4 Tips for Using Snapchat for Social Recruiting
As if there weren’t enough social media options to think about, along comes the sleeper hit, Snapchat. It’s nothing like Facebook or even Twitter, and definitely not like the business-attire-only LinkedIn. Snapchat is all about bite-size storytelling that boosts your employer brand. Snapchat is informal, and that’s the whole point. With a younger candidate pool, […]
Magazines Deliver Best Bang for Buck with Ad Spending, Study Shows
Just when you think you’ve begun to figure out ad spending, a new study comes along and flips everything on its ear. Magazines, yes, those print copies that have declined for years, deliver the biggest bang for your advertising buck. That’s what a new comprehensive, decade-long study by Nielsen Catalina reveals. As far as ad […]
Journalists and Salespeople: Destined to be Arch Enemies Forever?
Journalists and salespeople have a longstanding, if whispered about, grudge. And the lack of cooperation that stems from the separate mentality can stop innovation in its tracks. The tribe mindset is a normal byproduct of groups working closely together. Sales is likely a tribe. Reporters are, too. And while it’s a natural effect, it can […]
LinkedIn Smart Search and What it Means for the Recruiting Process
The new LinkedIn Smart Search function and Recruiter interface, which were previewed last October, might bring in more paid customers, but they take some getting used to. The smart part of the equation doesn’t feel so smart when search results are less than half, or sometimes even lower, than before. But the problem isn’t the […]
Michele’s List Adds 8 Community Sites to $1 Million Revenue Club
While small dailies continue to struggle for revenue, some independent, local news sites have taken off like a shot. Michele’s List, which devotes its time and resources to identifying standout independent publications, recently added eight new indie community websites to its prestigious $1 million-plus top revenue category. This level had previously been held by only […]
Marketing Trends Transforming Online Recruitment as You Know It
Recruitment is barely recognizable from just five years ago, so where will it be five years from now? Until just a few decades ago, the only way to post a job ad was through a print newspaper, magazine, or by tacking it up on a bulletin board. Then came widespread use of the Internet and […]
4 Reasons Top Job Candidates Reject Your Job Offer
You’re doing everything right, or so you think, so why do the best candidates avoid your job offers as if they’re lima beans on a school lunch tray? Getting the best and brightest on board isn’t as cut and dried as it might appear. That can be true, even with terrific jobs, plenty of room […]
Newsroom Jobs are Becoming Harder to Fill for Public Media
News directors and editors aren’t exactly lining up to take on demanding public media organization leadership roles, and the industry is formulating a plan around the state of newsroom jobs. The editorial track has always been practically nonexistent. But with an increasing need for newsroom leaders, CPB and NPR are looking at a future where […]
Make the Phone One of Your Best Talent Acquisition Strategies
Emails and texts are great talent acquisition strategies, but it’s time get back to basics and re-learn what makes a telephone conversation an amazing tool. If you’re phone shy, you might be cringing right now. But there’s no reason to be. Remember, it wasn’t long ago that phones were the primary way that recruiters did […]
How to Develop Your Twitter Recruiting Strategy
Recruiting Solutions in 140 characters or less? You bet! If you’re not a Twitter user, the whole concept might seem confusing. And you aren’t alone in that impression. It looks fast and furious, and it can be. In a matter of seconds, a tweet can be buried under 10 or 20 others. But if you […]
4 of the Most Creative Recruitment Advertising Campaigns Ever
If you’ve seen one recruitment advertising campaign, you’ve seen them all. At least that’s what most American job hunters think. According to a Gallup poll, the State of the American Workplace, the majority of job seekers are disengaged and they need a clearer picture of what a prospective job entails. If your ads are more […]
Tug of War: A Look at Gannett’s Hostile Bid to Buy Tribune
What looked like a relatively straightforward offer, albeit a hostile one, has turned into a battle that some never expected. Newspaper giant, Gannett, approached Tribune Publishing in April with an offer that Ken Doctor for Politico said they couldn’t refuse. But refuse they have, through a good old fashioned “poison pill” strategic defense. Tribune Publishing […]
