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The Recruitment Revolution
Stay on top of the constantly shifting field of recruitment – from the tools used to tap talent to how to keep it.
There’s no question that social recruiting is one of the bigger shifts in recruiting these last few years. As industry insiders debate the death of the resume, employers aim to expand their strategy, and the unemployed and new graduates are in hot pursuit of getting hired. At the same time, solutions and best [...]
Having consulted and coached organizations of all sizes, from Fortune 500 to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), I have found a few things to be consistently true. One notable and frustrating observation: recruiting efforts so often fall short within small and medium-sized businesses.
What’s more, because of the size of these organizations, inconsistencies and errors [...]
Third-party professional services providers are hardly an anomaly these days. To streamline efforts and maximize efficiencies, organizations are finding value with these business vendors in a host of roles and critical tasks, such as marketing, IT, payroll and — arguably most importantly — staffing. The latter is often referred to as recruitment process outsourcing (RPO).
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How many online profiles have you created? Your “authentic identity” is more than a LinkedIn page detailing your professional accomplishments and industry connections. It is a collection of profiles across the Internet. Having an authentic identity on the Internet today, especially for a job seeker, means broad consistency across a candidate’s social networking mediums. Preferably, [...]
As we all know, the economy has been sluggish for the last three or four years. Open positions have been few and relatively easy to fill with the large numbers of people searching for work. Companies have been keeping top performers to help them get through until things pick up.
Chatter indicates that [...]
Most people think recruiting slows down in the last quarter of the year. And, to a point, it does. Not many companies are actually hiring in the last few weeks of the year. But recruiters who know what the needs are going to be in the first quarter can take advantage of the holiday season [...]
As 2011 comes to a close many HR departments are thinking about their affirmative action plans (AAP) and pulling together documentation for federal and state agencies detailing recruitment efforts that have been made to ensure that good faith efforts have been made to assure that equal opportunity is present in all aspects of employment.
A [...]
No matter whether you are new to recruiting, the industry you are working in or have been in the game for a while, gaining assistance from subject matter experts (SMEs) can help you fine-tune your recruiting skills. My current role allows me to make hiring decisions for hourly personnel without the input/assistance/trouble of involving those [...]
The recruitment world is abuzz with the effectiveness of social networking as a venue for finding your next great hire. Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are all surrounded with buzz about how having a presence and connecting with people will help you find the perfect candidate for that difficult-to-fill position.
Spending the majority of my time [...]
With the recent passing of Steve Jobs, I find my thoughts returning to how Jobs and his innovations have not only changed the way we live our lives, but also how it permanently altered the way we source candidates.
Jobs’ ability to think outside of the box and refine technology has allowed people of all [...]
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