This week's top recruiting news from around the web:
Yes, There’s a Skills Deficit, But How About Just Filling Some Open Jobs?So the unemployment rate went up a little in May, from 7.5 percent to 7.6 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics deems this increase as “essentially unchanged.” That’s despite 175,000 more people working. How does this math work?
Why the New Internship Ruling is Bad For College Students
Think requiring companies to pay interns is a good idea? It's not. When a U.S. federal judge ruled that Fox Searchlight had illegally not paid a couple of interns, people started to freak out. This is fantastic! Now all interns will be paid! Yeah, peace on earth! Prosperity for all!
New College Grads Aren’t Ready for Work, Survey Says
Hiring managers aren’t impressed with the class of 2013. A slim majority (53 percent) of U.S. employers plan to hire recent grads this year, according to a survey of more than 450 human resources professionals released by the Society for Human Resource Management.
Small-Business Hiring Snapshot (Infographic)
iring a new employee is an especially big deal as a small-business owner. If you are thinking about adding to your staff, you might wonder whether others are doing the same.
The Myth of Being a Highly Selective Employer
We all think it, don’t we? We all want to believe in this notion that we only hire the best and brightest – we only hire quality. We are ‘highly’ selective. We’ll show our executives really cool data that shows how ‘highly’ selective we are. Number of applicants per hire – 25,000 people applied for this position and we only took the best 1!
How To Recruit Veterans
Between all U.S. military branches, there are almost 1.5 million Americans currently serving our country and nearly 250,000 of those service members transition out of the armed services every year. Chances are your company could benefit from hiring a veteran.
iRecruit Webinar Dates June 2013
Announcing the iRecruit
webinar presentation schedule for June 2013. Learn how to take control
of your applicant tracking and recruitment process, and manage your
applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database.
About iRecruit
iRecruit is a web-based applicant
tracking software designed to provide any size of business a cost effective,
affordable and simple way to handle their recruiting process online. iRecruit
provides you with your own career center that will allow your applicants to
select the position they are interested in, and apply online through your
website!
Weekly demos, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (Register Today), or call us at
1-800-517-9099 to schedule a demo at your convenience.
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting news this week: how to improve your search engine optimization of job listings, and all about video interviewing, 12 questions to bring out the best in candidates, and how hiring managers can make mistakes with candidates.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Job Postings
What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for job postings? Keywords, that make your job searchable. Think like an applicant. What are you looking for when you're searching for a position? In job aggregators like Indeed.com, that iRecruit posts your positions to automatically, applicants will use keywords, and locations to find positions they're interested in.
iRecruit Webinar Dates April 2013
Announcing the iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for April 2013. Learn how to take control of your applicant tracking process, and manage your applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database. We have weekly webinar demos scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (US). Or contact us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a webinar at your convenience.
Using HR analytics to pinpoint your ‘cost of hire’
Just how much does it cost your company to hire a new employee? HR analytics expert Marco Padovani offers a plan to find out — and points out some of the danger zones you may have to navigate. With compliance dates for the Affordable Care Act looming, understanding your true cost per hire is more important than ever.
The Four P’s of Job Interviewing
We all know that the interviewing process can be a nail-biting, stressful time for some. Particularly if you are applying for entry into a coveted position with a highly sought after company, you might get put “through the wringer” in multiple rounds of interviews. Interviewing however, can be a gratifying experience if you are ready for the process. The 4 P’s of interviewing have gotten me through many interview processes successfully.
12 Interview Questions That Will Reveal the Very Best Candidates
If you’re not getting exceptional hires, it may be because your traditional interview process is simply not designed to excite them. Instead of dwelling on the past, a superior alternative is to ask them to solve real problems, and to demonstrate that they are forward-looking and that they have solutions for the future.
The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century
The sexiest job of the 21st century is not a social media entrepreneur nor Hollywood producer. If you take a cue from the Harvard Business Review, the title goes to data scientists. That’s right. Data scientist, as in, the type of person who can write computer code and harness the power of big data to come up with innovative ways to use it for companies like Google (GOOG), Amazon (AMZN), and Yahoo! (YHOO).
Not Yet Video Interviewing? Now You Have No Excuse
If you aren’t already using video for interviewing, what are you waiting for? More and more employers all the time are finding that conducting at least an initial, live interview can save them both money and time, and can give them a better sense of their candidates than even an in-depth phone screen.
The Top 10 Mistakes Hiring Managers Make When Courting Candidates
It takes two to tango, but only one to tangle things up. Here’s my list of the top 10 mistakes hiring managers make during the candidate courtship.
About iRecruit
iRecruit is a web-based applicant tracking software designed to provide any size of business a cost effective, affordable and simple way to handle their recruiting process online. iRecruit provides you with your own career center that will allow your applicants to select the position they are interested in, and apply online through your website!
Weekly demos, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (Register Today), or call us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a demo at your convenience.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Job Postings
What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for job postings? Keywords, that make your job searchable. Think like an applicant. What are you looking for when you're searching for a position? In job aggregators like Indeed.com, that iRecruit posts your positions to automatically, applicants will use keywords, and locations to find positions they're interested in.
iRecruit Webinar Dates April 2013
Announcing the iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for April 2013. Learn how to take control of your applicant tracking process, and manage your applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database. We have weekly webinar demos scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (US). Or contact us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a webinar at your convenience.
