February, 2017

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Nine changes recruiters must make – now!

Greg Savage

Everyone is telling recruiters they need to change. Hey, half my blogs touch on the same theme! So, you might be thinking, “OK, I get it. Change is key. But specifically, in what areas is this change meant to take place?” Good question!

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Workforce Planning: A Forward-Looking Approach to Getting the Right People in the Right Jobs

ClearCompany Recruiting

Workforce planning is a core function of human resources, and it’s key to the identification and analysis of what an organization is going to need in terms of its talent. Workforce planning determines what mix of experience, knowledge and skills are required to get the best people in the right roles at the right place.

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How We Turned Valentine's Day into Customer Love Day

Lever

Let’s face it: Valentine’s Day can be mildly awkward at work. Heart-shaped cookies, chocolate truffles and sprinkle cupcakes may be tasty, but the minute you ask about ‘Valentine’s plans’, you enter a minefield. To avoid any gaffes with co-workers, we decided to divert everyone’s attention to one audience we universally love here at Lever, and pay homage in a fun way.

ATS 239
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What is Recruitment Marketing?

JazzHR

At first glance, recruitment and marketing might not appear to have much in common. However, just as traditional marketing is all about connecting your brand with the right people using the right messages, successful recruiting is about attracting the right candidates for the right role. It’s no secret that recruitment has changed substantially in recent years.

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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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How to Build Your Own Recruiting Design Team Today On A Tiny Budget Using Fiverr

Talent Hero Media

Big recruiting agencies typically have internal design teams that make all of their marketing materials shine. So how are you supposed to compete with them on a tiny budget? With a little bit of patience, you can use Fiverr to get high-quality cost-effective marketing work for your recruitment team done for you. The three most reliable types of work you can get completed on Fiverr are logo design, video intros and infographics.

SEO 219

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Only hire recruiters from ‘Generation C’.

Greg Savage

Forget Millennials, Gen X and the Baby Boomers. The only group of recruiters that have any chance of success as we enter a brave new world of recruiting, will be most certainly be from ‘Generation C’. Yes indeed, there is only one group of recruiters that will thrive in a world where talent shortages get […].

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A Basic Recruiting Compliance Checklist

ClearCompany Recruiting

Federal and state laws require employers to maintain a number of specific records relating to the company’s hiring and employment practices. Failing to collect and retain the necessary records can result in fines, exclusion from government contracts and other sanctions. Following best practices for record keeping in your recruiting process will help to minimize your company’s risk exposure in the event of a government audit or lawsuit.

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How to Coach Your Team to a Recruiting Touchdown

Lever

This Sunday, my New England Patriots will make their 8th Super Bowl appearance. My mother is from Boston, so I think I entered this world proudly donning a Pats shirt. Love for this team courses through my blood, and it has for as long as I can recall. But this Super Bowl Sunday is special. In three days, my favorite team is competing for the Super Bowl in a stadium I once played in.

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Three Steps to Conducting a Better Skills Gap Analysis

JazzHR

For your business to really thrive, you need to make sure that you’re getting the best out of every employee and that you’re making smart decisions when it comes to hiring new staff. Knowing what skills your workforce has, where they are lacking, and how to fill that gap is crucial to remaining competitive in today’s market. That’s where a skills gap analysis comes in.

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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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Do We Still Need Recruiters? (Hint, the answer is yes!)

HarQen

With all the technologies available to help increase recruiting efficiency, one can argue that we’ve reached the point where we no longer need recruiters. Hold Your Horses. Technology has, for the most part, made our lives easier. However, it hasn’t reached the point where it can start replacing jobs that require personal interaction. Think I’m wrong?

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The Trolling Of Recruiters

The Whiteboard

The internet has given rise to many amazing things that have helped make the world a more connected place. But for all the positives it is undoubtedly balanced out by a lot of downsides too, not least of which is the platform it has afforded complete and utter idiots to voice their moronic opinions in an aggressively viral way (and yeah haha I know the irony but please…read on).

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How You Can Use Bonus Content to Increase Leads by 52%

Talent Hero Media

When a potential new lead discovers your blog on recruiting through a Google search, what typically happens? At least 95% of the time, they read the blog post and move on with their day. You are lucky if they even remember the name of the company who provided them with the information. What are some other potential outcomes? They might subscribe to your email list if this single piece of content blows them away (unlikely) or they might reach out to contact you to inquire about your services (eve

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How to Give the Right Amount of Feedback to High Performers

ClearCompany Recruiting

Giving feedback to any of your employees can be troublesome, but when it comes to high performers, things can get a little more complex. Although it may be tempting to focus more on employees who need help, you can’t ignore your high performers. You don’t want to be standing over their shoulder, micromanaging every move they make, but how much feedback is the right amount and what should it include?

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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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5 Ways to Elevate the Success of Your Sourcing Team

Lever

Even the most seasoned recruiters struggle to garner responses to their carefully crafted reach-outs. So when the sourcers on your team vary widely in experience, how on earth do you help them truly engage candidates?

