The Hiring Manager's Guide to Common Recruitment Problems and How to Fix Them
Hiring can be challenging enough, and according to a Harris Poll survey from 2021, 52% of US employees are considering changing employment this year. Furthermore, 44% of this talent has concrete plans to make the transition. That means this is the year to ramp up your recruitment efforts, identify common recruitment problems and figure out how to fix them by devising a strategy to make your...
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Building Your Post-Pandemic Workforce? Here Are the 5 Skills Your Organization Needs
As the economy continues to recover from the dramatic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses are finding they must readjust their talent bases to fit the new world of work. Many organizations have had to change their goals or structures over the last year and a half, and that means the skills they need have changed, too. Similarly, hiring managers will have to revamp their...
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The Best Salary Finance Schemes for Employees
"Salary finance schemes" are a way for employees to withdraw their salaries in advance of payday. It is also a way for employers to provide financial assistance and increased financial security to their workforces. Though relatively new in the world of employee benefits, salary finance schemes have become an increasingly important incentive for today's job hunters. As working habits...
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How to Use Real-World Consumer Insights to Successfully Advertise Job Openings
As job openings hit a record high, employers face the challenge of finding qualified workers to fill their open roles during the time of the "Great Resignation." It's clear that the job advertising techniques that worked to attract candidates before the pandemic no longer cut it. Companies can enhance their digital ad campaign strategies and fill vacant positions by promoting job openings...
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Use the "Hiring Trifecta" to Build a Winning Team
Many companies looking to scale their businesses will need more employees to take on the extra workload. However, hiring managers can struggle to find the perfect fit for their company. Whether it's the qualifications and level of experience or how an interviewee would fit into the company culture, there are various reasons why candidates are turned away for the job. When I started...
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Why Agency Recruitment Should Be Your Hiring Model if You're Growing Quickly
Anyone on their entrepreneurial journey will agree that there hasn't been a better time to be a business owner. "Downturns or challenging times are seen as good times to start a business for two reasons," says Rashmi Menon, in one of her recent interviews with The New York Times. "One is, there is less competition for resources. The second reason is that whatever changes we face, positive or...
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A Guide to the Essentials of Writing Job Descriptions for Startups
The job description defines the role and the responsibilities for your startup job opening. Talent acquisition is the key driver of startup success. As a startup company, it is vital to embrace the latest best practices and technologies to drive your recruiting processes, and it starts with developing a compelling job description. Developing Job Descriptions A survey from the...
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All You Need to Know About Recruitment Software
According to one survey, the average job posting gets about 250 resumes. With more jobs being posted as employees look for new opportunities, recruiters are busier than ever. With so many positions to fill and recruiters being hard to find, each business should look into different ways to make their recruiter's job a little bit easier. One way to enhance the recruiting process is...
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Why Job Ghosting Is on the Rise and What HR Leaders Can Do to Counter It
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of the corporate landscape. As a large part of the workforce embraced remote work, a vast sea of global opportunities that were restricted by location also opened up. As candidates continue to steer the job market and maintain an edge over employers, job ghosting has become common. Ghosting can hurt your company's reputation internally and...
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How to Leverage Short-Term Recruiting to Scale Your Business
The COVID-19 pandemic not only wreaked havoc across the globe and created a health emergency, but also disrupted how candidates perceive employment opportunities today. What followed was "The Great Resignation." According to one recent finding published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as many as four million Americans quit their jobs in July 2021. Jobs data from other sources...
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The TikTok Revolution in Talent Search: What the Social Media Giant's Video Resumes Mean for the Future of Recruiting
Last month, the social media behemoth TikTok — best known for viral dance routines and offbeat videos — made a bold move: It went professional. With the announcement of TikTok Resumes, the video platform declared it doesn't want to just dominate users' free time — it wants to play a part in their job searches, too. TikTok isn't the first company to try bringing video resumes to a...
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The Top Interview Questions Candidates Have Asked 8 Business Leaders
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: What's one of the best questions a candidate has ever asked you during an interview, and why was it such a great question for them to ask? These answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the...
