Recruiting Roundup: This week employers are holding out for perfection in hiring, 5 recruiting skills you need, how to pick the best candidate and more...
I’ll Say It Again: We Need to Get Rid of Resumes and Job Descriptions
As some of you may know, I think the continued use of traditional, skills-infested job descriptions prevents companies from hiring the best talent available. By default, they wind up hiring the best person who applies. That’s the same reason I’m against the indiscriminate use of assessment tests. While these tests are good confirming indicators of on-the-job performance, they’re poor predictors of it (square the correlation coefficient to get a sense of any test’s predictive value).
With Positions to Fill, Employers Wait for Perfection
American employers have a variety of job vacancies, piles of cash and countless well-qualified candidates. But despite a slowly improving economy, many companies remain reluctant to actually hire, stringing job applicants along for weeks or months before they make a decision. If they ever do.
Don’t Forget These 5 Recruiting Skills in the Social Recruiting Fervor
Recruiting, as many of us know it, has undergone a transformation in the last few years. In fact, there are recruiters coming in to the workforce now who only source within LinkedIn Recruiter, or who’ve never had to keep a physical (read: paper) file on a candidate.
Candidate Experience: Can You Keep Them Out of the “Black Hole?”
A couple of months ago I shared some data from an Aberdeen Group report about benchmarking quality of hire best practices. It’s a great benchmark list of outcomes. But how about the inputs? More specifically, in terms of quality of hire, how about benchmarking the quality of the candidate experience? Call me crazy, but it seems to me that a higher quality candidate experience translates into a higher quality of hire.
You Have Identified the Candidates. How Do You Pick the Right One?
In my last two posts, I talked about the process we use at H.Bloom to run a recruiting campaign: defining the role, targeting the right profile of candidates, building a list of potential candidates and presenting them with a persuasive pitch. This process is meant to yield viable candidates for a position. But what happens then? Once you have interested candidates, how do you figure out which one is the right one for your team? The answer depends on two things: The person’s fit for the role. And the person’s fit for the team.
iRecruit Webinar Dates March 2013
Announcing the
iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for February 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.
iRecruit Training - Application Forms
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How to add multiple options for questions, How to build a custom application form, How to use pre-screening questions, And more... Click here to register today or call 1-800-517-9099, training is free to all customers.
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Showing posts with label Recruiting Trends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recruiting Trends. Show all posts
Friday, March 8, 2013
Friday, March 1, 2013
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting Roundup: This week video is on the rise in recruiting, and interviewing, Indeed.com announce 100 million visitors used their site in January to look for jobs
and more...
How 100 million unique visitors use Indeed to find jobs
We created Indeed to help as many people as possible find jobs. In January, over 100 million unique visitors came to the site to do just that! Indeed is the starting point for more job searches and the source of more hires than any other site. Last month alone, visitors to the Indeed network performed over 3 billion searches, more than 1,000 searches every second. People use Indeed to search for jobs in over 50 countries and in 26 languages. Traffic continues to grow worldwide, with the most rapid growth occurring in Russia, Japan, South Africa, Australia and India.
Do You Post Salary in Job Postings?
Do you put the salary for the job in your job postings, either your online job postings or in other venues? This debate about putting salary in job postings becomes more important as job applicants are willing to settle just to have a job. This could cause retention chaos as jobs become more available or motivation damage for people who are under-employed, under-utilized, and bored.
You Don’t Know It, But Women See Gender Bias in Your Job Postings
Are a few gender-themed words in your job descriptions signaling women, unconsciously, to not apply? A scientific study of 4,000 job descriptions revealed that a lack of gender-inclusive wording caused significant implications for recruiting professionals tasked to recruit women to hard-to-fill positions underrepresented by women.
Why Video? 6 Benefits of Making Video Part of Your Recruitment Mix
Not only is video a dominant form of communication; it is proven to be influential, as well. Consumers are not just viewing content, but absorbing it, and letting themselves be swayed by it. When it comes to recruiting, potential and current employees are the customer, and the companies they choose to work for are the products they invest in.
Seventy-Five Percent of Job Applicants Do Not Hear Back From Employers
Job hunting can be a frustrating process especially if you have no idea whether the employer made a decision or even saw your application. The vast majority (75 percent) of workers who applied to jobs using various resources in the last year said they never heard back from the employer, according to a nationwide CareerBuilder survey.
