Don’t Make These Recruiting Mistakes!
The recruiter acts as a liaison for organizations and prospective candidates—part matchmaker, part sleuth. As the first face that may greet your next hire, a recruiter should be well-versed in your brand, your corporate culture, and your organization’s needs. This integral role can help you grow your organization as you hire new talent. But there […]
How to write a good job description
A great job description will save you time if you effectively communicate the nature of the job. The result? Better applicants to choose! Aside from your organization’s overall brand, the job description is the first piece of communication you have with prospective hires. Let it work for you. 9 tips for writing an effective job […]
Going Ghost: How Recruiters Can Manage Candidate Ghosting
Recruiting is a lot like dating. You spend a portion of your time shopping candidates around, hoping that one of them suits you best. When you finally find that special someone, you want to do everything you can to keep them around. But, like dating, sometimes a candidate can drop off the face of the […]
Overcoming Recruitment Challenges in 2019
Change is pretty much the only constant in the world of recruiting these days. The applicant pools shift, the technology that shapes your hiring is upgraded or becomes obsolete, and the pace gets faster and faster to keep up with a digital-forward world. 2018 was no different. You likely experienced a variety of challenges: hiring […]
Why Posting Jobs Manually Leads to Lost Money
For a long time, digital recruitment still meant a lot of manual work: searching out the right job boards or sites, uploading or emailing the information to the right contact, and using portals to manage the information. That’s a lot of touchpoints for a “digital” process, no? As AI-based HR technology becomes more sophisticated, many […]
January 2019 Jobs Report [Infographic]
The latest jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor has been released, and despite the partial government shutdown spilling over into the new year, the current report shows a strong start to 2019. With 304,000 jobs added across various industries, most notably Hospitality and Leisure with 74,000 positions, the economy seems to be doing […]
(Re)Fresh(ed) Predictions: Why Recruitment Loves AI
Last year we asked if you’ve heard the buzz surrounding AI. Now the popularity and acceptance of AI technology has become apart of our everyday lives. We’ve invited AI into our homes with Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home, so it only makes sense that this kind of tech would find its way into the workplace. […]
5 Guaranteed Techniques That Will Improve Your Hiring Process
Enterprise hiring can feel like a daunting task for you and your team. You have hundreds if not thousands of jobs to fill, but you can’t seem to zero in on the best candidates. Maybe your process isn’t as streamlined as you may think. Nailing down a process that benefits both you and potential hires […]
6 Employee Engagement Stats That Will Blow Your Mind
Most businesses know that employee engagement matters. Most of them understand what aspects of their business are affected by engaged or disengaged employees. What seems to be missing is a better understanding of how effective their existing strategy is and understanding what an engaged employee looks like. More and more businesses embrace employee engagement strategies, […]
Embracing diversity in recruiting
The United States gets more diverse by the day, which means the workforce is becoming more diverse as well. Companies that work actively to make their recruiting and hiring practices more diverse are positioning themselves well for a future where the current status quo is likely to change significantly by 2045. Per census data, by […]
Why you should think like a marketer, not a recruiter
Recruiters: Are you looking to take your key performance metrics to the next level and help ensure that you’re maximizing your team’s potential effectiveness? Of course you are—in today’s ultra-competitive job market, candidates have a wealth of work options to choose from—from part-time and freelance jobs to contract work on top of full-time opportunities—and companies […]
How the Government Shutdown Impacts the Economy
The Trump administration’s federal government shutdown is the longest in American history, clocking in at over 30 days, with over 800,000 workers left without pay. The shutdown has also left millions of people without access to government services. Despite this, with the 2020 election around the corner, the political stakes are at an all-time high, […]
Job Posting 101: Creating Job Postings that Attract Applicants
Hiring isn’t just about filling a role quickly. Though that might be one of your KPIs, the quality of your hires is as or more important. After all, if you don’t hire quality candidates, it’s more likely that your organization is going to experience high employee turnover. To that end, your organization likely spends a […]
How to get more from your recruiting technology
There’s a very definite trend in just about every industry these days. Let’s go digital! Get ALL the data! Technology makes our lives easier, and will help us hire better! It’s likely you’ve heard some variation on that, and your organization has taken steps toward this digital reality. But once you have made the time […]
The Biggest Hiring Challenges According To Experts