Using HR analytics to pinpoint your ‘cost of hire’
Just how much does it cost your company to hire a new employee? HR analytics expert Marco Padovani offers a plan to find out — and points out some of the danger zones you may have to navigate. With compliance dates for the Affordable Care Act looming, understanding your true cost per hire is more important than ever.
The Four P’s of Job Interviewing
We all know that the interviewing process can be a nail-biting, stressful time for some. Particularly if you are applying for entry into a coveted position with a highly sought after company, you might get put “through the wringer” in multiple rounds of interviews. Interviewing however, can be a gratifying experience if you are ready for the process. The 4 P’s of interviewing have gotten me through many interview processes successfully.
12 Interview Questions That Will Reveal the Very Best Candidates
If you’re not getting exceptional hires, it may be because your traditional interview process is simply not designed to excite them. Instead of dwelling on the past, a superior alternative is to ask them to solve real problems, and to demonstrate that they are forward-looking and that they have solutions for the future.
The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century
The sexiest job of the 21st century is not a social media entrepreneur nor Hollywood producer. If you take a cue from the Harvard Business Review, the title goes to data scientists. That’s right. Data scientist, as in, the type of person who can write computer code and harness the power of big data to come up with innovative ways to use it for companies like Google (GOOG), Amazon (AMZN), and Yahoo! (YHOO).
Not Yet Video Interviewing? Now You Have No Excuse
If you aren’t already using video for interviewing, what are you waiting for? More and more employers all the time are finding that conducting at least an initial, live interview can save them both money and time, and can give them a better sense of their candidates than even an in-depth phone screen.
The Top 10 Mistakes Hiring Managers Make When Courting Candidates
It takes two to tango, but only one to tangle things up. Here’s my list of the top 10 mistakes hiring managers make during the candidate courtship.
About iRecruit
iRecruit is a web-based applicant tracking software designed to provide any size of business a cost effective, affordable and simple way to handle their recruiting process online. iRecruit provides you with your own career center that will allow your applicants to select the position they are interested in, and apply online through your website!
Weekly demos, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (Register Today), or call us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a demo at your convenience.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting news this week: Hiring Veterans is good for business, video interviewing, the world-wide skills shortage, and perspective on the entitlement of employees.
iRecruit Webinar Dates April 2013
Announcing the iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for April 2013. Learn how to take control of your applicant tracking process, and manage your applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database. We have weekly webinar demos scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (US). Or contact us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a webinar at your convenience.
http://irecruitsoftware.blogspot.com/2013/03/irecruit-webinar-dates-april-2013.html
5 Tales from Awesomely Awkward Job Interviews
Blanking on the recruiter’s name or forgetting to bring copies of your résumé may not endear you to a prospective employer. However, you can take heart in the fact that your error wasn’t so horrible it will be remembered (and shared) for years to come. Not all interviewees are so lucky.
6 Reasons Why Video Interviewing Will Soon Go Mainstream
Enterprise tech is “hot” for the right reasons. The barriers to entry, once the sole domain of the tech behemoths, are diminishing, and it is now cheaper than ever to build software that can be accessed by anyone, from any place, at anytime.
Entitlement: Your Biggest Flaw?
I was on a panel last night at my alma mater Boston University, and someone asked me what one thing someone could do to absolutely, positively, guarantee that I’d never give them their first job. The answer was pretty simple: If they came in with even the slightest sense of entitlement, I’d never hire them. Whether you’re fresh out of college looking for your first break, or the CEO heading to a new CEO position, entitlement can hurt you. No one wants to work with someone entitled. It just isn’t fun. And trust me, if you’re entitled, you won’t have your job for long.
The Skills Gap Heard Round The World
Companies in the top ten world economies report losses in productivity and revenue due to a skills gap, survey finds. Think you’ve got it bad trying to find skilled labor? You should see the other guys. According to CareerBuilder’s most recent survey, the U.S. isn’t the only country that’s feeling the hurt of a skills gap – far from it, in fact. Of the countries with the largest gross domestic product, China seems to be suffering the most from vacant positions, where 81 percent of employers in China say they have open positions they cannot fill.
Hiring Veterans Is Good Business. So Why Don't We Do It More Often?
Ten years after the start of the Iraq War, we're all familiar with the case for hiring veterans: they're mature, responsible, have significant managerial experience, and are used to chaotic, ambiguous environments. Many possess skills that are highly transferable. So why is the gap between veteran and nonveteran unemployment rates 9.4% and 7.9% respectively?
About iRecruit
iRecruit is a web-based applicant tracking software designed to provide any size of business a cost effective, affordable and simple way to handle their recruiting process online. iRecruit provides you with your own career center that will allow your applicants to select the position they are interested in, and apply online through your website!
