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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hiring Military Veterans Commands A Different Approach and Closer Look
When U.S. military veterans transition from active duty to civilian life, there’s a lot more to the transformation than a change of clothes. Because hiring vets is so much different from hiring average civilians, it’s no wonder vets are seriously underserved and misunderstood. Question is, does your company know how to speak their language, and […]
Mobile Recruitment Advertising: Where It’s At, Where It’s Going
Recruiters want the best way to reach the most candidates, so why do so many neglect the most obvious and widespread means of communication available? In just the first decade of this new century, the number of mobile users exploded into the billions, taking us to where we are now. It’s still taking shape, but […]
5 Takeaways from Glassdoor’s 25 Best Jobs in America
Around 45% of the population in the US will be looking for a new job this year. Glassdoor recently released its second annual ranking of the 25 Best Jobs in America for 2016 to help them with the search. But this report helps employers, as well. Those businesses in the top industries know that there […]
Millennials Aren’t the Only Ones Qualified for Jobs of the Future
Time will march on, and the need for qualified candidates will keep growing. But how can you know which skills are important for the next big thing when there isn’t an existing pool of candidates pre-loaded with experience? And does the next shift mean Millennials will inherently have the upper hand while older candidates stay […]
What You Need to Know About Building a Diversity Job Board
As part of Recruitment ADvisor’s ongoing series to help job boards improve their brand to generate more revenue, I sat down with RealMatch Product Marketing Director Bart Bartolozzi to tackle some of the difficult questions from the RealMatch webinar ‘Use Brand to Generate Job Board Revenue.’ This article explores diversity job boards, just how popular […]
Hiring Solutions: How Pay Per Applicant Can Get You Results
There’s no doubt that recruiting has changed, especially in the Internet age. Years ago, recruiting was often conducted often by word-of-mouth, candidates stopping into businesses seeking handshake deals, and plain old paper applications. These days, however, digital recruiting technology and techniques have changed the game forever. Defining Modern Recruiting Via Digital Means RELATED: 3 Myths […]
6 Common Habits Recruiters Need to Stop
Some recruiters use procedures so common they’re practically second nature, but that doesn’t mean they’re good. Maybe it’s in the way that you write a job ad, or the erroneous idea that you can know a candidate by skimming a resume. Going with your gut has about a 50 / 50 shot of working. Parts […]
3 Steps to Gain Job Board Market Share
As part of Recruitment ADvisor’s ongoing series to help job boards improve their brand to generate more revenue, I sat down with RealMatch Product Marketing Director Bart Bartolozzi to tackle some of the difficult questions from the RealMatch webinar ‘Use Brand to Generate Job Board Revenue.’ This article focuses on gaining market share in […]
10 Words Recruiters are Tired of Seeing on Resumes
The catchphrases and outdated buzzwords in resumes today are enough to send HR recruiters straight to the migraine zone. What is it about this commonplace document that makes job seekers haul out the War and Peace volume of corporate-speak? The job market hasn’t been especially great for the past several years, so maybe descriptors […]
How Can Publishers Use Data Analytics to Increase Revenues
Matt Lindsay is an economics expert that has been releasing a series of blog pieces and books that talk about the shift in the publishing industry away from traditional distribution and into something that is more focused on the reader. In a guest blog posted on DataScienceCentral.com, Lindsay suggests that the advertising revenue pie is […]
Millennials Say Yes, Ethics Matter in a Career
Do ethics matter in business? For some people, ethical standards are necessarily lowered in business because they’re willing to do what it takes to make a dollar. In fact, this is even more true of subordinates who have been given a specific task by the boss. However, for others, ethics play a major role in […]
How Tapping Into The Candidate Experience Can Boost Your Hiring
While there’s no doubt that technology has made the recruiting process better in many ways for employers and job seekers, it has also caused a serious disconnect in the candidate experience. The oft-quoted Spider-man movie line, “with great power comes great responsibility”, certainly rings true here. Just because you have the technology to create a […]
Local or Vertical: How Should I Brand My Job Board?