Seasoned HR professionals know that it isn’t always easy to hit key performance metrics and achieve hiring goals—despite these being critically important milestones for any business to be successful. Sourcing the best available talent for your company’s open positions, engaging with the right candidates effectively, keeping them interested in joining your team, and maintaining a […]
Top 5 Talent Acquisition Articles from 2018
In 2018, finding new and creative ways to attract and recruit talent became even more of a priority for talent acquisition teams than ever before. Recruitment marketing, predictive analytics, and HR tech including AI and chat bots were at the forefront of discussions surrounding how to win the war for talent. With the fight for […]
December 2018 Jobs Report [Infographic]
According to the latest jobs report from the US Department of Labor we end the year with a surge in job growth. The economy added 312,000 jobs in December, more than expected, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.9%. Check out the following overview of the December 2018 US Jobs Report.
How Cognitive Diversity Benefits Your Organization
Creative solutions. Fresh perspectives. New energy. These are all things you want from your employees and from your organization as a whole. In hiring, more HR teams are discovering the benefits that bringing a greater diversity in age, gender, ability, and ethnicity to your organization can have. To name just a few: diverse organizations embrace […]
4 talent acquisition analytics mistakes to avoid
Talent acquisition teams generate a lot of data, and it is often an underused resource. But once the HR department embraces their data and establishes metrics and a system of collection, there are several next steps that require you to fully optimize the data: understanding those metrics, letting the data guide you towards strategic insights, […]
Recruitment Metrics Guide: 12 Ways to Measure Your Hiring Efforts
Measuring your hiring efforts can be tough. From defining the measure, to clearly and accurately addressing the expected outcome, to establishing a process for collecting and measuring data, there’s a lot that goes into calculating your hiring efforts. However, measuring the results of your work is critical to understanding what your audiences respond to and […]
6 Strategies For Creating A Job Post That Will Get Results
Hiring isn’t just about filling a role—it’s about filling it with the right person. Your organization probably spends a lot of time, care, and resources on the hiring process. But if you’re kicking things off with a job description that isn’t what it could be, you could be limiting yourself right at the start. Let’s […]
3 of the most common recruiting mistakes
Attention recruiters: In today’s ultra-competitive job market, the pressure to stand out from the competition, attract new talent, and keep your pipelines rich with active and passive job seekers—both for open positions today and emerging positions tomorrow—is greater than ever before. In fact, the pressure to meet your recruiting team’s key performance metrics and ensure […]
5 ways CPC can improve KPIs
With the CPC or “cost-per-click” model of job advertising common to most job boards today, more traffic will ultimately be more costly—but too little traffic will get you fewer applicants. It’s like the goldilocks principle of recruitment advertising: you don’t necessarily want too much traffic or too little: you want the right amount. But, really, […]
How programmatic recruitment advertising improves your KPIs
Imagine a supermarket where you had to pay each time you touched the packaging of a loaf of bread—even if you ultimately don’t leave the store with anything in hand. You probably would switch supermarkets. In the digital landscape, HR teams are facing a similar conundrum in the cost-per-click model of advertising—you can spend a […]
November 2018 Jobs Report [Infographic]
The latest jobs report from the US Department of Labor shows signs of a slowing but strong labor market. The economy added 155,000 jobs in November, fewer than expected, and the unemployment rate remained steady at 3.7%. The labor force participation rate also remained unchanged, but the number of people who had looked for a […]
How to use your HR data for strategic insight
In the digital age, data generated by HR practices is vast. From traffic on the company’s website to keeping tabs on potential candidates for hire and on employees within your organization, there is a lot of data that can be generated over years—even over the course of a single day. But it is often underutilized. […]
How your company can volunteer this holiday season
The end of the year can be a busy time for any organization: year-end financials, more products and services offered, holiday parties, everyone wrapping things up on their way out the door for holiday vacations. But if your organization is looking for activities more substantial than the annual holiday party, it’s also a time of […]
Run an effective employee referral program
If your goal is to get great people into your organization (and it is), then one of the best resources at your disposal is your existing employees. They know your company already; they understand the brand and what you do. And they know it’s in their own best interests to be surrounded by high-quality people. […]
What’s Your Talent Acquisition Blind Spot?