Weekly demos, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (Register Today), or call us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a demo at your convenience.
iRecruit Webinar Dates April 2013
Announcing the iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for April 2013. Learn how to take control of your applicant tracking process, and manage your applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database. We have weekly webinar demos scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (US). Or contact us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a webinar at your convenience.
http://irecruitsoftware.blogspot.com/2013/03/irecruit-webinar-dates-april-2013.html
5 Tales from Awesomely Awkward Job Interviews
Blanking on the recruiter’s name or forgetting to bring copies of your résumé may not endear you to a prospective employer. However, you can take heart in the fact that your error wasn’t so horrible it will be remembered (and shared) for years to come. Not all interviewees are so lucky.
6 Reasons Why Video Interviewing Will Soon Go Mainstream
Enterprise tech is “hot” for the right reasons. The barriers to entry, once the sole domain of the tech behemoths, are diminishing, and it is now cheaper than ever to build software that can be accessed by anyone, from any place, at anytime.
Entitlement: Your Biggest Flaw?
I was on a panel last night at my alma mater Boston University, and someone asked me what one thing someone could do to absolutely, positively, guarantee that I’d never give them their first job. The answer was pretty simple: If they came in with even the slightest sense of entitlement, I’d never hire them. Whether you’re fresh out of college looking for your first break, or the CEO heading to a new CEO position, entitlement can hurt you. No one wants to work with someone entitled. It just isn’t fun. And trust me, if you’re entitled, you won’t have your job for long.
The Skills Gap Heard Round The World
Companies in the top ten world economies report losses in productivity and revenue due to a skills gap, survey finds. Think you’ve got it bad trying to find skilled labor? You should see the other guys. According to CareerBuilder’s most recent survey, the U.S. isn’t the only country that’s feeling the hurt of a skills gap – far from it, in fact. Of the countries with the largest gross domestic product, China seems to be suffering the most from vacant positions, where 81 percent of employers in China say they have open positions they cannot fill.
Hiring Veterans Is Good Business. So Why Don't We Do It More Often?
Ten years after the start of the Iraq War, we're all familiar with the case for hiring veterans: they're mature, responsible, have significant managerial experience, and are used to chaotic, ambiguous environments. Many possess skills that are highly transferable. So why is the gap between veteran and nonveteran unemployment rates 9.4% and 7.9% respectively?
About iRecruit
iRecruit is a web-based applicant tracking software designed to provide any size of business a cost effective, affordable and simple way to handle their recruiting process online. iRecruit provides you with your own career center that will allow your applicants to select the position they are interested in, and apply online through your website!
Weekly demos, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (Register Today), or call us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a demo at your convenience.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting Roundup: This week hiring veterans, recruiting trends to watch in 2013, how you can improve your career website and more ... this
week's top recruiting stories from around the web.
20 Recruiting Trends to Watch for in 2013
If you are going to be strategic, you must be forward looking. Obviously forward-looking people stay aware of current trends. I’ve written extensively on recruiting trends, but the definition of “a trend” means that a significant group of firms have already implemented the practice.
Real Reference Checks Require These 8 Steps
A few days ago I received a call from a business owner conducting a reference check on a former co-worker of mine. She kept me on the phone for nearly a half hour to ask me several probing questions about the potential hire. I’ve fielded many reference calls over the years, but none of them were as strong as this one.
Military Matters: Why Hiring Veterans and Their Families Should Be Top Priority for HR Leaders
As a U.S. Navy veteran and talent acquisition professional for America’s leading physical security services company, I commit each and every work day to pursuing gainful employment of our country’s military.
Seasonal hiring gets underway
The National Retail Federation is forecasting a healthy holiday season ahead, expecting more part-time and seasonal jobs to be created this year versus last year. To find out what kinds of jobs are available right now and where they are, we analyzed more than 80,000 jobs on Indeed that have relevant seasonal and part-time job title keywords.
Do You Use Phone Interviews to Screen?
Companies that are growing quickly invest a lot of staff time in interviewing and selecting the right candidates for their jobs. Participative companies like to hold small group interviews in which four or five employees meet with each candidate in the first round interview.
Veterans Employment Prospects Improve, But Women Vets Still Struggle
As the nation prepares to celebrate Veteran’s Day Sunday, there is encouraging news about the progress American business has made in hiring veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The 12 Ways You Can Improve Your Corporate Careers Site
It’s amazing how many companies say that “people are at the heart of our business.” Oh really? So how come so few employers bother to really develop their careers site to try to attract absolutely the best person for the job? How many bother to develop it beyond a simple list of current vacancies?
How to get more female applicants with one word
The wage gap between men and women is notoriously tricky to account for. Over the course of a lifetime, women make, on average, 72 percent of what men earn—but it's not clear why. Some point to the fact that many women take extended amounts of time off from work when they have children. Others say women pick jobs in fields that aren't as highly paid as jobs men are drawn to. Others blame sexism, whether implicit or explicit.
Looking for more? Check out last week's Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web, or follow @cmsirecruit on Twitter for regular updates.
20 Recruiting Trends to Watch for in 2013
If you are going to be strategic, you must be forward looking. Obviously forward-looking people stay aware of current trends. I’ve written extensively on recruiting trends, but the definition of “a trend” means that a significant group of firms have already implemented the practice.