The Insider’s Guide To Passive Candidates [Infographic]
PASSIVE CANDIDATES ARE NOW 85 % OF GLOBAL WORKFORCE There are 5 areas passive candidates might be persuaded by when being approached by another company or recruiter: better pay and favorable circumstances, improved work/life evening out, more open entryways for movement, all the more troublesome work, and better sensibility for capacity set, according to Stacy […]
Improve Your Hiring Process With These 6 Steps
If your hiring process and recruiting methods haven’t changed in the past few years, you’re probably missing out on great hires. Even with all of the technological advances and research on the topic, some of the same outmoded practices still permeate sourcing and hiring. Old habits are hard to break, they say. Efficiency and a […]
June 2016 Jobs Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics‘ June 2016 Employment Situation report gave American workers a much-needed break from so much gloom and doom, but the news isn’t entirely perfect. This jobs report shows that the early part of 2016 showed precious few rays of hope and an overall downward trend. For June, the BLS reported gains […]
The Pros and Cons of Having an Applicant Tracking System
Applicant tracking systems (ATS) can be a boon to recruiters and HR managers who want to save time and work more efficiently. However, no technology is perfect. For all of the applicant tracking system benefits of using this type of software, there are bound to be a few downsides. For the most part, the ability […]
Are Your Jobs Compatible With the Mobile Job Search?
So you want to hire someone truly great. To capture the best candidates, no matter how large or small the position in question may be, you need to attract a large pool of professionals and provide them with all the information they need to make the right decision – which is, of course, sending an […]
4 Recruitment Strategies that Enhance Cultural Diversity in the Workplace
Diversity is vital to the strength and health of practically everything on Planet Earth. Exclusionary recruitment strategies create weakness. But cultural diversity in the workplace gives your company deeper roots and a stronger foundation. The traditional sourcing and hiring practices used by businesses for generations work in opposition to the diversity goal. But with a […]
4 Tips for Nailing Phone Recruitment
We celebrate technological advancements like they’re the most important thing under the sun. And in many ways they are. But every once in awhile the simplest and most direct methods are best. Picking up the phone and speaking directly with job candidates is a prime example of the way that effectiveness should trump ease. RELATED: […]
What Does the Gawker Media Bankruptcy Mean for Publishers?
Headlines are buzzing with news about Gawker’s legal cage match with Hulk Hogan and the online publication’s recent and related bankruptcy. Some believe that this isn’t really the end for Gawker, even though the judgment awarded to the wrestling legend was more than double gossip magazine’s assets. But others say that the end of Gawker, […]
June Jobs Report Disproves May Doubters
Our full Jobs Report analysis comes in next week, but we looked to Twitter for help understanding what happened in June. Was it good? Bad? Better than May? As always, there were those praising government policy, seasonal growth, blaming politics, and even their own son! Humorous or not, the general takeaway is positive, which is […]
Why Your Talent Pipeline is ABSOLUTELY Vital For Success
Which sounds better: rushing to fill a job opening and hoping for the best, or selecting a pre-vetted candidate who has already expressed some interest? That’s one major difference between the traditional hiring model and the talent pipeline. It’s not just a good idea, it can improve your odds of a great hire every single […]
How to Know if Your Recruiting Strategy Stinks (And How to Fix It)
What do candidates think when they see a job ad for your company for the first time? Are they excited about the idea of working for you? Or are they bored, uninspired and likely to keep looking elsewhere? If you’re not sure, chances are your ads are like the majority of others out there: […]
Ray Bixler of SkillSurvey on Best Practices for Performing Reference Checks
