Sat.Mar 14, 2020 - Fri.Mar 20, 2020

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Here’s What We’ve Learned From Our First Two Weeks Working From Home

ClearCompany Recruiting

These are unprecedented times, but amongst the uncertainty, there’s one silver lining: We’re all in this together. Like many businesses across the globe, ClearCompany has sent our team home to work from a safe distance. The transition from a shared office to an at-home workspace isn’t always easy, but we’re discovering new ways to make it better every day.

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5 Potential Impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Recruitment Marketing Industry

Recruitics

The World Health Organization has officially labeled Coronavirus, or COVID-19, a pandemic -- a term director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted “is not a word to be used lightly.” The highly contagious illness has now spread to more than 100 countries with no signs of slowing down any time soon.

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Are Those Job 'Requirements' Really Required?

Recruiter

Does the customer service job you're hiring for really require an undergraduate degree? Do you really need a candidate with 10-15 years of experience for a mid-level engineering position? In recent years, employers have been missing out on quality talent by enforcing overly rigid sets of standard requirements. One possible culprit behind the trend?

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Top Ten Tips for Working from Home

Recruiting Blogs

We are lucky enough to be living through times where technology can support businesses and keep the economy going. Here are my top tips for working from home. Get dressed each morning. As tempting as it is to stay in your pyjamas, don’t. Getting dressed changes your mindset and reminds you still need to be working. Use a reliable video tool such as Zoom, Skype, Teams or any of the other many options available.

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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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Control What You Can in a Recruitment Crisis

NPA Worldwide

I think it’s safe to say EVERYONE feels a little panic and uncertainty as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe. We are hearing jittery comments and seeing knee-jerk reactions from politicians, business leaders, recruiters and more. While there is no doubt we’re in a highly stressful situation, it’s good to remind ourselves that it WILL end, the economy WILL recover, the stock market WILL climb, and normalcy WILL return.

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Recruiters, this is our time to step up!

Greg Savage

Now is the time for recruiters to support their clients, their candidates, and importantly, each other. My last three weeks has been taken up with emergency client meetings, planning a response to COVID-19. Working remotely is front and centre of most plans. However, there is a sense of “what can we really do from home […].

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Seven helpful tips if you struggle to work from home

Social Talent

In the recent Remote Work Report by Zapier, 95% of U.S. knowledge workers reported wanting to work remotely. The lure of lie ins and pyjamas is understandable, but many of us struggle when we’re taken out of our usual working environment. Whether it’s space, time management or just not being able to resist the cookie jar, when you’re not prepared, working from home can be a lot less efficient than you thought. .

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Work From Home: Has The Future of Work Arrived?

Glassdoor for Employers

Many have heralded work from home arrangements as the future of work. This, coupled with advances in technology, have made it easier than ever to stay connected. And crucially, as hiring has become increasingly competitive over the past decade, employers have responded by expanding benefits like working from home to give employees more flexibility. However, the novel coronavirus outbreak has forced companies’ hands to encourage or mandate employees to work from home.

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Put Your Pants On! Plus 5 Other Tips to Successfully Work from Home

Recruitics

With the spread of COVID-19, more people are working from home. Whether you are a pro or novice at remote work, we can all agree that it's not as easy as it sounds. It takes a great amount of self-discipline, motivation and focus to remain productive… during a time that we all need to dig even deeper than before to combat new challenges.

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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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Together, We Can Beat This: Indeed Responds to COVID-19

Indeed

A challenge like the coronavirus is unprecedented in modern times. Who would have thought even two weeks ago that we would all be where we are now, with borders closed, city centers in lockdown, and many people facing uncertainty over their jobs and businesses? . Things are changing by the minute, and how long the situation will continue, we don’t know.

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COVID-19: How HR is Responding

Brandon Hall

By Claude Werder , Vice President and Principal HCM Analyst, Brandon Hall Group. Employers are still in the early stages of responding to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Brandon Hall Group ’s pulse survey of more than 100 organizations shows most organizations are taking an assertive yet judicious approach to adjust how work is done and how employees are trained.

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Why Gen Z Should Consider HR Internships

Recruiting Blogs

Jake Rosenberg guest authored this post. He had reached out to us proactively after reading some of our research and offered to contribute to our blog. It’s always great to meet smart and ambitious people in this space. It’s even better when they share their knowledge with the rest of the community! Whether you are someone who plans to work full-time in Human Resources one day or not, an internship in HR can be valuable on many different levels.

