Tag: talent acquisition

Is Your Job Posting Optimized for Conversion?

The typical job posting follows a similar pattern. Title, description, requirements, and a yawn for good measure. Job ads have their own job to do, but they have more versatility than you might realize. If they aren’t optimized for multifaceted performance, they’ll miss the target more often than not. And the reasons might surprise you. […]

How Mobile Talent Acquisition Simplifies Recruiting

Isn’t it great when something you use every day proves to be invaluable? There’s always some new technology in the talent acquisition industry. But few have the broad and apparently lasting impact of mobile. Mobile affects nearly every aspect of the industry, whether it’s candidate preference or recruiter convenience. And as Selina Kerley for The […]

5 Talent Acquisition Trends We’re Watching for in 2017

“The corporate learning marketplace is ready for a revolution. Never before have I seen so much frustration, innovation, and change in the corporate L&D world.” – Josh Bersin, Principal at Bersin by Deloitte. Disruption is the name of the game for talent acquisition in 2017. That’s what Bersin by Deloitte says. It’s an exciting time […]

Job Boards: What’s So Special About Tuesdays?

As a job board, the best way to understand job seekers is to put yourself in their shoes. Think about this: in this age of big data and website analytical information, there has been a serious amount of science injected into the process of finding a job. If you are looking for an office job […]

How Employers and Job Boards are Handling the Quantity vs. Quality Conundrum

According to the Economic Policy Institute, most industries in the U.S. still have substantially more job seekers than job openings. On the surface, that should be good news for employers, since they can pick and choose from the best candidates. But the teeming mass of choices out there makes it that much harder to determine […]

4 Social Recruitment Strategies that Drive a Larger Audience to Your Job Board

You’ve got the job board, and the advertisers are there or potentially so. But without the talent connection, no job board can function. So where is this mysterious group of people who want a new job, even if they don’t realize it just yet? To a large degree, they’re running to social media. Although they’re […]

The Difference Between Recruitment Strategies and Talent Acquisition (and Why it Matters)

Recruitment strategies are the short view; talent acquisition takes the longer route. Although they’re sometimes used interchangeably, they’re not the same thing at all. The differences might seem subtle on the surface. But underneath, there’s a world of difference. If there’s a talent shortage, recruitment is usually only a quick fix. Think of it as […]

4 Recruiting Solutions Used By Cutting-Edge Recruiters

The rumble of the next generation in recruiting solutions was felt a few years ago, and it’s starting to take shape. Some theories wash themselves out, such as the rush to adapt a mobile app. Most people don’t download them at all, and the ones who do rarely use them. But some theories really stick. […]

3 Ways Social Distribution is Like GPS For Job Ads

Targeted social distribution takes the largest resource for job candidates and makes all of the background noise disappear. It’s like GPS for your job ads because it takes them to the right place in as few steps and with as little effort as possible. One of the most difficult jobs in online recruitment is reaching […]

What am I Supposed to Do With All of This Online Recruitment Data?

Big online recruitment data sounds like big intimidation to people who don’t get it. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who fit into that category. It’s one thing to know that the data is there. It’s something else to know how to use it or even understand its real value. The promise of big […]

Understanding Human Resources Technology with a Periodic Table

CB Insights recently unveiled a fascinating infographic entitled “The Periodic Table of HR Tech.” This table is not only an extremely clever notion in its own right, but it also provides genuine insight into the way many private companies make up the modern face of the HR tech industry. RELATED: How Technology Can Help HR […]

Should Recruiters Report to HR or the CEO?

Recruiting is one of the most important aspects of running a successful business. After all, failure to properly focus on recruiting could result in the wrong talent being brought in, and this can then lead to lowered productivity, lost sales, and unhappy customers. What’s worse is that the wrong talent can place a business in […]

3 Reasons Candidates Are Worth More Revenue Than Job Postings

Job posting is big business. And so were wagon wheels to your ancestors. But everyone needs a job, right? Revenue that’s based on finding those jobs has to be profitable in the long term. Unfortunately, that might not be true after all. Look at what’s happening with Monster. It was wildly profitable. And now its […]

Recruiters: Help Your Candidates Succeed in Their Interview

Think your job is over once you find great candidates and get them onto the interview track? Some recruiters might look at it that way. But better recruiters know that it benefits everyone concerned if they help their candidates succeed. It’s ultimately the candidate’s job to pull it together for the interview. But you have […]

Good Problems? What to Do When Your Talent Acquisition Pool is Loaded With Superstars

So you are browsing a pile of resumes that came through for a series of available positions and you start to see a stream of what appears to be industry superstars. These are people who have amazing track records, world class accomplishments and even a few industry awards to their credit. As soon as you […]

How to Fix Your Job Posting to Get More Qualified Applicants

Your perception of your career site and the job ads that you create might be a far stretch from the impression that candidates get. If you think the process is seamless, you might be surprised. Maybe it’s time to walk a mile in the shoes of your job candidates. RELATED: How Subpar Job Postings are […]

