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Example Reference Check Questions

Lever

By the time you’re doing a reference check, you’re attached. You have high hopes that the hours you’ve spent trying to fill your open role are about to pay off, and you’ll be devastated if a candidate’s references don’t give the glowing reviews you want to hear.

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Job hunting recruiter? The advice you need!

Greg Savage

My usual go-to action when I do get a recruiter approach me is to counsel them a little on clear career thinking, and then refer them to a […]. For the first time in a decade, I have been flooded with requests from recently unemployed recruiters looking for assistance. This was unthinkable a few months ago.

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A resilience lesson from a rookie recruiter

Greg Savage

Older recruiting hands will know what I am referring to. The market will turn, and fresh challenges will emerge. It’s likely to be a grind if the market declines. More work for less return. I fear some recruiters […]. The post A resilience lesson from a rookie recruiter first appeared on Greg Savage.

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Character Reference Letter: Example and Tips on How to Write Yours

The Muse

Discover how to write a compelling character reference letter—with examples and tips for making your letter stand out to potential employers.

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Passive Candidate Engagement––A Playbook: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Your Talent Pipeline Active and Flowing

Tap new sources and find the best of the bunch via online reference-checking and candidate referrals. Passive Candidate Engagement – A Playbook: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Your Talent Pipeline Active and Flowing offers a game plan: Play the social media field to engage. Practice ongoing brand awareness and relationship management.

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How Workplaces Are Pivoting to Achieve World Class Cultures for Hiring for 2021

Lever

References to agility and reimagining employee experience proliferate the digital space amid conversations around this upcoming year’s workplace strategies. As well, this McKinsey survey lays the groundwork of technology-fueled speed and efficiency as a key enabler of a high-performance culture; 800 executives.

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How to List a Friend as a Reference (Plus, How to Ask Them!)

The Muse

Wondering how to list a friend as a reference for a job? Learn when it's right, how to ask them, and get a sample recommendation letter to make things easier.

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Soft Skills, Hard Benefits: Assessing the Key Predictors of Successful Hires

Collecting references from former managers and colleagues to collect critical success predictors. Download our eBook and discover how employee soft skills can translate into hard benefits for your company: 6 primary soft skills that will influence a candidate’s future success. What you might be missing and how the process should work.

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The Road Map to Improving the "Quality of Hire" in Your Organization

Speaker: Matt Craven, Talent Acquisition Project Manager, Schneider Electric

Are references enough? What steps do they take to improve the “quality of hire”? Most importantly, how do you measure change in quality of hire? Is interviewing enough? Is using assessment tools enough?

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Dice 2018 Recruitment Automation Report

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies are rapidly changing the way many recruit and hire talent. Read Dice's first-ever Recruitment Automation Report to discover how you can employ new, cutting-edge technologies to source and hire tech talent faster.

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Building AI to Unlearn Bias in Recruiting

Research shows that the hiring process is biased and unfair. While we have made progress to solve this, it’s potentially at risk due to advancements in AI technology. This eBook covers these issues & shows you how AI can ensure workplace diversity.