November, 2017

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Massive lies recruiters tell themselves.

Greg Savage

This may not be a comfortable read. Almost all recruiters tell themselves huge lies. I did it when I was a recruiter, and I did it when I was manager too. It’s a human trait on a broader level for sure, as well. We finesse reality to make ourselves feel better. We tweak the truth […].

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5 Interviewing Hacks to Increase Your Hiring Efficiency in 2018

Lever

Your interviewers aren’t submitting feedback as quickly as you’d like. You’re worried that a few people on the team are asking candidates the same questions. You spend way too long looking at your hiring manager’s schedule to find open slots that match your candidate’s. If any of these recruiting pains resonate with you, we want to throw a few simple solutions your way.

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Recruiter Website Takedown: Reaction Search

Talent Hero Media

How do you build a successful lead generation recruiter website?It’s a question we’ve asked and answered on this blog before but we realized that it’s a … Continue reading Recruiter Website Takedown: Reaction Search. The post Recruiter Website Takedown: Reaction Search appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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Time For Something Different In Recruitment

The Whiteboard

Next week sees the realisation of two different projects we have been working on within our business for quite some time now, and it’s fair to say I’m a bundle of nervous excitement and energy about it all. Rice Consulting as a business has always sought to adopt an innovative approach to things. Innovation is a constant theme running through the company and it flows with abundance through everyone who works here.

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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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Are You Ready to Recruit Generation Z?

Social Talent

Maybe you’re asking yourself. What is Gen Z? A great way to think about it is like this; The Baby Boomers made babies, Generation X made jobs, Millennial’s made experiences and Gen Z are going to make robots! Plain and simple; Gen Z are the future. They are the next generation of employees and consumers born between the mid-1990s to early 2000.

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New Savage Masterclass! ‘Sophisticated Selling’.

Greg Savage

Savage Sell Sophisticated selling for the Modern Recruiter This series of half-day master classes will be held in March 2018, in nine cities in Australia and New Zealand. 400 recruiters have booked in the first week! These will be sold out, so please – book now! And it’s sharply priced so Agencies can send entire […].

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How to Hire Top Performers: Offer Them a Career Path

Lever

Career opportunity is the top reason people change jobs. Forty five percent of people leave their job due to lack of opportunities for advancement, and 59 percent accept a new job for a strong career path with more opportunity. These are precisely the people you want at your organization. Those focused on their career paths will be more driven to continually improve their skills and exceed performance expectations.

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Lead Generation For Recruiters: What You Need To Know

Talent Hero Media

Traditionally, lead generation for recruiters has been straightforward.If you wanted to build a client base, you picked up the phone and cold called. The person … Continue reading Lead Generation For Recruiters: What You Need To Know. The post Lead Generation For Recruiters: What You Need To Know appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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NZME Wade Into Online Job Board Market

The Whiteboard

New Zealand employers and recruiters will soon have another new jobs platform to add to their sourcing channels. Well, that at least is what NZME will be hoping, as they announced yesterday the upcoming launch of YUDU , a job listings website with some extra padding like “industry-specific news, practical advice and tips, trends and insights for both employers and job candidates, as well as information on events within each industry.” Sounds to me like a carbon copy of established p

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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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The Evolution of Technology In Today’s Working World

Social Talent

How Has Technology Changed Our Behaviour? Technology is advancing at a phenomenal pace and it’s showing no sign of slowing down. Through the various industries and markets, technology has helped today’s workforce work smarter. Not only are we working smarter as a global workforce, but we’re communicating more efficiently and we’re becoming more productive in our workflow.

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From Amazon to Carvana: How Your Dealership Can Learn From Disruptive Business Models

Hireology

Traditional dealerships are no longer the only option consumers have when it comes to car buying. Disruptive business models from Amazon, Carvana and others are transforming the automotive industry and posing a risk to local dealers. To compete with the latest innovative business models, it’s critical to turn your employees into your main source of competitive advantage.

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Sixty Savage Seconds – Are you “yesterday’s hero”?

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 Are you “yesterday’s hero”? Let me know what you think! View here. .

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7 Sourcing Hacks to Supercharge your Hiring in 2018

Lever

Sourced candidates make up the second most common source of hire , and sourcing is arguably the most promising way to find your dream candidate. To make that your reality, you just have to hone the right tactics.

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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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6 Ways to Increase Productivity By Helping Employees Get Enough Sleep

Glassdoor for Employers

When the Nobel Prize in medicine is awarded to sleep researchers, you know it’s time to pay attention. This year, the 2017.