Tim Walsh of Foundation Talent on Recruiting for Tech Companies

Tim Walsh specializes in digital marketing, sales, product, and professional services. In 2012 he co-founded ConnectedSearch, a boutique search firm in Boston and he spent eight years as the top-performing search consultant for a recruiting firm in Cambridge, filling more than 400 positions. Currently he’s a partner at The Foundation Talent, a recruiting firm specializing […]

Identity Theft is Not a Joke, What You and Your Job Seekers Need to Know

Just when you thought that your forward-thinking, digital-age application processes were top-notch, along comes the criminal element to shake things up. There’s at least one in every crowd, and in Australia, it’s becoming a serious issue. Identity theft can happen anywhere in the digital realm. But perhaps what makes digital job applications so vulnerable is […]

Why Programmatic Recruitment Advertising Should Matter

True technological revolutions only happen occasionally, and the talent acquisition industry is in the midst of a vibrant and far-reaching one right now. For years, talent specialists have focused on writing a better job ad and working hard to place it in a better location for optimum results. After those initial steps, the process has […]

We’re on the Verge of a Programmatic Job Posting Revolution

Can you feel it in the air? Like the shift from summer to autumn, things in the talent acquisition industry are growing a bit crisper and more sharply focused. There’s a job posting revolution that’s gaining momentum. It started subtle, but more and more recruiters and HR professionals are jumping on board every day. And […]

When Tenured Employees Go Bad (Millennials Look Like a Great Choice)

What if tenured employees have a worse work ethic than those darned Millennials that everyone talks about? It’s not universally true, but it’s an easy problem for a progressive company to find themselves in the middle of. Comfortable employees in a company with loads of freedom and benefits might take advantage of a good thing. […]

4 Ways Exit Interviews Help Stop the Hiring Merry-go-Round

It doesn’t matter how many positions you fill and how quickly you can fill them. What keeps you off the hiring merry-go-round is making those elusive great hires and retaining them. But what if the people you lose could help you make better choices next time? That’s the idea behind exit interviews, even though Harvard […]

Millennials on Benefits: Forget Bagel Fridays, Just Pay My Student Loans

A tuition repayment perk could make hiring a lot easier and job offers a lot sweeter. And the strategy isn’t just for Millennials; workers of any age might have hefty student loan debt. Many older workers went back to school during the recession, and repayment assistance could make the decision to work for your company […]

Traditional Talent Acquisition in the Gig Economy

More than 40 percent of American workers will likely be independent contractors by the year 2020, according to Intuit and Emergent Research. Welcome to the gig economy. But well over half of Americans say they still prefer traditional employment. And that creates a conundrum. It appears that workers would prefer a little of both. They […]

If the Talent Pool Lacks Diversity, So Will the Workplace

If your candidate talent pool has only one woman, she might as well look elsewhere for a job. Regardless of bias training and other efforts to the contrary, her chance of being hired fits somewhere between slim and none. Harvard Business Review (HBR) says workplace diversity is directly related to diversity in the talent pool. […]

What Does Randstad’s Purchase of Monster Mean for the Talent Industry?

The talent industry is abuzz about Randstad’s recent $429 million acquisition of the job board purple behemoth, Monster. But the talk has less to do with the purchase and more to do with what it might indicate about the talent industry’s future. Monster’s fade from the spotlight was, at least to some, a predictable event […]

Can the Trendy Social Channels Improve Your Social Recruiting?

Call it a stunt or whatever you like, social recruiting via the more trendy channels can be a very big deal. That’s what employers are finding lately, and you can jump in the game, too. Of course, you probably won’t use any of these as your sole source for finding clever and creative candidates. You’ve […]

4 Priceless Talent Sourcing Takeaways From a Declined Offer Interview

When talent sourcing, wouldn’t it be great to know what’s really on the mind of a candidate who turns down a job with your company? Some employers conduct employee interviews during onboarding and again when they eventually move on to a new job. But a declined offer interview could bring another part of the hiring […]

Sh*t Job Recruiters Say [VIDEO]

Job Recruiters! Work Hard, Play Hard. Are you willing to take a small step backwards to make a big leap forward? Do you know what Salesforce is? Just some of the good stuff recruiters find themselves saying over and over and over again…Enjoy the rest of this humorous-but-all-to-realistic video. Here are some my favorites: “So […]

Pokémon GO and Talent Acquisition? It’s Happening

The phenomenon that is Pokémon GO could be one of the biggest employer brand builders of the year. Take one part outrageously popular geocaching game and add one part candidate sourcing risk taker and you’ve got a recipe for catching more than just Pokémon. If you’re finding it hard to connect the dots between the […]

3 Ways Predictive Analytics Drives Candidate Quality

There may be thousands of fantastic candidates out there for a given job or maybe there are only two. It really doesn’t matter if there’s a feast or famine if you can’t find your way to the table.Predictive analytics helps build the roadmap that connects you with the right candidates at the right time. Predictive […]

Get the Most Out of Reference Checks in Your Recruiting Process

The recruiting process is made up of many elements, but reference checks don’t always rank very high in importance. That’s a shame. They might be the last step in your current strategy, but that doesn’t mean they’re just a formality. Hiring managers, listen up: references are an untapped resource. You might only use them to […]