Whether your organization is lean and mean or massive with a ton of resources at your disposal, there will always be a bit of a blind spot when it comes to recruiting—especially with emerging technologies. Organizations as a whole can be slow to pick up the tools that will help them maximize recruiting and hiring. […]
What is the Average Time to Hire by Industry?
The measurement of “time to hire,” which varies by industry, organization, and location, registers the time between the moment a candidate is first engaged for an open position to the moment they accept an offer. Time to hire is often conflated with “time to fill,” the length of time a vacancy sits open, and can […]
Time to Hire: How to Expedite Your Hiring Process
An open vacancy bleeds money in several ways; projects may languish or stress an entire department, and your job ad may cost more the longer it runs. It’s no secret that turnover creates inefficiency within your organization—but there are ways to make your hiring process streamlined to fill that vacancy quicker and still get quality […]
Focus your hiring on candidates’ potential—not experience
Ever since Kennedy-Nixon, American elections have tended to fit neatly into the narrative of the change candidate vs. the experienced political veteran. We can think of any election as a really exhaustive, expensive hiring process—whether it’s for the nation’s top job or your local representative. But while you may not hold a company-wide vote on […]
Common Challenges For Managers in Today’s Workplace
You know what they say: managing ain’t easy. Being the leader your team needs has never been a walk in the park, but today, with all of the data, pressure, resource crunches, and incredibly fast pace, well…it’s harder than ever. If you’re a manager and you’re feeling stymied or held back by some of the […]
How Programmatic Can Accelerate Your Recruitment
The advent of ‘big data’ necessitated the use of automated tools that could handle massive amounts of data. Thus was born programmatic advertising, as part of the marketing function. Programmatic advertising has been around for several years now in traditional marketing. As recruitment becomes increasingly data-driven, programmatic advertising is gradually gaining ground in talent acquisition […]
How Workplace Negativity Hurts Your Bottom Line
When you’re operating a business or responsible for its HR, regardless of size or sector, there are a number of key performance metrics that you pay close attention to in order to gauge whether or not you’re meeting your goal targets—and whether or not you need to retool your strategic plans or stay the course. […]
October 2018 Jobs Report [Infographic]
The latest jobs report from the US Department of Labor shows job growth exceeded expectations in October and year-over-year wage gains increased past 3% for the first time since the Great Recession. 250,000 new jobs were created, well ahead of estimates of 190,000, and the unemployment rate at 3.7% is the lowest since December 1969. […]
Using HR Data for strategic insights
Predicting the successful candidate for your next hire means looking at a number of factors over the life cycle of the position—from the candidate’s initial search to the reason they will eventually leave the job down the road. The question is: how can you predict the best way to source high-quality talent and retain that […]
4 Reasons You Should be Open to Ditching Degree Requirements When Hiring
Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred. Must have a BA or higher in the field. You see these lines in job descriptions all the time, and have likely written something similar yourself. A degree requirement is a way of setting a baseline qualification and narrowing the field in a preliminary way. And in some fields it’s necessary—after […]
How AI Will Help You Reach Passive Candidates
If you’re looking to maximize your recruitment efforts to source the best available talent in your industry, you know the top candidates aren’t necessarily the ones who are actively looking for new employment options. Reaching these passive candidates is a challenge that in the past meant spending hours of time, money, and resources. As the […]
7 Fun Ways to Celebrate Halloween in Your Office
‘Tis the season of pumpkins, ghosts, candy, and costumes—and it’s not just for kids. If you want to bring some of the magic of Halloween fun to work, here a few tricks (or treats) to upgrade the Halloween classics into the modern office. Go simple Bring some color into the office. It’s easy to go […]