Real Reference Checks Require These 8 Steps
A few days ago I received a call from a business owner conducting a reference check on a former co-worker of mine. She kept me on the phone for nearly a half hour to ask me several probing questions about the potential hire. I’ve fielded many reference calls over the years, but none of them were as strong as this one.
Military Matters: Why Hiring Veterans and Their Families Should Be Top Priority for HR Leaders
As a U.S. Navy veteran and talent acquisition professional for America’s leading physical security services company, I commit each and every work day to pursuing gainful employment of our country’s military.
Seasonal hiring gets underway
The National Retail Federation is forecasting a healthy holiday season ahead, expecting more part-time and seasonal jobs to be created this year versus last year. To find out what kinds of jobs are available right now and where they are, we analyzed more than 80,000 jobs on Indeed that have relevant seasonal and part-time job title keywords.
Do You Use Phone Interviews to Screen?
Companies that are growing quickly invest a lot of staff time in interviewing and selecting the right candidates for their jobs. Participative companies like to hold small group interviews in which four or five employees meet with each candidate in the first round interview.
Veterans Employment Prospects Improve, But Women Vets Still Struggle
As the nation prepares to celebrate Veteran’s Day Sunday, there is encouraging news about the progress American business has made in hiring veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The 12 Ways You Can Improve Your Corporate Careers Site
It’s amazing how many companies say that “people are at the heart of our business.” Oh really? So how come so few employers bother to really develop their careers site to try to attract absolutely the best person for the job? How many bother to develop it beyond a simple list of current vacancies?
How to get more female applicants with one word
The wage gap between men and women is notoriously tricky to account for. Over the course of a lifetime, women make, on average, 72 percent of what men earn—but it's not clear why. Some point to the fact that many women take extended amounts of time off from work when they have children. Others say women pick jobs in fields that aren't as highly paid as jobs men are drawn to. Others blame sexism, whether implicit or explicit.
Looking for more? Check out last week's Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web, or follow @cmsirecruit on Twitter for regular updates.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting Roundup: This week find out the differences between different generations when hiring, what to know when hiring temporary workers, how to attract Veterans and more ... this week's top recruiting stories from around the web.
iRecruit Webinar Dates in October
Announcing iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for October 2012. Learn how to take control of your recruiting and applicant tracking process. Manage your applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database. We have weekly webinar demos scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (US). Or contact us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a webinar at your convenience.
Indeed to be Acquired by Recruit
Indeed is being acquired by Recruit, a leading HR services and consumer internet firm based in Japan. Indeed will continue to be led by its current management team and operate as an independent subsidiary of Recruit.
Hiring Temporary Employees: Read This First
When your small business needs extra hands on deck during busy times, are you relying more and more on temporary employees to fill the bill? You’re not alone. NBC news recently reported that the trend toward temporary employment is becoming a permanent feature of the U.S. economic landscape.
Rethinking Recruiting: New Ideas to Take Your Hiring to the Next Level
Almost every week we see an article on the “war for talent.” Companies need to hire people and can’t find the right skills. Recruiters rely heavily on sophisticated applicant tracking systems to do the initial resume sorting. Even if the system “OKs” a candidate, chances are slim this person will actually end up as a “perfect” match.
How Different Generations of Americans Try to Find Work
Do millenials approach the job hunt differently than their older counterparts in Gen X or the Baby Boom generation? It turns out that they do, sometimes in surprising ways. For one thing, despite the fact that millennials are highly likely to be underemployed or just plain unemployed, they are more optimistic than older generations about their prospects for finding work. Nearly 9 in 10 millennial job seekers (88%) describes themselves as optimistic about finding a new job, compared to 81% of Gen X and 73% of Boomers.
Weed Out the Wrong Hires Fast: 7 Interview Questions
It's tough to find the right employees. It all starts with asking the right interview questions. If you want to fit the right candidates into your open positions, you need to take charge of the interview process. It's imperative to come up with interview questions that dig deep into a potential hire's passion, drive, commitment, and problem-solving skills. Focusing just on job responsibilities and skills isn't the right approach--you need to find out if the candidate is a strong fit as a person first.
Five Ways to Attract Veterans Through Your Job Posting Descriptions
How can you use military intelligence to write better job descriptions — and more successfully recruit veterans seeking a civilian job at your company?
Survey: 50% of All Companies Have Hired Workers With a Criminal Record
A CareerBuilder survey released today says 51 percent of human resources managers report their company has hired workers with a criminal record.
Looking for more? Check out last week's Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web, or follow @cmsirecruit on Twitter for regular updates.
iRecruit Webinar Dates in October
Announcing iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for October 2012. Learn how to take control of your recruiting and applicant tracking process. Manage your applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database. We have weekly webinar demos scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (US). Or contact us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a webinar at your convenience.
Indeed to be Acquired by Recruit
Indeed is being acquired by Recruit, a leading HR services and consumer internet firm based in Japan. Indeed will continue to be led by its current management team and operate as an independent subsidiary of Recruit.