Tell us about SkillSurvey. What services do you offer? SkillSurvey is the leader in online reference checking and credentialing, providing immediately useful insights to help employers make more informed hiring decisions. SkillSurvey reduces time-to-hire for all industries, with their largest markets being healthcare, higher education, retail, consumer products, finance and staffing/RPO organizations. Its cloud-based referencing […]
Common Job Description Buzzwords and What They Really Mean
If you read through a few job descriptions, for varying roles or industries, chances are you’ll come across a handful of the same terms and phrases. That’s because, just like their resumé counterparts, job descriptions often rely on buzzwords. Phrases like “detail-oriented,” “team player,” and “results-oriented” are common job description buzzwords you will come across, […]
Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Recruitment is Near
There has been a tug of war between technology and the human element in hiring for quite some time. Technology helps facilitate smarter, more efficient practices. Humans have a sensitivity that picks up on subtle nuances that technology can’t. And some say that artificial intelligence or AI is the perfect combination of both. Will this […]
Ad Blocking Predicted to Cost U.S. Media Owners $12 Billion by 2020
It’s no wonder that major national newspapers and some dailies are taking a hard stance against readers who use ad blockers. They cost newspapers precious revenue, and the numbers keep getting worse. If the current climate continues, media owners in the U.S. alone could lose a staggering $12 billion by 2020. But users have their […]
Looking for Positive Glassdoor Reviews? Try These 4 Strategies
Great Glassdoor reviews are a bit like love: they have to happen naturally. That said, there’s a lot that you can do to improve your odds. Because Glassdoor is becoming as important to job seekers as Angie’s List is to consumers, it pays to take whichever steps you can to encourage current and past employees […]
3 Lessons Learned from the Shuttering of Simply Hired
In editorials and blog posts heard ’round the world, Simply Hired is closing its doors. The details of one of the industry’s ground-floor job aggregator services have been stunning, to say the least. But as with any death knell, there’s typically a lesson to be extracted, analyzed and put to good use once you get […]
Gannett’s Gamesmanship Continues in Tribune Takeover Bid
In a modern example of tenacity, Gannett has dug in its heels about a Tribune takeover. On April 12, Gannett privately offered Tribune a healthy sum of $815 million. Tribune soundly rejected the offer, taking a poison pill defense. Gannett then sweetened the deal to $865 million, and still Tribune refused. The former is brimming […]
Understanding What Veterans Seeking Employment Are Looking For
Some of the most dedicated and hardest working people that you’ll ever encounter are U.S. military veterans. They’ve typically got a great work ethic, and they’re more than willing to go the extra mile. As for teamwork, they’ve got that in spades. But even with all of that going for them, hiring vets can be […]
Expert Interview: Caitlin MacGregor, CEO of Plum, Discussing Online Recruiting
How has online recruiting evolved since you got into the business? Since coming into the business, online recruiting has evolved from being an online job search platform where job seekers can search and apply for jobs to a competitive marketing tool. We have seen an evolution of the business having the upper hand at choosing […]
How Managers Can Find the Best IT Talent
Many IT hiring managers would say that there’s a significant gap between the talent that they need to fill a position and the availability of qualified candidates. It’s a known issue in the IT sector. But it’s also one that has a solution or two. While some companies struggle with finding any qualified talent, much […]
Put the Checkbook Away: Top 3 Perks Job Candidates Are Looking For
Are you thinking about a career move? CareerBuilder says that it might not be long before you’re in the same spot as the candidates you scout. According to a survey of over 3,000 people, which the job resource website released back in December, about one in five expect to change jobs this year. So now […]
The Washingtonian Took a Gamble with Its Homepage and Boy Did it Pay Off
The Washingtonian took a major risk with their homepage just after the first of the year and it turned out beautifully. Instead of the classic view, visitors got a newsfeed-style page with a whole new look and feel. But that’s not the only thing that changed. According to Digiday, Washingtonian homepage unique visitors climbed […]
