Closing top talent when you're cash poor
When my co-founder and I started Scouted, as non-technical founders, we needed to hire a CTO to build out our platform. Like many early-stage companies, we had no money to pay them a proper salary. Figuring out how to hire top tech talent - and not sacrifice on quality - without being able to offer competitive compensation packages as we were used to doing in our hedge fund days, was an...
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7 Reasons Your Employees Don't Trust You — and What to Do About It
A number of benefits come from building trust within an organization. Companies with higher levels of trust generally see increased productivity, improved morale, better teamwork, and more efficiency in operations overall. This is great, but let's be honest — trust isn't easy to achieve and maintain. Trust can be hard to nurture, particularly between managers and employees. So, how...
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13 Key Factors for Ensuring a New Hire's Success in the First Three Months
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: What does your company do to ensure a new employee's success during their first 90 days on the job? These answers are provided by Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world's most successful young entrepreneurs....
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Is Hiring for Culture Fit Holding You Back?
Hiring is tough. Finding candidates who perfectly fit in with your company and its culture is tougher. We get it. But is it really necessary that your candidate fits your company culture? Not exactly. Let us tell you why. A company's culture isn't tangible, and yet organizational leaders can spend a lifetime trying to pin down this elusive energy so they can use it to define their...
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COVID Worsened the IT Talent Crisis — and Taught Us How to Solve It
Talent is always top of mind for business leaders, largely because it's a constant struggle to find, recruit, and retain it. This isn't an exaggeration: 69 percent of companies reported talent shortages in the latest of ManpowerGroup's annual Talent Shortage surveys. Perhaps the most pressing talent shortage exists in the IT field, where jobs require unique skills that can be especially...
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How to Sell Your Employee Experience to a Sales Rep
What do sales and recruiting have in common? A lot more than you might think. When it comes down to it, a recruiter essentially sells a job, a team, and a company to their candidates. When your job seekers are sales reps, you're selling these things to a salesperson, which can be a bit intimidating. Sales reps are familiar with the sales pitch, so you need to make extra sure yours is...
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Recruiter Index®: Recruiter Sentiment Hits All-Time High in September
Since April, Recruiter.com has been tracking recruiter sentiment and hiring activity through the Recruiter Index®, an ongoing survey of recruiters and hiring professionals on the front lines of the job market today. September's survey found recruiters feeling more optimistic than they have at any point since the start of the pandemic. Average workloads are up from 14 open roles per...
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How to Align HR and Finance to Drive Company Success
At most companies, there's at least a baseline level of collaboration between HR and finance people. Without some coordination between the two, it would be difficult to operate. But the times demand that HR and finance go deeper and engage in a true strategic partnership. I've seen how it can work firsthand: with modern planning technology, HR and finance can team up in new ways that drive...
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5 Pro Tips to Help You Source A-Player Candidates
Receiving a low amount of quality applicants can really put a damper on effective candidate sourcing. Often, companies will receive an influx of candidates with insufficient technical skills or a lack of necessary work experience if they are not offering competitive salaries. But what if you offer attractive compensation and still continue to get low-quality applicants? Merely investing...
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Isolation Getting to Your Employees? 4 Ways to Help Them Stay Happy and Healthy
Without a strong company culture in place, remote workers can easily feel isolated. Add in the pressures of COVID — the constant Zoom meetings, noisy households as kids go to virtual school, and the general stress of living through a global pandemic — and it's not exactly an optimal environment for living your #BestLife. Especially as colder weather, shorter days, and flu season...
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Escaping the Infinite ATS Black Hole
Before Interstellar, black holes seemed to most of us like distant, sudden emptiness in the sky. Even now, for recruiters, the applicant tracking system (ATS) black hole is closer to something out of our childhood imaginations than Interstellar's Gargantua. That's because the ATS black hole doesn't announce its presence by distorting time, space, and gravity. Instead, it lurks quietly...
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To Find Great Cloud Talent, Look Internally
Cloud computing has never been more popular than it is today. Nearly every firm is embracing digital transformation, and as many as 90 percent of companies are currently on the cloud in some way. But as cloud computing gains popularity and becomes a business imperative, that means companies are scrambling to find the cloud-savvy talent they need. But where do you look, and how do you know...