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The Ultimate Guide to Hiring and Recruiting Veterans
According to some reports, as of November 2021, 552,000 veterans were unemployed. If you're looking for ways to fill positions at your company during the Great Resignation, hiring and recruiting veterans is a great place to start. Military veterans could be an untapped talent pipeline for your company. However, some businesses face challenges when trying to hire military veterans....
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The Ultimate Guide to Conducting Effective Screening Interviews
Recent statistics show that nearly 80% of candidate resumes don't get past the initial screen after applying to an open job description. Currently, screening interviews have undoubtedly gone down to become an integral part of the hiring and interview process, be it high-volume recruiting, filling in positions for specialized roles, or recruiting impact hires. Rapid changes happening...
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7 Different Ways AI Can Be Used in Recruiting
According to Forbes research, 55% of talent acquisition professionals in the United States use some form of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to support their hiring process. While more and more businesses are adopting AI and machine learning into their recruitment process, other companies are still confused about how to implement AI into their technology. But that's one of the best...
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Don't Fear Remote Work — It's Helping My Startup Scale a Lot Faster
As the pandemic continues through 2021 and likely into 2022, thanks to a slow rollout of vaccinations and new variants emerging worldwide, companies must face the reality that a significant portion of the workforce will continue to operate remotely. Some companies are embracing this new model, while others are hesitant and actively working on their return-to-office plans. Tech companies like...
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Real-Life Recruiting Lessons: What I Learned From Growing a Company
Finding and retaining the best workers is always a challenge — but companies must do more than just post an open vacancy online and wait for applications to pour in. Recruiting the best talent and then managing those new hires successfully requires a mix of imagination and perseverance — something I've learned firsthand over the years as I've grown my company. Here are some of the...
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3 Types of Candidates to Identify So You Can Fill Sales Roles Fast
Leaving roles open in any industry means lost income for the company, particularly in sales. According to the most recent job openings survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of job openings in November 2021 was 10.6 million. The hiring in retail and sales has decreased as well. It's clear what this means for sales recruiters. There is a gap to fill! Fortunately,...
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Full Cycle Recruiting: Everything You Need to Know
If you are a talent acquisition leader, you might have come across the term "full-cycle recruiting." And while full-cycle recruiting isn't easy, when executed correctly, it can benefit the recruiter, the candidate, and the company as a whole and help attract high-quality candidates within no time. In this piece, we'll take a look at full-cycle recruiting, the various ways in which it...
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6 Crucial Questions to Ask Recruitment Agencies When Outsourcing Hiring
As the economy continues to recover from the losses caused by the pandemic, more and more organizations are looking to hire. And even as some employers may try to do it themselves, many others are looking to partner with an established, successful recruiter to help quickly fill the open positions at their company. This is one of the key reasons why the demand for recruiters has rapidly...
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How Virtual Assistants Help Recruiters Spend More Time Hiring
With 11 million job openings in December and a record number of people leaving their job, hiring is taking on an unprecedented level of urgency. It's a job seeker's market, and recruiters need to bring their A-games to the candidate experience. According to Workable, the majority of candidates that accept interviews and jobs hear from the employer within two days. But the average response...
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10 Reasons Why Candidates With High Emotional Intelligence Make Great Employees
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: What's one reason why it might be valuable for companies to recruit candidates with high emotional intelligence (EQ)? How does this impact the company overall? These answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization...
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How to Create a Job Posting Template to Attract the Best Hires
Creating a compelling job posting is a crucial prerequisite to finding the perfect candidate for an open position at your company. Not only will the right job post reduce your time-to-hire and cost-per-hire, but it will also accelerate your recruiting process by manifolds. Since 2018, the number of job openings has exceeded unemployment. Therefore, it is now more important than ever to...
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3 Effective Sourcing Strategies To Accelerate Your Recruitment Process
Attracting the right candidates in the job market is a crucial first step to achieving business growth and establishing your employer brand. Naturally, if you want to come out ahead of your market counterparts, you first need strong individuals on your team who will help you get there. The problem, however, is that nearly 52% of candidates who apply for an open position are...
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In-House Hiring Vs. Outsourcing Recruiting Services: Which Option Should You Choose to Scale Your Business?