In November 2015, RealMatch hosted a webinar with The Job Board Doctor called ‘Use Brand to Generate Job Board Revenue‘. Throughout the webinar, attendees asked numerous questions about how to best drive revenue by building or developing their job board brand. I chatted with RealMatch Product Marketing Director Bart Bartolozzi following the webinar to see […]
5 Recruiting Blogs You Need To Read
Recruiting is a constantly changing and evolving industry. Depending on the size and structure of a company, a recruiter needs to meet the needs of current employees, C-Suite, potential hires, IT, marketing, and many more stakeholders. As the often mis-cited saying goes, ”your company is only as good as your best employees”, and most of […]
December 2015 Jobs Report
The December 2015 jobs report exceeded everyone’s expectations, despite the slowdown in economic growth for the third and fourth quarter. RELATED: All You Need to Know About December’s Jobs Report The Growth Was Substantial According to CNBC, economists were projecting that approximately 200,000 new jobs would be added to the U.S. economy in December 2015. […]
How to Become a World-Class Recruiter
Recruiting is a huge piece of the puzzle when it comes to running a successful business, but failing to implement best practices in even a few of the steps required to be an all-star recruiter can lead to serious problems. For starters, hiring the wrong candidate can mean productivity issues, concerns when dealing with clients, […]
Why More Employers May Be Hiring More Ex-Cons in 2016
According to NBC News, up to 75 percent of ex-convicts cannot find jobs within their first year of being released from prison. Despite doing their time for their crime, many ex-convicts are finding that companies are unwilling to offer the kind of employment that could lead to a better life and a life away from […]
Why Millennials are Loving Start-Ups More and Traditional Companies Less
It’s little wonder that millennials are attracted to the cutting edge, fast-paced, and exciting world of start-up companies. Indeed, the Venn diagram comprising of ‘millennials’ and ‘start-ups’ circles would certainly overlap pretty closely. They’re both trendy, ahead of the curve, open and adaptive to change, and contain just a dash of naive optimism. Yet the […]
Does Your Employer Brand Need Less Secret Identity and More Superhero?
In classic superhero tales, the protagonist is typically someone who wants to avoid the limelight. In doing so, the hero will usually don a secret identity to avoid suspicion, and this identity is often the complete opposite of who the hero is when he or she is fighting crime. In business, and especially in representing […]
How 2015 Shaped the Job Board Industry
Now that 2015 is in our rear view mirror, we can take a look back at the trends that shaped the year and try to anticipate how those trends will affect the future. Job boards definitely had a difficult time keeping up with changes in 2015, as it proved to be a very dynamic year […]
What Does Your Company Stand for?
Is there a reason for your company to stand for something to be effective? According to Jeff Dickey-Chasins, your company cannot establish a brand unless it has a purpose. A company that has a clear-cut definition of what it is and what it does can carve a well-defined path towards success. What about your job […]
Why Inefficient Hiring is Holding You Back
In 2006, Indeed.com announced that it was debuting the first pay-per-click job recruiting program that allowed employers to create targeted ads to reach very specific types of candidates. The initial draw of these programs is that they were designed to make online recruiting more efficient. Over the years, pay-per-click recruiting advertising has proven to be […]
How to Find More Passive Job Candidates
When it comes to recruiting, you’re likely seeking active candidates or candidates who are currently pursuing employment with your company. Although recruiting is never easy, it can be easier when put in this position. Active candidates are often seeking out your specific ad efforts, meaning your company is in a more advantageous position. Passive candidates, […]
How Subpar Job Postings are Sabotaging Your Recruiting
As the world transitions from print to digital platforms, everyone has to start altering the way they do things in order to get the right results. Before the Internet, recruiters could put out general job descriptions because there were a lot more general practitioners than specialists. But things have changed, and recruiters now need to […]
How to Combat Significant Change in The Recruiting Landscape
Recruiting for jobs may seem simple right now, especially with the economic climate remaining somewhat dismal. Simply put a job offer up online and watch recruits and candidates pour in, right? Actually, this strategy has been somewhat helpful over the past decade, but it isn’t working nearly as well these days. Yes, the economy as […]
How the Improving Economy is Making Hiring Harder
For workers, a growing economy means better jobs and the ability to choose between quality jobs to find that next career move. For companies, a growing economy means more revenue and more opportunities to grow. But a growing economy also means that there are less qualified workers looking for jobs, and the lack of quality […]
