4 Extraordinary Ways to Compete for the Best Talent in the Digital Age
The changing dynamics of the modern workforce make it necessary for a business to use digital tools to grab candidates' attention. Millennials form the most significant generation in the US workforce, with millennials and post-millennials making up around 40% of the labor force in 2017. Given their preference for technology, they will choose a company that incorporates digital...
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5 Ways a Diverse Workforce Leads to Stronger Business Enterprises
When hiring top talent, businesses need to realize that the "verdict" on diversity was delivered long ago. Hiring individuals with different racial, gender, socioeconomic, religious, and other backgrounds creates a work environment that delivers far better results for the business and its customers. By focusing on diversity in the workplace, business enterprises can enjoy a wide range of...
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10 Factors to Consider When Searching for the Right Freelance Talent
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: When it comes to hiring the right talent for freelance or contract work, what's one factor all businesses should consider? Why? These answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world's most...
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How to Use Leadership Strengths and Strategies to Empower Your Employees
Today's competitive workplace demands dynamic leadership. Without it, businesses and their employees suffer because they are not operating at their fullest potential. Employees need to grow to realize their maximum output — and it's up to their leaders to empower them by recognizing their strengths. People development is where everyone wins. When employees feel empowered and supported,...
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Growing Your Recruiting Business: Lessons Learned From the Past Year
The last year has caused so many people to reevaluate their lives, including their career choices. With so many people transitioning into new fields of work and so many businesses hiring, I became introspective, too, and the idea of expanding my recruiting business popped up again. I was ready and knew it was the right time. The numbers were also backing me up. There was...
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Why You Should Consider Reskilling, Not Hiring
The Great Resignation continues to progress into 2022. Is it time for HR professionals to prioritize retaining current employees over hiring new talent? To slow down the Great Resignation in your organization, retrain employees and support their continuing education efforts to reinforce the workplace and preserve existing staff. A global study from McKinsey revealed that 87% of...
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How to Successfully Implement a Hybrid Working Model
According to PwC research, 68% of executives think that employees need to be in an office at least three days a week to have a good company culture. While many workers still want to work remotely, a hybrid working model may be a good middle-ground option for some businesses and employees. However, after two years of working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies wonder...
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7 Tips for Standing Out as a Recruiter
If your company can't recruit top talent, it isn't going anywhere. In the wake of The Great Resignation, recruiting has become more challenging, leading to recruiters scrambling to keep up. It's a full-blown competition out there, and your company needs to learn to win to keep the wheels rolling in the employment market. This article will describe the best ways your company's recruiters can...
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Small Business Hiring in 2022: 3 Tips from Dance Studios
To kick off 2022, your small business may be looking to grow its team of employees. Whether you run a local coffee shop, landscaping business, or boutique marketing firm, it's essential to find the right people to contribute positively to your company culture. But as you know, this is easier said than done. However, you can turn to one potentially unexpected source of advice to help...
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3 Effective Tips that Can Help HR Managers to Improve the Time-To-Hire
The times when recruitment success was dependent on basic intuition are long gone! Today, talent acquisition functions in a more factual and data-backed way. The different metrics tracked through analytical tools and techniques remain one of the key performance indicators for hiring managers and their teams. Time-to-hire is one such important metric. More and more hiring managers are...
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How People Science Is Defining the Future of HR
We're only into the first quarter of 2022, but it's already apparent that the Great Resignation hasn't entirely run its course. The number of people calling it quits continues to set records. Experts will study the reasons behind the phenomenon for years, but one thing is clear: It's not just about money. People are leaving jobs without offers for a new position. They're citing various reasons...
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How to Bring Recruiters in Line With Your Employer Branding Strategy
Where did all the recruiters go? It's a question plaguing the industry as recruiting and search firms struggle to hire recruiters amid labor market shortages. In fact, by the end of 2021, open positions for recruiters had more than doubled since the year before. So what gives? The pay is pretty good: Newly minted tech recruiters can make upward of $116,000 annually, depending on the...