5 Talent Acquisition Trends that Boost Company Reputation
The employer brand can make or break even the greatest recruiting strategy and most sophisticated technology. That’s why some of the biggest trends in recruiting right now have a sharpened focus on company reputation. They work hand-in-hand, recruiting and reputation/brand management. You have a product to sell, that product is a job. Whether or not […]
4 Recruitment Strategies That Will Save You Time
With only so many hours in a work day, time really is money. How you spend it on recruitment has a direct effect on your bottom line. It can also make or break the candidate experience. RELATED: How to Improve Your Recruitment Strategy: A Conversation Maybe some of your practices were great at one time. […]
Everyone is Sourcing–It’s Time to Up Your Game
There’s a difference between sourcing candidates as a theory and truly sourcing the right candidates. It has little to do with catchphrases or platitudes, and everything to do with using the most effective tools available in human resources today. RELATED: How to Improve Your Recruitment Strategy: A Conversation Like too many things in the corporate […]
Top 5 Jobs Being Replaced by Technology
Employment is on the rise, still gaining over the losses from the Great Recession. But at the same time, employment in many middle-class jobs is all but evaporating. How can both be true? It’s part of the mystery of the disappearing middle class, and 247 Wall Street says that it and other sources agree: it’s […]
Why Data Analytics Can Help Your Recruitment Strategy
Data reporting, data analytics, they talk about the same thing, right? Hardly. The former reads like a history book. It tells you where you’ve been. The latter is more like a crystal ball. It helps you see where you might be headed. Reporting and analytics are part of one team. They’re not the same, but […]
How the Circulation Manager’s Duties Have Changed
If you ask circulation managers how the industry in general and their role, in particular, have changed in the last 5 or 10 years, you’ll probably want to take notes. From 5 years ago, there has been a data revolution. But from 10, most agree that it’s become a whole new world. RELATED: How Can […]
McClatchy’s First Quarter 2016 Results Show Net Loss, But Other Gains
Despite a reported $7.9 million loss in the first quarter of 2016, McClatchy Company is pleased with its performance and optimistic about the future. Multiple Pulitzer award-winning McClatchy, which owns 27 dailies across the country, expressed in a recent press release that the impact of first quarter losses is mitigated by their 9.8 percent improvement […]
4 Surefire Social Media Recruitment Building Blocks
If you don’t have a social media recruitment strategy, what are you waiting for? The days of wondering whether or not it’s important are long gone. Now we’ve moved into an era of finding the right building blocks to create the best plan. The big three – Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter – are used by […]
Programmatic Will Change How You Recruit
If there is one takeaway from Simply Hired’s demise, it might be that the old ‘post-and-pray’ model is heading the way of the steam-engine railroad. While it makes sense that in the last two decades job postings have mimicked the legacy of print classifieds, now that more consumer and internet usage data is available to […]
May 2016 Jobs Report
The very cautious optimism of early 2016 turned into a genuine concern with the June 3 release of the May Jobs Report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. April’s report showed signs of a downturn, and May saw them happen in earnest. Nearly every market declined in May with hiring levels at their lowest […]
Are Employee Workplace Wellness Programs a Good Idea?
How would you react to a bonus for losing a few pounds or getting plenty of sleep? That sounds great! But what if the bargain included losing part of your paycheck if you didn’t meet employer-mandated health guidelines? A growing number of employers are instituting what they call “health and wellness” plans for employees. Some […]
6 Great Interview Questions to Ask Candidates
Bad interview questions are making the rounds of hiring manager “don’ts” these days, but what about working toward better questions that help you learn more? The interview should be a means for gaining insight into job candidates, not just a process of going through the motions. Knowing what the best interview questions to ask candidates […]
Can Digital Fatigue Fuel a Newspaper Resurgence?