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What Hiring Managers Need to Know About Evaluating Candidates With Graduate Certificates
As a hiring manager, you will encounter in the job market candidates with a variety of credentials: degrees, professional training certifications, diplomas, and certificates. One type of certificate that is becoming increasingly popular is a graduate certificate. As with any credential, you'll need to assess this achievement in relation to the candidate's fit for the job. However, not...
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15 Entrepreneurs Share the First Hires They Made for Their Business and Why
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: Who were the first hires you made at your company, and why? These answers are provided by Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world's most successful young entrepreneurs. YEC members represent nearly every...
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Establishing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs Is a Business Imperative
The killing of George Floyd in May brought bias front and center in the national conversation, to the point at which its existence could no longer be denied by most. A movement arose in response, one looking for social justice and lasting change and refusing to quietly accept condolences, thoughts, and prayers. This movement has opened the eyes of many, including candidates who list...
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Is the Future of Hiring Blind?
If you've watched the reality singing show The Voice, you already know what blind auditions are. In the show, the judges face the audience throughout each singer's audition instead of watching the stage. Judges are allowed to turn around and see the contestant only if they vote for the singer to be on their team. Inspired by the show, hiring technology company GapJumpers developed a...
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The New World of Work: How COVID-19 Is Changing Employee Benefits
As more employers and employees embrace remote work out of necessity and convenience, employee benefits technology will only become more important. In the new normal, with so many teams working under distributed models for the foreseeable future, organizations will need ways to both strengthen employer-employee relationships and support employees through this difficult period from afar....
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Recruiting in a Recession: Close the Skills Gap to Thrive in the New Labor Landscape
Job seekers often feel limited to searching for new opportunities in the specific industries in which they already have experience. However, thanks to pandemic-related economic slowdowns, those industries may no longer be viable options for some candidates. Similarly, employers often default to recruiting candidates who already have industry experience — but, again, it's not always...
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How Digital Transformation Has Become a Make-or-Break Factor in HR Practices
The year 2020 makes you wish you had a magic wand. Obviously, of course, you don't. However, digital transformation holds the key to success and survival in the COVID-19 era. There are no pre-established playbooks or rulebooks to which companies can refer in the new normal. That could be a blessing or a curse, according to Jason Averbook, a leading analyst and thought leader in the domains...
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COVID-19 Upended Work/Life Balance. Why Are We Surprised?
The rosy picture of remote work that has been painted for the past six months of the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to fade. As the Wall Street Journal notes, projects are dragging on, collaboration is becoming increasingly difficult, and training is growing more complex. Perhaps most concerning of all, however, is the fact that many of us are experiencing the collapse of work/life balance....
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How Much Should You Pay Your Remote Workers? That Depends.
Remote work was growing in popularity before 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic has catapulted it right to the center of workforce planning and talent strategy. Organizations may not realize it yet, but this major shift will fundamentally change how top talent is sourced, hired, rewarded, and retained. When your talent pool is no longer restricted to a 50-mile radius around your office...
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5 IT Tasks You'll Need to Complete to Safely Reopen Your Office
As lockdown measures relax further, company owners are starting to look for ways to safely reopen their offices. While social distancing and hygiene measures are rightfully receiving much of the attention, it's important that office reopening plans also account for the various IT tasks that will be necessary to facilitate employees' return to work. Here are a few things to keep in mind...
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4 Must-Have Employee Benefits Every Company Should Consider
Employee benefits are your way of telling your employees you care about them, appreciate the work they do, and are always working to make their lives better in small and big ways. Benefits can also be your door to attracting great talent and building the valuable, trustworthy relationships on which a great business can thrive. Does your company have all four of the must-have...
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14 Simple Tips to Improve Your Recruiting Efforts Right Now
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: What's one sweet and simple tip you'd give other recruiters to help improve their recruiting efforts right now? These answers are provided by Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world's most successful young...
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The Rules of Good Decisions: How to Make the Right Call Every Time
Over the last six months, HR pros have found themselves sucked into the pandemic's "Coronado," and now they're desperately trying to find solid ground in an ever-changing corporate landscape. Do we furlough? Can we avoid a reduction in force? How can we support a remote workforce? How do we keep employees safe when they return? So many difficult decisions being made under pressure and...