63 Percent of Companies Use Video Interviews
A new OfficeTeam survey has revealed that 63 percent of HR managers said their company often uses video technology to conduct employment interviews. This is a stratospheric jump from 2011 when just 14 percent reported the same. Over the next three years, 13 percent of respondents said their organizations would more aggressively pursue video interviews while 85 percent predict the number of video interviews to remain the same.
iRecruit Webinar Dates March 2013
Announcing the iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for February 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.
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.
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.
How 100 million unique visitors use Indeed to find jobs
We created Indeed to help as many people as possible find jobs. In January, over 100 million unique visitors came to the site to do just that! Indeed is the starting point for more job searches and the source of more hires than any other site. Last month alone, visitors to the Indeed network performed over 3 billion searches, more than 1,000 searches every second. People use Indeed to search for jobs in over 50 countries and in 26 languages. Traffic continues to grow worldwide, with the most rapid growth occurring in Russia, Japan, South Africa, Australia and India.
Do You Post Salary in Job Postings?
Do you put the salary for the job in your job postings, either your online job postings or in other venues? This debate about putting salary in job postings becomes more important as job applicants are willing to settle just to have a job. This could cause retention chaos as jobs become more available or motivation damage for people who are under-employed, under-utilized, and bored.
You Don’t Know It, But Women See Gender Bias in Your Job Postings
Are a few gender-themed words in your job descriptions signaling women, unconsciously, to not apply? A scientific study of 4,000 job descriptions revealed that a lack of gender-inclusive wording caused significant implications for recruiting professionals tasked to recruit women to hard-to-fill positions underrepresented by women.
Why Video? 6 Benefits of Making Video Part of Your Recruitment Mix
Not only is video a dominant form of communication; it is proven to be influential, as well. Consumers are not just viewing content, but absorbing it, and letting themselves be swayed by it. When it comes to recruiting, potential and current employees are the customer, and the companies they choose to work for are the products they invest in.
Seventy-Five Percent of Job Applicants Do Not Hear Back From Employers
Job hunting can be a frustrating process especially if you have no idea whether the employer made a decision or even saw your application. The vast majority (75 percent) of workers who applied to jobs using various resources in the last year said they never heard back from the employer, according to a nationwide CareerBuilder survey.
63 Percent of Companies Use Video Interviews
A new OfficeTeam survey has revealed that 63 percent of HR managers said their company often uses video technology to conduct employment interviews. This is a stratospheric jump from 2011 when just 14 percent reported the same. Over the next three years, 13 percent of respondents said their organizations would more aggressively pursue video interviews while 85 percent predict the number of video interviews to remain the same.
iRecruit Webinar Dates March 2013
Announcing the iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for February 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.
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.
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, February 22, 2013
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting Roundup: This week a six things you should include in every job description, streamlining the interview process, how to interview interns
and more...
12 Tricky Interview Questions For Interns
Internship seekers should prepare for common interview questions like “What are your strengths,” or “What are your weaknesses,” but they can also expect less conventional queries.
What Do You Want In An Applicant Tracking System?
At CMS we speak with employers every day who are looking to make a change to their recruiting and applicant tracking system. With budgets in place for the new year, we see a lot of volume and a lot of questions at the beginning of the year.
3 Out of 4 Hires Fail: How to Beat the Odds
The Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams famously said baseball is “the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of 10 and be considered a good performer.” Maybe not the only one: The same could be said for hiring.
Six Things You Need in Every Job Description
Your job description is a sales pitch for your company and the position. Writing an effective job description is essential to attract the right applicants, and can cut your time to hire by attracting more qualified applicants to the position.
Streamlining the Interview Process
Many recruiters have experienced the knock-down drag-out fighting of going through many rounds of in-person interviews. The main problem with having rounds upon rounds of these interviews is that new information about the candidate is rarely uncovered. Plus, the individuals involved in the interview process are taken away from their jobs to conduct these time-consuming interviews.
These 5 Trends Are Shaping the Future of Pre-hire Assessments
2013 is going to present the start of a major tipping point in the way people find and are evaluated for jobs (and vice versa), and a blend of technology and assessment content will play a big role in these ongoing changes.
iRecruit Webinar Dates February 2013
Announcing the iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for February 2013. Learn how to take control of your applicant tracking process, and manage your applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database.
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.
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.
12 Tricky Interview Questions For Interns
Internship seekers should prepare for common interview questions like “What are your strengths,” or “What are your weaknesses,” but they can also expect less conventional queries.
What Do You Want In An Applicant Tracking System?
At CMS we speak with employers every day who are looking to make a change to their recruiting and applicant tracking system. With budgets in place for the new year, we see a lot of volume and a lot of questions at the beginning of the year.