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9 Ways to Recruit the Best Talent for Your Startup

Entrepreneur

These are the strategies you need to know to find and keep best of the best.

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Trends That Will Improve Your Recruitment Strategy (Infographic)

Social Talent

New trends come and go like the wind. With that being said, two trends that have featured significantly within the industry of late are Technology and Diversity. This year highlights more than ever how important a recruitment strategy is to a business, with hiring processes changing at a rapid pace. Our working environment is changing and with change comes new opportunities.

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The 3 University Recruiting Metrics that Every Company Should Know

Proactive Talent

There are a lot of ways you can measure university recruiting success, from the volume at which you are able to recruit, to the strength of your relationships with universities, to the performance of college grad new hires, and far beyond. But out of all the elements you can evaluate, which are the most important? To determine which key areas to should focus your evaluation, start by thinking about how your company views success in the college recruiting space.

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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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How to Set Up and Optimize Your Recruiting Agency’s LinkedIn Page in 5 Minutes

Talent Hero Media

Every company, but especially a recruiting or staffing agency, needs a proper LinkedIn company page. This guide will walk you through the process of setting up and optimizing your page in 5 minutes. Go to the More icon and scroll down to the “Create a Company Page” button. Enter the company name and an email address that is on the same domain as your company.

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How to Create Winning Job Descriptions For Your Company Culture

ClearCompany Recruiting

When used properly and written effectively, job descriptions set transparent expectations for candidates and current employees, creating value for the company and your workforce from the first day on the job to the last. Use this checklist to craft better job descriptions to attract the top talent you are searching for!

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Email Address Search: Here Are the 7 Best Ways to Find Anybody’s Email

Lever

Sourcing candidates and wondering how to actually get in touch in them? Unless someone has their email publicly listed on one of their online profiles, or you’re using a paid tool, it’ll take a little bit of extra sleuthing to find the email you need.

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Mobile Recruiting: Here's the Guide You Can't Live Without

Entrepreneur

Mobile recruiting is a great tool; but one wrong move, and a serious hiring mistake could be made. Here's how to avoid that.

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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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10 Hilarious Blunders Made By Candidates On Their Resume

Social Talent

As a recruiter or hiring manager, it can be painstakingly hard to look at some of the junk that ends up on your desk. When it come’s down to resume’s, you’ve seen it all from the good, the bad and the ugly. Sometimes you’re genuinely left rubbing your eyes in disbelief and asking yourself “What did I just read?” That being said, here are 10 of the most ridiculous blunders ever to appear on a candidates resume……EVER!

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What Are Job Aggregators and Why Are They Important?

Recruitics

Job aggregators are perhaps the most valuable tool a job seeker has at their disposal today. That said, when something is that important to job seekers, employers, staffing agencies and job boards need to take notice. So, what exactly are job aggregators? It’s really quite simple. Job aggregators are to jobs, what Google is to information. Job aggregators are essentially “job search engines,” or websites that score the internet for open positions and present them to a job seeker as search result

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Reviews For Recruitment Agencies – How to Turn Them Into a Lead Generating Machine

Talent Hero Media

When a current client provides an offline referral to your recruiting company, it’s safe to assume that your potential new referral is going to search for reviews of your business before they reach out to see what the Internet has to say about you. Nonetheless, for the vast majority of recruitment agencies, you will find zero public reviews on Google or a more review-oriented site like Yelp.

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Could Too Much Transparency in the Workplace Be Bad for Your Culture?

ClearCompany Recruiting

Do you want transparency in your workplace? We’re willing to bet the answer is yes. After all, employees want more open communication. Companies are boasting the policies that support it. This is probably due in part to findings like these from a few years ago, claiming that 46% of employees were seeking new employment because of their current organization’s “lack of transparent leadership communication.”.

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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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How to Use Social Media for Employer Branding

Lever

Top-tier talent has a choice in where they work, and employer branding helps you attract them to your organization. We can’t all be a Google or a Facebook, where the employer brand is well known and drives the best talent in the world to our career pages. Instead, we must promote our employer brand – and social media is a fantastic opportunity to do so.

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Applying Your Recruitment Superpowers To Real Life

The Whiteboard

Every time I browse through Netflix nowadays there seems to be another film or TV series about seemingly normal people discovering they have hitherto undiscovered superpowers. Things like The OA , Daredevil and Sense8, and doubtless countless more all tap into the boring drudgery of many people’s modern lives and briefly light the imagination of what it might be like to be something more, something better.

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The 3 Most Important Factors for Successful Hiring

HarQen

Hiring is stressful because it takes time to learn if you’ve hired the right person. And we all know that hiring the wrong person is painful for everyone. What can you do to increase the likelihood of success? There are three facets that drive performance for a new hire: hiring, training, and managing. Pay attention to all three and you will dramatically improve a new hire’s ability to do great work for you.

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