July, 2015

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Revenue is vanity. Profit is sanity. Cash is reality.

Greg Savage

I speak to a lot of business owners and managers. Some green, some very experienced. And I find that many simply do not understand the true financial position of their business. You might be shocked to hear it. Some just don’t ensure accurate, timely financial reporting. I mean no P&L for months! Many others clearly […].

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10 Diversity Hiring Statistics That Will Make You Think

ClearCompany Recruiting

Companies need diversity. It helps them think with a wider breadth of perspectives, makes them look better to the public eye, and gives them access to the potential revenue gains from employing people who can contribute different things to the companies they work for. Still, many hiring managers and people in charge don’t see hiring diversity as an issue.

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4 Tips for Humanizing Your Rejection Letters

Lever

No candidate wants to hear that they didn’t get a job after they’ve spent hours applying and interviewing, and no recruiter likes delivering the bad news. After all, recruiters live for the moment of signing a candidate and feeling proud of having matched the candidate to the right opportunity. And yet, perhaps because no one likes sending them, rejection letters are often cold, robotic, and shrouded in mystery.

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Performance-Based Advertising for Jobs

Recruitics

Recruitics is an analytics and automation platform that makes it easy for companies to achieve amazing results from their recruitment marketing strategy. We work with the nation’s largest corporations, staffing companies, and job boards to drive more applicants to their online job postings, hire great talent, and meet their recruitment goals. To learn more about how to optimize your recruitment marketing campaigns, please contact a member of our team.

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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 The Social Media Recruitment Tips Still Hold True From 6 Years Ago?

Web Based Recruitment

Candidate Attraction - Target Your Ideal Candidates. Home. Recruitment Videos. Recruitment Video Ads. Training Courses. Using Online Video To Attract Targeted Candidates. Recruitment Events. About Us. Speaking. Contact Us. Blog. Do The Social Media Recruitment Tips Still Hold True From 6 Years Ago? July 16, 2015 By Mike Taylor Leave a Comment It’s hard to believe as I write this post that I organised Europe’s first ever Social Media in Recruitment Conference back on the 16th July 200

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Hey stupid! Pick up the phone.

Greg Savage



The battle for quality, unique candidates is starting to resemble a cage fight. 

Why do so many recruiters treat it as though they are in a pillow fight? I am not easy to shock. Especially when it comes to recruiters and recruitment. Yet, here is the transcript of a recent conversation between a smart, experienced […].

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10 Crazily Creative Instagram Job Ads

Social Talent

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tried of seeing the following array of images CONSTANTLY appearing in my Instagram feed. Yes, I’m one of the 300 million people out there who login to Instagram on a daily basis to keep up the Kardashians (pun intended), my favourite clothing brands, my friends, and my favourite companies. Unfortunately, in doing so, I’m forced to scroll past more than my share share of yawn inducing “We’re Hiring” images that laz

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What Non-Recruiters Don't Know About Recruiting

Lever

Many people start a career recruiting accidentally, because they aren’t sure what else they want. As such, there’s a common misconception that recruiting is a stepping-stone job that almost anyone can be successful in.

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8 Candidate Red Flags You Need to Watch For

Spark Hire

It’s only natural for candidates to want to put their best foot forward during a job interview — even if that means stretching the truth or holding back potentially game-changing information. For hiring professionals, the mask that job interviewees tend to wear can make it tricky to really get to know the candidate and evaluate their ability to perform well in any given role.

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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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5 Tips for Filling Hard-to-Fill Positions

Glassdoor for Employers

As an employer or recruiter , you certainly want to fill open positions with the best talent you can find. But this process can be challenging. Recruiting for new or highly technical positions can require a fresh approach and updated strategy. Keep in mind that many of these hard-to-fill positions didn’t exist 10 years ago. Others require such technical skills or specialized experience that finding appropriate candidate can seem utterly impossible.

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Cold Calling with a Candidate? 5 Recruiter Sales Tips

NPA Worldwide

It seems to be a typical practice in the world of independent recruiting to present or pitch a candidate on that first cold/sales call with a potential client. It is a bit of a baiting method, as you outline exactly what they need, but do not offer the candidate up officially until the contract is signed. Not only does it offer the client something immediate, but shows you know how to deliver value in your space.

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Greg Savage London Recruiter Masterclass SOLD OUT! New date announced

Greg Savage

So, I never expected THAT four months out from the event, but there it is. London Recruiter Masterclass 20th October is SOLD OUT. But, fear not! An extra session is now set for the 19th October So, as the rock promoters say, “Hurry, there will be no more dates announced“ EXTRA London Recruiter Masterclass. 19th […].

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Top 10 In-Demand Banking & Finance Job Titles 2015

Social Talent

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be using Indeed.com’s industry employment trends analytics tools and our powerful sourcing tool, SourceHub , to bring you the Top 10 Most In-Demand Job Titles in each industry, the Top 10 keyword searches performed by job seekers in each industry, and a list of the top employers of people with those skills in the USA, the UK and Ireland, as well as some information regarding the average salary those candidates can expect to receive.

