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Recruiter Top 10: Employee Wellness Tools

Welcome to Top 10, Recruiter.com's weekly rundown of the best of the best in recruiting! Every Friday, we release a list of some of our favorite people, things, and ideas dominating the industry. From awesome tech tools and cool companies to great books and powerful trends, no stone in the recruiting space will be left unturned. This Week: Top 10 Employee Wellness Tools Employee...

4 Ways to Include Your Tribe in the Hiring Process

Recruiters and HR managers have the important job of building and maintaining well-oiled company cultures. As your organization grows, you'll need to add new members who will complement the vibe of your tribe. I know this can seem overwhelming. Luckily, you won't have to carry the responsibility alone. Your tribe can be your greatest hiring asset. In my career, I've learned that the key...

Why You Should Consider an Exclusive Executive Search Partnership

Working with an executive search partner when you need help with specialized or hard-to-fill roles is an obvious solution. What isn't always obvious is whether you should work with a partner exclusively. Often, when potential clients reach out to us, they may already be working with several firms on the same role – and they may have been doing so for several months. Although we're happy...

Does Your Job Make the World a Worse Place?

PayScale recently released a report investigating job meaning among U.S. workers. Between 2014 and 2016, the company asked 467,883 workers to choose one of the following responses to the question, "Does your work make the world a better place?": - Very much so - Yes - A little - No - My job may make the world a worse place Fifty-four percent of workers reported high job...

6 Things You Can Do to Strengthen Your Resume Today

Building an effective resume can be challenging. There are no hard and fast rules associated with writing a resume, which can make the process something of a guessing game. You're trying to figure out what will get your resume noticed by a hiring manager or recruiter, but unfortunately, no one can give you the definitive answer to that question. Let me start out by saying that...

13 Great Jobs That Allow You to Travel

In a recent FlexJobs survey, 70 percent of millennials identified travel as one of their primary reasons to work, second only to paying for basic necessities. Fifteen percent of millennials also identified themselves as digital nomads. One of the reasons people seek flexible jobs is to allow them more time and flexibility to travel – and some of those folks actually want the...

Jobvite's Survey Reveals Fierce Competition, Evolving Strategies in a Divided Time

Jobvite's 2016 Recruiter Nation Report gathered responses from more than 1,600 recruiting and human resource professionals, revealing that in order to remain competitive, recruiters must revolutionize their strategic approaches to sourcing, hiring, and onboarding new hires. "Job creation has been steadily increasing ever since the recession, forcing recruiters to double up their efforts...

8 Tips to Help You Hire the Best Freelance Talent

Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question on jobs data you'd like to ask? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA! Today's Question: In today's economy, it's common for organizations to work with freelancers on a project-by-project basis. What...

Can Google Solve Your Career Dilemma?

Never before in history have we had access to so much data. Thanks to the internet, we have the answers to every possible question at our fingertips – or do we? It's true that the internet has changed our world. No more visits to the library – now we can just Google it or ask Siri. But how accurate is the information we receive from these sources? There are many so-called "experts" out...

How to Amplify Your Job Ad on Social Media

Social media isn't just for sharing the latest "What food describes your personality?" quiz or Beyoncé meme – it's also for hiring. In fact, 92 percent of businesses use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat to post job ads. And why shouldn't they? It's an incredibly easy-to-use and cheap method of reaching a target recruiting demographic – i.e., those who have...

For the Best Tech Tools, HR May Want to Look to the Consumer Side of Things

It's an exciting time for HR technology, with new software, systems, and platforms arriving at a steady pace, but unfortunately, few HR departments get to take advantage of the most interesting of these developments. Instead of being on the cutting edge of new technologies, many HR pros are limited to systems that serve their core functions, like HRISs, ATSs, payroll software, and so...

How Introverts Can Ace Interviews by Leading With Their Strengths

Many a time during phone calls with both new clients and ones I've been working with a bit longer, I've heard job seekers present a type of truthful admission to me. It sounds something like this: "Scott, I have a really difficult time with interviewing for jobs. I'm not the most naturally 'extroverted' person, and I've found it to be very difficult to put my best foot forward during my...