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From the Current Crisis Comes a Once-in-a-Generation Recruiting Opportunity
The current crisis presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to acquire top talent. Will your organization be ready and able to seize it? Generally speaking, organizations have been dealing with the 2020 pandemic in three ways: Fighting for survival: These companies are in an existential battle to stay in business. Managing through the crisis: These companies have been...
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3 Ways Female Leaders Can Get Ahead
Article by Stefanie O'Connell Women comprise 50.8 percent of the United States population. They earn the majority of undergraduate and master's degrees. They hold 52 percent of all management and professional-level jobs. Yet when it comes to representation in executive leadership positions, women still lag substantially behind men. In the late 20th century, women ushered in an era of...
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Short Breaks Are the Key to Productivity, But the Pandemic Has Us Working Overtime
Nothing is simple for business leaders or job seekers in 2020. We're frazzled by the many challenges we must navigate and problems we must solve on any given day. Many of us feel our productivity plummeting thanks to COVID-19. Our emotional states are directly connected to our ability to focus. Stress, anxiety, and fear — all common responses to the pandemic — elevate cortisol levels in...
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Curious About Integrating AI Into Your Recruiting Workflow?
If someone asked you to define talent intelligence (TI), could you do so quickly and easily? If your answer is no, you're not alone. In a 2020 survey conducted by Censia, roughly 75 percent of recruiters admitted to not completely understanding TI. This lack of understanding might explain why only 25 percent of companies have embraced TI as part of their hiring protocols thus far. Yet...
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Welcome to the Era of Continuous Learning: Udemy's Shelley Osborne on Democratizing Corporate Training
"We've entered an era of continuous change, and there's no way for us to exist or thrive without continuous learning," says Shelley Osborne, vice president of learning at Udemy. It's hard to argue with Osborne on that front. Between the COVID-19 pandemic's radical restructuring of the work world, the growing demands for social justice in the private and public spheres, and the breakneck...
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Company Culture Is How We Make It Through the Crisis
Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, business leaders have had to find innovative ways to cope with the health and economic challenges faced by their customers, employees, and bottom lines. Companies have adopted new strategies with record speed, invested in advanced digital technologies, and solved supply chain issues in the midst of an unparalleled global crisis. Many have also...
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6 Tips to Find the Best Talent When Hiring Remotely
This year has pushed most people out of their comfort zones while keeping them confined to their homes. With many companies being forced to take the plunge and embrace remote work, recruiters have had to figure out the nuances of hiring talent remotely. Remote hiring comes with its own set of challenges and benefits. On the plus side, recruiters have an abundance of talent to choose...
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What Rosh Hashanah reminded me about team dynamics
This evening is the beginning of the Jewish New Year, otherwise known as Rosh Hashanah. Growing up, the holidays in my house were festive and important. We took time off from school and work, we gathered together in large groups of family and friends over multiple course meals, and we also got dressed up. My LA-native husband used to ask me why my family holiday dinners were so formal. He...
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4 Ways to Ensure Your Candidate Data Stays Protected
If confusion clouds a scenario, data can clear it up. Data is the place to look if there's a story to tell, a pattern to identify, or a gap to acknowledge. It's an invaluable resource to those who've embraced it, and a missing piece for those who haven't. But if your data isn't secure, it can easily become a liability instead of a boon. That's especially true in the hiring process, where...
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Get Ready to Handle the 401(k) Enrollment Season Remotely
Conducting 401(k) enrollment meetings is often a challenge for HR professionals, but the stakes have never been higher than they are in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic will impact both the substance and the form of these meetings. Are you ready? In terms of substance, the pandemic has created legislative changes, erratic investment markets, and in many cases, reduced earnings for employees...
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12 Effective Recruitment Methods to Help You Find Your Next Best Hire
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: Out of the many effective ones that exist, what's your favorite recruitment method and why? These answers are provided by Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world's most successful young entrepreneurs. YEC...
