Sat.Mar 30, 2019 - Fri.Apr 05, 2019

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Darwinism and the Evolution of Recruitment

ConveyIQ

I am old, or to be a little more PC, I have had the opportunity to question why I am in a meeting more than most of the workforce out there today. Over the course of my career, I have seen many changes in the way people do business. When I started working, I had to write…. with a pen and paper.

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Speak Up: Feedback During Hiring Benefits Your Organization

Newton Software

Receiving – or giving- feedback can be the most uncomfortable part of a job. While it’s widely agreed upon that feedback is essential in the workplace, it provokes anxiety and uncertainty for both leaders and employees. Giving feedback can seem confrontational, and most people shy away from that in their lives. It’s not surprising that feedback is avoided or sidestepped by managers and employees.

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How Wells Fargo Achieved Talent Engagement Through Recruiter Enablement

Rally Recruitment Marketing

When rolling out any Recruitment Marketing initiative, grand plans and goals are part of the package. But as practitioners, we must also be prepared for the unintended consequences of what we put out there, whether good or bad. That’s what happened with the Wells Fargo Job Seeker Resource Center. Don’t worry – this story is a happy one. This Job Seeker Resource Center was born out of an idea – a crazy idea, I’ll say – to have a place where any and all questions that candidates

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Scaling With Speed Without Compromising Candidate Quality

Lever

Time to fill and quality of hire are two of the most common metrics that talent acquisition teams track, and for good reason. In today’s competitive talent landscape, time to fill has been increasing dramatically—but hiring managers need their roles filled yesterday. The speed with which you’re able to find and hire a candidate directly impacts your organization’s ability to meet its goals.

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6 Strategies to Navigate Social Determinants of Health for a Better Workplace

In today’s dynamic work landscape, where the lines between personal and professional life blur, understanding the intricate interplay between social determinants of health (SDoH) and emotional wellbeing is paramount. Employers must acknowledge that the whole person comes to work and every aspect of a person’s personal and professional life, especially their mental health, comes with them.

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Sixty Savage Seconds – Recruitment is marketing

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 ‘Recruitment is Marketing’ Let me know what you think! View here. .

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Using a Team Value Proposition to Tell Better Employee Stories

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Company culture and employee experience are important for helping candidates contemplate their next career move. But a top level view isn’t enough for candidates anymore. They want to drill down deeper and find out about the culture and experience on the potential teams they may work on. In fact, LinkedIn found that 42 percent of candidates look for information on how they would fit within a team when exploring new opportunities.

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Google Analytics For Recruiters

Talent Hero Media

Google Analytics can be a very powerful tool for recruiters that helps them understand exactly what is working and what isn't - if they know how to use it. The post Google Analytics For Recruiters appeared first on Talent Hero Media.

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5 Common-Thread Interview Questions to Ask Candidates

Glassdoor for Employers

It is crucial that all involved in the interview process , from hiring decision maker to individual panel members, collectively agree on the role’s success factors. You can do this by parachuting into the targeted role- or discipline-specific areas, compiling questions that extract a candidate’s knowledge, experience, skills and abilities. As well, by noting the common thread that weaves through ‘all’ roles within a company, you can gather questions applicable for nearly every candidate, regardl

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Unconscious bias in recruitment: How can you remove it?

Workable

There’s a lot of talk around diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Companies try to get rid of any form of discrimination from their hiring process. Some of them are actively looking to attract diverse candidates, e.g. by applying blind resume screening methods or by hosting female-only career days. But what happens when the final hiring decision is distorted by unconscious bias?

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Cracking the Culture Code: Interviewing for Culture Fit

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Join Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, for this live webinar as he guides you through an objective interview process that will help your team assess candidate's alignment with your organizational culture. Space is limited, register today!