How Personalized Perks Benefit Both Employee and Company Life
Today’s job market is not like it used to be. In addition to the wave of technological innovation that’s completely evolved the job hunting game and the rapidly evolving staffing requirements of companies that’s changing the very nature of how we work, we’re witnessing a shift in the balance between employer needs and employee demands […]
Closing Top Candidates with Multiple Offers
As a recruiter or hiring manager, there is perhaps nothing more frustrating than extending what you think is a great offer to a top talent candidate, only to have them tell you that they are considering other offers. While you think that this might be a bargaining chip to get you to increase compensation or […]
Understanding the Risks and Rewards of AI Recruiting
While many tools available to recruiters are touted as AI, not all fit the bill. As a hiring or HR decision-maker, it’s essential that you understand the features, as well as the risks and rewards of any automated recruiting tools you choose to deploy. As with anything, you’ll need to maintain a certain amount of […]
September 2018 Jobs Report [Infographic]
According to the US Department of Labor, the unemployment rate fell to a 49-year low in September. At 3.7%, this is the lowest unemployment rate since December 1969. However, only 134,000 new jobs were created in September, falling short of the estimated 185,000 new jobs. Leisure and hospitality lost 17,000 jobs, suggesting Hurricane Florence was […]
How HR Tech Trends Will Affect the Industry in 2019
We know the HR landscape has undergone rapid changes in technology over the past decade, from manual processes to programmatic advertising featuring automation and built on AI. The goal? Get more applicants faster and at lower cost–i.e., improve the three main driving KPIs in recruitment marketing: Time-to-Hire, Cost-per-Hire, and Quality-of-Hire. Having more applicants should mean […]
What HR Professionals Need to Know About Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hottest thing in hiring and recruitment right now. And while Machine Learning is not AI, it is a subset of AI that trains machines to learn by automatically applying complex mathematical calculations to Big Data to find patterns without human intervention. From there, predictive models can be built and refined automatically […]
6 Things HR Needs to Know About Generation Z
It might be difficult to believe, but Millennials aren’t incoming freshmen anymore. Welcome, Generation Z. Born after 1995, they’re the youngest segment of the workforce and they’re not as similar to their predecessors as you might imagine. This is their first act and they’re ready for their close-up. This generation wants involvement, they want to […]
HR Technology Spots Candidates With Leadership Potential
I think AI should support human beings. Technology should always do something that enables people, not disable people. – Jack Ma, tech entrepreneur and philanthropist As recruiters and hiring managers, we understand that our roles task us not just with finding immediate candidates for open positions but to also have a long-term mindset for uncovering talent […]
7 Ways To Minimize Cost-Per-Hire [Cheat Sheet]
One of the most critical KPIs recruiters seek to improve is their cost-per-hire. Along with source pipeline, candidate quality, long-term retention, and other key performance metrics, tracking your cost-per-hire will help you to understand the performance of your recruiting initiatives better and minimize your expenses across the board. For recruiters and hiring managers on a […]
Best Practices For High Employee Retention
As an HR professional, you know that transition for new hires is a time of great inefficiency. New employees need training and time to adapt to an organization’s culture. When a new employee leaves the organization too soon, this increases inefficiencies within the HR department, who must begin the cycle of candidate engagement, job ads, […]
4 Simple Strategies For Effective Onboarding [Checklist]
Did you know that approximately 3 million Americans quit their jobs each month? And that doesn’t even include the number of layoffs, firings, or other involuntary terminations. Many workers leave jobs soon after starting. While some may leave for better pay or for other personal reasons, recruiters and hiring managers in the know understand that […]
Recruitment Marketing Basics: A 4-Minute Read [Cheat Sheet]