7 Recruitment Trends That Rule 2016

When it comes to exploring the significance of recruitment process in any organization then this aspect becomes more obvious that it is definitely considered as the backbone for every organization. However, there are many organizations working in the professional environment and still these workplaces do not give due respect or appropriate importance to this process. […]

Common Mistakes in Social Recruiting You Should Avoid

The number of employers using social recruiting has been steadily increasing over time, to the extent that it’s now believed around 90% of companies are using this recruiting strategy. But if you aren’t doing it correctly, you could be wasting time and money – and missing out on the top candidates who are out there […]

Don’t Let Technology Replace the Old Fashioned Talent Acquisition Work Ethic

Newer talent acquisition industry professionals embrace technology and run with it, but old fashioned values and work ethic shouldn’t be sacrificed in the process. There doesn’t have to be a tradeoff, and there shouldn’t be. Of course, new technology has a way of improving the processes that need it. That’s its whole point. But “old” […]

Why Content is Your Greatest Social Recruiting Asset

Think content marketing is all about promoting the company brand and creating growth? Well, you’re partly right. But if you haven’t tapped into this rich and deep well for attracting the mover and shaker talent in your industry, you’re selling yourself short. Content is a boon for social recruiting. It’s a shark tank out there. […]

What Personality Tests Mean for Your Hiring Process

Wouldn’t it be great to peek into the mind of a prospective employee to learn whether he or she would be a good company fit? In a way, that’s what personality tests can do. More employers are using them, and with interesting results. The most useful tests aren’t created in-house or relied on as the […]

The Last Job Posting Guide You’ll Ever Need (For Now)

If your job posting efforts haven’t changed substantially over the past few years, there’s no way around it: It’s time for a change. The same applies if you think it’s little more than a notification and invitation to apply. Great job postings are technically ads, but also a bit different. They’re not just ads for […]

How Much Do Posting Jobs Really Cost You?

Open positions don’t save the company money, even though there’s no paycheck issued to an empty workstation. In some cases, especially with tech positions, the act of posting jobs means you’re losing money. And the longer the chair stays empty, the worse the situation becomes. You can learn a lot about the value of every […]

9 Vital Resources For Successful Recruitment Tactics

What will be the first step you take when one of your top performers resign? You will look for candidates who have similar skill set and experience to fill their shoes. Needless to say, it’s hard to find ideal replacements all the time. So, how do you deal with this situation? With an effective recruiting […]

Is Neuroscience the Key to Better Hiring Practices?

Neuroscience is a fairly self-explanatory word – the science of how the brain works. And it’s an important factor in how we hire and whether we make good hiring decisions. It can explain why your practices are what they are. But it can’t transform them. Understanding how the brain handles different phases of sourcing and […]

July 2016 Jobs Report

July 2016’s jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows better results than it has in quite a while. After a bit of cautious optimism in recent months, this report might indicate that it’s not a fluke; hiring really is on an upward trend, at least for now. “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose […]

Lacking Talent? Break out the Creative Recruiting Solutions

The race for attracting the best talent keeps heating up as more candidates have choices and employers face greater competition. To stay in the game, your recruiting solutions should include at least a couple of creative perks. Creativity doesn’t have to be Earth-shattering. Not like the New Zealand town that’s offering free homes and land […]

Does Your Recruitment Process Focus on Top Talent or the Right Talent?

What do you think about when you hear the words “top talent?” What about “rock star?” Think they’re the same thing? In some cases, they might be. But sometimes the best person for the job isn’t an industry wizard with a list of credentials that stretches from here till November. There’s nothing wrong with reaching […]

Warning: Don’t Make These 4 Mobile Talent Acquisition Blunders

If your mobile job application completion rate leaves a lot to be desired, there are probably several reasons why. Mobile has moved far beyond the outlier status that it had just a few years ago. Because of that, the whole process needs an overhaul. Whether or not employers like it, job seekers are in the […]

If Talent Acquisition is Important, Why Are There No College Programs?

It’s a conundrum. Talent acquisition is arguably the most important role in any company. So why is there no such thing as a recruiter or talent acquisition degree program? There might be a college here or there that has developed a targeted program. But if so, it’s not widely available. ERE Media says that most […]

Top Recruiting Metrics You Have To Start Tracking Today

If you think recruiting is all about writing job descriptions, or screening and interviewing candidates, you had better think twice. A key part of every recruiter’s job is monitoring recruiting metrics to render the process faster and more effective. If your organization isn’t tracking these metrics, you might be missing out on many opportunities for […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 […]

Why Job Boards and Staffing Agencies Should Work Together

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 how job boards and staffing agencies […]

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 […]

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 […]

Why Social Media is a Wake-Up Call for Job Boards

Today, people live their lives through social media. Whether they’re getting invited to parties, finding great deals, or looking for part-time jobs, they will turn to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social networks. RELATED: How to Use Social Media to Turn Job Seekers Into Applicants Job boards are a great place for job seekers, but […]