Friday, June 14, 2013

Recruiting News Roundup

This week's top recruiting news from around the web: 

CMS to Attend SHRM Annual Conference
SHRM 2013 Annual Conference Chicago CMS iRecruit will be attending the 2013 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition in Chicago June 16-19. We’re looking forward to seeing Hillary Clinton, astronaut Mark Kelley and Gabby Giffords, and music from Kelly Clarkson and more. We’ll be at Booth #1927 with our partner Employee Based Systems (EBS).


5 Things To Include on a Company Career Site
Setting up an online career portal for your company website is challenging. Every day potential candidates are clicking on to your Careers page, and then clicking away because they don't see what they like.  Keeping a visitor interested in your company career website is as simple as asking, if it were me, "What would I like to know before I apply?"


How to Find the Talent You Need and Keep It
Strategic human resource management is the key to finding the talent your company needs, but it’s also how you will ultimately retain that talent and improve your return on employee investment.

Make Your Culture Your Brand: Tips for More Competitive Recruiting
“Just because your company is a ‘Plain Jane’ doesn’t mean your recruitment function needs to be,” said Randall Birkwood, consultant and CEO at Ascendant Talent, during his session at the recent ERE Conference and Exposition, Beat the Big Brands at Hiring: Building a Winning Talent Acquisiton Department Against the Odds.

NPR Cranked Out This New Career Site in About a Month
From the department of quick turnarounds comes NPR’s new career site, one that Lars Schmidt had wanted to redo since he arrived two and a half years ago but ultimately took just a month.
   
Too Many Applicants? 5 Innovative Ways to Screen Out The Masses
Could the time spent on resume sifting (often inappropriate applications) be better used in other areas of the hiring process to improve quality and job satisfaction? If you do believe that you have an overly laborious resume sifting process, you might be interested in the five techniques that I have outlined below that you can use to more efficiently screen out the masses and free up time to focus on more value-added work.


Know the Difference between hiring a Rock Star and a Ninja
You may have seen job titles (and descriptions) from companies seeking to hire Rock Star, Jedis, Gurus and Ninjas for key positions within their organization. A quick search on Indeed.com reveals there are 4,719 positions that list "Rock Star" in the job title, and 735 Ninjas.


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.   

Know the Difference between hiring a Rock Star and a Ninja


Hiring Ninjas

Hiring Rock Stars
You may have seen job titles (and descriptions) from companies seeking to hire Rock Star, Jedi, Gurus and Ninjas for key positions within their organization. A quick search on Indeed.com reveals that there are currently 4,719 positions that list "Rock Star" in the job title, and 735 Ninjas. 

While Gurus and Jedi primarily appear to be listed in IT and programming fields, Rock Stars and Ninjas span many different roles and types of jobs.  So what’s the difference, and why would you want to hire a rock star or a ninja for your organization?

Rock Stars
  • Shine and enjoy the spotlight
  • Works well as part of a team
  • Frequently seek attention
  • Require constant feedback
  • Don’t respond well to negative feedback
  • Excellent presentation skills
Ninjas
  • Deliver superior service
  • Quietly complete their work
  • Do not require attention
  • Works well as part of a team
  • Works better solo
  • Get things done without making a fuss
  • Proactive in their positions

About iRecruit
iRecruit can help you hire your rock stars, ninjas, jedis and gurus. Track, and manage all of your candidates in a single secure database.

iRecruit provides you with a career portal linked to your website that will allow your applicants to select the position they are interested in, and apply online!

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.

Related: Six Things You Need in Every Job Description