In this technological age, the professional market is no longer in the business of paper resumes and portfolios. LinkedIn is the leader in creating an optimal professional identity. With everything from a company rating to a job search engine, LinkedIn is the first place someone should start when entering the career world.…

A properly configured ATS can be your most valuable asset when faced with an OFCCP audit, but only if you make sure it’s following the right protocols and collecting the right information. Make sure your applicant tracking system has been given the right instructions so it can help keep you onside with OFCCP instead of leading you astray.

What is…

Wondering what all of those acronyms means when it comes to recruiting and marketing?

This infographic breaks down a glossary of acronyms to help you become a sophisticated recruitment marketer. …

Today Social media recruitment is a well-known practice, with over 92% companies using social media as a hiring tool in their recruitment process as per Statista. As per SHRM report, 43% of organizations said that they use social media or online search engine to screen candidates. Social media is not only a great source to advertise and market your job, but it has…

Any successful business leader knows that having the right team in place is key to building a client base and building a company with real longevity. Hiring the right people and engaging and retaining your employees results in higher company morale, lower employee turnover, and ultimately a stronger bottom…

We recently started hiring again at Recruitee. Regardless of the fact that we build recruiting software, we discovered that getting the word out about our vacancies was not as easy as we would expect. We tried some popular job boards but weren’t satisfied with the results. So we looked for ways to solve…

There is no company on the planet that shouldn’t use employer branding to help them attract and hire the best talent. That was my response when I was recently asked by John Sumser, Principal Analyst at KeyInterval Research and Founder of HRExaminer, to share my thoughts on whether there are companies out there that…

As the most educated generation continues to grow the workforce, a master’s degree can help to set you apart from the competition. For more information on the most in-demand degrees and…

We’ve all seen some hilarious job board applications with completely irrelevant experience to what we’re looking for. Funnily enough a few months spent working in your dad’s mechanics probably won’t see you getting interviewed for a senior technical role with an £80K base salary. There are of course some great candidates on job boards but a lot of the time…

Asking for a raise is a difficult conversation for most people. Money is a sensitive topic, and often bosses can be less than sympathetic. Before you try to negotiate, be sure to understand what you're fighting for!

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Each day businesses assess and rate their productivity, always aiming to achieve a higher percentage or meet a different goal the following day. As a worker you might not have the best, most productive day of work every day, but reviewing a few of the unexpected ways that you can sabotage your own productivity will remind you how you can get the most done (and then hopefully…

As an industry, HR is experiencing a paradigm shift. Instead of focusing mostly on payroll, the department now weighs in on a range of strategic priorities.

To make time, HR professionals are trading their antiquated legacy software for new, shiny platforms that automate monotonous administrative work.

But this…

Over the past few years, litigation has tripled in employment background screening, due to increased regulations and scrutiny of the background screening process by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and other industry-specific auditing agencies. Recently, employee/candidates have filed a significant number of class-action…

A short life

Third party recruiters don't last long. I have hired and trained enough people to know what I am up against when hiring a new recruiter. One out of 10 new recruiters will make it past one year. Many don't pass the 90 day mark. 

It's a tough business. The recruiter is lied to by everyone, strung along by both client and candidate,…

Whether you rely on a stand-alone applicant tracking system (ATS), lean heavily on mobile recruiting, work with HCM software like PeopleSoft Candidate Gateway or Taleo, or some combination of the above—you have only a few seconds to make a first impression on applicants with your candidate experience.



You may be asking yourself: Why does it matter? 

It matters because the best will always gravitate to the…

So this is the 7th presentation of the conference and the 2^nd set of Lab. Titled “Implementing the New Hotness” By Matthew Ferree and “Whats a Webscraper and how do they work” by Kameron Swinton.

First implementing the new Hotness. Matthew talks about souring in Source Code repositories such as; Krugle, Ohloh, Searchcode, Codeade, and…

Mary considers herself to be a good manager. Whenever one of her employee’s is struggling with an assignment she swoops in to help them put things into order and give pointers. Her company is now introducing a new 360-degree performance management system based on continuous feedback and, as a manager, she’s been…

Using social media as a recruiting platform has become a leading practice in sourcing and placing for many businesses today. Though not every post guarantees placements, coming up with a consistent, social recruiting strategy will ensure your messages are targeting the right candidates.

Outlined below are various types of recruiting content that can trigger…

I watched as my niece played with my iPhone the other day. She is only 2 years old. As she clicked on the YouTube icon, she unexpectedly threw herself on the floor in a fit of impatience. That Pepper Pig video couldn’t load quick enough.

We are all moulding our attraction strategies around the elusive generation Y, the ‘millennials’. But what about…