Like a host of migrating sparrows, shifting and bobbing to some unknown directive, the newspaper industry has adapted and changed course again and again in an effort to capture the all-important revenue. Newer, better and smarter technology has been touted as the way to find the course home. But all of that activity comes with […]
How to Convince Management to Give You a Larger Recruiting Budget
Human capital ranks #1 in the challenges that businesses face, according to a talent optimization report by the Conference Board. But if you’re working with the same minuscule budget, your numbers have little chance to improve. How many times have you wished for more money to work with? Maybe it’s for more modern technology, growing […]
Why Open Ended Questions Will Improve Your Sourcing Efforts
Give a person a dead-end question and you’ll usually hit a dead end. That is unless you’re lucky enough to find someone who enjoys talking and wants to share. As a recruiter, you encounter lead sources nearly every day. If you approach them with the opportunity to share what they know, they just might cooperate. […]
Why So Many Newspapers are Being Bought and Sold in 2016
Everywhere you look and practically everywhere you read, there’s another newspaper bought, sold, taken over, in negotiations or holding out with the aid of the last ditch “poison pill” defense. What’s going on in publishing that makes so many properties, which many would kindly describe as distressed, such hot commodities? RELATED: Is Consolidation the Future […]
How Technology Can Personalize and Improve Recruitment Efforts
Technology and the human element in HR recruiting might seem like polar opposites, but the right technology makes a more personalized experience more attainable. As recruiting and hiring professionals have worked to implement technology that makes the workday more efficient, job candidates and existing employees have gotten a bit lost in the shuffle. But with […]
What Simply Hired Closing Its Doors Really Means
With the major announcement over the Memorial Day Weekend that Simply Hired will be shuttering as soon as June 26th, the job board industry is shaken up. Although it remains unclear if an acquisition play may emerge between now and the company’s shuttering date, it is rumored that employees of the company are not likely […]
Tampa Tribune Sold to Tampa Bay Times
In another round of mergers and acquisitions, The Tampa Tribune owners have sold it and other related news properties to Tampa Bay Times. This acquisition differs from some others that have recently made the news in that the two properties will become one. RELATED:Newspapers Feasting on Each Other to Survive Times owners pledge to give […]
3 Habits of the Highly Skilled Recruiter
Some recruiters seem to shine as highly skilled professionals in the industry. They’re the ones with a blistering number of social media followers. They’re the ones writing blog posts that everyone shares. You might think that it’s sheer luck and opportunity, but it’s not. What sets them apart isn’t always the tools in hand, but […]
Marketing Trends Changing the Face of Recruitment
There’s a transformation happening in recruitment right now, and you can get ahead of the curve. It’s all about marketing, which wasn’t the focus for many, if any, recruiters in the not-so-distant past. Why would it be, when HR had its own strategy lined out and it seemed to work just fine? But the marketing […]
How One French Newspaper is Targeting Ad Blocking
It’s not a pleasant thought, but sacrificing some advertising revenue could give newspapers the whitelisted status that they need to beat the ad blocker surge. Publications are approaching the problem from different angles. French daily, Le Figaro, took a big risk by banning ad blockers on their site, and it paid off. Now the real […]
5 Recruiting Metrics You Should be Tracking
Chances are you’ve got a lot of questions about your own hiring process. How much does it cost to hire one new person? How many people who start an application see it through to completion? The answers don’t have to be estimations; not if you know which recruiting metrics are worth tracking. RELATED: Whats Big […]
How do Candidates Perceive Your Company Brand? Employees Know
If prospective employees don’t relate to your brand, you might not see the recruiting results that you’re after. Marketing and sales already know how important branding is. But with recruiting not that much different from sales anymore, HR should start to come around, and soon. Current employees can help. RELATED: What Does Your Company Stand […]
Can Blind Recruitment Help Encourage Diversity?
