Recruiting News Weekly RoundUp

This week's recruiting news:

Addressing the Skills Gap: The 10 Best Takeaways from Close It 2013
“Talent is the only sustainable competitive edge we have. We need to create awareness around the skills needed and invest in communities,” said Mike Barriere, executive vice president of Human Resources and Environment, Health & Safety at Alcoa, during inaugural Close It Summit, held last week in Washington, D.C. The three-day event brought together hiring professionals from across the nation to discuss the challenges employers face in closing the skills gap and explore new ways to meet these challenges.

Facilitating Diversity in Your Workforce
For a lot of us, the term diversity usually makes us think exclusively of cultural diversity, but it means so much more than that. The idea of diversity in the workforce has come a long way since the advent of affirmative action laws, but there is so much more ground to cover. As we evolve to see diversity as more about individuals and less about quotas, race or creed, we can start to value the various perspectives that a diverse workforce can bring.

Confusion about Criminal-History Guidelines
Despite a whopping majority of HR executives believing their companies are compliant with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity's criminal-background guidelines, a recent survey suggests otherwise. The first annual Human Resources Compliance Survey by Brea, Calif.-based PeopleG2 asked 1,493 U.S.-based HR leaders at companies with 25,000 or more employees worldwide whether they believed their organizations were compliant with the EEOC guidelines issued last year. The vast majority (94 percent) said they were, yet 74 percent said they ask job applicants about criminal histories in the application process instead of later in the interviewing stage -- the latter a clear directive of the guidelines.


How to Host a Virtual Career Fair
Career Fairs are great for networking and collecting resumes. A traditional career fair attracts all kinds of people seeking employment.  A Virtual Career Fair will help you target specific demographics for your recruitment marketing. The benefits include cost savings over a traditional career fair, and the ability to promote your company and employment branding more effectively, and on a more personal level without having to compete with 100 other businesses at the same time.

Reject Candidates - Right
Do you need a sample "thanks, but no thanks" letter? This is the letter that Human Resources people don't like to send. But, send it you must though even if it's painful, because no matter what, you can usually only select one candidate for your job.

The Problem With Putting “Do Not Hire” Notes in Personnel Files
If I ever handled a plaintiff’s case again, at deposition, I would be sure to take a page out of the playbook of Texas employment lawyer Mike Maslanka: Ask the manager who decided to fire the plaintiff whether he’s eligible for re-hire. An unprepared manager might blurt out, “Of course not; he’s suing us.” Say hello to a retaliation claim.


About iRecruit 

iRecruit is a cloud-based recruiting and applicant tracking software application that allows you to track and report on all of your 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 11am or 2pm. Call iRecruit at 1-800-517-9099 if you have any questions.  

HR Technology Conference 2013

Next week the 16th Annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition kicks off in Las Vegas (October 7-9 @ Mandalay Bay).

The HR Technology Conference is the world’s leading business conference & expo on technology for Human Resource executives and professionals. "A conference on every aspect of technology for HR."

We're excited to announce that CMS iRecruit will be attending this year's EXPO, with our colleagues from  EBS PaySuite. Visit us at Booth #49.

The HR Tech Conference will follow eight industry related tracks (see agenda in full):

• Strategic View
• Social In the Enterprise
• Talent Management
• Workforce Analytics and Planning
• HCM & Workforce Management
• Recruiting
• Service Delivery
• Expert Discussions & HR Tech Talks

Why You Should Attend:
http://www.hrtechconference.com/who.html

Manage your conference agenda, find sessions, and receive real-time reminders and updates with the Conference Mobile App:
http://www.hrtechnologyconference.com/app.html

Follow the conference virtually on Twitter with the hashtag #HRTechConf.


About Employee Based Systems
Employee Based Systems is full service software consulting firm and software development company specializing in the design, implementation, and support of Time and Labor Management, Human Resources, and Payroll software solutions. With over 18 years in the industry, and a seasoned staff of developers, consultants, and technical support personnel, Employee Based Systems is the premier choice for all your software needs in these areas.

About iRecruit

iRecruit is a cloud-based recruiting and applicant tracking software application that allows you to track and report on all of your 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. 

Meet Brian Kelly at Sage Summit

Meet CMS' President Brian Kelly at Sage Summit and attend a 10-minute iRecruit demo to be automatically entered to WIN an escape for 2 for 4 nights at the gorgeous Club Tesoro Wyndham Cabo San Lucas Resort.

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 for Sage HRMS

iRecruit for Sage HRMS is a hosted SaaS (Software as a Service),  cloud-based recruiting software designed to provide any size of business a cost effective, affordable and simple way to manage the recruiting process online.

    

Benefits of iRecruit - Recruiting and Applicant Tracking Software

• Integrates with your website for a seamless look and feel
• Flexible and customizable job applications
• Automatic feed to Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com to attract candidates
• Quickly find the most qualified candidates for the job
• Comprehensive pre-formatted reports
• Social Media Integration (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn)
• Compliance
• Save money on new hires with iRecruit's Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program integration.
• iRecruit provides the best integration to Sage HRMS available for onboarding new hires (100+ fields can transfer)
• Easy to learn, easy to use, and get started quickly

To learn more about iRecruit for Sage HRMS please join us for a web-demo on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 2pm, call us at 1-800-517-9099 or visit our website www.irecruitforsagehrms.com.

The Best Sage HRMS Recruiting Integration Just Got Better

We are extremely excited to announce to our customers and partners that iRecruit has expanded to include 20 new HR fields as part of the onboarding to Sage HRMS hiring process. The new fields include your custom user defined fields for HR and Payroll.

The new super-charged integration is synchronized both-ways, so iRecruit will take information directly from Sage HRMS for the new employee, and integrates 100+ fields for new hires into Sage for a paperless onboarding process.

iRecruit continues to provide the BEST integration to Sage HRMS, (formerly Sage Abra HRMS), available on the market today.

About iRecruit

iRecruit is a cloud-based recruiting and applicant tracking software application that allows you to track and report on all of your 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.

iRecruit by CMS has been a Sage Business Partner since 1997.