Sat.Jan 05, 2019 - Fri.Jan 11, 2019

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Gender-blind hiring is BS. Here’s why so many companies are failing.

Recruiting Daily

Blind hiring aims to remove any and all identifying information (personal, demographic, etc.) from the recruiting process so that recruiters and hiring managers can evaluate candidates based on their abilities alone. Sounds good in theory, right? The reality of blind hiring is something different altogether. So much so that recruiters, as well as […].

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Gray Area: A Simple Framework for Winning with the Aging Workforce

Breezy HR

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Candidate Quality: How Your Job Description Helps You Get Closer to the Hire

Indeed

Do you ever look at your candidate list and wonder why some people thought the position you posted was a good fit for them? You’ve read through their background and are unable to connect the dots. Well, you’re not alone. Although finding a new hire can be time consuming, the process will be much faster if you set the appropriate expectations about your positions early on.

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How to Define Your Employee Value Proposition: The DIY Approach

Rally Recruitment Marketing

If you want to take charge of your company’s Employer Brand, a good place to start is by defining your Employee Value Proposition (EVP). Your EVP consists of the tangible and intangible rewards (i.e. the value) employees can expect in exchange for their time and effort working for your company. The EVP is all about understanding why your employees love working for your company.

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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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An unforgettable welcome for your new hire

Lever

At Lever, the moment a new hire signs an offer letter is the best part of our day. We have the same high bar for everyone who joins our 200+ person team, so whether we built a relationship with a candidate for months or we sped them through a whirlwind, week-long process, we’re never less than completely pumped at the prospect of welcoming a new member on board.

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Machine Learning and The Future of Hiring

Social Talent

The future of recruitment is inherently connected with the future of tech, and as advances are made in the world of machine learning it is important for those in the business of hiring to take notice. So, what is machine learning? How will it change the future of recruitment? And, why should you know about it? What is machine learning? Machine Learning is a vast and complex area of data science, impossible to surmise in a few sentences.

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Soft Marketing for Recruitment Marketers: What is it and What’s the ROI?

Rally Recruitment Marketing

In traditional marketing, we sometimes talk about hard versus soft marketing techniques. This isn’t a topic I’ve seen explored much from a Recruitment Marketing perspective, but I think it’s worth talking about because it can be easy for organizations to prioritize hard marketing approaches at the expense of soft marketing – but both are really important!

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Maximizing Your Recruitment Marketing with Programmatic

Proactive Talent

Say you and your friend both own the exact same Dodge Ram pick-up truck, but one of you uses it to tow a boat to the lake and the other uses it for mostly inner-city commuting. You’re going to have drastically different MPGs, but it isn’t due to the vehicle, it’s because of the way it was driven. While you have the same vehicle (technology) the goals and objectives are much different (outcomes).

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Global Employment Trends: How Hiring Models Are Evolving.

Allegis Global Solutions

Given the talent shortages across North America, and the EMEA and APAC regions, companies are feeling the pressure to improve their ability to secure the workforce they need, and employers will continue to engage talent solutions partners to better acquire and manage talent across all work models.

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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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9 Strategies to Attract More Women in Tech

Glassdoor for Employers

Hiring and retaining women to work in STEM fields presents a unique challenge for employers. Women constitute slightly more than half of college-educated workers, but make up only 25% of college-educated STEM workers.(1). However, employers who invest in hiring and retaining women in STEM careers can reap significant rewards. The World Economic Forum has projected that correcting gender segregation in employment and in entrepreneurship could increase aggregate productivity globally by as much as

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How to Shape Your Employee Value Proposition: The DIY Approach!

Rally Recruitment Marketing

If you want to take charge of your company’s Employer Brand, a good place to start is by defining your Employee Value Proposition (EVP). Your EVP consists of the tangible and intangible rewards (i.e. the value) employees can expect in exchange for their time and effort working for your company. The EVP is all about understanding why your employees love working for your company.

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Exploring the HR Cloud + JazzHR Integration

JazzHR

Guest blog written by: Alex Steinbrook of HR Cloud. From Applicant Tracking to Employee Engagement. For the better part of the last decade, both JazzHR and HR Cloud have been serving the human resources community by building intuitive software solutions. But while JazzHR has focused primarily on the recruitment process, HR Cloud has honed in on the onboarding and management phase of the employee lifecycle.

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The Biggest Recruitment Trends 2019

Social Talent

At SocialTalent , we know that recruitment news travels fast. With the hustle and bustle of working life, it can be hard to keep track of the latest news and trends in the world of hiring. That’s why every Friday we bring you the latest innovations, breakthroughs and big news in our industry. Looking for a pay rise? These UK cities will see a salary increase in 2019.

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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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Why Recruiting Older Workers Adds Value to the Bottom-Line

Glassdoor for Employers

Why would you hire a 45-, 55- or 65-year old candidate when a 25- or 35-year old job seeker is available? What areas of value do people with more years behind them than possibly ahead of them bring to the workplace? How do you seek out and vet candidates in their more advanced career years who will enhance both the culture and the performance of your company?

