May, 2015

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Trending: Reverse Job Fairs

ExactHire Recruiting

Money makes the world go ‘round. And time is money. So it is no wonder that companies and job seekers alike look for ways to save time and money in finding the right employer-employee match. A newer fad that seems to be catching on in the recruiting world is a trend referred to as Reverse Job Fairs, or RJF. What Is A Reverse Job Fair? Job seekers set up booths with science-fair like flair.

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Have YOU got the DNA of a modern recruiter?

Greg Savage

There has been endless talk about the future of recruitment, and I have suggested that there are brilliant opportunities for recruitment companies, if they make the right changes. But what about the desk recruiter? The foot soldier? The person who is actually at the coalface of client and candidate interaction? What must they do to […].

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Why You Shouldn’t Always Treat Candidates like Customers

ClearCompany Recruiting

There has always been deluge of advice asking employers to treat their candidates like customers. In order to make a great candidate want to work at your company, you need to cater to their needs, make sure they feel special and offer them things like benefits, perks, and higher pay that your competitors don’t. It’s sound advice, for the most part, but as it turns out, following the “ treat candidates like customers ” point of view doesn’t always work.

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Local Recruitment For Local People

The Whiteboard

I’ve blogged a few times before about the deterioration of the traditional recruitment models and the need for today’s recruiters to evolve and develop their offerings to meet the changing demands of clients in the future. So it was with great interest I read about Auckland recruitment firm Razzbri launching a new freelancing platform Yudoozy to connect contractors with employers and cutting out the middleman (ie agency recruiters).

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Andy Headworth – Social Media Recruitment Book Launch

Web Based Recruitment

Video Marketing & Social Media Advertising For Recruiters. Home. Candidate Attraction. Recruitment Videos. Mobile Recruitment. Training Courses. Using Online Video To Attract Targeted Candidates. Recruitment Events. About Us. Speaking. Contact Us. Blog. Andy Headworth – Social Media Recruitment Book Launch. May 21, 2015 By Mike Taylor Leave a Comment I was fortunate to be invited to attend a private book launch party last night.

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Recruiting Software: Single-Source System vs. Stand-Alone ATS [VIDEO]

ExactHire Recruiting

In this Q&A video, listen to ExactHire Co-Founder, Jeff Hallam, run through some common recruiting-related pros and cons when it comes to choosing between a single-source human resources software information system (HRIS) or a stand-alone ATS (applicant tracking system). Video Transcript: Hi, I’m Jeff Hallam and welcome to another edition of ExactHire Q&A.

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Chris Savage (yes, Chris) Recruiter Breakfast. Don’t miss this.

Greg Savage

More than 15,000 people globally have attended Chris Savage’s inspirational presentation on igniting efficiency and effectiveness. It just works. And it is a perfect antidote to the chaotic, often unproductive work-style of most recruiters. Chris Savage is one of Asia Pacific’s pre-eminent public relations, marketing and communications industry leaders.

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Recruitment 2.0 - Understanding Generational Social Media Consumption

Allegis Global Solutions

Social media consumption has changed dramatically in recent years across generations.

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Triumph and Disaster: How Recruiting Mimics Sport

The Whiteboard

I’m often reminded of the close ties between the roller coaster world of recruiting to the giddy, emotion-laden world of professional sport. The ups and downs of running a recruitment desk and steering a recruitment business through the choppy waters of business appear, to me, tightly woven with the same triumphs and tragedies played out on the fields of play in all competitive sports.

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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Web Based Recruitment Launch Online Video Training Course For Recruiters

Web Based Recruitment

Video Marketing & Social Media Advertising For Recruiters. Home. Candidate Attraction. Recruitment Videos. Mobile Recruitment. Training Courses. Using Online Video To Attract Targeted Candidates. Recruitment Events. About Us. Speaking. Contact Us. Blog. Web Based Recruitment Launch Online Video Training Course For Recruiters. May 14, 2015 By Mike Taylor Leave a Comment.

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Understanding Job Posting Terminology

Recruitics

Recruitment marketing used to refer to writing a job description and posting it to Monster or CareerBuilder. You were able to judge success solely on the number of responses that came through to your job. Today recruitment marketing covers a wide range of outlets including job boards, aggregators, social media channels, RSS Feeds, video, and more. To figure out which medians yield the best results, you need to monitor a handful of metrics.

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The Unsung Benefits of Effective Employee Onboarding

ExactHire Recruiting

Now that you have hired the employee who you envision to be part of your team for the long-term, how do you help ensure that this newest member of your team stays for that long-term? One way to help fulfill your prophecy is through effective onboarding. Onboarding? Yes, onboarding! There are many facets of onboarding that encompass a smooth transition for newly hired employees, and which will benefit all parties involved.

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The Social Recruiting Round-Up: May 2015

Social Talent

We decided at the beginning of May to dedicate the month to helping you guys drive great results across all aspects of your online sourcing. Each week, we strove to bring you practical and useful tips, tricks and frameworks for composing better job tweets, writing killer job ads, nailing the perfect LinkedIn invite, perfecting social content posting, using essential online tools, and engaging with in-demand talent.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Work is no longer work - the growth of freelancers

Allegis Global Solutions

Freelancing is on the up, and it is bringing many benefits to specialists.

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The Employee Referral Dilemma

The Whiteboard

I was at a cosy little launch party last night, tucked away upstairs at one of my favourite craft beer haunts. The company had started out sharing office space with my own business but had quickly outgrown the co-working concept and moved into their own digs. Speaking with the company owner, he told me how they were already running out of space again and had quickly grown to a team of nine, with more to come.