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7 Outdated Hiring Processes to Get Rid Of: And What to Implement Instead
Are you wondering why you're struggling to recruit great talent? The problem might lie in your recruiting process. Instead of posting job ads in a newspaper, companies now have to post on social media, job boards, or even reach out to top talent directly. The hiring industry is changing rapidly, and companies need to boost their hiring efforts to catch up. With fierce competition for...
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Revamping Brand Reputation: Why Is It Important for Every Employer?
What does a candidate think when they hear the name of your company? That's what brand reputation is. According to a survey, more than 67% of job seekers would not join a company if it has a bad reputation. Therefore, it is no secret that you need to work on building or repairing a brand reputation to attract top-tier talents while recruiting. Brand reputation is one of the vital...
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Finding Opportunity in the Shift from Information Age to the Age of Talent
It's challenging to go a day without hearing references to the dramatic changes within the workplace. After all, many employees leave their jobs, and employers are challenged to fill open positions. One of the drivers for this change is the transition from the Information Age to the Age of Talent. People are now the priority, and talent is the most significant competitive advantage and the...
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The Top Benefits of Having a Strong Employer Brand
Glassdoor research found that 86% of job seekers will check reviews on what it's like to work at your company before they apply for a job opening. This jobs data is just one key aspect of having a strong employer brand that is important for your business. Your employer brand (sometimes also referred to as the employee value proposition) is usually your company's popularity and reputation....
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Proximity Bias Fears Plague the Hyrbid Workforce: Here's What Leaders Can Do
As the demand for flexible workplaces grows, so does anxiety about proximity bias — the idea that people who work onsite and have in-person interactions will receive preferential treatment over remote colleagues. Remote workers are concerned they might be passed up for promotions or miss out on opportunities to form relationships — and those concerns are worth addressing. Proximity bias...
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International Day of Happiness: How to Keep Your Employees Happy
Your perfectly optimized content goes here! According to some research, happy employees at work are also 12% more productive than unhappy employees. In addition to that jobs report, Fortune 100 companies that had happy employees saw a 6% growth in their stock price in the market. One of the other benefits of having happy employees is that you're more likely to boost your retention...
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How to Achieve Equal Pay at Your Company
According to the Global Gender Gap Report from 2021, it could take 135.6 years to close the gender pay gap and achieve true pay equality at this current pace. While the United States Government wrote the Equal Pay Act into law in 1963, there is still much work to be done. In 2020, the average woman earned 84% of what a man earned. There is still a lot of progress that needs to be...
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3 Simple Yet Effective Ways Hiring Managers can Ace Candidate Sourcing in 2022
As a hiring manager, it is your first and foremost responsibility to ensure that your company attracts and retains the best talent in the market. That's the only thing that will truly get you growth and success in the long run. However, finding the right candidates for your job openings is now more complicated than it ever has been. This is true because talent shortages have risen to...
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Employer Mandatory Vaccine Policies – In or Out?
On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on whether the government can enforce the healthcare mandate and federal large employer vaccine mandate while challenges to their constitutionality are litigated in court. Specifically, the Supreme Court lifted a stay against the healthcare mandate, affecting most healthcare settings receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds, meaning that all...
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7 Ways to Support Employees During Times of Crisis
One Deloitte survey found that 64% of surveyed employees said that the information and communication from their employers during any crisis would affect whether or not they would want to go to work. There has been no shortage of crises in the past few years, from the COVID-19 pandemic to protests, rising inflation, changes in the job market, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. With all of...
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The Ultimate Guide on How to Hire for Hyper-Growth Companies
Organizations in a hyper-growth stage, where the company has scaled itself to attain a compound annual growth rate of 40% or higher, have several pressing issues to manage and prioritize. However, every other task on your to-do list is going to take a backseat once talent acquisition steps in! 55.6% of firms have reported that talent acquisition and retention is the critical growth...
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11 Ways to Be More Proactive About Your DEI Hiring Efforts
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment market questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: What's one way companies can be more proactive about their DEI recruiting and hiring efforts? What impact does this have? These answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world's most successful...