With unemployment rates at a 50-year low in the United States, one of the biggest obstacles small and medium businesses face is finding the right talent to join their organization. Small businesses and startups need talented, reliable employees who will help contribute to business success quickly with their own ambition more than established players within any niche. Usually,...
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Applicant Tracking Systems
Applicant tracking systems, (sometimes referred to as ATS) are software systems used by recruiters and talent acquisition professionals to keep track of candidates. Applicant tracking systems track applicants throughout the hiring process, from initial contact, to interview, to hiring. The applicant tracking systems often resemble CRM or Customer Relationship Management Systems, in that they...
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Recruitment Software
Recruitment software is any type of software used for recruiting by recruiters, recruiting teams, or hiring managers. Specialized software for recruiters is a relatively new phenomena, with most major new developments and customizations developed starting in the 1990's. Recruiting software has evolved into a major industry and component of business process software and generally, business...
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Employers Need to Play a Key Role in Enabling Women To Achieve Financial Security
Our relationship with money starts at a young age―some say as early as three or four―and is a powerful force throughout our financial lives. But for many women, this relationship gets off on the wrong foot. In my case, I was fortunate to grow up in a cosmopolitan, forward-thinking Asian-Indian family. Yet even in our progressive home, my father and my brother dealt with all things...
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Diversity and Inclusion: 3 Best Practices for Transforming Your Company Culture
As talent acquisition professionals, we all know that diverse and inclusive workplaces drive innovative results. Yet businesses across the United States struggle to build a workplace culture that fosters these principles, often failing to attract diverse talent due to inclusivity issues in the workplace. According to findings of one recent survey, close to 57% of employees today...
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The Gift That Keeps Giving All Year: Why the Holidays Are a Perfect Time to Recruit Talent
In December 2021, the current unemployment rate hovered around 4.2%. The Great Resignation is not helping companies either as many people are looking for a change. Many candidates capitalize on the holiday break to get ready for their New Year resolutions. This is only one reason recruiters, hiring managers, human resources, and companies should capitalize on this time to recruit...
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How to Navigate Pay Transparency in the Workplace
According to a recent report, 61% of people are more likely to apply for a job with the salary listed in the job postings. In addition, 27% of people think that employers should put the salary in the job description. With the Great Resignation happening, many employers are grasping ways to attract candidates to job boards and retain new employees. Statistics suggest that increasing...
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4 Innovative Recruitment Marketing Strategies for Startups
People are vital to the success and growth of any company, and building a team of complementary yet diverse personalities, skill sets, and passions is one of the most challenging aspects of growing any business, especially when it is a startup. The process of finding exceptional candidates and convincing them to apply on your job boards is quite similar to how marketers attract and convert...
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Navigating the 2024 Employment Landscape: Key Insights from Aura's Expert Panel Webinar
As we bid farewell to 2023 and brace for the challenges and opportunities of 2024, understanding the evolving labor landscape becomes more crucial than ever. Aura's recent webinar, featuring a stellar panel of experts from ZipRecruiter, Recruiter.com, Job Mobz, and more, offers a deep dive into employment's current and future state. Understanding the Labor Market of 2024: The labor market...
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6 Ways to Significantly Boost Employee Productivity
It's difficult for your team to be productive between the constant barrage of emails, texts, and social media notifications that they receive throughout the day. In addition, many employees are interrupted by coworkers, leaders, and other distractions. With work from home becoming a prominent reality, working with a deep focus and improving productivity becomes more crucial than...
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5 Things Recruiters Should Offer While Hiring Millennials
In the contemporary corporate world, employers and recruiters are putting great emphasis on millennial hiring. Organizations acknowledge that millennials hold the key to their future success. According to one article, by the end of 2025, millennials will account for 75 percent of the global workforce. Besides their quantitative representation in the workforce demographics, their...
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The Hardest Job to Recruit For: A Guide to Hiring a Recruiter
According to a recent article from the Wall Street Journal, hiring a recruiter has been the most challenging position to recruit for. In one article from June 2021, there were around 380,000 recruiter job postings on LinkedIn, and this trend has not slowed down. If you've found that your company is struggling to recruit other recruiters, you may need to revise your strategy. Keep...
