ExactHire Recruiting

MARCH 29, 2013

As you might gather from the title above, this is the first blog in a seven-part series about core concepts your organization can use to improve the efficiency and overall results of your recruiting and hiring process. While not the most glamorous topic out there, I think the majority of people involved with recruiting will agree that doing it right, and with as little wasted effort as possible, is critical to the ultimate success of any organization.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 18, 2013

This is what personality testing is like. You know, except not terrifying. The use of personality assessments in the workplace is as divisive an issue as they come. Quite simply, people either love it or hate it. But if you ask them “why,” it’s often complicated. Sure, supporters like to think the nay-sayers are just threatened by the idea that they aren’t unique; in the same way that the skeptics think the boosters are pleased by the thought of human psychology made simple; but it’s by no means

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iCIMS

MARCH 14, 2013

No one can deny the convenience of our mobile devices. There is no longer a need to ask questions or get advice from someone in-person, you can just 'Google it" right?

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Unbridled Talent

MARCH 29, 2013

“Pieces of Me” is a regular feature here on the blog, where I’ll share a bit of what’s happening, what’s kicking around in my head, resources I’d like to bring to your attention and a peek into the world as I see it – through lenses colored by Human Resources, Recruiting, Leadership and Career Development. Something awesome that happened: Tuesday of this past week (March 26th) was my 5 year Twitter anniversary!

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Contract Recruiter

MARCH 20, 2013

Avoid Bad Recruiting Solutions. recruiting division, recruiting, hiringThere are many recruiting firms out there, which means that you need to be very careful in choosing the right one for your company. How can you tell that the firms promising good recruiting solutions actually deliver? The best ones will have a few key things in common, and if you know what to look for, you can feel confident that the firm will do its job well.

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ExactHire Recruiting

MARCH 21, 2013

I did some window shopping recently and I saw many “help wanted” signs plastered front and center of doors, cash registers, in yards, etc. Many signs said, “See Associate” or “Inquire at (insert phone number)”. If you are hiring, chances are your staff is already stretched thin. Is it in their best interest to be talking with potential new hires? Depending on your business, you may hire applicants on the spot in which case this blog may not provide much insight for you.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 27, 2013

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Up until a few months ago, I was somehow blind to the entire industry of staffing, recruitment, and temporary employment – not a whiff, a hint, or a clue for 27 years. I hadn’t the foggiest. This troubles me on two levels: as a former job-seeker (because I may have benefited from a stepping stone) and as a citizen of the world (because I like to think I’m worldly and aware).

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iCIMS

MARCH 14, 2013

No one can deny the convenience of our mobile devices. There is no longer a need to ask questions or get advice from someone in-person, you can just 'Google it" right?

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Unbridled Talent

MARCH 25, 2013

Since signing up for a LinkedIn account in early 2006 ( member #5,852,039 here ), I’ve considered myself a “Social Media Anthropologist”, because I love to study how social media affects the entire employment process – from personal branding, job search, employment branding, recruiting, human resources and employee development.

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Hiring Thing

MARCH 26, 2013

'HiringThing was started a little over a year ago, and from the beginning we had a vision of building a virtual organization. No central office, everyone on the team working from their own preferred locations and heavily using online tools to collaborate.

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Jobvite

MARCH 19, 2013

Everyone loves a good Magic Quadrant story—so here’s one you might enjoy. On Friday last week, Gartner released its first “Magic Quadrant for Talent Management Suites” report. Of course, Magic Quadrant reports have been around … Continued.

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ExactHire Recruiting

MARCH 20, 2013

It can be challenging to write a thorough and compliant job description that will satisfy your human resources and legal departments, while at the same time making it…dare I say… sexy enough to cause potential applicants to click through for more information or to apply for your job. After all, most job seekers won’t just know that your company is hiring and think to go directly to your applicant tracking software careers page; in fact, many will see your job listing for the first ti

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 14, 2013

Like you, I love to rip on Millennials. In the same way that, I suspect, every generation rips on the one(s) that come(s) after. “They’re different, they’re lazy, they’re spoiled, and – dammit – they’re changing things.” Or, in the case of Millennials, they’re narcissistic and entitled, love dubstep and hideous retro fashions, and have you ever even tried talking to one?

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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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Workable

MARCH 30, 2013

We’ve been working behind the scenes to simplify the task of getting results from free job sites, and today we’re ready to break the good news: Automated posting to 6 major free job boards. Workable has partnered with Indeed , SimplyHired , Glassdoor , Trovit , JobRapido and Recruit.net to allow you to post jobs to multiple free job boards and easily reach a global audience of hundreds of millions job seekers performing billions of job searches per month.

