Featured Blog Posts – July 2015 Archive (57)

Why Do Black Holes Still Exist in Candidate Experience?

As people I meet learn I am a recruiter, I often get a reaction to that fact and then a mentioning of a mysterious black hole they suspect their applications fall into.  I hear people complain about their candidate experience all the time (and sometimes, regarding the company I work for at the time).

I really do not understand this.  We live in the 21st…

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Added by Eric Putkonen on July 21, 2015 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

The Aggregation of Everything.

I’m not sure if this is common knowledge for everyone, as I keep bumping into people who are unaware, but Google personalizes your search results based upon what you click on using browser cookies.  Essentially, if you frequently Google things and consistently look for a Wikipedia article to click on in your results, Google will start to put Wikipedia at the top of all of…

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Added by Daniel Fogel on July 21, 2015 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Do Your Employees Have a Case of the Quits?

Even the best of the best and the high performing employees are subject to the hazards of the workplace that can lead them towards another…

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Added by Chris Arringdale on July 21, 2015 at 8:30am — No Comments

Walking the Tightrope of Big Data

The cloud-based enterprise has entered the business world, flooding leaders and employees alike with monumental heaps of data to sift through. …

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Added by Kelly Robinson on July 21, 2015 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Why "Show, Don't Tell" is the Golden Rule of Recruitment Marketing

The future of recruiting is inbound. That much, we can all agree on. 

And we know, too, that this new wave of recruiting is powered by proven inbound sales and marketing techniques, taken and applied — to great effect — to the traditional recruiting process. 

Within that category of "proven inbound techniques", lives…

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Added by Maura McElhone on July 20, 2015 at 9:30am — No Comments

How Many IT Hires Happen On Social Media? (WhatsApp Group Chat)

Unlike the usual Chats that you come across @SourcingAdda we have taken the initiative to bring together under one umbrella Recruiters and Sourcers from a pan India level. The objective of creating a WhatsApp Group Chat is to help Recruiters & Sourcers interact with each other and stay updated with the latest trends in the Talent Acquisition field. This is possible…

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Added by Sourcing Adda on July 20, 2015 at 9:00am — No Comments

Big Data and the Science of Recruiting

Big Data: The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines big data as “data of a very large size, typically to the extent that its manipulation and management present significant logistical challenges.” However, it is reasonable to add another dimension to this definition…

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Added by Alexandra Corey on July 20, 2015 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

The #TruSF Recap

Wonder what you missed at #TruSF?  Here's a quick video recap of the event.  Who you missed, what you need to know, and where to find the next event.

Check out upcoming #Tru events at Trumunity

Connect with the presenters:

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Added by Daniel Fogel on July 17, 2015 at 4:30pm — No Comments

How to source on the lesser known sites!! Spiceworks

Spiceworks is free network management software and help desk software designed for networks

with up to 1,000  devices .  Spiceworks is not well known in the community and some have tried to

source in it. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and

 pull out an old tried and true tool, called…

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Added by Dean Da Costa on July 16, 2015 at 3:14pm — No Comments

HOT JOB SKILLS: COMPANIES WANT STAFF WITH WRITING M.U.S.C.L.E.

The girl represents in imagination what she strong

In a previous post, Corporate Recruiters List Top Three Soft Skills, had highlighted the fact that communication is a hot job skill in high demand. If you can communicate well, you can instantly stand-out in the crowd of applicants.

Since you cannot be everywhere, speaking,…

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Added by Recruiter Raya on July 16, 2015 at 12:31pm — 2 Comments

Tips to Become a Better Interviewer

Are you a good interviewer?  Are you using all of the tools available to you?  What could you do to improve your interviewing skills and get better information from your candidates?

I work with many, many recruiting professionals and hiring managers, and all of us think we are great interviewers.  I’ve found that most of us could still improve a bit!  Many of the…

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Added by Leanne Goplen Zabriskie on July 15, 2015 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Recruiting CRM Software: What To Look For & Why You Need One

As a recruiting and staffing agency you want to win clients, place candidates efficiently and conveniently access information needed to make strategic decisions. A strong ATS (applicant tracking system) with a built in recruiting CRM software (customer relationship management) can assist greatly. There are many recruiting CRM features to look out for during the software…

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Added by Mary Waley on July 15, 2015 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Under Pressure? Employee Training for Pressure Management

Companies train their employees for the jobs they do. That’s a given. Even if they’re versed in their field, new hires need guidance to get up to speed on the ins and outs of the company, learn about their specific role there, and establish…

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Added by Sean Pomeroy on July 15, 2015 at 8:30am — No Comments

6 Surefire Ways to Conduct the Worst Performance Appraisal Ever

Everyone makes mistakes, including during performance reviews. Despite the fact they are supposed to help solve issues in the workplace, individually and team-oriented on a grander scale, managers sometimes make these 6 mistakes during the…

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Added by Chris Arringdale on July 15, 2015 at 8:30am — No Comments

What does hiring for cultural fit really mean?

When I first started life as a recruitment consultant my manager and mentor at the time told me that there are only three things that are important in the hiring process:

1. personality

2. personality

3.…

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Added by james nathan on July 15, 2015 at 7:30am — 3 Comments

Do job seekers really not care any more?

Some of you will be aware that I am not shy of bemoaning the fact that there are so many poor job posts littering the online space. You only have to visit a job board and pick a few ads at random to find cut & pasted job descriptions, phrases like "Our client are looking", hideous examples of awful grammar and a whole load of posts that just have no kind of sell or…

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Added by Alasdair Murray on July 15, 2015 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

Industry, Planted, SpareHire and other recruiting sites you don't know about

It's been months since my last overview of new, new-ish, and interesting recruiting sites. So without further ado, let's take a look at some of these contenders:…

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Added by Jeff Dickey-Chasins on July 14, 2015 at 12:00pm — No Comments

The Digital Candidate Experience: 5 Hacks for Recruiting Success

You already know that the way candidates look for a job is changing – now, most candidates are likely to look you up and research your company before they ever express interest directly to employers. Since the job search process happens completely online, this means failing to deliver an outstanding candidate experience even before the recruiting process really begins is…

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Added by Katrina Kibben on July 14, 2015 at 10:22am — No Comments

Tomorrow’s Recruiting Solutions Today

So I just received my latest cable bill in the mail yesterday.  Yes, the snail mail bill process is a tad old school, but oh well.   Upon opening up my bill I see my previous $100 monthly bill has jumped to $180! My cable bill is bundled with the internet but still, it felt a bit extreme.  Do I really need $2000 a year worth of entertainment that for the most part is…

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Added by Daniel Fogel on July 14, 2015 at 10:15am — No Comments

On the road to success: How your tech career compares to a startup business.

Whatever industry you’re in, the search for a new job role revolves around you. Principles and practises associated with the success of startup businesses can be directly applied to the job search. A startup, very much like you as a jobseeker, want to prove a level of ability as well as progress up the job ladder. The more you equip and train yourself, the…

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Added by Austin Fraser Ltd on July 14, 2015 at 4:58am — No Comments

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