October, 2017

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No, actually, recruitment does NOT build character

Greg Savage

I was chatting to a recruitment company owner the other day, and we were debating about how tough Agency recruitment is as an industry. He went on to say how the rigours of learning the recruitment business was excellent for ‘building character’. And of course he was half right. There is no doubt that Agency […].

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3 Ways Netflix's Recruiting Researchers Make Sourcing Strategic

Lever

As two members of Netflix’s talent team took the stage at our Talent Innovation Summit , they immediately explained that while their roles entail sourcing, they aren’t “sourcers”. Instead, Tennyson Jones and Michael Orozco introduced themselves as Recruiting Researchers. Intrigued, we were eager to unpack the reason behind this differentiation. Why did Netflix build a team of “recruiting researchers”, and how does that role differ from that of “sourcers”?

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Powerful Ways Technology Helps With Diversity Recruiting

ClearCompany Recruiting

Diversity hiring is beneficial to both your colleagues and your company. If you want to increase engagement, productivity ( inclusive teams outperform their peers by 80% ), and even profits ( 6% greater revenue ), diversity is the answer.

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Recruiter Roundup – The Tools Recruiters Use

Talent Hero Media

Recruiters answer "What is the most important single piece of advice you would give to a new recruiter at the start of their career?". The post Recruiter Roundup – The Tools Recruiters Use appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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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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7 Interview Questions You May Not Have Thought To Ask

Social Talent

The interview is perhaps the most important part of the recruitment process. It’s often easy enough to find candidates with the right qualifications and relevant experience, but qualifications and experience aren’t enough to guarantee an employee’s success. Successful employees also fit the workplace culture, think on their feet, and are consistently motivated to perform at their very best.

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What I know now that I wish I had known at 20

Greg Savage

Wouldn’t it be great to be 20 years old but with the benefit of a lifetime experience? What different decisions would you make? Recently I was asked these questions and many more by Mark Kelly as part of his WIKN series. The podcast is short but addresses the best advice I could ever give a […].

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Why Candidate Experience is Your Employer Branding Weapon

Lever

This is a guest post by Ken Kwan, Founder of Career Prophets, a Global Talent Management Consultancy. One of the key components to organizational prosperity is the ability to attract and engage talent on a consistent basis. Over the years, organizations have geared up their talent teams with state of the art sourcing tools and capabilities, as a way to hunt down top tier talent.

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How to Build Diversity Hiring into an Existing Process

ClearCompany Recruiting

We’ve discussed why things such as diversity and inclusion are so important in the workplace, and we’ve talked about how you can improve diversity factors within your own team. But what about your current hiring practices? After all, experience and brand start at the beginning of the candidate funnel ; when they first interact with your company. In fact, 75% of job seekers consider an employer’s brand before even applying for a job.

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11 Must-Ask Behavioral Interview Questions

Glassdoor for Employers

Behavioral interviewing uses strategically composed questions to generate word pictures of how a candidate’s past performance supports a hiring company’s future needs. Focusing in on both hard and soft skills, the questions drill down into several layers of a job seeker’s value proposition, unearthing interview gold.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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Looking To Engage With Future Talent? Here’s How!

Social Talent

Every company wants to hire the best candidate available to them. Talented employees are the driving force behind a company’s success. However, many companies find themselves rushing important hires when ultimately, the wrong hire could seriously damage their company. Depending on the role, company, and candidate, the time to hire will vary. But to ensure the hiring process runs smoothly, it’s important that you are organised and that you have your hiring process locked down.

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The Curse of Being Too Good

The Whiteboard

I’m currently reading a biography of the former Heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston. One of thirteen children of a dirt-poor sharecropping family born amidst the Great Depression, Liston didn’t have the easiest of starts on this planet. Although slavery had been abolished 50 years prior to his arrival, little had changed for those working the Morledge Plantation near Johnson Township, Arkansas.

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Free Greg Savage Webinar for ANZ recruiters

Greg Savage

‘Sophisticated Sales Skills for the Future Fit Recruiter’ 18th October 2017 12.30pm Sydney time Greg and Chris Savage are launching a brand new Masterclass in March 2018. The RCSA are delighted to offer a free webinar featuring both Greg and Chris, where they will give us a glimpse into the content of their all new […].