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ExactHire Recruiting

MARCH 7, 2013

Considering the ever-increasing number of social media users, savvy recruiting and human resources professionals are now, more than ever, pushing job postings to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media sites in order to generate a larger potential pool of applicants for career opportunities with their organizations. With the right applicant tracking software , reaping the benefits of social recruiting tools can be fast and easy.

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ExactHire Recruiting

MARCH 4, 2013

Keeping up with compliance-related EEO and OFCCP reporting tasks is one of the many essential responsibilities for human resource professionals employed by federal contractors today. From assessing whether applicants’ qualifications meet minimum job requirements to including diversity posting sources in your external job board mix to generating applicant flow logs, there are many factors to coordinate for an affirmative action-minded employer.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 29, 2013

If you’re not utilizing mobile marketing, you’re missing out. True. But do you know when I first wrote that line? In November of 2011 in this Staffing Talk post about why recruiters and staffing agencies need mobile marketing. While job seekers have grown increasingly comfortable looking for – and applying to – jobs on their smartphones since then, employers aren’t being very smart about keeping up with the trend.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 15, 2013

The path to becoming a recruiter is often not straightforward. It zigs and zags, taking detours into sales and customer service before it emerges happily into the previously unknown Land of Staffing. The career lacks visibility – and the kind of nudge that only a career counselor can provide. But what if the seed were planted even earlier? What if students attended college to become recruiters?

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 8, 2013

Since joining Staffing Talk, I’ve tried to consume as much information about staffing as possible. As such, I’ve spent a big chunk of time reading staffing websites, and I’ve noticed some things that could be driving potential clients and candidates away. Now I know what you’re thinking. ‘Who is this girl to tell us how to do things?

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 21, 2013

When it comes to reviewing résumés, recruiters know what to look for and how to tear them apart. Sifting through the unnecessary words and looking for those that are most important is our number one priority. However, for those of us who are corporate recruiters, hiring extra recruiters to support our firms, it’s surprising to see how many of us don’t practice what we preach.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 14, 2013

“ It’s a little counterintuitive, but I’m a big fan of the ‘negative sale.’ I put all of the objection-response stuff up front. ” That is a bit counter-intuitive I’d say, to lead with the bad stuff about your company or organization when interacting with potential hires. But that’s exactly the approach that William Tincup, the CEO of HR consultancy Tincup & Co. , suggests using with your talent pool.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 11, 2013

Businesses and organizations spend all this money on the office, and they make people show up there all the time, yet that’s not where the work gets done. What’s that about? Why is that? Those are some of the questions about the workplace asked by Jason Fried. He is co-founder and president of 37signals , a Chicago-based company that builds web-based productivity tools.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 28, 2013

Last month I ran into Richard Moran following his presentation at Executive Forum. He’s only been involved in the staffing industry for a little over a year, and we connected for the simple reason that we both share newfound outsider perspectives of the industry. Rich is CEO and vice chairman of Accretive Solutions , but there’s about a billion other things [1] you might know him from.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 11, 2013

Despite the recent good news that the unemployment rate is dropping, the labor force participation rate continues to fall. Tyler Cowen has commenters blaming the ‘dismantling’ of unions. I wonder how well that jives with what those of you out there in the staffing industry are seeing? I haven’t worked a desk recently, but I do talk to execs that buy a lot of staffing, and they certainly point to other problems.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 7, 2013

As Gregg pointed out recently , we’re interested in knowing how Barack Obama’s immigration reform proposal will affect staffing. The bill has yet to be officially released (though there’s lots of rumors about it being “leaked”), so we realize that some of the opinions being thrown out there are mere conjecture at this point. But there’s at least some information we can agree on, like the fact that it will undoubtedly have an impact on staffing.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 6, 2013

Here at Staffing Talk we very rarely talk about the global staffing realm. Sure, our Staffing News of the Day encapsulates all the major happenings, but our content mostly opts for covering North America. It’s where we are and it’s what we know, so it makes sense. But with technology continuing to push the industry’s players into competition with others around the world, ignoring the burgeoning global markets would be foolish.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 13, 2013

OK, I got it wrong, and I have my staffing customer friends to thank for setting me straight. You see, when I first read about the healthcare reform act and its impact on employment costs, I thought ‘price goes up, demand goes down.’ That’s how it works, right? Yes it does, but what I didn’t count on was what economists call ‘unintended consequences.’ And just what are the ‘unintended consequences’ of Obamacare?

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 11, 2013

Businesses and organizations spend all this money on the office, and they make people show up there all the time, yet that’s not where the work gets done. What’s that about? Why is that? Those are some of the questions about the workplace asked by Jason Fried. He is co-founder and president of 37signals , a Chicago-based company that builds web-based productivity tools.

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