As recruitment marketing and talent acquisition become more competitive than ever, positioning your recruitment tools effectively takes on paramount importance. After all, you want to improve your ROI and make sure you’re getting the best possible people for your open positions. You may think that particular clock starts running once you make contact with potential […]
HR.com’s State Of Recruitment Marketing Report 2018
A recruiter cannot solely be a recruiter anymore; they need to be marketers and psychologists with a deep understanding of their prospective industries and the state of the jobs market as a whole. That’s a lot of hats to wear for one person. What brought about this change? A lot of signs point to the […]
August 2018 Jobs Report [Infographic]
According to the latest report from the US Labor Department, the US economy added 201,000 jobs, continuing nearly 8 years of job gains and exceeding economists’ expectations. Despite slow wage growth since the economic recovery in 2009, August saw the fastest year-on-year wage growth. August also marked the 95th consecutive month of employer’s hiring more […]
How To Convince Your CFO You Need A Bigger HR Budget [Checklist]
HR budget season for 2019 is right around the corner, and asking for a bigger budget is easier said than done. To get your company’s executives on board, you’ve got to illustrate why a bigger budget matters to them. To prepare to make your case, use this checklist (and share it with your team) to […]
Maintaining Your Employer Reputation
For business leaders, hiring managers, and recruiters there is an acute awareness that a positive corporate reputation, both on and offline, are part and parcel of accessing new clients, receiving funding opportunities, and conducting business in an increasingly interconnected world. Most of us care about our corporate reputations when it comes to our customers, but […]
4 Easy Ways To Maximize Your Recruiting Budget for 2019 [Cheat Sheet]
HR budget season will be here before you know it. What are you doing today to prepare for tomorrow? Here at PandoLogic, we believe there are numerous ways to cut costs without reducing strategy. One of the primary ones is to have a talent pipeline of vetted, ready-to-hire people for all of your open positions […]
Data Driven Recruitment Maximizes Your Talent Budget
Today’s recruiting climate is considered by many to be the most competitive ever. “The War for Talent” has gone from being just a buzzword to being a way of lie– with qualified talent harder to find than ever and critical roles increasingly difficult to fill. Considering these challenges, more recruiters realize that the future of […]
Understanding Your Recruitment Budget and How to Take Back Control
Creating an annual recruiting budget can seem like an overwhelming responsibility, but it’s an essential task for any well-organized recruiter or talent acquisition specialist. Failing to do so means that you won’t be able to capture crucial metrics and identify areas for development. A well-planned recruiting budget can make or break your talent acquisition success […]
Your Next Great Strategy for Employment Branding
What if the most powerful employment branding strategy you’ve ever used was right under your nose just waiting to be discovered? Content marketing is a sleeper hit. Whether or not you realize it, you already have a good grasp on how it’s done. All that you need now is a strategy to make content work […]
3 Ways to Build Your Entry-Level Talent Pipeline [Infographic]
We get it, hiring can be hard. You reach out to top candidates regularly but still haven’t found that stand-out applicant with the fresh perspective that you’re looking for. Maybe it’s time to bring on some college students or recent graduates to help them cut their teeth in a new industry. Entry-level hires can breathe […]
What Is Recruitment Marketing? Everything You Need To Know
As recruitment and talent acquisition become more competitive than ever, positioning your recruitment tools effectively takes on paramount importance. After all, you want to improve your ROI and make sure you’re getting the best possible people for your open positions. You may think that particular clock starts running once you make contact with potential applicants […]
Strategic Recruitment For Long-Term Success
Savvy organizations know that to give their business the best chance to succeed, they must attract and hire the right talent at the right time. But if your recruiting process is limited to open positions on your careers site or a job board, you are failing to hire strategically, meaning that you are only looking […]
How Is Tech Evolving In The Talent Sourcing Ecosystem?
