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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6 Easy Ways to Foster Belonging in Your Company

JazzHR

A sense of belonging can be an incredible force in the workplace. It creates community and encourages better collaboration between people. It’s also a big driver of employee retention , boosts productivity, and produces great business results. Not surprisingly, fostering belonging in your company is one of the most valuable things you can do. People who say they have a sense of belonging feel connected to their work and workplace.

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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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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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Controlling Recruiters By Fear (And Other Retention Techniques)

The Whiteboard

Hello I’m back. Thanks Sean for looking after The Whiteboard blog while I was away in the UK. I’m sure you’ve all enjoyed a change of voice. It’s hard not to like Sean’s particular schtick if you know what I mean (I hope you do as I see how this could be unpleasantly misinterpreted). A particularly popular post was from back on 21st September: The Whiteboard’s Guide to the 2017 Election.

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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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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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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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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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7 Eye-Opening Tech Recruiting Stats from Matt Charney

Lever

Matt Charney is the Executive Editor at Recruiting Daily and Chief Content Officer at Allegis Global Solutions. At our Talent Innovation Summit , he provided his snarky insights on what the rest of the world can teach Silicon Valley. He started off by pointing out, “Everybody in this room is fundamentally changing the way people work and live, but if you don’t know how people live and work then you’re really kind of hitting a disconnect.

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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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Resourceful Ways Workplace Diversity and Inclusion are Important to Your Success

ClearCompany Recruiting

Today’s workplace is more diverse than ever before. Racial minorities now make up a little over a third of the workforce , a big jump from even just a decade ago. Not surprisingly, this jump is having an impact on the workplace environment, and in a good way.

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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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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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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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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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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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70+ Expert Insights into Diversity Recruiting

ClearCompany Recruiting

An increase in revenue, better job performance, a trusted employer brand and increased customer base are just a few of the benefits of a diverse workforce. Did you know 67% of current job seekers said that a diverse workforce is an important factor when seeking out an employer? This means that diversity-conscious recruiting has become crucial to attracting top talent.

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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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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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4 Ways To Make Your Work Family Stronger

JazzHR

High employee turnover is an expensive business. From the cost of rehiring to a loss of institutional knowledge and skills — not to mention the hit to employee morale — it’s something every organization should aim to limit as much as possible. While it’s true that a competitive salary and benefits, flexible work schedules, and a clear path to career progression are all extremely important to today’s workers, they’re not the only things that matter.

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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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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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4 Ways to Decrease Your Time to Hire

Lever

Time to hire was 29.2 working days in August, just shy of the all-time high of 30.3 working days in April of this year. It’s been steadily increasing since 2010, when it took half as long to fill a role. This is, no doubt, spurred by the high demand for—and shortage of—skilled talent. Despite this being the new normal, organizations and candidates alike are struggling with the amount of time it takes to fill a 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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50+ Insights into Good Employer Qualities

ClearCompany Recruiting

An increase in revenue, better performance, a larger talent pool and more engaged employees are just a few of the benefits of being a great employer. According to SHRM , 88% of U.S. employees reported overall satisfaction with their current job. This is the highest level of employee satisfaction we’ve seen in over a decade, and there are well-defined reasons behind this.

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How Much is Your Office Costing You?

The Whiteboard

This week, one of our candidates made a career decision based primarily on office décor. They won’t admit this, but it’s the truth. And if you’re a recruitment business of a certain size, this week, one of your candidates did the same thing. The problem with this for recruiters, is that office environment is the unpolishable turd of hiring decisions.

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How Curiosity Can Enhance Your Culture

JazzHR

Everyone knows that curiosity killed the cat, but you may be less familiar with the words of Albert Einstein, who once said that “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.” In business, curiosity is always a good thing. It’s how we learn, grow, form new ideas, and become more innovative. Encouraging curiosity at every level in your organization can not only help you build a better business, but also enhance your company’s cultur

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