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4 Tips to Strengthen Your Company Culture — Even at a Time Like This
It has been a rough year for companies around the world. Some have been upended entirely, others severely shaken and forced to furlough or lay off employees. Even those that have remained relatively healthy have had to navigate the challenges of COVID-19, racial justice struggles, and a polarized political environment. In the midst of these challenges, however, organizations can find...
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Process Paralysis: Is Your Company Culture Preventing You From Recruiting and Retaining the Right People?
People are the lifeblood of any organization, but getting the right people on the bus is a real challenge. First, you need to build a strong brand and company that talented people want to work for. Then, you must attract, evaluate, and hire candidates who have the right skills, share the organization's values, and are satisfied with the compensation the company can offer. Third, you...
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AI Alone Can't Make You Better at Recruiting
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often pitched as the be-all and end-all solution for tasks that range from tedious to tortuous. In recruiting, there are indeed many benefits of using AI: It can take on the monotony of resume screening, reduce the number of interviews required, and help avoid the unconscious bias that often creeps into interpersonal interactions. But it can only do these...
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3 Ways to Use Your Influence to Help Others
Article by Sonia Thompson I follow a few influencers on Instagram and Twitter. I have go-to people for a range of interests, including marketing, spirituality, cooking, fitness, and even entertainment. These people have earned the "influencer" title because they have amassed large numbers of followers who pay attention to them and take their advice. But being an influencer isn't...
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6 Tools to Help You Hire Tech Talent in the Age of COVID-19
Snagging tech talent has always been a fierce competition for recruiters, and while the coronavirus pandemic has drastically reshaped the economy and the talent market, tech professionals remain in hot demand. If you're trying to woo tech superstars, you need a strategic game plan — especially right now. It may be an employer's market, but that doesn't mean you can sit back and wait for...
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Do You Reject Candidates Gracefully?
When I searched Google for "how to reject a candidate," I received about 8 million results. There were how-to articles, email templates, and pep talks, but none of the results in the first two pages were from the major publications that usually show up for recruitment-related searches. This really surprised me. It is not news to most recruiters that there is merit in rejecting unselected...
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Transitioning From Freelance to Full-Time Work? How to Embrace the Change
Are you thinking about transitioning away from your freelance career into a full-time position? It's not an uncommon situation. While freelancing offers plenty of independence, the stability of full-time employment can be very alluring — especially at a time like this. Even so, you might be feeling nervous about the changes this transition could entail. Any career change is bound to...
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Today's Top Talent Expects Inclusion, Flexibility, and Digital Acceleration
This has been a watershed year for workplaces, and it will mark the beginning of many firsts in the way we work now and in the future. Issues such as diversity, inclusion, and how employers demonstrate care for workers while ensuring workplace safety have become primary concerns for employees and employer brands. It is safe to say that many of us have tackled challenges we had never...
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How to run an internal pay equity audit (and why you should)
Despite the passage of major legislation and an arduous fight for parity in the workplace, women still make less than their male counterparts. Why women make less is clear: unfair systemic policies prevent women from reaching their fullest potential. What's less clear is how we can unravel decades-long disparities in the workplace -- and how we can implement equitable policies for all...
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The Must-Have Tool for Remote Onboarding
No matter how many times you onboard new hires, new kinds of challenges can always arise when you're conducting remote onboarding. However, the primary challenge of onboarding new hires tends to remain the same: swiftly assimilating an employee into the organization. Studies say that around 69 percent of employees would stick with a company for a minimum of three years if they experienced...
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Times of Crisis Call for Digital Transformation and Bias-Free Hiring
COVID-19 brought the world to a halt this past March, driving unemployment to new heights. At the peak of the pandemic, nearly 50 million people filed for first-time unemployment benefits in the US alone. Then, in the midst of this already challenging time, protests calling out systemic racism and demanding justice erupted around the country. Taken together, the coronavirus pandemic and...
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To Retain More Employees, Hiring Pros Are Turning to Internal Recruiting
How much focus do you place on internal mobility in your hiring practices? In today's upended talent market, sourcing candidates from your current ranks can be a powerful way to find the people you need amid the upheaval. Even prior to the pandemic, more and more companies were seeing the value in recruiting internally. According to LinkedIn's Global Talent Trends 2020 Report, 73 percent...
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