Easy Internal HR Audit Tips to Reduce Risk and Create Top Value

Take a moment to honestly answer these questions.

Are you ready?

What’s the condition of your HR…

I just finished reading an excellent article titled Beyond Bias in Strategy+Business Magazine. While reading it I could not help to take into consideration the events unfolding in the global marketplace today. We condemn those in the Black Life Matter. We condemn those to respond to violence as someone who wants to…

Imagine you are just reaching out to a group of candidates for the first time with a text like: “Hey Kim – We have an opening for a Customer Support Associate at our Phoenix office. Are you interested? -Birch”

Kim answers: “Yes!” Now every recruiter has a preferred way to follow-up after a candidate expresses interest.…

1. You require a HR forte.

Regardless of the fact that you're a generalist and handyman, you should be a MASTER OF ONE. It makes you one of a kind, extraordinary and separates you from whatever remains of the pack.

2. HR results matter a great deal, however connections matter more.

Performing and conveying results matter. They offer you some assistance…

Today's marketplace is far different than it was just a few short decades ago. Since the advent of the Internet, business owners are able to market their products and services on a worldwide basis. This has obviously opened up exciting opportunities, but it also brings with it a challenge. No longer are you competing with industry leaders in your geographic region. Consumers…

Google AdWords is the biggest pay per click advertising platform online and is used by thousands of businesses across every sector to promote products and services to millions of individuals. We have found companies wishing to recruit employees are not utilising it for this function. We can’t help but feel companies are missing an opportunity to…

Is your employee onboarding out of order? Because the failures of onboarding aren’t immediately apparent, it can take time to find the cracks in the plan. An employee’s first day is always busy with paperwork, training, meeting new people, seeing…

Modern processes of recruitment still come with downsides in terms of time, cost or even outcome in quality hire. Long hours screening CVs and interviewing candidates? Lack of qualified candidates for the role? High costs in advertising vacancies? Coping with such reality in an ever-increasing competitive market is a challenge for even the most dedicated recruiter.

So far, an online platform such as LinkedIn has proved to be a great substitute to the…

Recruitment is a hard game to play, especially since potential candidates can come from such a large pool of talent. Nowadays, there are so many more platforms to advertise vacancies on, but knowing exactly which ones will help you unearth the consummate professional you are searching for is still perplexing to many…

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Anybody can hire a copywriter, but not everyone can hire the right copywriter. With increasing demand for a written content, the number of freelance writers also grows. But how to distinguish a real professional from all the mediocrity and hire a…

The weekly discussions that we have are very insightful so if you aren’t already a member then you’re missing out on some insightful perspectives mind you. At Sourcing Adda we encourage our fellow Talent Acquisitionist to express their views on several Industry related topics.

The discussion we had this time shared some light on the…

Numbers always facilitate an organisation to plan the efficiency of any activity. The same applies for hiring method as well. Using elaborated analytics reports bring out important insights to enhance the effectiveness of the hiring process.

Making the right first impression is one of the keys to succeeding in recruiting, but did you realize that the very first word you speak, "hello", can often make or break a relationship with a client or a candidate?

Whether on the phone or in person, how you go about introducing yourself is one of the most important interactions you will ever have in gaining new…

You apply for a job that seems like it would be the perfect fit for you then you get a small rush of excitement. A couple of days later you receive a call or an email from the hiring manager for the position you applied for! You hang up the phone and the interview is scheduled. Now you are feeling optimistic with a twinge of nervousness. Determined to get that job you…

Bagels and holes. Hugs and kisses. Tom and Jerry.

It appears there’s a new force in the world of powerful twosomes - a yin and yang so perfect, you’ll be surprised you’ve not thought of it already.

The pair in question is human resources and marketing. Both departments tend to be siloed -…

You might think that recruitment is relatively easy – admittedly time-consuming, of course, but basically a simple task. All you have to do is sift through candidates’ applications, decide who you want to invite for an interview and then make your decision based on what happens in the interview. However, there’s more to the process than that.

It’s not…

We use it on a regular basis, it has revolutionised the Talent Acquisition Industry as we know it, it’s at the tip of our fingers, we spend a great deal of our time on it and it keeps us updated with the current trends. Any guesses?

Yes, you’re right. We’re talking about Social…

When you are seated around the dinner table with your friends and family this Thanksgiving, and Uncle Dave asks what you are thankful for, your talent acquisition team might not be the first thing you say. So why not give thanks a few days early to the sourcing, recruiting and onboarding part of your company that really deserves thanks on a daily…

So you are job searching. And in response to one of your proactive enquiries you receive a positive response: “Let’s meet up for a coffee”

That’s nice you think. A chance to talk about the role and opportunity informally and off the record.

WRONG.

You have not been invited for a hazelnut…