The handshake. The meeting. The phone call. Talent acquisition is very much in the business of people, but as a new generation of millennials enters the workforce (a generation that has grown up with the internet) the talent sourcing ecosystem now also relies on clicks and likes and a web presence more than ever before. […]
Exploring Recruitment Marketing and Talent Acquisition
If you’re looking to take your company’s recruitment strategies to the next level and demonstrate measurable improvements in your HR performance metrics, you’re likely taking a close look at your talent acquisition strategies. But have you considered the benefits of recruitment marketing for attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent? Think of recruitment marketing as a […]
7 Ways to Minimize Cost-Per-Hire
One of the most critical recruiting metrics recruiters seek to improve is their cost-per-hire. Along with source pipeline, candidate quality, long-term retention, and other key performance metrics, tracking your cost-per-hire will help you to understand the performance of your recruiting initiatives better and minimize your expenses across the board. For recruiters and hiring managers on a […]
Top 6 FAQs About Programmatic Recruitment Advertising
Ever wondered whether programmatic recruitment advertising would really work for your organization? Would it be worth the money, time and effort spent in implementing it? If you do end up adopting it, what should you expect? Here are six answers to common questions about programmatic recruitment. Q. In simple terms, what is programmatic recruitment advertising? […]
Three Ways to Maximize Recruiter Effectiveness
Your organization has dedicated internal recruiters, and yet they seem to be finding it difficult to find the right talent. Your company has outsourced its recruitment efforts to an RPO, but somehow, the partnership does not seem to be yielding the expected results. Are you in either of these situations? Then read on. 1. Develop […]
July 2018 Jobs Report [Infographic]
Although the unemployment rate edged down to 3.9% in July, the latest jobs report released by the US Department of Labor shows the US economy is growing at a slower rate than expected. 157,000 new jobs were added last month, missing expectations of 190,000. Here’s our key takeaways from the July jobs report and what […]
Artificial Intelligence: A Game-Changer for the Recruitment Process
As AI recruiting continues to establish itself as a trajectory-changing force in the world of HR, the time has come for us to empower ourselves with knowledge. Between thought leaders, business practitioners, HR and hiring decision-makers, there is much to learn from the experience and the results from others, as they embrace automation and align […]
How Improving The Candidate Experience Will Supercharge Your Pipeline
As an HR leader, you’re responsible for ensuring that your team consistently hits its key performance benchmarks-which can sometimes be a daunting task. One inevitable metric that you’re certainly held accountable for is making sure that you’re attracting and sourcing the best available talent for open positions in your organization-which means that you need to […]
How To Target Every Stage Of The Recruitment Marketing Funnel
It’s no secret that marketing is one of the fields that has been amongst the best and most adept at incorporating data and technology. And as that advancement is applied to recruitment marketing, we can expect to see faster progress through the recruitment marketing funnel. Currently, HR professionals are not doing a good job of […]
How To Strategically Develop Your Employer Branding
When it comes to your company’s brand, you probably know it pretty well-what it is, where you fit within your industry, and how you define your brand strategy. But what about your employer brand? Just as marketing is a different animal from recruitment marketing, so, too, are company branding and employer branding. Employer branding is […]
Why Your HR Team Needs AI [VIDEO]
You’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about AI and its capabilities. But how will it help you and your HR team manage your day-to-day tasks? From automation to insights, AI-enabled recruitment can show you the full scope of your hiring strategies while saving you time and money in the process. AI isn’t in some […]
6 Things You Need To Know About Recruiting With AI [Fast Facts]
The number of impressive things Artificial Intelligence (AI) can do today is anything but short. AI helps us get to our destinations faster, predicts the weather better, recommends songs we may like, and can outsmart humans at Jeopardy. But did you know AI can also enhance your recruitment and talent acquisition strategies? In fact, 80% […]
2018 US Jobs Reports: What Employers Need To Know
It’s hard to believe we’re over halfway through 2018. Six months in, the unemployment rate for the US economy has remained close to 4% and a total of 1.2 million jobs have been created across all industries. With the biggest job gains in manufacturing, healthcare, mining, and professional and business services. To put this into […]
What Is AI For Recruiting?