3 Out of 4 Hires Fail: How to Beat the Odds
The Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams famously said baseball is “the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of 10 and be considered a good performer.” Maybe not the only one: The same could be said for hiring.
Six Things You Need in Every Job Description
Your job description is a sales pitch for your company and the position. Writing an effective job description is essential to attract the right applicants, and can cut your time to hire by attracting more qualified applicants to the position.
Streamlining the Interview Process
Many recruiters have experienced the knock-down drag-out fighting of going through many rounds of in-person interviews. The main problem with having rounds upon rounds of these interviews is that new information about the candidate is rarely uncovered. Plus, the individuals involved in the interview process are taken away from their jobs to conduct these time-consuming interviews.
These 5 Trends Are Shaping the Future of Pre-hire Assessments
2013 is going to present the start of a major tipping point in the way people find and are evaluated for jobs (and vice versa), and a blend of technology and assessment content will play a big role in these ongoing changes.
iRecruit Webinar Dates February 2013
Announcing the iRecruit webinar presentation schedule for February 2013. Learn how to take control of your applicant tracking process, and manage your applicants in a centralized, secure, cloud-based database.
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.
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, December 14, 2012
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting Roundup: This week the top 10 recruiting metrics to track, the worst mistake hiring managers can make, trends to watch in the future and
more... this
week's top recruiting stories from around the web.
Top 10 Recruiting Metrics to Track
Recruiting metrics allow us to take a more analytical approach to hiring. Tracking day-to-day details are what eventually make up the big picture. Measuring what we do creates focus and accountability. It helps us to target efficiency, headcount, cost and the more tactical pieces that make up the effectiveness of a recruiting function.
Worst Hiring Mistake: Misrepresenting the Job
A new study reveals that employers withhold crucial job information during an interview, resulting in dissatisfaction among most recruits. Listen up, hiring managers. A study from research firm Development Dimensions International revealed yesterday that many employers often misrepresent the finer details of their company and the open position during interviews, leaving many recruits eventually disappointed with their new job.
6 Hiring Process Management Trends to Watch in the Future
It pays for employers to stay on top of the changes that are occurring in the Human Resources, staffing, and recruiting industry. Nowhere are more changes occurring than in the steps employers must take in the hiring process.
What Bad Hires Really Cost Companies (Hint: It’s More Than Just Morale)
Bad hires cost some companies as much as $50,000, new survey reveals. According to a new CareerBuilder study, 69 percent of employers reported that their companies have been adversely affected by a bad hire this year, with 41 percent of those businesses estimating the cost to be over $25,000, and 24 percent said a bad hire cost them more than $50,000.
E-Verify Legislation Map
The E-Verify Legislation Map presents a detailed and up-to-date summary of all active and proposed E-Verify laws at the city, county, state and federal level. Prepared and updated by Tracker's legal staff, this interactive map can help you navigate the ever-changing landscape of employment verification requirements.
Betting Against the Mayan Apocalypse: Should You Keep Working, Even if the End May Be Near?
Nostradamus was wrong and the world did not end or get trashed at the beginning of the new millennium (although, sadly, his prophesied cataclysmic “fire that will fall from the sky” occurred a year later in September 2001—mentioned in case being approximately and partially right counts for something).
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.
Top 10 Recruiting Metrics to Track
Recruiting metrics allow us to take a more analytical approach to hiring. Tracking day-to-day details are what eventually make up the big picture. Measuring what we do creates focus and accountability. It helps us to target efficiency, headcount, cost and the more tactical pieces that make up the effectiveness of a recruiting function.
Worst Hiring Mistake: Misrepresenting the Job
A new study reveals that employers withhold crucial job information during an interview, resulting in dissatisfaction among most recruits. Listen up, hiring managers. A study from research firm Development Dimensions International revealed yesterday that many employers often misrepresent the finer details of their company and the open position during interviews, leaving many recruits eventually disappointed with their new job.
6 Hiring Process Management Trends to Watch in the Future
It pays for employers to stay on top of the changes that are occurring in the Human Resources, staffing, and recruiting industry. Nowhere are more changes occurring than in the steps employers must take in the hiring process.
What Bad Hires Really Cost Companies (Hint: It’s More Than Just Morale)
Bad hires cost some companies as much as $50,000, new survey reveals. According to a new CareerBuilder study, 69 percent of employers reported that their companies have been adversely affected by a bad hire this year, with 41 percent of those businesses estimating the cost to be over $25,000, and 24 percent said a bad hire cost them more than $50,000.