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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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The Future of Sourcing

Allegis Global Solutions

New platforms and tools are wonderful innovations and as the best talent increasingly retreats away from big social networks (such as LinkedIn) these are helping us to plot where that talent may be and giving us ways to find them in the hidden depths of the internet.

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7 Ways to Create a Top-of-the-Line Candidate Experience

Spark Hire

Your job as a hiring professional isn’t just to find the best fit for your company and the job at hand. After all, who’s to say the job candidate you want also wants you? Chances are, your first-choice candidate isn’t just interviewing with your company, but with a handful of others — which is why it’s equally important to sell your company and the position to candidates.

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Who Needs to Be Involved in Your Hiring Process?

Glassdoor for Employers

The worst business mistake you can make is hiring the wrong person, right? This makes a recruiter’s job not just pressure-packed but truly daunting. My advice? Don’t go at it alone! To build and live the ideal hiring and the interview process, involve four to six people: recruiter, hiring manager, team members and your boss. Even if you’ve never formally assembled an interviewing team, for example, I think it’s worth your effort.

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How To Recruit The Most Talented People In The World

SmartRecruiters

“No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else.” In the 1990s, Sun co-founder Bill Joy thus challenged leaders to face the Knowledge Revolution. His quip later became “ Joy’s Law.” Joy was not talking about the old “ war for talent ”—hiring better employees–but a newer one: tapping networks of smart non-employees for innovation and problem-solving horsepower.

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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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What Millennials Want in a Candidate Experience (from an Actual Millennial)

Symphony Talent

Millennially speaking: What makes a great candidate experience? As a millennial who has spent a fair amount of time looking for a job, I’ve learned a ton about the candidate experience (maybe a little too much). I know that there are plenty of articles trying to explain how our crazy millennial minds work and label. Continue Reading → The post What Millennials Want in a Candidate Experience (from an Actual Millennial) appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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25 Awesome Job Interview Tips ;P

Social Talent

If you’re trying to secure that dream job or land that coveted promotion here’s 25 sure-fire ways to get yourself noticed by that interview panel… but we can’t promise it’ll be for the right reasons! Source: ThePoke.co.uk / Via Graduate Fasttrack. Source: ThePoke.co.uk / Via Graduate Fasttrack. Source: ThePoke.co.uk / Via Graduate Fasttrack.

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What’s on the Minds of Job Seekers?

NPA Worldwide

Think you’ve got a handle on job seekers and the current recruiting landscape? You might be wrong. Jobvite’s 2015 Job Seeker Nation Study offers insights into the current job market and how job seekers are approaching their career searches. Some of the most interesting details: Not surprisingly, the overall job market is more robust than it has been in recent years; only 35% of job seekers think it’s gotten harder to find a job — that compares to 60% just two years ago.

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Interviewing Shy Candidates (and How Video Interviewing Can Help)

Spark Hire

A successful hiring manager recognizes that personality type plays a major role in the hiring process. While some people have no problem walking into an interview and answering questions rapid-fire style, others find this totally daunting. For shy candidates, the hiring process can become a nightmare. Working with these individuals and helping to understand how to make them comfortable is important, as it takes all personality types to make a business thrive.

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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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5 Metrics Every Recruiter Should Care About

Glassdoor for Employers

As I sat down to begin this post, I decided to do start out with some good old-fashioned Internet research. Googling the term “recruiting metrics,” I was pleasantly surprised to see how many (potentially) relevant hits were returned, obviously a measure of the topic’s popularity. Hurray for recruiting! However, this happiness quickly subsided as I clicked through the results – I was gravely disappointed with the crap on this topic.

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28,700 Bosses Share Views On Millennials

SmartRecruiters

What should you know before loading up your workforce with today’s young adults — commonly known as millennials ? The folks at Wayne, Pa.-based SkillSurvey , who conduct automated reference checks for thousands of corporate clients, have come up with some fascinating insights, based on what these job candidates’ bosses, mentors and teachers are saying.

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Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 7.13 to 7.17

Symphony Talent

It’s Friday (internal cheer!). Take a half hour to digest some of the best content we found this week on recruitment marketing initiatives. Content of the Week Click, download, open and go. We created a simple blueprint and template that can help you build better candidate personas. Tweet of the Week Our Chief. Continue Reading → The post Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 7.13 to 7.17 appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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How to: Add a LinkedIn Button to Your Gmail Signature

Social Talent

Make your email signature work just that little bit harder for you by adding a link to your LinkedIn profile in the form of a LinkedIn button. Here’s our step-by-step guide for how to do so: Step 1: Go into your Gmail account and open up your Gmail settings by clicking the cog icon in to top right hand corner of your Gmail dashboard, and selecting the Settings option: Step 2: Once inside your Gmail settings, scroll down to the Signature option: Step 3: Open a new tab in your internet brows

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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.