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Working Virtually: How to Build Trust in Remote Teams
According to the Harvard Business Review, 40% of surveyed supervisors said they weren't confident in managing remote teams. In addition to that jobs data, two-thirds of managers still don't trust remote team members. However, with more and more companies shifting to a remote environment, managers are being forced to trust their employees. But how do you navigate the new normal and...
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Why Virtual Hiring Is the Future of Recruitment
The Covid-19 pandemic affected the economy in a way people could not have anticipated. As a result, many of us are still battling to get back on our feet and make a living, while others have already tapped into the global market to find opportunities. One such opportunity is virtual hiring. Virtually hiring candidates was never employers' primary choice; however, it's opening up a wealth of...
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Different Ways to Celebrate Black History Month at Work
According to some research, since the 1970s, the white unemployment rate has been about half of the black unemployment rate. When employers struggle to recruit talent, this can be an untapped talent pool in the job market. But what can help recruiters hire a more diverse workforce? Improving diversity in your workforce and having initiatives might persuade people to work at your...
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7 Toxic Workplace Issues That May Be Causing High Turnover
For all business leaders, driving high employee engagement and keeping employee turnover in check are the most complicated challenges. An organization is only as good as its people, defining competencies and not the machinery. It becomes imperative for organizations to retain their best talents and keep them engaged. Speaking of employee turnover in the US, the Bureau of Labour Statistics...
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How This Age-Old Soft Skill Can Help Resolve the Great Resignation
At the onset of 2020, many companies were crippled by financial hardships, fighting to stay afloat. Now, as we attempt to return to normal, businesses are faced with a new and peculiar issue: losing top talent to the "Great Resignation." Dealing with the "Great Resignation" has been challenging across many industries from a leadership perspective. HR professionals are faced with a...
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8 Proven Ways to Improve Candidate Experience
About 67% of job seekers have had at least one bad experience during the hiring process in the past few years. In that same study, 58% of those candidates said they had turned down a job offer due to a bad experience. This is why focusing on the candidate experience is so important. If you want to attract top talent in this competitive job market, you'll need to ensure that you have a...
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The Stay Interview: All You Need to Know
In 2021, the Great Resignation wreaked havoc and caused millions of employees to leave. In fact, in October 2021, a record number of 4.2 million Americans quit. With all of these employees quitting, more companies are trying to figure out how to get their employees to stay. One way to do that is to conduct a "stay interview." But what is a stay interview, and how do you do it?...
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How to Hire the Right Talent When Conducting Virtual Interviews
Close to 81% of talent professionals worldwide say that virtual recruiting will continue post-COVID. Nearly 70% say it will become the new standard, according to LinkedIn's report. Businesses like the considerable cost and time savings of conducting virtual assessments and interviews and the scheduling efficiency and flexibility they get. Virtual interviews are now routine for some...
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How to Excel at Employer Branding to Attract and Retain Top Talent
In today's rapidly transforming economy, the competition among employers to bag top talent is becoming more fierce than it ever has been, and companies now have to furnish engaging work experiences to make employees stick around. The internet, too, has transformed the modern hiring process. Your company's reputation on social media channels also acts as your brand's voice these days...
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3 Simple Steps to Build an Effective Employee Referral Program
A practical and successful employee referral program can be a company's differentiator to attract the best hires. It can help talent acquisition leaders in cost-effective sourcing and hiring candidates within employees' networks, speeding up the recruitment process, and mitigating the cost and time spent on each hire. According to one recent study, close to 94% of employees would refer...
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4 Effective Tips for Mastering Remote Onboarding
The COVID-19 pandemic has acted as a catalyst for change in the recruitment industry and the labor market. While some companies used to offer work from home as a perk to the employees, it has become a norm in the current scenario. According to a recent survey, the number of permanent remote workers is expected to double and comprise 34.4% of the companies' workforce compared to 16.4%...
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Talent Acquisition vs Recruiting: What's the Difference?
According to a SHRM survey, 75% of HR professionals have noticed a skills gap in their pool of applicants. If you notice the same thing, you can fix this by implementing a talent acquisition team to find the best candidates with the most talent. When you have a strong talent pool, you'll also be able to fill positions more quickly. But what is the difference between recruitment and talent...