E-Verify Legislation Map
The E-Verify Legislation Map presents a detailed and up-to-date summary of all active and proposed E-Verify laws at the city, county, state and federal level. Prepared and updated by Tracker's legal staff, this interactive map can help you navigate the ever-changing landscape of employment verification requirements.
Betting Against the Mayan Apocalypse: Should You Keep Working, Even if the End May Be Near?
Nostradamus was wrong and the world did not end or get trashed at the beginning of the new millennium (although, sadly, his prophesied cataclysmic “fire that will fall from the sky” occurred a year later in September 2001—mentioned in case being approximately and partially right counts for something).
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, December 7, 2012
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting Roundup: This week 'tis the season, why December is a powerful month for recruiting, the worst part of being a recruiter, best day to post jobs and
more... this
week's top recruiting stories from around the web.
4 Ways to Successfully Implement a New Applicant Tracking System
A recent HiringSite by Career Builder article points out Four Ways to Avoid Failure in Your Recruiting Software Investment. The decision to invest in new HR or applicant tracking software is huge. It pays to take time to define your needs or requirements, budget, research available software, demo the software, and finally select a vendor.
Maybe Today Is the Day to Post That Job
Wednesday’s looking like an awfully good day to post a job. At least that’s what you glean from job-distributor eQuest, whose data indicates a lot of U.S. job-seekers are hunting on Wednesdays, as well as Tuesday and Thursday. It studied more than a million jobs posted online to see when candidates searched and sent in resumes.
‘Tis the Season for Recruiting — 20 Reasons Why December Is a Powerful Recruiting Month
If you work in an office, you realize that many times the Christmas season can be a less hectic and even a slack period. In most cases everyone, including recruiters, gear down and change their work patterns for the holidays. But if you’re a corporate recruiting leader, December should be viewed instead as a golden opportunity.
The Worst Part about Being a Recruiter – Why You Failed Your Interview!
One of the hardest parts of being a recruiter is telling a candidate who is excited about joining a company that they didn't pass the interview. Almost every candidate I speak to right after they interview tells me that they thought the interview went great and that they would be a great match for the company. That response has become so common for me that I cringe almost every time I hear it because (many times) ...
Searching LinkedIn Profiles? Here Are the 10 Most Overused Buzzwords
For a guy like me, the six most terrifying words in the English language are, “Could I get your bio, please?” I hate describing myself and what I do. My LinkedIn profile has been reworked several times trying to do just that before I got it to its current, less fluffy stage.
6 Hiring Secrets From Chobani HR
As Chobani, the Greek-yogurt maker, grows astronomically, so does its workforce. Today, the company has 1,630 employees; in 2008, it had just 50. Here's how.
The 10 Worst Communication Mistakes For Your Career
“How do you signal to the world you’re leadership material?” asks Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an economist and the founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) in New York. “You don’t get a shot at being a leader unless you signal right.”
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.
4 Ways to Successfully Implement a New Applicant Tracking System
A recent HiringSite by Career Builder article points out Four Ways to Avoid Failure in Your Recruiting Software Investment. The decision to invest in new HR or applicant tracking software is huge. It pays to take time to define your needs or requirements, budget, research available software, demo the software, and finally select a vendor.
Maybe Today Is the Day to Post That Job
Wednesday’s looking like an awfully good day to post a job. At least that’s what you glean from job-distributor eQuest, whose data indicates a lot of U.S. job-seekers are hunting on Wednesdays, as well as Tuesday and Thursday. It studied more than a million jobs posted online to see when candidates searched and sent in resumes.
‘Tis the Season for Recruiting — 20 Reasons Why December Is a Powerful Recruiting Month
If you work in an office, you realize that many times the Christmas season can be a less hectic and even a slack period. In most cases everyone, including recruiters, gear down and change their work patterns for the holidays. But if you’re a corporate recruiting leader, December should be viewed instead as a golden opportunity.
The Worst Part about Being a Recruiter – Why You Failed Your Interview!
One of the hardest parts of being a recruiter is telling a candidate who is excited about joining a company that they didn't pass the interview. Almost every candidate I speak to right after they interview tells me that they thought the interview went great and that they would be a great match for the company. That response has become so common for me that I cringe almost every time I hear it because (many times) ...
Searching LinkedIn Profiles? Here Are the 10 Most Overused Buzzwords
For a guy like me, the six most terrifying words in the English language are, “Could I get your bio, please?” I hate describing myself and what I do. My LinkedIn profile has been reworked several times trying to do just that before I got it to its current, less fluffy stage.
