This year has came and gone, with it came some pretty amazing technology advances in all areas of recruiting and HR. The tech is getting better, more affordable and easier to use - the bar is set higher and higher every year. 



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Fall is in officially in full effect (even for those of us in the South). The days are getting shorter, the nights longer, and the weather colder. But for us in the recruiting world, we have more than one kind of freeze to worry about – the holiday hiring freeze.

The holiday hiring freeze (the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day), effects most companies for many different reasons - reconciling budgets, lack of time to properly onboard and train new employees, holiday…

Innovative sourcing intelligence platform now offers compensation data for passive candidates

CHARLESTON, S.C., (Oct. 25, 2016) - ENGAGE, the sourcing intelligence platform that utilizes predictive analytics to identify potential target candidates and their likely availability, today announced its partnership with PayScale to provide compensation intelligence on…

This article was originally published on Sourcecon.com

What if I told you that you could predict the future? Predict when a passive candidate will be ready to evaluate a new opportunity? Not by using a crystal ball or a psychic, but with the use of analytics to predict a candidate’s behavior, tendencies and therefore, their likelihood to change jobs. …

Job Market Maker just raised $1 million in funding and is launching a new product called ENGAGE. They are offering a 7 day free trial.

Built for active recruiters, ENGAGE allows users to source from a dynamic stream of over 100 million passive candidates. To provide recruiters with a competitive advantage, ENGAGE delivers real time signals to notify recruiters of when a candidate is most likely to be ready for a new…

Diversity is here to stay.

Workplace diversity means many things to many people. In the traditional sense, it’s about a balance of gender, races, ethnicities or sexual orientations more representative of the general population. For some of us, it’s a focus on capturing different workplace values, like communication styles, work ethics and motivators. Whatever the reason may be, recruiting for diversity remains a top priority across the industry. …

While every recruiter has their own take on the “recipe for success” when it comes to recruiting passive candidates, the basic ingredients remain the same:

• clever email subject line
• personalization
• concise, informative content
• persistent follow-ups
• identifying common connections
• building value and highlighting benefits

All of the above are great…

Why focus on passive candidate recruiting?

According to the LinkedIn Global Talent Trends 2015 report, 75% of the global workforce is considered to be “passive talent” (defined as a person who is not actively in the job market) 15% are reaching out to their personal networks, 45% are open to talking with a recruiter, while only 15% are completely satisfied with their…