The Conflict Between Form and Fashion: Making Your Resume Work For You

The average hiring manager spends 6 seconds looking at a resume before deciding whether to keep it for further review or move it to the reject pile. That means your resume really needs to stand out from the crowd and make an impact. Your experience counts when it comes to landing a job, but before you have the chance to talk about it in an interview, you must get past the screening...

Support Your Seasonal Workers With Training and Incentives

As we enter the height of holiday shopping mania, most news stories seem to focus on sales projections and shopping behaviors while paying little attention to the people on the front lines of the madness: retail employees and managers. To understand how managers and employees think, feel, and prepare for the final months of the year, the learning management platform Bridge by Instructure...

9 Major Job-Search Changes That May Be New to Older Workers

One question I ask during my introductory workshops is, "When did you last have to look for work?" Not surprisingly, given our career center's age demographic, some will say 25, 35, or even 40 years. On the other hand, other customers haven't had to look for work in the past five or ten years, some in the past two years or less. The disparity is great between my customers who have been...

4 Ways to Stop Wasting Time With the Wrong Candidates

Tired of wasting time with the wrong candidates while fiercely battling with the competition for top talent in the job market? Adopt these four techniques: 1. Focus on High-Probability Candidates Like weak logs lying around in the forest, there are plenty of weak candidates in the market. Stay away from the lazy logs. There is a reason they are beating down your door – and they generally...

Relief for Some of HR's Biggest Recruiting Headaches

As with most industries, advancing technology and evolving employee expectations have made their mark on HR, posing a unique set of challenges for staffing professionals to overcome. For one, the days of employees sticking with one company for decades are long gone. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average employee tenure is about 4.2 years, which creates an acute headache...

Keeping Distracted Employees Engaged This Holiday Season

The most critical business outcomes for today's organizations are sales/revenue, customer service, and employee productivity, and during the holiday season, these become even more critical for industries like retail, hospitality, manufacturing, and transportation and fulfillment. "For these organizations, the holiday season can represent almost 30 percent of annual sales," says Theresa...

3 Recruiting Software Predictions for 2017

The world of recruiting software has been evolving, and 2017 will bring more drastic changes. According to a recently published article in Human Resources Today, next year will be marked by a shift from cloud to mobile, Equal Employment Opportunity enforcement, improved employee flexibility, team-based reviews and engagement, and more freelance workers rounding out the...

The 6 Steps of Successful Salary Negotiations

The interview went extremely well. So well, in fact, that the hiring manager has offered you the position: "Sue, we'd like to offer you the job. I'm confident you're the right person. What I need to know now is what your salary requirement is." Wow, you think. You were fairly sure you'd be offered the job, and that's a good thing. However, you aren't ready to have the salary conversation...

How to Conduct the Ultimate Job Search

If you subscribe to recruiting- or employment-related newsletters or blogs, you'll know they all have a common theme – how to get a job. There are just as many strategies for finding a job as there are jobs themselves! Granted, there are a lot of people in the job market today, but the one thing I've noticed is there isn't much information regarding what to do about moving forward if you...

How a Managed Service Provider Can Improve Your Candidate Experience

In the age of the growing gig economy, many enterprise organizations across a variety of fields have embraced the use of contingent workers to perform project work and mission-critical services. However, the growing contingent labor programs can also present many challenges for hiring managers. As these programs grow in scope and size, many organizations have turned to managed service...

Fight Recruiting Spam Through Measurement and Modeling

Recently, Ninh Tran and I had a discussion on the topic of recruiting spam. The struggle is real, folks – not just in our industry, but for the whole business landscape. We cannot fix the problem with other industries, but we have to try in ours. The conversation Tran and I had brought us to the conclusion that we could use big data to take on the challenge of spam. If you're interested...

When Should You Partner With an Executive Search Firm?

Executive search firms can be key partners to companies with targeted recruitment needs, but it isn't always clear when a company should engage with a firm. For example, you may already have a human resources or recruiting department focused on filling your positions, or you may be actively recruiting for the position yourself. In either of these cases, you might be inclined to think...