How Recruiting is Changing in 2016 and Beyond
The recruitment industry and associated in-house human resources equivalents are always changing, and as 2016 arrives, evolution is sure to take place. The Internet has changed so much about the recruitment process, so whether you work for an outside company that specializes solely in recruiting or you’re a human resources professional tasked with finding the […]
Why the Online Recruiting Marketplace is Surging
Not too long ago, companies used online recruiting as a sort of way to reinforce the results they were getting with print advertising and other standard recruiting practices that had been used for decades. But all of that is changing and the online recruiting marketplace is surging to a position of dominance. According to RealMatch.com, […]
Why Social Platforms Will Play an Even Bigger Role for Recruiters in 2016
When social media networks first debuted, companies and recruiters viewed them as places where people posted cat pictures and looked up new recipes. But as time has gone by, social media has threatened to completely change the Internet. As 2016 approaches, recruiters need to respect the significantly increasing role that social media will play in […]
Why Quality of Hire is The One Metric to Rule Them All
Recruiting professionals and job boards are constantly looking for ways to quantify their work so that others can understand their effectiveness. The best way to measure effectiveness is to create a metric, and the metric that has shot to the top of everyone’s list is the quality of hire metric. Recruiters and job boards have […]
How Your Hiring Process Reflects Your Company Culture
With the pool of available employment candidates shrinking, it is more important than ever that companies understand the importance of a good interview process. When you are interviewing a candidate, you need to impress the candidate as much as they need to impress you. The process you use to bring in new talent can be […]
5 Trends and Challenges Ahead for Recruiters in 2016
As 2015 starts coming to a close, recruiters and candidates are analyzing the trends that they can expect to see in 2016. Recruiters always want to be ahead of the curve when it comes to matching the right candidate with the right opportunity, and candidates are always interested to see whether or not they are […]
The Future for Recruiters? Data and Social
It was not that long ago that a finely tuned resume was the best way for a candidate to get the interview they wanted. When the Internet came along, it was treated as an enhancement to the traditional process. As Internet technology developed, recruiters started to see the value in being able to sift through […]
3 Recruiting Trends in 2016
Recruiting is heating up as the economy shows signs of strengthening, but are you ready? Is your company ready? If not, check out the following 3 recruiting trends picking up steam in 2016: 1. The Candidate Experience Like it or not, candidates are now able to talk about their recruiting experiences right away. Sites like […]
Why Employee Self-Evaluations are Important
Do you remember back in grade school when you were sometimes given the chance to grade your own paper? You might have felt liberated or inspired by the process. Why? Because this method uniquely involves students by offering the chance to look more closely at their own personal strengths and weaknesses while simultaneously assessing their […]
How to Create Job Ads That Lure a Multi-Generational Workforce
Every so often the workplace gets into a transitional period that sees one dominant generation give way to the next dominant generation. As the Baby Boomers edge closer to retirement, the Millennials are starting to take over management spots and leading the way as entrepreneurs. Stuck right in the middle is Generation X, which is […]
October Jobs Report Shows Strong Growth
The fourth quarter of 2015 continues to promise a better 2016 for the job market and the U.S. economy as a whole. Let’s explore what the Labor Department’s October report had to say about October’s strong showing, from what the numbers revealed to what the trends imply. Fulfilling September’s Promise October’s numbers indicated a strong […]
3 Myths Busted About Pay Per Application Advertising
Pay per application recruiting is still a viable method of getting qualified applicants in the door, but there are a number of misconceptions about just how effective this method is in the digital age. Many employers these days feel like job boards are the way to go, but what many of these employers don’t realize […]
How to Attract Millennials to Your Company
The millennial generation is unlike any previous generation when it comes to hiring. Millennials, often considered to be people born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s, have grown up in an era where technology has become a part of virtually everything they do. From computers to smartphones and apps to search engines, millennial […]
7 Ways to Handle a Difficult Employee
In a perfect world, the workplace would consist of individuals working symbiotically toward a common goal. In the real world, the fact is that you will end up with a difficult employee. While learning to deal with difficult people may not be at the top of your “to do” list as a hiring manager, it […]
How Much Does a New Hire Cost?