Technology is advancing faster than you could have ever imagined. The only option in this fast-paced world is to stay on top of the tech that’s trending in your sphere. So what’s trending in HR? Right now the answer to that question is artificial intelligence (AI). But what is AI for recruiting and how does […]
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Job Advertising Spend
Imagine you’ve just got the bill for your meal and realize you’ve been charged the same amount for your water as you have for your lobster dinner. You might scratch your head and wonder why a restaurant would charge the same for vastly different things, especially when the water is normally free, or when lobster […]
June 2018 Jobs Report [Infographic]
According to the latest jobs report released by the US Department of Labor, the US economy has seen continuous job growth for 93 consecutive months. In June, 213,000 jobs were created, surpassing Wall Street’s expectation of 195,000 jobs. The unemployment rate rose by .02% from May to 4%. For employers, this means the challenge to […]
5 Benefits Of A Data-Driven Recruitment Strategy
So many aspects of your recruitment strategy are now digitized, which streamlines the application process for job seekers and organizations alike-you just upload a file and click a button. But the potential benefits of all this digitized data are so much more than just collecting resumes without drowning in paper. Digitizing this information means you […]
4 Recruitment Strategies That Will Boost Your Hiring
The practice of talent acquisition is often thought of as a competition-a sport that takes place on a big field where companies compete to get the best quality candidates. But even though speed is important in hiring, the process in its entirety is less like a sprint and more like a marathon. A good talent […]
3 Tips For Ending Vacation Remorse
Summertime. Everything just seems slower once the temperatures rise. Coastal beach views, icy lemonade in a chilled glass, and an endless array of summer fun; it’s like the whole world pauses and remembers how to relax again. Except for you. You’ve got so much on your plate at work that you can’t even remember the […]
May 2018 Jobs Report [Infographic]
The May jobs report by the US Department of Labor shows signs of a strong, bustling economy. The unemployment rate fell to 3.8%, the lowest in nearly two decades, and the number of jobs grew to 223,000, marking the 92nd consecutive month of job creation. But good news for the economy doesn’t necessarily mean good […]
Good-bye Hiring Bias: How AI Filters Applicants Fairly [Infographic]
No matter how objective we think we are when hiring, we’re all subject to human nature and human assumptions. Hiring bias can be as serious as rejecting someone because they’re a particular race or gender, but it can also be something as innocuous as picking someone for an interview because they went to the same […]
Picking The Right AI Recruitment Technology For You
If you’re looking to increase the efficiency of your HR team and boost this year’s effective performance metrics, you’ll need to address the potential pain points that may be adversely affecting your organization’s ability to operate at its peak potential. Then, once you get a handle on your needs, your goal should be to find […]
Recruiting Trends: Does the Rise of AI Spell the End for HR Recruiters?