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5 Ways Diversity Efforts Can Backfire

Lever

This is a guest post by Vinayak Ranade, founder and CEO of Drafted , which helps companies hire more through referrals. I’m probably going to commit a faux pas in this post. But my intent here is to learn, and help others like me who want to learn.

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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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Why Your Marketing Team Should Be Journalists

Entrepreneur

Your brand needs content that has a strong voice, is well-researched, and tells your story. Who can write content like that? Journalists.

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7 Steps To Engaging Employees in Corporate Social Responsibility

Glassdoor for Employers

How to boost employee happiness and your chances of being considered for Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work List by doing the right thing and giving back to your community.

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The Best Practices for Hiring Superstar Sales People

Social Talent

Hiring a salesperson is a high-stakes proposition. A great salesperson won’t just generate revenues for your business but will also win new accounts for your enterprise and serve as a face for your brand. A truly terrific salesperson can make a good impression anywhere, enhancing your company’s reputation. Customers and clients like to feel that they have a person they can trust associated with your brand, and a good salesperson can fill that role.

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Call Yourself A Recruiter?

The Whiteboard

So. Call yourself a recruiter? I don’t mean that in a sneering or belligerent way, no suggestion that I’m looking down my nose at your recruitment expertise (or lack thereof). No. I’m just rephrasing a question that caught my attention on LinkedIn earlier this week, a question posed by a “Senior Recruiter” in California who was clearly undergoing a period of existential angst over her moniker within her chosen profession.

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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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Today! Free webinar. Modern selling in recruitment. Greg and Chris Savage

Greg Savage

Its on today! Free! Sign up now. ‘Sophisticated Sales Skills for the Future Fit Recruiter’ 18th October 2017 12.30pm Sydney time 2.30 pm NZ time Greg and Chris Savage and the RCSA are delighted to offer a free webinar, where they will give us a glimpse into the content of their all new material event, […].

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Great Opening Lines From Cover Letters

SimplyHired

The post Great Opening Lines From Cover Letters appeared first on Simply Hired Blog.

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Candidate Experience Case Study: Feedback Turns Candidates Around for Kimball Midwest

Survale

Kimball Midwest is a Survale client, as well as a quarter billion-dollar force in the industrial maintenance sector with a great story tell in a brand new candidate experience case study. When the Company was considering ways to increase their sales hiring capabilities, the Sales Recruiting Department identified candidate experience as an untapped opportunity to improve hiring results.

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Leadership Lessons from the Book, “Start with Why”

Glassdoor for Employers

At the end of the day, it’s not just what your company does that attracts top talent, it’s why your company does it. A strong employer brand is critical to hiring informed candidates.

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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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17 Tips to Help Recruiters Stay Sane

Social Talent

In the height of hiring season, it can sometimes seem like there will never be a moment of downtime again. How can you review and streamline your hiring process when you can’t even keep up with it!? The key is to plan in advance—way in advance. If you’ve been in your role for more than a year, you know when your slow hiring periods come around. For most industries, it’s likely just before and after the holidays.

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Anytime Fitness CEO Highlights 4 Traits That Make Leaders Stand Out

Hireology

Note: This post originally appeared on Inc.com , where Hireology co-founder and CEO Adam Robinson is a regular contributor. Behind every great business growth story is a commitment to the people at the top. Anytime Fitness is the perfect example of what happens when the founders commit to creating competitive advantage through exceptional culture and people practices: for each of the the last eight years, Anytime Fitness has opened 300 new gyms, becoming the fastest-growing fitness franchise

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Sixty Savage Seconds – Multi-tasking is a big fat lie!

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 “Multi-tasking is a big fat lie!“ Let me know what you think! View here. .

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Glossary of IT terms for Tech Recruiters

Devskiller

Tech language and IT terms are not easy if you are a non-coder. Still, in order to be able to recruit developers and communicate with them effectively, tech recruiters have no choice but understand terms connected with their everyday job. So get out of your comfort zone and master the tech language. We’ve compiled this Devskiller Tech Glossary to make it as easy as it can be.

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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.