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2019 Recruiting Trend Predictions: Recruiting Feedback-Driven Hiring

Survale

So every year we see a crop of recruiting trend predictions coming from everywhere. Most are self-serving and this article is no different. The rise of recruiting feedback driven culture looms so large on the recruiting horizon that I can’t ignore the prediction, even though I am co-founder of the platform that is in large part enabling this trend. While it may be self-serving to predict that 2019 will be an inflection point for recruiting feedback-driven culture, I forward the prediction from a

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From Applicant Tracking to Employee Engagement: Exploring the HR Cloud + JazzHR Integration

JazzHR

For the better part of the last decade, both JazzHR and HR Cloud have been serving the human resources community by building intuitive software solutions. But while JazzHR has focused primarily on the recruitment process, HR Cloud has honed in on the onboarding and management phase of the employee lifecycle. Today we’re excited to announce that HR Cloud and JazzHR are partnering together to give HR departments a complete solution!

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4 Truths About Moving From Agency Recruitment to In-House

Social Talent

This time of the year can be one of the most popular times to change jobs. Perhaps you are enjoying working in the recruitment industry but are still looking for a change? Noa Ferber discusses her move from a recruitment agency to a position in-house and the trials and tribulations that came with it. My first week moving to a position as in-house recruiter role was terrifying.

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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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I Want It That Way: Personalizing Recruitment Automation Messages

Katrina Kibben

How do you personalize recruitment automation and make candidates feel something even when the machine is doing the talking? The post I Want It That Way: Personalizing Recruitment Automation Messages appeared first on Three Ears Media Blog.

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“New Year, New Me” – How about the real you?

The Whiteboard

Self-improvement is rife at this time of year, innit? Positive intent is in the water. Gyms are full. Skin glows. Social media is awash with “New Year, New Me!” posts. Resolutions abound. It all looks like hard work, if you ask me. Of course some kind souls set themselves meaningful, achievable resolutions, but so many bang a list of unrealistic expectations on the wall then beat themselves up when it doesn’t work out.

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3 Capabilities the Software Industry Needs, to Solve the Developer Talent Crunch

Entrepreneur

Today, we see more and more job descriptions for developers asking not only for test-driven experience but also behavior-driven design and development experience.

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Which Countries Work The Most Hours?

Social Talent

We all like to believe that we work the hardest. But there’s a big difference between working hard and working long hours. After a previous post highlighted which countries take the most holidays, we thought it would be interesting to see which countries worked the longest hours. RS Components have created a beautiful infographic that details the typical amount of hours worked in each country.

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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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How to Build a High-Performance Recruitment Team for 2019

FireFish Software

The whole concept of what makes a ‘good’ recruiter, and what’s needed to create a high-performance recruitment team, has changed a lot in the last 5-10 years. Yet, as an industry we’re stuck in our ways: We still look to the same old sh*t KPIs, techniques and strategies when building our teams. But this needs to change if we want to continue getting the best out of our recruitment teams in 2019 and beyond.

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Meaningful Engagement: Making Your One-on-Ones Matter

Indeed

One-on-one meetings can sometimes feel like trips to the doctor. Most people need them, and some of us dread them. But if you show up, share the necessary information and work together, your health will improve, and you’ll both be more meaningfully engaged in your well-being. Whether it’s in the doctor’s office or a one-on-one, the risks of not working together effectively can have serious consequences.

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Using Video in Recruitment: Interview with Abby Cheesman, Co-founder at Skill Scout

TalentLyft

We interviewed Abby Cheesman, a Co-founder at Skill Scout. We asked her about the video recruitment best practices and challenges. Abbyy also presented great insights, tactics and examples of using videos to attract, hire and develop talent. Read More.

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How To Source Amazing Contractors on LinkedIn

Social Talent

Welcome to SocialTalent’s Live & Learn Series! Each week we gift you with a little bit of info that will help smoothen your recruitment process and expand your knowledge of your industry. With this Live & Learn series we promise to keep it: Short. Simple. Ready to use! Sound good to you? Let’s begin! Sourcing Contractors on LinkedIn. Johnny Campbell helps you get the most out of LinkedIn by thinking outside the box when it comes to searching for contractors.

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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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6 of the Worst Job Ads of 2018

FireFish Software

As recruiters, we pride ourselves in writing great job ads, but of course we don’t get it right 100% of the time – and neither do employers. But to make ourselves feel better, let’s take a minute to reflect on a few of the worst, most cringey and downright outrageous job ads to have hit our computer screens in 2018.

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7 Ways to Perfect Your Candidate Application Journey [Infographic]

RecruitLoop

Editor’s Note: This post is by Paul Slezak, Cofounder and CEO of RecruitLoop – the World’s largest marketplace of expert Recruiters and Sourcers available on-demand. As a candidate progresses through your job application process, their candidate journey is made up of all the touch points they have with your organisation. This candidate application journey will play a big part in how your brand […].

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Yes, Your Employees Are Probably Looking for Other Jobs. Stop Trying to Fight It.

TalentCulture - Recruiting

With low unemployment and growing demand for talent, it’s absolutely a job seeker’s market out there right now. A survey last year found that 82 percent of workers were open to new employment opportunities, and Gallup data from 2015 and 2016 indicated that half of all employees in the U.S. were actively seeking new jobs. The ongoing talent crunch means a huge percentage of job applicants are actively employed at other companies.

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