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The Missing Step in Hiring
It's often easy to be a critic. That presentation uses three different fonts and looks wonky. This candidate is missing the required experience on their resume. This sales email comes off pushy. Put another way, we can often see clearly what's wrong with what we're doing. If hindsight is 20/20, our vision of what's in front of us is still pretty good. It's much harder to see what we're NOT...
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11 Mistakes That Could Be Hurting Your Company's Credibility During the Hiring Process
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: What's one mistake companies might be making in their hiring efforts that could actually be hurting their credibility? How can they fix this issue? These answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the...
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3 Ways to Use Digital Processes to Support Hybrid and Remote Workers
Most companies have embraced either short-or long-term hybrid work models. A recent HR professionals survey conducted by MindEdge Learning and the HR Certification Institute (HRCI) found that 90% of respondents' companies have implemented remote work programs. Regardless of whether they instituted their remote-work programs before the pandemic (26%) or in response to it (63%), it's clear...
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Why Flexible Recruiting Has Become the New Watchword for HR Leaders and How You Can Excel At It
Hiring flexible recruiters is one state-of-the-art hiring model that's gaining a lot of popularity among talent acquisition leaders and employers in the United States lately. This is unsurprising when you consider all the benefits it has to offer. But what exactly is flexible recruitment? Why has it become the new watchword for HR leaders across the globe? How can recruiters leverage...
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5 Crucial Considerations to Hire a Recruiter for Your Startup
Being a startup owner is anything but easy. Once you've created your business setup and potential clients start coming your way, you'll realize you won't be able to meet their demands and scale your company over a certain point if you don't have the right talent that will ultimately shape your company's vision. This is where a recruiter or hiring manager comes into the picture! In...
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How to Achieve a Diverse Workforce Through Recruitment
According to some research, 57% of employees say that their company could do more to promote diversity in the workplace. But, according to that report, 41% of managers say that they're too busy to take the time to focus on diversity and implement initiatives to promote that culture. That's where recruitment comes in. According to Linnea Bywall, the head of people at Alva Labs,...
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It's Time for Employers to Wake Up From Their DEI-Blurred Reality
Over the past year and a half, fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace has become a top priority for many employers. This attention sparked much-needed conversations, debates, and actions. However, the journey has only just begun as more than half of employees believe their company should be doing more to increase its cultural diversity. Lever's State of DEI Report set...
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Hang up on No Call RPO
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is the practice of outsourcing all or certain aspects of talent acquisition, sourcing, recruiting, and staffing. RPO providers promise cost savings and efficiency in the procurement of a company's most precious commodity, human talent. Outsourced recruitment and staffing is a relatively new practice, and has gained traction so far with mostly large companies...
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Recruiters: Here's How to Write Compelling Pitches to Boost Candidate Placement Rates
In talent acquisition, recruiters must master the art of the candidate pitch. A compelling pitch is not merely an overview of a job description; it is a strategic communication that aligns the candidate's aspirations with the opportunities a role presents. Recruiters should seek to craft a narrative that resonates personally, bridging the gap between a candidate's skills and experience and...
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Are You Done Building your Social Network?
If you were on Linkedin back in the good ol' days of maybe 2004 and 2005, it felt like a bulletin board back in 1992 - only the not cool kids were there. It was more like a club than a web forum. Facebook grew to power during the same time, but for me it was all about Linkedin. The gates of the professional world were thrown open; communication, it seemed would never be the same. Trumpets around...
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Does Software Shape Talent Acquisition?
I had an interesting discussion today with a software vendor in the talent planning and development space. Their software occupies a very specific niche in the analysis and forecasting aspect of workforce talent demand planning. It is a common and smart strategy for HR software vendors to approach one particular angle of the employee life-cycle mess continuum instead of trying to own the entire...
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Jobs and Marketing on Metaverse – An Epic Need for Recruiting
Metaverse is no longer science fiction, and tech giants are betting their collective future on building, operating, and marketing on it. Such massive communal cyberspace requires people who understand the realm and can provide leading-edge marketing initiatives. Participants must work with capable recruiters to source and hire the needed talent from the labor market. It is imperative to...
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