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Thoughts On 2017 SEEK Awards Winners

The Whiteboard

Quick one from me this week as I’ve got way too much work related stuff going on for such a beautiful sunny Friday. Last night saw the annual SEEK “SARA” Recruitment Awards here in Auckland which followed on in the “new” format of awarding category winners based upon the decisions of a panel of judges. SEEK did well this year with a decent panel of largely credible recruitment industry professionals, although perhaps a little under-represented on the agency side of

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The Most Unusual Interview Questions To Ask A Candidate (Infographic)

Social Talent

For any candidate, it’s important that they’re prepared to be questioned about everything and anything before walking into a job interview. On the other hand, as an interviewer, you want to ask the most important questions that will give you an idea of hat kind of individual you have sitting in front of you. In many cases, job candidates have pre-scripted answers, due to the same questions being asked by interviewers time and time again.

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Open Communication In the Workplace: Why It Matters More Than You Think

RecruitmentJuice

Good communication is vital to business operations and a clear flow of information is important to productivity. When there is a two-way communication between managers and employees, everyone has a chance to contribute. A business climate where open communication is encouraged helps in developing a more collaborative, engaged workforce. Informed employees will have a better understanding of business goals and their own role in the company mission.

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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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Recruitment Strategies to Improve Your Diversity Brand

SmartRecruiters

In today’s competitive global war for talent, a commitment to diversity hiring could set your company apart. The candidate of today wants to see a commitment to diversity that goes beyond a sentence in the employee handbook. Here are some concrete steps your company can take if they want to walk the walk. First things first, get on the same page. Create a Diversity Vision and Statement this will help guide all future efforts.

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How to Hire 155 People in 45 Days with High-Impact Teams

Lever

Imagine this: you’re in talent acquisition for an organization that acquires another, and are charged with hiring 100 developers for that organization in 90 days. Now, also imagine that the company for which you’re hiring currently has a team of 45 employees, split between the United States and Argentina, which took them seven years to build. On top of that, the organization doesn’t yet have salaries or locations set for any new hires.

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4 Reasons Why Offering A 401(k) Matching Can Help Empower Your Workforce

Glassdoor for Employers

Business owners know how challenging it is to attract and retain qualified applicants, and keep them happy and productive. As businesses highly depend on their employees for success, providing competitive employee benefits is now a must if you want to have talented individuals running your business.

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Congestion Ahead for Kiwi Job Board Market

The Whiteboard

The online job board market here in New Zealand is set to get more congested than Auckland’s Southern Motorway at rush hour any time of day. As mentioned last week NZME are set to launch their new job board YUDU next year in a bid to challenge the dominance of SEEK and Trade Me Jobs. This week we were told by Stuff.co.nz that Fairfax would be launching the UK-based job aggregator Adzuna in New Zealand too.

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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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Get Ready for the SocialTalent Advent Calendar!

Social Talent

The Holiday Season is always a great time in SocialTalent – getting to round off the year and look back on all the changes that have gone on, the new people we’ve gotten to know and all the great content that’s come from the website over the past 12 months (plus, the end-of-year party is pretty good too). Since it is the season of giving, we wanted to do something special to share the best of 2017 with you all.

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3 Major Trends that Will Shape Recruitment in the Future

RecruitmentJuice

We live in an exciting age and perhaps the most interesting thing about it is that this is just the start. We are, of course, talking about the stupendous technological advances we have seen over the last two decades – emergence of the internet, exploding computational powers of average computers, breakthroughs in machine learning, data analytics and others, all of which are changing the way people work and seek work.

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20 Ways to Improve Your Energy at Work

Undercover Recruiter

We’ve all experienced those moments during the day when our energy levels are drained and we can’t keep ourselves focused on our work. As well as hindering our capacity to take on our tasks effectively, low energy can have a detrimental impact on our ability to form strong working relationships with our co-workers and clients. View Article. 20 Ways to Improve Your Energy at Work.

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The Playbook for Data-Driven Recruiting

Lever

At Lever’s second annual Talent Innovation Summit , Jennifer Paxton, PHR, Director of Talent at LevelUp , unveiled her data-driven recruiting playbook. With a master's degree in Opera, her background doesn't exactly scream 'data-driven.’ However, after several years in talent acquisition, she's learned the enormous benefits of getting comfortable with data in order to make informed recruiting decisions.

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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.