Hiring a new employee can be an amazing experience, but it can also be costly. With each new hire, you’re bringing someone onboard who may be with you for the next few decades, but this person may also cost your company thousands of dollars in the short-term in costs that include insurance, unemployment, training, and […]
The Cost of Hiring the Wrong Candidate
You probably already know that hiring the right people for your business is crucial to getting the job done, but did you know that hiring the wrong candidate can be detrimental in ways other than day-to-day operations? A bad hire can not only cause a loss in productivity, but he or she can also lead […]
Can You Change Your Company’s Corporate Culture?
A lot of business owners and recruiters like to throw around the words “company culture”, but many have no idea what company culture really is. Defining a corporate culture involves a number of factors, including attitudes, behaviors, philosophies, and values. Essentially, your company’s culture reaches and extends into all of the intangible aspects of your […]
4 Ways for Recruiters to Make an Impact at ‘Hello’
While most job prospecting focusing on the job seeker, there needs to be a significant amount of focus placed on recruiters. Recruiters are the first line of contact that job seekers have with potential employers, and these interactions can make a serious difference in whether or not a job seeker gets hired, but also whether […]
4 Reasons Job Boards Continue to Lure Quality Candidates
When LinkedIn and Facebook got into the recruiting game, many people started to sound the death bell for job recruiting boards. But according to Talentculture.com, job boards make up 42 percent of all quality hire activity, closely followed by social media. Why hasn’t social media been able to completely replace job boards as the default […]
Top 4 Interviewing Red Flags for Employers
Interviewing candidates for a position in your company can be fun, it can be a nightmare, or it could be just plain boring. Unfortunately, when it becomes boring, it can be easy to miss some serious red flags that the candidate is displaying. When this happens, you may end up hiring someone who is not […]
How HR Can Get the Most Out of Social Media
Approximately 74 percent of internet-using adults utilize social media, according to the Pew Internet Project. While many people think of social media as changing the landscape for the job hunter, it offers equally transformational potential for human resources professionals. Read on to learn how to optimize your social media interactions. SEE ALSO: How Employers Can […]
4 Ways to Avoid Disaster with a Company Dress Code
Company dress codes in the past were often quite conservative, with many organizations opting for suits and ties for most male employees and dresses and blouses for most female employees. Likewise, dress codes typically required that hair and other grooming concerns be perfectly coiffed in order to present a formal image. These days, however, dress […]
6 Great Interview Questions Employers Should Ask
The average interview last 40 minutes, according to a Forbes article. Do you really want to spend that time on useless, trivial or misleading information? Here are six great interview questions to keep in your holster for your next interview. 1. If you could restart your career knowing now what you didn’t know then, would […]
What Last Month’s Jobs Report Means For Hiring
Recruiters nationwide probably released a collective sigh of disappointment on the first Friday in October 2015. That’s when the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its report on hiring and job growth for the month of September, and the results weren’t as rosy as many were hoping for. But raw numbers aren’t everything in understanding the […]
How to Help Mold the Job Skills of Millennials
Millennials have been entering the workforce for a while now, but employers are often still at a loss as to how to bridge skill gaps. This younger generation of workers comes with a variety of expectations, and this can pose a challenge to older employers who are used to doing things a certain way. To […]
How You Can Really Pull Off a Preparation-Free Interview
In most cases, preparation before an interview is a must, both for the interviewer and the interviewee. On one side of the table, preparation shows that the interviewee has done his or her research about the company, showing that he or she is truly interested in the company and not just a job. On the […]