By 2025, approximately 25% of jobs are expected to be replaced by AI, according to the Boston Consulting Group. For you, the HR recruiter, does this mean your job can be replaced by robots? The short answer is: not quite. But HR recruiting trends have already drastically changed in the past decade and prove to […]
April 2018 Jobs Report [Infographic]
The job market hasn’t looked this promising in 20 years. That’s what the latest jobs report released today by the US Department of Labor is saying. After a stagnant March, the April jobs report is boasting an unemployment rate below 4% for the first time since 2000. Overall, the latest jobs report reflects a strong […]
The Evolution of Online Recruitment
Over the past 60 years, the dawning of the Information Age has vastly changed our society. When researchers were developing ARPAnet, the computer system that would eventually become the Internet, no one at the time could have ever predicted that they were on the cusp of the most prominent technologic revolution the world will ever […]
Programmatic Recruitment Advertising: What It Can Do (And What It Can’t)
Have you ever wondered, what can programmatic recruitment do for me? Can it help you decide where to post your job ads? Can it filter out relevant candidates effectively? But can it engage passive candidates and urge them to apply? Programmatic recruitment advertising is capable of streamlining so many internal processes, is there anything it […]
4 Apps to Add to Your Recruitment Tools List
Programmatic recruitment advertising is the process of automating the decision-making of where job ads are displayed as well as how much you need to bid to target specific audiences, demographics, and sites. It eliminates the time, cost, and hassle of posting multiple jobs across tons of sites. In addition to your programmatic solution, check out […]
How To Be More Proactive In Your Recruiting Solutions
You have a looming deadline when a key player on your team decides to quit. Everybody on the team panics. You revisit that outdated job description, make a few changes and post it to every job board that you know. Then you sit and wait for that amazing candidate to apply. Sound familiar? This is […]
5 Talent Recruitment Trends You Need to Implement in 2018
Over the past several years, innovators in talent recruitment have been rallying behind trending recruitment processes to improve their day-to-day. Their goal is to make recruiting more gratifying and less transactional for recruitment professionals, while also keeping things interesting for candidates. Below are the five latest trends to hit recruitment that will alter the way […]
March 2018 Jobs Report [Infographic]
According to the latest jobs report released by the US Department of Labor, the unemployment rate remained at 4.1% for the sixth straight month and average earnings rose by 8 cents an hour. The report also shows 103,000 jobs were created in March, short of Wall Street’s expectation of 185,000 new jobs. Overall, the latest […]
The Truth About Programmatic: Five Reasons You Need It
Experts predict by 2020 over 80% of all recruitment advertising will be based on programmatic campaigns. Programmatic recruitment advertising is the process of automating the decision-making of where job ads are displayed as well as how much you need to bid to target specific audiences, demographics, and sites. It’s a recruiter’s best friend – saving […]
How Programmatic Advertising is Breaking the Talent Ceiling
What makes passive candidates so alluring? Passive candidates are those that are successfully employed, which means they are rich in the latest skills and technologies and have a wealth of experience. They are not actively looking for opportunities, which means they are less likely than active candidates to be interviewing with competitors. But they also […]
How RPO Maximizes the Candidate Experience: Does Technology Help?
A research study by the University of Warwick shows that happy employees are 12% more productive in the workplace. Better productivity translates to better ROI. But how do organizations make (and keep) employees happy? A good starting point would be to enhance candidate experience. After all, the recruitment process marks the beginning of any kind […]
Challenges of Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Despite the availability of a huge pool of talent, why do so many companies still find it hard to find talent? A probable answer lies in the way companies manage their talent acquisition and recruiting activities. Back in the 80s and 90s, when companies began to see significant cost-savings by outsourcing their employee benefits and […]
Programmatic Automation and the Evolving Recruitment Market
Consider for a moment how many ads for various products and services you see on a daily basis. From billboards to TV commercials and even social media ads, it is easy to become overwhelmed by the messages you are exposed to until you are more likely to tune out than tune in. The same holds […]
5 Ways to Reduce Time-to-Hire
Time-to-hire is one of the most important metrics talent managers, and recruiters use to measure the efficacy of their hiring efforts. A short time-to-hire means that your recruiting initiatives are running smoothly with minimal business or budget disruption while a protracted time-to-hire is one of the hallmarks of a dysfunctional organization. A time-to-hire that drags […]
Data-Driven Recruitment Buzzwords [Infographic]
With the arrival of data-driven recruitment has come a swarm of new industry buzzwords: programmatic, algorithms and AI software to name a few. To help you stay on top of the latest and greatest in online recruiting, we have rounded up the 11 most important buzzwords that you need to know in 2018 and beyond. […]