Hiring Temporary Employees: Read This First
When your small business needs extra hands on deck during busy times, are you relying more and more on temporary employees to fill the bill? You’re not alone. NBC news recently reported that the trend toward temporary employment is becoming a permanent feature of the U.S. economic landscape.
Rethinking Recruiting: New Ideas to Take Your Hiring to the Next Level
Almost every week we see an article on the “war for talent.” Companies need to hire people and can’t find the right skills. Recruiters rely heavily on sophisticated applicant tracking systems to do the initial resume sorting. Even if the system “OKs” a candidate, chances are slim this person will actually end up as a “perfect” match.
How Different Generations of Americans Try to Find Work
Do millenials approach the job hunt differently than their older counterparts in Gen X or the Baby Boom generation? It turns out that they do, sometimes in surprising ways. For one thing, despite the fact that millennials are highly likely to be underemployed or just plain unemployed, they are more optimistic than older generations about their prospects for finding work. Nearly 9 in 10 millennial job seekers (88%) describes themselves as optimistic about finding a new job, compared to 81% of Gen X and 73% of Boomers.
Weed Out the Wrong Hires Fast: 7 Interview Questions
It's tough to find the right employees. It all starts with asking the right interview questions. If you want to fit the right candidates into your open positions, you need to take charge of the interview process. It's imperative to come up with interview questions that dig deep into a potential hire's passion, drive, commitment, and problem-solving skills. Focusing just on job responsibilities and skills isn't the right approach--you need to find out if the candidate is a strong fit as a person first.
Five Ways to Attract Veterans Through Your Job Posting Descriptions
How can you use military intelligence to write better job descriptions — and more successfully recruit veterans seeking a civilian job at your company?
Survey: 50% of All Companies Have Hired Workers With a Criminal Record
A CareerBuilder survey released today says 51 percent of human resources managers report their company has hired workers with a criminal record.
Looking for more? Check out last week's Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web, or follow @cmsirecruit on Twitter for regular updates.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting Roundup: This week find out that 6/10 of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For don't respond to applicants, and 67% of candidates are thinking about their job search up to six months before they start the search...
this week's top recruiting stories from around the web. Happy Labor Day!
“Good Grief, Charles Brown. They Never Told You if You Got the Job?”
Charlie Brown never got much respect. Not from Lucy, who when she wasn’t snatching the football away at the last minute, was making fun of his pitching skills, nor from the Little Red-Haired Girl, with whom he was so infatuated. Now, as it turns out, Charles Brown doesn’t get much respect from Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. Out of his 100 applications for a job as a marketing manager, the Charlie Brown of our story has no idea where he stands with six out 10 of the companies.
Criminal background check firm gets slammed by FTC
More reason to think twice about pre-employment criminal background checks: How sure can you be that the info you get is accurate? That question arises on the heels of a $2.6 million settlement agreed to by HireRight Solutions, which had been charged by the federal Fair Trade Commission with failing to take the proper steps to ensure the reports it provided to employer/clients was accurate.
13 More Bold and Outrageous HR Practices That May Indicate Your Approach Is Too Conservative
If your goal is to “push the envelope” in talent management, this list can give you an idea of where the average ends and the truly bold practices begin. Although every firm cannot directly adopt the practices listed here (some are reprehensible), I find during my corporate presentations that merely becoming aware of these bleeding-edge practices can create great energy and a strong desire for individual HR functions to do more and be bolder.
Sixty-Seven Percent of Candidates Think About the Job Search Six Months Prior to Actively Searching
Sixty-seven percent of job candidates think about looking for a new job within six months before actively searching, according to CareerBuilder’s 2012 Candidate Behavior Study. Throughout those six months, candidates are consulting multiple sources to research opportunities and potential employers. For example, 84 percent go on search engines like Google, 75 percent visit company websites, and 67 percent look at company Facebook pages. Again, this is just a handful of sources job candidates consult when considering a new job – before they even apply.
Employer Network Promotes Jobs for Wounded Veterans
A national network of more than 100 U.S. employers is on a mission to find, hire and accommodate injured military veterans in the workplace. The Network of Champions, which grew out of a recruiting program for wounded former service members at Northrup Grumman, has spread largely by word of mouth. And it’s still growing—as is the need.
Organizational Values: Live Them and They — the Talent — Will Come
“For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It’s about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on Earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy.” This was part of the missive that Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, sent his employees after the big jury verdict that Apple won against Samsung.
Lack of Experience Leaves Half of 2012 College Grads Jobless, Underemployed
They studied for years. They met the requirements. Proudly, they walked across the stage to receive their coveted degrees. Yet, millions of recent college graduates are receiving a not so pleasant return on their educational investments: unemployment. According to a study by the Associated Press, more than half, or 53 percent, of the nation's recent college graduates are unemployed or underemployed
The Recruiter-Candidate Relationship: It’s Complicated
Maintaining relationships with candidates is one of the hardest elements of the recruitment process; however, a new survey shows that it’s also one of the most crucial.
iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for September 2012
Learn how to take control of your applicant tracking process, and manage your applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database. We have weekly webinar demos scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (US). Or contact us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a webinar at your convenience.
Looking for more? Check out last week's Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web, or follow @cmsirecruit on Twitter for regular updates.