How to Get a Promotion (Without Sacrificing Your Life to the Grind)

As the saying goes, it's better to work smarter than it is to work harder. Believe it or not, those words also apply to climbing your way up the corporate ladder. You don't have to put in twelve-hour days for years on end to catch the right eyes and land a promotion. Whether you think it's fair or not, your actual performance at work isn't what matters most when it comes to earning a...

5 Hiring Mistakes to Avoid

Working in recruiting and HR requires you to perform a myriad of tasks to meet one objective: hiring the best talent. If you want to find the right person, you have to heavily invest time, energy, and resources in sourcing, prescreening, interviewing, and onboarding. Because hiring is such an involved process, even seasoned veterans can make mistakes. What follows are five of the most...

Build a Positive Relationship – No Matter Who You Report To

It has been said that an employee's relationship with their direct supervisor is one of the most influential factors on whether or not that employee enjoys their job. However, this dynamic has changed somewhat in recent times. In an article at Fast Company, Bersin by Deloitte founder Josh Bersin told freelance writer Jared Lindzon, "Most companies, even big companies, are much less...

What Job Seekers Should Know About Working With Recruiting Agencies

I recently received a question that is important for all job seekers to consider: "Should I work with an external recruiter, and if so, how do I do that?" If you've never tried it before, enlisting the help of a placement firm can be a confusing proposal. It's tough to know where to find a recruiter, how to begin, and what to expect. The good news is, working with an external recruiter...

What You Need to Know About Making Hires for Your Growing Startup

Early in a company's lifecycle, the first thing business managers should ask themselves when considering a new hire is whether or not they should make a hire at all. You know the answer when a role you would hire for costs an employee 20 hours a week as a "part-time" activity. It's important, especially in the early stages of a company, to recognize when to hire and when to hold off. In...

5 Predictions for the Future of Mobile Recruiting

Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question about the employment market you'd like to ask? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA! Today's Question: At Recruiter.com, we're wondering what the future of mobile recruiting will look like. What do you...

New LinkedIn Solutions Expand Talent Pool for Recruiters

If you're reading our digital magazine about human resources and recruiting and haven't yet heard of LinkedIn, your office is probably somewhere in a deep, dark hole – and you should let us know if we need to send someone to save you. But chances are you already know that since its inception in 2002, the social media site for professionals has become a household name and a staple for...

6 Interview Questions to Ask Remote Candidates

As remote work grows in popularity, an increasing numbers of employers are welcoming remote employees to their team. It makes a lot of sense: Hiring remotely opens up plenty of opportunities to reach more candidates in the job market all over the world. Plus, it's a great perk to offer employees if you want to increase employee retention. It's no secret that hiring remote employees...

What 'Stranger Things' Can Teach You About Employee Engagement [Infographic]

Okay, so the employee engagement crisis may not be as viscerally terrifying as an interdimensional monster, but that doesn't mean it's not dangerous. Research shows that a significant majority of workers are disengaged, and these unproductive employees are costing the U.S. economy billions of dollars every year. How do you, as an employer, fight back against disengagement? It's no easy...

4 Ways Health Systems Can Build Successful Healthcare MSP Partnerships

In 2016, the use of contingent labor grew significantly. ManpowerGroup estimates that by 2020, there will be 64.9 million contingent workers across industries in the U.S. The third largest industry using contingent workers is the healthcare industry. Responsible for more than 13 percent of overall employment in the U.S., healthcare has been hit particularly hard by a persistent skills...

What a Blog Can Do for Your Employer Brand

A blog can be a great, low-cost way to promote your employer brand. If your content is high quality, your blog posts will have the potential to go viral. That's a much more effective way of getting your name out to potential candidates than high-cost ad campaigns. Despite the many advantages of blogging, few companies put much effort into their blogs – if they have blogs at all. Here...

At Simon Business School, Students Become Investors

A couple weeks back, we spoke with Zachary Slayback of Praxis, a career accelerator that pairs the brightest young talent with high-growth startups. Praxis began, in part, as a response to perceived shortcomings in higher education. The organization's founder, Isaac Moorehouse, saw that many college students weren't learning the skills they actually needed to succeed in the business world, so he...