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Now is the Time to Earn Your Employees’ Trust

Brandon Hall

By Claude Werder , Senior Vice President and Principal HCM Analyst, Brandon Hall Group. “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” This old saying aptly applies to the COVID-19 crisis. Everything in the workplace has changed, but what employees need from their employers and leaders remains the same. In Brandon Hall Group’s 2020 Employee Engagement Study, organizations told us these were the most important steps to improve engagement : Create a sense of belonging.

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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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20+ best recruitment blogs to follow

Devskiller

The world of recruitment is a bumpy one: you need to have eyes on the back of your head to know what is going on and how to adjust to the latest changes. . No matter if you just started your journey as a recruiter or you are an experienced one, you can never have too many resources to follow. What is more, you should regularly update the list to make sure you miss nothing.

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This is for OWNERS/MANAGERS of recruitment companies in Covid-19 crisis

Greg Savage

This is an ’emergency blog’ being put out on a Sunday to assist with conversations you will be having this week. I hope it helps you. I have had dozens of crisis meetings with owners in the past week, about how to respond to the current situation. Mostly those conversations start frenetically – ideas and […].

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Affordable Ideas to Jump Start Small Business Recruiting

Lever

Multiple, competing demands and a plethora of platforms from which to choose leaves many small businesses to wonder: how can I recruit? How can I compete versus the deep-pocketed Fortune 50s in deploying my employer brand, exhilarating the candidate base with my. Read More. The post Affordable Ideas to Jump Start Small Business Recruiting appeared first on Lever.

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Tribe TV: How the Coronavirus Affects Recruiting

Proactive Talent

The impact of the coronavirus is undeniable in our society and especially in the world of work. Layoffs and hiring freezes threaten our economy and cause concern for the future. Despite the worrisome outlook so many businesses are experiencing, there is a great opportunity for those enterprises willing to heed the advice herein.

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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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Attract Qualified Candidates Like a Growth Hacker

ApplicantPro

If you didn’t watch last week’s Talent Funnel video. you should check it out before you carry on with today’s attraction funnel. Have you ever wondered how efficient your sourcing actually is? Or how each area of your sourcing process is really affecting your hiring results? Today, finding the right talent without effective sourcing methods is like trying to find a needle in the haystack.

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How to manage a remote team successfully pt 1: Communication

Social Talent

Working from home is a huge part of the global response to stop the spread of COVID-19. As a result, more people than ever before are setting up their home offices. While there are many benefits – reduced costs for travel, parking and food being just a few – remote working also presents its own set of challenges. . The solution to these challenges lies with managers.

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Adapting to Distance: Lever Doing Its Part

Lever

There are some things you prepare for as a leader, and then there are challenges like the global crisis we face today. In my case, I had been prepared to lead our team toward many things—our growth goals, our product launches. Like. Read More. The post Adapting to Distance: Lever Doing Its Part appeared first on Lever.

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Business and Health Resources Related to the Coronavirus

Proactive Talent

These are interesting times. The coronavirus has made made a significant change to the way we work, do business and live our lives.

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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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COVID-19: An Update From Our President, Chad Lane

Allegis Global Solutions

The past few weeks have brought unprecedented change to the world around us, prompting companies to act quickly to take care of their people first, then figure out how to operate in a rapidly changing work environment. And things are indeed changing every day. Uncertainty abounds. But one thing is certain: As a talent leader, AGS is in a position to lead through uncertainty.

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Are You Managing Your Employer Brand in Difficult Times? Now's the Time!

Recruitics

With all the uproar and preparedness planning as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, companies are scrambling to come up with remote working strategies for social distancing, having discussions on how to best manage existing talent and pipelines, going back to the drawing board on hiring forecasts for the year, and more. These are all essential adjustments necessary to ride this bumpy road.

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Virtual Interviewing Changes in Light of COVID-19

Lever

Many of us are having to confront a new reality in which remote work and social distancing are either mandatory or highly encouraged. At Lever, we’ve decided to move to a fully remote model for interviewing, and we anticipate that this already. Read More. The post Virtual Interviewing Changes in Light of COVID-19 appeared first on Lever.

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Free Consultation with Proactive Talent FOR A LIMITED TIME

Proactive Talent

During this time, we want to help companies adapt to the changing environment. It's what we do. We know many companies are needing help to navigate difficult employer brand, recruiting, and remote work life balance challenges during this CoronaVirus crisis and we're here to help- free of charge.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.