“Good Grief, Charles Brown. They Never Told You if You Got the Job?”
Charlie Brown never got much respect. Not from Lucy, who when she wasn’t snatching the football away at the last minute, was making fun of his pitching skills, nor from the Little Red-Haired Girl, with whom he was so infatuated. Now, as it turns out, Charles Brown doesn’t get much respect from Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. Out of his 100 applications for a job as a marketing manager, the Charlie Brown of our story has no idea where he stands with six out 10 of the companies.
Criminal background check firm gets slammed by FTC
More reason to think twice about pre-employment criminal background checks: How sure can you be that the info you get is accurate? That question arises on the heels of a $2.6 million settlement agreed to by HireRight Solutions, which had been charged by the federal Fair Trade Commission with failing to take the proper steps to ensure the reports it provided to employer/clients was accurate.
13 More Bold and Outrageous HR Practices That May Indicate Your Approach Is Too Conservative
If your goal is to “push the envelope” in talent management, this list can give you an idea of where the average ends and the truly bold practices begin. Although every firm cannot directly adopt the practices listed here (some are reprehensible), I find during my corporate presentations that merely becoming aware of these bleeding-edge practices can create great energy and a strong desire for individual HR functions to do more and be bolder.
Sixty-Seven Percent of Candidates Think About the Job Search Six Months Prior to Actively Searching
Sixty-seven percent of job candidates think about looking for a new job within six months before actively searching, according to CareerBuilder’s 2012 Candidate Behavior Study. Throughout those six months, candidates are consulting multiple sources to research opportunities and potential employers. For example, 84 percent go on search engines like Google, 75 percent visit company websites, and 67 percent look at company Facebook pages. Again, this is just a handful of sources job candidates consult when considering a new job – before they even apply.
Employer Network Promotes Jobs for Wounded Veterans
A national network of more than 100 U.S. employers is on a mission to find, hire and accommodate injured military veterans in the workplace. The Network of Champions, which grew out of a recruiting program for wounded former service members at Northrup Grumman, has spread largely by word of mouth. And it’s still growing—as is the need.
Organizational Values: Live Them and They — the Talent — Will Come
“For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It’s about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on Earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy.” This was part of the missive that Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, sent his employees after the big jury verdict that Apple won against Samsung.
Lack of Experience Leaves Half of 2012 College Grads Jobless, Underemployed
They studied for years. They met the requirements. Proudly, they walked across the stage to receive their coveted degrees. Yet, millions of recent college graduates are receiving a not so pleasant return on their educational investments: unemployment. According to a study by the Associated Press, more than half, or 53 percent, of the nation's recent college graduates are unemployed or underemployed
The Recruiter-Candidate Relationship: It’s Complicated
Maintaining relationships with candidates is one of the hardest elements of the recruitment process; however, a new survey shows that it’s also one of the most crucial.
iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for September 2012
Learn how to take control of your applicant tracking process, and manage your applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database. We have weekly webinar demos scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (US). Or contact us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a webinar at your convenience.
Looking for more? Check out last week's Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web, or follow @cmsirecruit on Twitter for regular updates.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting Roundup: This week find out how to source from Twitter, how to interview person's with disabilities, and how to catch lying job seekers....
this week's top recruiting stories from around the web.
Do you hire for passion?
Passion for work Next time you interview a job candidate or consider who on your team gets a new assignment, look for signs of passion for the work. Without it, no amount of talent will yield great performance.
How To Catch Lying Job Seekers
Half -- yes, half -- of all job applicants lie on their resumes. How do you figure out who's telling the truth? The chances are about 50-50 that your newest hire wasn’t completely honest on his or her resume.
Industry trends report: job postings slip in July
Indeed Industry Employment Trends show fewer job postings in July by U.S. employers across all major industries tracked. This report follows declines in June for six of the 12 major industries tracked.
The Single Most Important Recruiting Technique Since My 1-Question Interview
After 30 years of recruiting outstanding senior staff, mid-level managers, and company executives, I can now state unequivocally that the single most important step in the passive candidate recruiting process is the 30-minute exploratory interview.
Hiring 101 Part 9 - Interviewing People with Disabilities
In this video, HR Daily Advisor Editor Stephen Bruce talks about the special rules for interviewing people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act has spelled out rather strict guidelines for interviews, which you should follow carefully.
Temporary Workers: Employ with Caution
The use of temporary talent has risen as the economy has fallen, but organizations need to be aware of the perils of the "joint-employer agreement" among other HR pitfalls.
How to Source Talent on Twitter
"Why Should I Source on Twitter?" Well, you might not realize that: Twitter now has over 250 Million Users, it's growing by 500,000 new users every day, and that its users send more than 350 million tweets each day! Twitter is a platform where users publish Tweets, 140 character-long messages, to broadcast to a network of followers about what they are currently doing and interested in.
How to Select Remote Employees
We know that telecommuting is a growing phenomenon; in fact Forrester Research has predicted that by 2016, about half the workforce may be telecommuting or at least occasionally telecommuting, that is working from home between one and four days a week. This move towards telecommuting will bring benefits to both employers and employees, for example surveys show that employees can ...
