to the five types of logo. The post Recruitment Logos: The Definitive Guide appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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