Some organizations are having great luck cultivating genuine diversity in the workplace through blind recruitment. This strategy requires knowing less and consequently learning more about your candidates. Those two sentiments aren’t mutually exclusive, as they might seem. RELATED: Workplace Diversity Is The Key To Success in HR The more that you know about a candidate […]
Defining and Nailing Cultural Fit
When a new hire isn’t a good cultural fit, everyone loses. The employee loses time, and you lose time and money as well. It’s buzzworthy right now, but knowing that cultural fit is important and achieving it are two different things. RELATED: 5 Ways to Improve Company Culture Of course you want employees who fit […]
Bridging the Generational Gap: Hiring Strategies for Millennials, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers
Millennials, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers might speak almost entirely different languages and respond to different hiring strategies, but they’re all valuable assets in a diverse workplace. If you could peek into the mind of one, you’d likely see different process and a different sort of culture expectation than you’d find in another. Unless you […]
4 Common Challenges for Recruiters and How to Handle Them
Recruitment challenges pop up routinely, and they typically boil down to finding and keeping the best talent. Maybe the problem is in the process. Outmoded methods and dated technology don’t do anyone any favors. Or maybe your company suffers from a dwindling supply of qualified applicants. A recruiter’s work is truly never done. But with […]
How to Create an Employee Referral Program That Works
Employee referrals are unsurpassed in improving hiring volume and the quality of new hires. That’s according to ERE Media, and they go on to explain that this rich resource is #1 in improving time to fill, retention and applicant-to-hire ratio. If you don’t have an employee referral program, it’s time to pull one together. RELATED:5 […]
March 2016 Jobs Report
On April 1, 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employment was up by 215,000 new jobs for the month of March. Unemployment, which was at 5 percent, experienced little change from February. The Wall Street Journal had predicted results that were nearly identical, so there was little surprise among economists. The biggest […]
High-Touch and High-Tech: Why Publishers Need to Accommodate Both for Advertisers
If publishers want to win over a newer breed of advertisers, they’ll need to revisit what was great about the high-touch old ways. The technological innovation that makes programmatic advertising sales such a boon leaves one important gap, and that’s a personal touch. Accommodate both, and you’ll have a winning combination that sells. RELATED: Exploring […]
Workplace Diversity Is The Key To Success in HR
HR departments are probably the most important departments in Tech companies. Yes, HR – not necessarily R&D, product or marketing – this is the department that its employees set the foundation for the success of any company. It is their responsibility (and goal) to bring in the best and brightest, to create a great diversity […]
Recruitment is About Adaptability Now
It’s 8:00 a.m. Do you know where your job candidates are? Maybe they’re taking the train in to work a mediocre job. Maybe they’re in a different part of the country. Or maybe they’re in an office just down the hall. Your recruiting reach extends in a lot of different directions, which is one reason […]
Are There Really 600,000 Job Openings in California?
Are there 600,000 openings in California available on any given day? You couldn’t answer that by the volume of people who are looking for work, but the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that it’s true. If so many jobs are out there, and so many people are actively seeking work, why is it so […]
You’ve Got Great Talent, Now Keep It
When you subtract attrition from your new hire rate, the numbers might not be exceptional after all. Hiring a team is only part of the battle. You’ve got to hire the right team, and then you’ve got to keep that great talent. That’s arguably the biggest job you’ve got. Sourcing candidates and candidate retention go […]
5 Ways Recruiters Blow it at Tech Social Recruiting
It wasn’t long ago that social media and social recruiting were buzz-worthy ideas for recruiting. But now it’s part of everyday fare for a majority of recruiters, so you’ve got to get it right. There were no set rules when recruiters first tiptoed into the social recruiting arena to test it out. Now there are, […]
Newspapers Feasting on Each Other to Survive
Like a giant game of Pac-Man, bigger newspapers around the country are gobbling up smaller papers, all in the hopes of creating a more formidable, united whole. It’s about the ever-elusive advertising dollars. They just aren’t there, especially for smaller, local papers. But with a consolidation strategy, a little time is being gained before the […]
Is Seattle the New Silicon Valley?
Is the tech boom heading north? The data says yes. Tech workers and businesses seem to be heading for grayer pastures, leaving Silicon Valley for rain-soaked Seattle. So what’s driving the migration? And what does it mean for tech companies in the city? Will Seattle become the new Silicon Valley? Silicon Valley Moving to Seattle? […]
What Does The US Women’s Soccer Gender Pay Gap Mean For Hiring
Yesterday was national gender pay gap day or more commonly known as Equal Pay Day. This “celebration” began as a way to highlight the gender pay gap by identifying how much longer in 1 day or week a woman would have to work to make the same amount of money as her male counterparts. There […]
Interviewer Questions to Ask Candidates That Really Work
Do you still spend time in interviews asking about an applicant’s strengths and past achievements? There may be better interviewer questions to ask candidates to find the right person. Many times, candidates who look good on paper struggle with jobs that require creativity and collaboration, two skills that are more and more necessary for companies operating […]
Is Your Recruitment Strategy Taking Advantage of Big Data?