The Myth of the Passive Candidate
“We need to get rid of the words ‘active’ versus ‘passive’. They just aren’t relevant words in the job search landscape anymore,’’ says Kassandra Barnes, Research and Content Manager at CareerBuilder. Barnes is referring to the findings of CareerBuilder’s recently released 2012 Candidate Behavior Study, a collaboration with Inavero highlighting the behaviors and perceptions of today’s job candidates.
California On Brink of New “Can’t Ask” Social Media Password Law
California is about to become the third state to prohibit employers from asking employees or job seekers for access to their social media postings. Without dissent, the California Senate this week approved AB1844, the privacy measure. It now requires an Assembly vote and Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature before it takes effect. The Assembly vote is likely this week and is almost perfunctory, since it has already once passed there without dissent.
The Job Market is So Bad for College Graduates that Companies are Bending Over Backwards to Hire Them
This headline makes absolutely no sense, but please don't shoot the messenger just yet. If you're confused about what's really going in with regards to Generation Y/Millennials in the workforce, turn off the news and stop reading the papers. The media is more confused than you are. Either that, or they're purposely trying to confuse you to force you to buy more papers to get unconfused.
Looking for more? Check out last week's Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web, or follow @cmsirecruit on Twitter for regular updates.
Do you hire for passion?
Passion for work Next time you interview a job candidate or consider who on your team gets a new assignment, look for signs of passion for the work. Without it, no amount of talent will yield great performance.
How To Catch Lying Job Seekers
Half -- yes, half -- of all job applicants lie on their resumes. How do you figure out who's telling the truth? The chances are about 50-50 that your newest hire wasn’t completely honest on his or her resume.
Industry trends report: job postings slip in July
Indeed Industry Employment Trends show fewer job postings in July by U.S. employers across all major industries tracked. This report follows declines in June for six of the 12 major industries tracked.
The Single Most Important Recruiting Technique Since My 1-Question Interview
After 30 years of recruiting outstanding senior staff, mid-level managers, and company executives, I can now state unequivocally that the single most important step in the passive candidate recruiting process is the 30-minute exploratory interview.
Hiring 101 Part 9 - Interviewing People with Disabilities
In this video, HR Daily Advisor Editor Stephen Bruce talks about the special rules for interviewing people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act has spelled out rather strict guidelines for interviews, which you should follow carefully.
Temporary Workers: Employ with Caution
The use of temporary talent has risen as the economy has fallen, but organizations need to be aware of the perils of the "joint-employer agreement" among other HR pitfalls.
How to Source Talent on Twitter
"Why Should I Source on Twitter?" Well, you might not realize that: Twitter now has over 250 Million Users, it's growing by 500,000 new users every day, and that its users send more than 350 million tweets each day! Twitter is a platform where users publish Tweets, 140 character-long messages, to broadcast to a network of followers about what they are currently doing and interested in.
How to Select Remote Employees
We know that telecommuting is a growing phenomenon; in fact Forrester Research has predicted that by 2016, about half the workforce may be telecommuting or at least occasionally telecommuting, that is working from home between one and four days a week. This move towards telecommuting will bring benefits to both employers and employees, for example surveys show that employees can ...
The Myth of the Passive Candidate
“We need to get rid of the words ‘active’ versus ‘passive’. They just aren’t relevant words in the job search landscape anymore,’’ says Kassandra Barnes, Research and Content Manager at CareerBuilder. Barnes is referring to the findings of CareerBuilder’s recently released 2012 Candidate Behavior Study, a collaboration with Inavero highlighting the behaviors and perceptions of today’s job candidates.
California On Brink of New “Can’t Ask” Social Media Password Law
California is about to become the third state to prohibit employers from asking employees or job seekers for access to their social media postings. Without dissent, the California Senate this week approved AB1844, the privacy measure. It now requires an Assembly vote and Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature before it takes effect. The Assembly vote is likely this week and is almost perfunctory, since it has already once passed there without dissent.
The Job Market is So Bad for College Graduates that Companies are Bending Over Backwards to Hire Them
This headline makes absolutely no sense, but please don't shoot the messenger just yet. If you're confused about what's really going in with regards to Generation Y/Millennials in the workforce, turn off the news and stop reading the papers. The media is more confused than you are. Either that, or they're purposely trying to confuse you to force you to buy more papers to get unconfused.
Looking for more? Check out last week's Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web, or follow @cmsirecruit on Twitter for regular updates.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Recruiting Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories from Around The Web
Recruiting Roundup: This week find out why the toughest interviews yield the best candidates and what to do when your great hire goes bad... this week's top recruiting stories from around the web.
25 toughest companies for job interviewees
If you're applying for a job at any of these outfits, bring your "A" game. Sounds daunting but, say most candidates and employees in a new survey, tough is good.
The pros and cons of hiring former employees
A couple decades ago if an employee voluntarily resigned and left the company they would seldom be given an opportunity to rejoin the organization. They would be considered disloyal by many members of management. Many job counselors would often recommend against rejoining because of the possibility of being the first to be let go in times of cut backs. But today companies have realized that boomerang employees are a good bet.
