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Gen Y: Four Fast Facts You Can’t Afford to Ignore
It's time for your company to confront the most significant emerging workforce dynamic faced by employers in more than 20 years: the on-boarding, matriculation and retention of an entirely new...
Winning the Debate: 3 Recruiting Game Changers!
On Sept 26, 1960 democrat John F. Kennedy debated republican Richard M. Nixon on national television – the first televised presidential debate in United States history. In front of, what was at the...
4 Tips to Recruitment Advertising Without an Agency
Are you a growing company that needs to recruit and hire talent, but can't afford an Advertising Agency to handle your recruitment marketing needs? Many small and medium-sized businesses...
The BIG 7: CRM Principles for Your Applicant Tracking System
Whether you are a large business using tools like Microsoft Dynamics, or a small business using software like Infusionsoft, you probably already understand the need to organize, automate, and...
3 Things Your Current ATS Lacks – And Why It’s Killing You
The Apple iPhone 4S, with it's "intelligent assistant" Siri, came with great fanfare and some amazing marketing . Commercials showed actors Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson interacting...
The Missing Link – Why Your Company is Falling Behind
While you may not face the same war for top talent as Google, Facebook and Zynga in Silicon Valley your hiring organization probably already understands that to remain competitive, it must hire and...
Acqui-Hire: The Road Less Traveled
An interesting trend emerging among many technology companies, especially in light of the ongoing war for top talent, is the rise of acqui-hires. These are hires that result from a...
Social Media Recruiting… Wasting Time?
According to the Jobvite 2012 Social Recruiting Survey results, social media has become a dominant force in the war for talent. The survey posits, "Because it allows employers to tap extended...
3 Reasons to Create a Company Recruiting Video
Think that producing a recruiting video for your company is optional? Think again. According to comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, 181 million U.S....
Social Recruiting – Just Do It!
This commercial from IBM illustrates a profound recruiting truth: many employees have social networks to which they belong, but which are seldom built or leveraged to the employer's advantage. ...
Social Media Background Checks – 3 Legal Pitfalls
Many employers want to make sure that before they hire a potential employee, they know exactly what they're getting. And with so much personal information available on public networks, it is not...
Simple, Indeed: Employment Meta-Search Engines
The way potential employees seek out new job opportunities continues to change as newer technologies and more sophisticated applications allow for new distribution and content consumption models. ...
Sales Recruiting – 7 Crucial Interview Questions
Sales are the life blood of any organization. No mater how well-designed or competitively-priced your product or service, it must still be represented by someone who can get others to purchase. ...
Online Recruiting: Job Postings vs Resume Databases?
Online recruitment advertising sites will all tell you that their particular site offers you the best solutions to hire qualified candidates. If your growing company is looking to use the the...
The ABCs of Job Market Intelligence
Often times, hiring managers are in a crunch to fill an open position and wonder why, in today's job market of high unemployment rates, it is so difficult to find a qualified candidate. So we...
Working with Recruiters: Contingency or Retained?
If you are an HR Manager or Hiring Manager at a large real estate investment company who requires assistance with hard-to-fill employment openings, it may make sense to hire an outside recruiting...
5 Tips for Writing Great Job Descriptions
1. Show Don't Tell Consider using a simple promotional video that highlights the people in your organization, the culture, and the work environment. These are true distinguishing...
Getting Your ARMs Around the ATS
If you do a Google search on ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems), you will find no fewer than 80 different software packages or online recruiting software...