Big Data. It’s not necessarily a new idea. The information has been there for a long time. But finding ways to tap into it and make it useful has been a bit elusive. Marketing and sales were some of the first areas to jump into the Big Data ring. But if your company’s recruitment strategy […]
5 Ways to Improve Company Culture
The backbone of a company is its culture, and one of the ways to attract top people to a business is to show off that culture. Employers can no longer rely on a simple statement of values or mission, they need to show a potential employee exactly how wonderful it would be to work with […]
4 Ways to Sell Local Ads Better
Recruitment ad sales seem to be especially challenging for some ad reps, while others drive much more business in the right direction. Is it luck? Experience? A better publication with a broader reach? Maybe, at least in part, but there’s more to it than that. RELATED: How the Right Online Tools Jump Started One Company’s […]
How the Right Online Tools Jump Started One Company’s Local Advertising Revenue
In Lancaster, PR, the LNP Media Group, publishers of both an online news site and a local newspaper, maintained a regular recruitment ad section which they felt could use a boost in new client revenue. Classified Advertising Manager Chris Stahl turned to RealMatch for solutions, and account manager Rebecca Jones worked closely with her on […]
6 Tips for Tackling Employee Turnover
With employee turnover being one of the costliest problems that a business faces, effective ways to whittle it down should be on every recruiter’s mind. According to the HR consulting firm, Corter Consulting, the loss of one $8 / hour employee costs over $5,000. A salaried employee earning $75,000 annually can cost about $15,000. Businesses […]
The Future of Healthcare Employment
If you are in the process of deciding what career to pursue or you are considering a change of careers, then take a long look at a job in a healthcare field. According to TheJobNetwork.com, there will be an average job growth rate of 19 percent for almost all healthcare related fields by 2024. While […]
How Technology Can Help HR Hire Better Candidates
The job of HR recruiters keeps increasing in complexity, so it’s no wonder that new technologies are more than a little welcome to help manage it all. Everything is changing. Candidate sourcing isn’t simple anymore, and neither is keeping up with the ways that they want and need to be reached. And that doesn’t begin […]
How You Can Snag the Best Candidates
You know what you expect from job candidates. But have you thought about what they expect from you? Most candidates wouldn’t dream of expressing that sort of opinion in an interview. But the way that they view your company and the hiring process could determine whether you snag the best candidates or send them down […]
Has LinkedIn Jumped the Shark?
LinkedIn has seen some good days and some bad days, but these days it’s beginning to look like it’s circling the drain. Or jumping the shark, maybe. Things aren’t looking great over at the professional social media giant. And that means a lot of recruiters will need a better way to find the elusive great […]
Part-Time Jobs to Remain Hot in 2016
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 292,000 new jobs created in December 2015. This is a healthy number, but it is made up in large part by part-time jobs. Is that a bad thing? For some people, the availability of part-time instead of full-time jobs can be frustrating. But to others, part-time […]
Here Is How To Get The Most Out Of Spring Conferences
If there are things that come with Spring, they are flowers blooming, new grads to hire, and industry conferences. This year, the ERE Recruiting Conference in Las Vegas, NV from April 6th-8th will be different than some of its competitors though. For the talent acquisition professional, here is how you can make the most of […]
Do You Treat Your Candidates Like Customers?