4 Tips for Overcoming a Lack of Career Experience

We've all been there: You're in the middle of applying for a job, and the dreaded "years of experience" question pops up. It demands a minimum number that you don't meet – but you know you have the skills to do the job! What exactly is a career newcomer to do when previous experience is such an emphasized element of the job-hunting process? This metric is even more daunting if you're...

13 Interview Questions You Thought Were Legal (But Definitely Are Not)

When interviewing a candidate, you want to ask as many questions as possible to ensure they have the experience you're looking for and will be a good cultural fit for your organization. However, there are certain interview questions you simply cannot ask due to laws designed to protect candidates. Violating these laws can lead to lawsuits costing the company thousands of dollars and the...

6 Success Lessons I Learned From the Streets

Article by Branden Collinsworth Most people experience a moment in life when everything suddenly changes. For me, this moment happened 14 years ago at a bus stop. On a rainy and gloomy day in 2002, I sat at a bus stop on the east side of Las Vegas in front of a favorite local hotel, Sam's Town. I was 18 years old, hardened, broken, and wearing a chip on my shoulder. I was in a personal...

Is Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Poised to Change the Recruitment Industry?

Recruitment marketing has come a long way – PPC, SEO, job boards, social selling, inbound marketing, content marketing – and it now welcomes a new entrant, account-based marketing (ABM). ABM is causing a buzz in the B2B marketing space, in part because this strategy promises the highest ROI among other B2B marketing initiatives. We're already familiar with today's darlings,...

Are Your Benefits Packages Still Relevant?

If your company's benefits packages aren't competitive, you'll have a hard time competing for top talent in the candidate pool. Worse, you'll start hemorrhaging employees as they are lured away by more attractive offers from your competitors. You may even be forced to replace these top-tier workers with talent from the bottom of the barrel. To avoid this nightmare situation, you...

The Truth Behind Engaged Living

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life." - Socrates Effective personal change rarely happens without self-inquiry. I know this is true because the early portions of our programs at Inspired Work are focused on creating such a compelling vision that participants become willing to change themselves in order to achieve it. Translating vision into reality is one of the greatest of human...

Company Holiday Parties: Why They're Not Worth It and What to do Instead

Company holiday parties are infamous for their awkward moments, drunken regrets, and social faux pas. And yet, despite the less-than-sparkling reputation, most companies still host holiday parties every year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. Proponents of company holiday parties argue that they're a great opportunity for employers to show their appreciation of their...

Don't Be a Grinch: Holiday Bonuses on the Rise

Everybody loves a good office holiday party. And sure, who doesn't want a branded company coffee cup or t-shirt or paperweight? But when the weather outside is frightful, employees take more comfort in the fact that the holidays usually come with a nice chunk of extra change than they do in the knickknacks and free food their employers may hand out. Many even rely on their bonuses to...

What You Need to Know About Freedom of Speech in the Workplace

Congratulations! You've survived the most bitterly contested presidential election in recent memory. Never before have two candidates attacked each other on such a personal level. This bruising campaign exposed just how divided our country really is. To be sure, the political discourse is far from over. So how do we handle it in the workplace? I remember once walking through a break room...

5 Ways to Attract Job Seekers Beyond Job Boards

Hiring is one of the most daunting tasks that many small business owners face. As we all know, finding great employees in the labor market can be very difficult. If you run or recruit for a small business, you've likely posted an online job advertisement at some point to help you fill a position. Job boards can certainly be an effective way to hire, but sometimes they seem to send nothing...

Inside the Mind of the Millennial

There's a disconnect between millennials and older generations in today's workforce. Millennials want to do things in ways that Generation X and the baby boomers may not agree with, and that often causes friction. Many companies are so focused on the "what" of the matter that they may be missing out on the "why." Older executives often find it easy to dismiss the millennial generation as lazy...

Companies Need Better Internal Communications to Engage Bored, Detached, and Disconnected Employees

A new report from interactive video company Rapt Media reveals that only one in three U.S. employees (32 percent) feels engaged at work. Another one-third of employees think their companies do not care about them and feel unappreciated by their supervisors, disconnected from their leaders, and bored with their employers' internal communications and training programs. Key findings from the...