How Attitudes are Changing on Hiring Ex-Felons
It can be difficult to find a job in a down economy, but that challenge is compounded when you have a criminal record. According to an article published by WSET-TV of Danville, Virginia, people with criminal records are much less likely to go back to prison if they can find steady work. But the problem […]
How to Keep Bias Out of Your Interviews
It’s human nature to have biases, but allowing these biases to factor into the interviewing process can hurt your company’s chances of attracting and hiring the best candidates. For example, you may not like males who have pierced ears (and of course, depending upon the workplace setting, pierced ears may be inappropriate.) However, if you […]
How Employers Can Make Their Job Ads More Creative
Most employers tend to make their job ads all business, but that may not necessarily be the way to go. If you want people to notice your job ad, then you may need to use a little creativity and think outside the box. This is especially true if you are looking for creative people. After […]
The Best Job Boards Value Employee Candidates
The Best Job Boards Value Employee Candidates A far too common mistake among job board startups, according to Job Board Doctor Jeff Dickey-Chasins, is too much focus on attracting employers and not nearly enough on reeling in job candidates. While it’s understandable for a service to focus the bulk of its time and resources on […]
Examining the Part-Time Employment Picture
Part-time work, or hourly work, has often been considered to be within the realm of younger workers who are just starting out. As the past six years have proven, however, part-time work is no longer considered to be just for newcomers to the job market. The fact is, many companies are now choosing to either […]
Automated Recruiting: A Success or Failure?
Depending on who you listen to, automatic recruiting is either the future of hiring or the worst thing that ever happened to it. Keyword-based recruiting technologies have been around for a while, although many are dismayed by both the process and results. But instead of throwing these technologies out the window entirely, maybe there’s a […]
The Future of Recruiting and Hiring Technology
Recruiting is evolving at such a rapid pace these days that even people who work in the field are overwhelmed by the progress. John Christopoulos, marketing manager for recruiting software company Workable, says there are plenty of exciting innovations and developments like new niche job boards and applicant tracking systems popping up daily. But he […]
Expert Interview with Chandra Turner on Recruiting Millennials
College grads are entering a new and uncertain job market. Even in publishing, they’re not sure where to start, so Chandra Turner’s made it her job to show them how to work in the publishing industry at Ed2010. She took a moment to talk with us about how the recent graduate finds a job.Tell us […]
Expert Interview with Michael Rosner on Tips for Job Sites
In the world of online job boards, there are sites that serve as a spot to post resumes and browse job openings and then there are sites that go a step or two beyond – offering visitors not only a chance to see openings, but also get training and advice. At OU Jobs, a career […]
Expert Interview with Escrowboard on Effective Recruiting
One of the biggest problems of traditional recruiting lies in mismatches between candidates in the available talent pool and the job requirements, says Michael Agee, vice president of operations for The Board Network. Recruiters are charged with finding the best available candidate for open positions and they often turn to job boards as a source […]
Expert Interview with Ann Torry About Efficient Recruiting
Given the state of the economy, most people would probably assume that there’s a glut of applicants for any available jobs, but companies deploying outdated recruitment tactics don’t always find the skill they need and want. Organizations that are struggling right now are recruiting in the same way they always have – post a job […]
Prepare for the 2014 ERE Recruiting Conference and Expo
Conferences are great places for networking and building relationships. They also give peers a chance to learn from each other, which is the best way to help businesses grow. The 2014 ERE Recruiting Conference & Expo is coming up in San Diego. Between April 22 and 24, 2014, you could learn more about the […]