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You Are What You Search: How to Write Job Posts from the Candidate’s Perspective

Symphony Talent

There are personality tests that will try to make you pick between an apple or orange, red or blue, all in an attempt to collect this series of. The post You Are What You Search: How to Write Job Posts from the Candidate’s Perspective appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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The 8 Most Annoying Behaviors in Meetings

AkkenCloud

Let’s face it, when the alarm goes off in the morning, nobody wakes up excited about having to go meetings at the office that day. Meetings with your team and management are a necessary part of everyone’s job. Most of us like meetings to be productive and brief so that we can return to our daily tasks that are demanded of us as quickly as possible.

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5 Ways Not to Recruit on Twitter

FireFish Software

Twitter can be an excellent tool for recruiting candidates, but the main stumbling block many recruiters face when using Twitter is that they treat it like any other social media platform instead of playing to its unique strengths. Let’s take a look at some of the ways recruiters tend to go wrong when recruiting on Twitter, and most importantly – how to do it right!

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Talent attraction: Why Maslow thinks your job ads suck

Workable

Are you a recruiter in a terrifyingly drab business park 30 minutes from the “cool” downtown core or city center? Getting crickets when you’re trying to fill those crucial developer roles in your non-tech firm, knowing that talented developers are constantly being wooed by software giants or exciting startups? Struggling to attract candidates to your mid-sized “everytown” locale when they’re moving en masse to Silicon Valley, NYC, London or another über-fantastic metropolitan hub?

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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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Sourcing Experts Share Their Top 5 Hacks

SmartRecruiters

Ahead of Sourcing Success 19 on April 9th, experts from Recruitics, SmartDreamers, SmartRecruiters, and VONQ share strategies to win over today’s candidates. Sourcing is defined as the early stage of the recruiting process in which recruiters – or specific ‘sourcers’ on larger teams – discover and reach out to candidates. Think of it like cooking, the better your ingredients, the better the meal at the end (controlling for skill, of course).

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#WorkTrends: Limitless: A New Framework for Employee Engagement

TalentCulture - Recruiting

When Laura Gassner Otting was working as an executive recruiter, she had a revelation: success does not always equal happiness. Over time, she’s come to see that the people who are happiest in their jobs have achieved what she calls “consonance.” “It’s people who have carved their own path, who have figured out, ‘This is the one that I really want to do,’” she says.

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Companies Take the Sting Out of Lay Offs through Outplacement

Undercover Recruiter

Until a few years ago, many people thought that being out of work was a sign of personal failing: “Hmmm, I wonder what he did? I wonder what happened?” Now, being in a job transition comes with less stigma attached — and, with the delivery of outplacement services, less anxiety. In these times of workforce. View Article. Companies Take the Sting Out of Lay Offs through Outplacement Undercover Recruiter - Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Blog.

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Three Reasons Why You’re Not Getting Interviews: How to Create an ATS-Friendly Resume

NPA Worldwide

Today’s guest blogger is Keith Grafman , Founder and Principal of Creative Content Consulting. CCC positions digital identity for your Career, Dating, and Business, with a consistent presence across your digital footprint. For more information, visit: www.CreativeContentConsulting.com. While software automation has simplified the recruitment process for recruiters, staffing specialists, human resources professionals and employers, it has made the hiring process much more challenging for job seek

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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What Employees Really Want From Their Managers

TalentGuard

What Employees Really Want From Their Managers . Employees don’t quit organizations, they quit managers. . It’s a frequently made claim but one that today’s organizations cannot afford to ignore. Re peated studies show that poor management performance is a major reason people leave their jobs. . In fact, employees who rate their line manager’s performance as poor are four times more likely to be job hunting – and 40% are likely to have interviewed for a new job in the last month

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5 New Services Recruiters Should Be Selling to Clients

FireFish Software

One of the hardest things about canvassing for new business in recruitment is that services can be pretty tough to sell. And this is because, unlike products, you can’t see a service; you can’t hold it in your hands to decide if it ‘sparks joy’ before parting with your money. Which is why we need to work a lot harder to help clients and prospects visualise what it is they’ll be paying for if they choose to work with us - and ‘productising’ your recruitment services is a really smart way to do th