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Talent Intelligence: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
Talent shortages in the US have risen to historical levels, with nearly 69% of employers having difficulty filling open positions - the highest in the past ten years. This is the exact reason why the recruitment industry has become an ever-changing and increasingly competitive place. There's more pressure than ever on companies to operate in a swift and intelligent way. As a result,...
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7 Ways to Reduce Bias While Hiring Employees
According to one survey, 60% of recruiters and hiring managers will decide on a candidate in just fifteen minutes of meeting them. However, if a decision is made that quickly, it might've been made with some unconscious biases. These unconscious biases can be challenging to a company focused on promoting a diverse workforce. But having a diverse workforce starts when recruiters hire...
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5 Step Strategy for Building a Robust Talent Pipeline
The increasingly competitive recruiting landscape is compelling modern-day recruiters to shift from a reactive approach towards a proactive talent acquisition strategy. According to SHRM's report, the average cost-to-hire in the US is around $4,425. This cost skyrockets in the case of executive cost-per-hire, which comes to approximately $14,936. Additionally, the average time to fill an...
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3 Tips to Design a Creative Job Posting for Your Open Positions
When using digital platforms to hire for the open positions at your company, you're often competing with tens of thousands of other job postings. And while some listings may boast a more recognizable company name, others may offer a more attractive pay. How, then, can you distinguish your job descriptions from all the noise on top job boards? Well, the answer is creativity! A strong dose...
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Use the "Hiring Trifecta" to Build a Winning Team
Many companies looking to scale their businesses will need more employees to take on the extra workload. However, hiring managers can struggle to find the perfect fit for their company. Whether it's the qualifications and level of experience or how an interviewee would fit into the company culture, there are various reasons why candidates are turned away for the job. When I started...
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Guide to Hiring Top Talent Quickly in Today's Job Market
With the national unemployment rate recently falling to 5.2%, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, it's a candidate's market – and employers must be prepared to compete for top talent. To succeed in today's tight labor market, recruiters are adapting by reimagining the candidate experience and removing barriers that previously prevented candidates from...
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3 Strategies to Keep in Touch With Previous Candidates
Hiring season is just around the corner. While there likely will be many candidates who apply, not all suitable candidates will be chosen. A job candidate you turn down now may be a candidate who applies later. Who's to say the perfect role for them within your organization won't arise in the future? On top of juggling everything: recruiting, hiring, and onboarding, keeping in touch with...
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Employees Aren't Returning to the Job Market: Here are Some of the Reasons Why
The pandemic has reshaped many aspects of life, including returning to work. Workers who were furloughed, laid off, or quit their jobs during the pandemic are not reentering the job market in droves. Reasons why many people have not yet returned to work range from rethinking their careers, to dealing with childcare issues, to struggling with the emotional trauma of job loss, to experiencing...
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3 Ways Companies Need to Change How They Search for Diverse Talent
The past couple of years have turned the workplace on its head and changed how we define and accept social norms. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)—and its many facets—have become a top priority for organizations of all shapes and sizes across the public and private sectors. So much so that it has evolved from being a buzzword into an actual business metric for improving company...
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3 Strategies to Master Talent Team Retention
Job vacancies are higher than they have been in decades, and people are moving jobs at an unprecedented rate. This year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported its highest number of job openings at 10.9 million. It turns out it's the tip of the iceberg. In addition to losing good people, businesses are now also losing the people responsible for recruiting and hiring...
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Employers Need to Play a Key Role in Enabling Women To Achieve Financial Security
Our relationship with money starts at a young age―some say as early as three or four―and is a powerful force throughout our financial lives. But for many women, this relationship gets off on the wrong foot. In my case, I was fortunate to grow up in a cosmopolitan, forward-thinking Asian-Indian family. Yet even in our progressive home, my father and my brother dealt with all things...
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Diversity and Inclusion: 3 Best Practices for Transforming Your Company Culture
As talent acquisition professionals, we all know that diverse and inclusive workplaces drive innovative results. Yet businesses across the United States struggle to build a workplace culture that fosters these principles, often failing to attract diverse talent due to inclusivity issues in the workplace. According to findings of one recent survey, close to 57% of employees today...
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