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The 7 Best LinkedIn Groups for Recruiters

Capterra

Most recruiters and hiring professionals treat LinkedIn like it’s an old rotary phone: a sturdy tool to connect with the people you need, but not much else. If, instead, you treated the professional social network like a smartphone: as both a tool (to make calls) and a resource (to find information online), it can be so much more valuable. Sure, you know all the advanced tips to recruit on LinkedIn , but if you’re not also using LinkedIn like your target candidates are, as a resource for profess

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20 Of The Best Quotes From Leadercast 2015 #thebraveones

Unbridled Talent

Last week, I was honored to be the emcee at the Leadercast: Northern Kentucky host site for Leadercast Live , the largest one-day leadership event in the world, with over 100,000 attendees. Each year, Leadercast brings together an All-Star lineup of business and political leaders, sports figures, social activists and world class communicators at a live event in Atlanta, Georgia, which is simulcast to hundreds of host sites across the world.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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Trending: Reverse Job Fairs

ExactHire Recruiting

Money makes the world go ‘round. And time is money. So it is no wonder that companies and job seekers alike look for ways to save time and money in finding the right employer-employee match. A newer fad that seems to be catching on in the recruiting world is a trend referred to as Reverse Job Fairs, or RJF. What Is A Reverse Job Fair? Job seekers set up booths with science-fair like flair.

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9 LinkedIn Default Settings You Need to Change IMMEDIATELY

Social Talent

Whether you’re brand new to LinkedIn, or you’ve been on there for years, there are default settings on your account that you may or may not be aware are already there – settings you may want to change depending on what they do and how it affects you and your sourcing activities. So today, we’re going to take you through what the core settings associated with your LinkedIn account are, what they do, how to change them, and our recommendations in relation to these settings.

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5 simple steps for creating a powerful LinkedIn profile

Allegis Global Solutions

A few small improvements can help to make your LinkedIn profile far more effective.

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3 Hiring Tips for Entrepreneurs

Spark Hire

Once it is time to start hiring for your startup business, it can feel overwhelming when deciding what to look for in candidates. In order to ensure a startup is on the right track, there are 3 key things entrepreneurs need to hire for: 1. Hire doers. The last thing entrepreneurs need in their new startup is a bunch of managers or supervisors. When you are hiring, avoid the temptation of hiring a lot of management staff.

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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3 Employee Engagement Strategies to Implement Now

Glassdoor for Employers

As a marketer at Glassdoor, I am often asked, “How do I get my employees to join the conversation on Glassdoor?”. Employers: if you’re looking for ways to engage your employees, here are three companies who are doing it well, plus tips to increase your rating and create an army of internal brand ambassadors. Tip #1: Get feedback. We know it can be tough to reach out and engage all of your employees – especially if you have 1,000+.

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How to Select a Recruitment Agency

NPA Worldwide

Whether you’re an employer with ongoing hiring needs or have a one-off role to fill, using a recruitment agency is definitely an option worth considering. There are many traits and characteristics to consider when you are evaluating recruitment agencies. If you’re unsure how to select a recruitment agency, here are six pointers worth evaluating: Relational or Transactional.

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Why Talent Acquisition Technology is Crucial to Success

iCIMS

The talent acquisition space is really starting to hit its stride when it comes to technological advancements and growth. And it's just in time too, because organizations, their recruiters, and their candidates all increasingly expect easy access across devices, friendly user interfaces, data-rich resources, and actionable insights everywhere they turn.

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A Guide to Job Hunting for Graduates (Infographic)

Social Talent

Gone are the days of pints in the student bar at 1pm on a Tuesday and pulling all nighters to get essays finished. You’ve just graduated and it’s time to get your first proper job: Source: Adeccousa.com. Top Takeaways: – Tailor your CV to the job you’re after. That summer you spent as a bartender in San Diego may not be quite as relevant to the corporate finance role as you think it is!

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The Greatest Overlooked Tool: A Recruiting Assessment Guide to Transforming Hiring

You know talent acquisition is essential to business success, but are you frustrated with hiring results? Learn how to spotlight ideal talent & match them to the right roles in your organization today by using the Greatest Overlooked Tool.

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Reaching Your Customers: Why Recruiting Needs To Be An Extension Of Marketing

SmartRecruiters

Job seeking and recruiting have changed forever. Technology has made a huge impact on talent acquisition in recent years. Long gone are the days of classified ads and sifting through faxed resumes to attract and identify that perfect candidate. Today, job seekers have gone beyond emailing resumes and cover letters and are now sharing professional profiles through social media, applying for jobs through mobile devices, and even submitting video cover letters.

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Connecting with Talent Across Borders [Whitepaper]

Spark Hire

Sometimes sourcing candidates outside of your region is beneficial for the success of your company. But how can recruiting and hiring professionals stay on budget while also maintaining a positive employment brand when sourcing across borders? Travel costs may not be an option for many organizations, so things like video interviewing solutions , social media, and mobile careers pages are among a few things discussed in this whitepaper that can help companies connect with talent more efficiently.

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Why Investing in Your Culture is Worth It

Glassdoor for Employers

Is investing in your company culture worth it? Employee engagement programs can be tough to measure, but, ultimately, investments in your company culture and employer brand lead to recruiting cost and time savings, higher candidate quality, upped productivity levels and increased retention rates. Culture case studies. The proof is in the pudding. By investing in its employer brand and company culture initiatives, Expedia, Inc. lowered its cost-per-hire to $1,700, 50% below than the national CPH

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