6 Hiring Secrets From Chobani HR
As Chobani, the Greek-yogurt maker, grows astronomically, so does its workforce. Today, the company has 1,630 employees; in 2008, it had just 50. Here's how.
The 10 Worst Communication Mistakes For Your Career
“How do you signal to the world you’re leadership material?” asks Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an economist and the founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) in New York. “You don’t get a shot at being a leader unless you signal right.”
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, November 16, 2012
Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web
Recruiting Roundup: This week facebook careers, 2012 recruiting trends, how to increase applications and speed up your hiring processes ... this week's top recruiting stories from around the web.
Want to Speed Up Your Hiring Process?
re you interested in ways to speed up your hiring process? When an employee gives his or her two weeks' notice, an employer rarely has a new employee waiting in the wings. With most recruitment processes, a new employee almost never starts before the former employee is gone.
You Want My Social Security Number?
Readers increasingly ask questions that pertain to the privacy of their personal information both on online job applications and paper job applications filled out and retained by the potential employer. Please share your thoughts in today's poll. You may select as many answers as apply in your organization. You are not restricted to just one response.
As the Facebook Careers Site Launches, It’s More Aggregator Than Job Board
The worst-kept secret in the recruiting field, looked at by some as a LinkedIn killer and by others with deep skepticism, is now officially out.
Recruiting Trends and Challenges: New Infographic Highlights 2012 Hiring Practices
Which recruiting sources are working best in 2012? Is social media really the best way to find great candidates? A new hiring practices survey conducted by Monster and BLR’s HR Daily Advisor and HRhero Line answer these questions, and more.
Nearly Two-Thirds of Employers Would Hire Military Veterans Over Other Equally Qualified Candidates
Despite higher than average unemployment rates, employment prospects for U.S. military veterans may be improving.
5 Things Every Employer Should Do To Increase Applications
New findings from CareerBuilder indicate that employers might be underestimating how important benefit information is to job candidates. According to internal company data, 61 percent of job candidates look for benefits information when applying for jobs; however, only 31 percent of employers post this information on their company profile page.
Top 4 Reasons Employees Quit – How to Hire Staff who Stick
A few years back, PwC published some interesting findings of 19,000 exit interviews within their organization, where one of the key questions that was asked of employees was the simple question, “What was their reason for leaving?”
Internal or External? Why You May Benefit Promoting From Within
Let’s say there is a skills gap in your company. If budgets allow, your first inclination might be to hire someone from outside the company to close that gap.
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.
Want to Speed Up Your Hiring Process?
re you interested in ways to speed up your hiring process? When an employee gives his or her two weeks' notice, an employer rarely has a new employee waiting in the wings. With most recruitment processes, a new employee almost never starts before the former employee is gone.
You Want My Social Security Number?
Readers increasingly ask questions that pertain to the privacy of their personal information both on online job applications and paper job applications filled out and retained by the potential employer. Please share your thoughts in today's poll. You may select as many answers as apply in your organization. You are not restricted to just one response.
As the Facebook Careers Site Launches, It’s More Aggregator Than Job Board
The worst-kept secret in the recruiting field, looked at by some as a LinkedIn killer and by others with deep skepticism, is now officially out.
Recruiting Trends and Challenges: New Infographic Highlights 2012 Hiring Practices
Which recruiting sources are working best in 2012? Is social media really the best way to find great candidates? A new hiring practices survey conducted by Monster and BLR’s HR Daily Advisor and HRhero Line answer these questions, and more.
Nearly Two-Thirds of Employers Would Hire Military Veterans Over Other Equally Qualified Candidates
Despite higher than average unemployment rates, employment prospects for U.S. military veterans may be improving.
5 Things Every Employer Should Do To Increase Applications
New findings from CareerBuilder indicate that employers might be underestimating how important benefit information is to job candidates. According to internal company data, 61 percent of job candidates look for benefits information when applying for jobs; however, only 31 percent of employers post this information on their company profile page.
Top 4 Reasons Employees Quit – How to Hire Staff who Stick
A few years back, PwC published some interesting findings of 19,000 exit interviews within their organization, where one of the key questions that was asked of employees was the simple question, “What was their reason for leaving?”
Internal or External? Why You May Benefit Promoting From Within
Let’s say there is a skills gap in your company. If budgets allow, your first inclination might be to hire someone from outside the company to close that gap.
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, 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.
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