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5 Questions You Shouldn’t Ask in an Interview

Undercover Recruiter

When it comes to conducting interviews, there are a handful of questions you simply shouldn’t ask the candidates in front of you. Whether it’s because your words could be misconstrued or cause offence, sometimes you need to look for a way around a certain question if you want to get to know your interviewee without. View Article. 5 Questions You Shouldn’t Ask in an Interview Undercover Recruiter - Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Blog.

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Employee Recognition: The Key to Employee Satisfaction

TalentLyft

Employee recognition is the key to employee satisfaction. Employee recognition is a very effective and easily implemented, yet often overlooked strategy for improving employee’s satisfaction. Only 35% of employees haven’t received any form of recognition for good work in the last year. Read More.

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Future-proof your I-9 compliance for 2024

Speaker: Join I-9 Experts:

Got I-9 compliance on your mind? Spending endless amounts of time ensuring you stay compliant? Get your questions answered with an expert panel from WorkBright. During this one-hour webinar, Workbright will dive deep into I-9 best practices, navigate the nuances of the new 2023 'alternative procedure,' and learn actionable ways to ensure your audit trail is squeaky clean.

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Webinar Recap and Recording: Uncovering Talent In The Deep Web

SmartSearch

On Wednesday, March 27, SmartSearch sponsored a webinar for clients and others interested in learning how to use the deep web to uncover information and data about people when sourcing. Presenter Shally Steckerl discussed the various techniques and methodologies people can use as part of their sourcing and recruiting strategy. To begin, information and data that is hidden and inaccessible through standard web browsers are considered part of the Deep Web and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

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5 Ways to Tick Off Your Employees and Drive Away Top Talent

Recruiter

We might never deliberately set out to confound our employees, but many of us manage to anyway. You may not realize it, but many common management behaviors only drive top performers into the arms of your more forward-thinking, dynamic competitors. Here are five ways managers send ambitious employees running for the hills.

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The Importance of Benefits & Perks

Undercover Recruiter

As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing and lifestyle. Doing so will. View Article.

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A Stress Management Plan: Field-Tested Tips And Techniques For Busting Workplace Stress

RecruitmentJuice

Recruitment is not an easy business to get into. While it can definitely be a rewarding industry, you’d have to be tough to excel in this highly competitive environment. Chasing and buttering up great candidates while making sure you still meet the over-the-top requirements of the clients can constantly trigger and escalate your stress levels. […].

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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#STRIVE19 Speaker Spotlight: Adam Godson

Yello

Name : Adam Godson. Your current role/title: Senior Vice President, Global Technology Solutions at Cielo. Favorite place you’ve traveled (or would like to): I took a few days in Denmark last year which I very much enjoyed. Everyone was happy and friendly. Fun fact about you people may not know: Early in my career, I worked in HR during the day and was an EMT and firefighter at night.

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5 reasons you should use tech recruitment software

Hacker Earth

When used effectively, talent assessment tools can have a major impact on key performance indicators (KPIs), such as cost-to-and time per-hire, hiring managers’ satisfaction, employee retention, performance, and engagement.” –Aberdeen Group Study (May 2015). We could not agree more. The same study reveals the following: Businesses that use talent assessment tools are 36% more likely to be satisfied with their new hire.

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[Ep.6] 3 Common Pitfalls You Need to Avoid With Employee-Powered Recruiting

Firmplay

SUBSCRIBE TO FIRMPLAY'S NEWSLETTER. Email *. Success! You’ll be the first to know when there’s a new post :). There’s good news and bad news. The bad news: we see Talent Acquisition teams stumble over the same three challenges time and again when they tap into their non-TA colleagues for recruiting. The good news: avoiding these pitfalls is easy if you know what to look for.