How well do you really know your candidates? If you have a recruiting process in place that’s seemed to work just fine for years, your answer to that question is probably at least a bit inaccurate. RELATED: Why Job Candidates are Attracted to Companies with a Mission Recruiting is, or should be, a great deal […]
Healthcare Industry Hires Grow In February’s Jobs Report
February was another great month for the job market as this month’s jobs report shows. Employers added 242,000 workers last month and unemployment held steady at 4.9 percent. That’s around 50,000 more jobs than economists were expecting. Employment gains have averaged 543,000 a month since December, the biggest increase in 16 years. It’s clear that […]
The Fascinating Science That Shows Why People Sometimes Prefer Print to Digital
The battle between print and digital is ongoing, and digital seems by all counts to be winning. People are spending more and more time every year consuming media digitally, and advertisers are following. But a new study from the Canada Post and Canadian neuromarketing firm TrueImpact shows that publishers probably shouldn’t give up their print […]
When an Improving Economy is Bad for Business
Job seekers have worried for years about finding work, but the tide has shifted, and that’s not great news for recruiting. It’s the big truth about supply and demand. Whoever has the biggest supply has the odds stacked in their favor. Today, supply favors workers as the economy keeps improving. HR recruiters have a tougher […]
Is Mobile Job Apply for You? Your Candidates Think So
Job candidates are using mobile. Are you? It’s not as basic a question as it seems. Mobile capable and mobile optimized are very different animals. The former is the least that recruiters can offer to candidates. The latter makes searching and applying for jobs with a mobile device as easy as it can be. RELATED: […]
January Jobs Report: Wages Up, Unemployment Down
The January jobs report is starting the year off right with an increase in hourly wages and unemployment at an 8 year low. As President Obama said, “Americans are working.” This is great news for the economy, but it means that employers might find it more difficult to recruit the best of the best. Job […]
Whats Big in Recruiting for 2016?
Recruiting is anything but boring these days, and 2016 is shaping up to be an exciting year. Everything is changing, from the way that the employees themselves factor into the equation to the way that qualified candidates are sourced. Recruiters are realizing that employees, and by default employee candidates, really are the vital asset that […]
Hiring for Emerging Roles? Think Competencies Not Certifications
There have always been emerging roles, at least for as long as times have changed. Problem is, times are changing faster now, and roles are branching out in so many different directions. The jobs of tomorrow may bear little resemblance to those of today. But while the decisions that recruiters make are of paramount importance […]
5 Digital Publishing Tips to Increase Revenue
With the digital world taking over practically everything, it’s important to keep up. Digital publishing is a large part of the magazine, newspaper, or book market. There is almost any kind of publication available in a digital format. That means that companies need to stay up to speed with the quickly advancing market by coming […]
Why Job Matching is Different From Job Searching
All job or employee candidate searches involve at least some matching. But real-time job matching involves so much more than drilling down through keywords. You can add all the right information and sort through resumes all day. But you’ll still get the same results unless you use better technology that’s designed to do exactly what […]
The 2016 Presidential Election & the Job Market
The job market is relatively strong so far in 2016, with unemployment falling below 5 percent for the first time since 2008. But as we all know, the 2016 presidential election is coming up, and some believe this uncertainty might affect the positive market. Let’s take a look. RELATED: Hiring Solutions: How Pay Per Applicant […]
What Publishers Can Learn from Harvard’s Digital Success
In 2010, the Harvard Business Review (HBR) was an academic journal full of unrelated long-form articles. Then editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius took over and transformed it into a multi-platform resource for almost 286,000 subscribers. That’s an increase of 21 percent since 2010. RELATED: 3 Offers to Help Boost Customer Acquisition So what’s the secret? Why are […]
Discrimination Through Micro-Aggression: An Up and Coming HR Problem
Discrimination, at least in its most obvious forms, is growing more and more rare in the workplace, but that doesn’t mean it’s gone. The new face of discrimination, which admittedly isn’t new at all, is micro-aggression. Many employers are beginning to acknowledge the problem, but aren’t entirely sure what to do about it. RELATED: Millennials […]
The Race for New Hires: Be a Tortoise Not a Hare
Call it turnover, churn or whatever else that you will, when an employee leaves it costs you money. The clock is ticking, and recruiters are in a race for the best talent. But that mentality is at odds with making the best hires. The hare might scoop up candidates left and right, but there are […]