Forget Interviews; Hire Anyone
Interviews are a poor indicator of success. Why not abandon this expensive, old-fashioned practice and just hire the next person who walks in the door?
WOTC and Hiring Veterans
Are you planning on hiring veterans in 2012? Learn about a new tax law change that affects employers who hire veterans in 2011 and 2012 with this IRS video.
English Major Discovers There’s Plenty of Competition at $13 An Hour
If Garrison Keillor were to catch wind of what Eric Auld did, he’d have him drummed out of P.O.E.M.
The job seeking, 26-year-old Massachusetts part-time teacher phonied up a job ad to see what his competition was like. He posted it on Craigslist and sat back to await the responses.
Exciting Job Titles Can Be Powerful Recruiting and Retention Tools
It’s pure genius. The approach that I call “Compelling Job Titling” involves giving a job a compelling title, and because it costs virtually nothing, it may have the highest ROI of any single recruiting and retention tool.
Have you ever hired someone with a bad reference?
I’ve never been overly enthusiastic about references when I don’t know the person providing the reference. Because if I call random stranger and say, “Was Jane a good employee?” and he says, “No. She was a horrible psychopath.” How do I know whether it was Jane who was the horrible psychopath or the person with whom I am speaking?
What To Do When Good Hires Go Bad
Research from Leadership IQ tells us that 46% of new hires will fail within the first 18 months. The research shows that many of these failures were overlooked during the interview process, which brings the topic of new hire failures right up to the door of the HR and recruitment professional.
About iRecruit
iRecruit is a cloud-based recruiting and applicant tracking software application that allows any size company to track and report on job applicants and positions. Find out more and take a quick screenshot tour on our website at http://www.irecruit-software.com or join a demo on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 2pm. Call iRecruit at 1-800-517-9099 if you have any questions.
25 toughest companies for job interviewees
If you're applying for a job at any of these outfits, bring your "A" game. Sounds daunting but, say most candidates and employees in a new survey, tough is good.
The pros and cons of hiring former employees
A couple decades ago if an employee voluntarily resigned and left the company they would seldom be given an opportunity to rejoin the organization. They would be considered disloyal by many members of management. Many job counselors would often recommend against rejoining because of the possibility of being the first to be let go in times of cut backs. But today companies have realized that boomerang employees are a good bet.
Forget Interviews; Hire Anyone
Interviews are a poor indicator of success. Why not abandon this expensive, old-fashioned practice and just hire the next person who walks in the door?
WOTC and Hiring Veterans
Are you planning on hiring veterans in 2012? Learn about a new tax law change that affects employers who hire veterans in 2011 and 2012 with this IRS video.
English Major Discovers There’s Plenty of Competition at $13 An Hour
If Garrison Keillor were to catch wind of what Eric Auld did, he’d have him drummed out of P.O.E.M.
The job seeking, 26-year-old Massachusetts part-time teacher phonied up a job ad to see what his competition was like. He posted it on Craigslist and sat back to await the responses.
Exciting Job Titles Can Be Powerful Recruiting and Retention Tools
It’s pure genius. The approach that I call “Compelling Job Titling” involves giving a job a compelling title, and because it costs virtually nothing, it may have the highest ROI of any single recruiting and retention tool.
Have you ever hired someone with a bad reference?
I’ve never been overly enthusiastic about references when I don’t know the person providing the reference. Because if I call random stranger and say, “Was Jane a good employee?” and he says, “No. She was a horrible psychopath.” How do I know whether it was Jane who was the horrible psychopath or the person with whom I am speaking?
What To Do When Good Hires Go Bad
Research from Leadership IQ tells us that 46% of new hires will fail within the first 18 months. The research shows that many of these failures were overlooked during the interview process, which brings the topic of new hire failures right up to the door of the HR and recruitment professional.
About iRecruit
iRecruit is a cloud-based recruiting and applicant tracking software application that allows any size company to track and report on job applicants and positions. Find out more and take a quick screenshot tour on our website at http://www.irecruit-software.com or join a demo on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 2pm. Call iRecruit at 1-800-517-9099 if you have any questions.
Friday, August 10, 2012
WOTC Webinar: What’s new with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit?
CMS would like to invite you to join our resident Human Resources and Tax Credit Expert, Brian Kelly, to find out what's new with the Work Opportunity Tax Credits. Brian will review the following, and answer any questions you may have about this extremely valuable tax credit.
About CMS
CMS helps companies of all sizes save money by taking advantage of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Call Brian Kelly at 1-800-517-9099 today to see if it makes sense for you.
- What’s new with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit?
- What are the facts?
- Which employees are eligible?
- How much can we save?
- What does CMS WOTC do for me?
- What does it take to get started?
WOTC for For-Profit Companies
Starting Wednesday, August 29th
at 12:00 EST
WOTC for Non-Profit Companies
Starting Wednesday, August 29th
at 1:30 EST
To sign up for either session please click here, or call CMS at 1-800-517-9099 today.
About CMS
CMS helps companies of all sizes save money by taking advantage of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Call Brian Kelly at 1-800-517-9099 today to see if it makes sense for you.
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