Why Do So Many Employers Resist Global Hiring?
"If you look at the HR and recruiting industries, they move more slowly than other industries," says Alexandra Levit, cofounder of Career Advisory Board (CAB). "They're just getting started on social media now — recruiting being a little better than HR in that respect." Yesterday, we posted about the CAB's fourth annual Job Preparedness Index (JPI), the results of which support Levit's...
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Do You Have a Lack of Internal Applicants for Managerial Roles?
Do you place internal job advertisements for managerial roles within your business, hoping that many of your high-potential workers will apply? Do you find that many of them look blankly at the ad, move on, and fail to apply? Worse still, do these same workers grumble about lack of career development or even leave to take up managerial roles at other companies? If you recognize this situation,...
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Combating the Modern Recruiter's Unrealistic Expectations
Everybody's talking about the war for talent -- but are recruiters and hiring managers really paying attention? The results of the fourth annual Job Preparedness Indicator (JPI) from the Career Advisory Board (CAB) suggest that, despite all the lip service, talent acquisition professionals are failing to heed their own warnings. The latest JPI, a yearly survey that analyzes the gaps...
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Jobs Return to 'Normal,' but What Is 'Normal' for Recruiting?
The jobs picture for the United States continues to improve, with many economists declaring a "return to normal." But has recruiting also returned to normal? According to CNNMoney (via HartfordBusiness.com) "America had 5 million job openings at the end of November, the most since 2001, according to new government data. That means the U.S. isn't just back to pre-recession levels, it's...
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Employee Referral Programs: 8 Key Lessons from 2014
Shortages in key skill domains are emerging as the biggest obstacles to business growth in 2015, as all organizations vie for talent in the same limited candidate pools. "Innovation" is becoming the new mantra in hiring as organizations go all out to be the first to gain access to and hire highly sought after talent. Employee referral programs have proved to be very successful in these...
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Get Ready for the Gig Economy: Employment Predictions for 2015
Tim Arnold, CEO of recruiting software company Fyre, is pretty excited about 2015. "Things have really been ramping up," Arnold says. "We're finally starting to see some real innovation." In part, Arnold is referring to recruiting software itself, which he believes has resembled a "digital version of a filing cabinet" for far too long now. "You're sticking things in folders and the...
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How to Tackle Favoritism in Hiring
As you are probably aware, workplace favoritism has been around for decades, probably even centuries. The nod and the wink -- and a nice helping of cronyism -- has for many years been a more effective method for climbing the corporate ladder – or even getting a job – than hard work, qualifications, and ability. But with the advent of personnel department and its various incarnations of HR...
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How to Improve Your Company Reputation and Attract Top Job Candidates
When you have an open position, you want to recruit the best possible person to fill it --that (usually) goes without saying. But have you considered the role your company reputation plays in ensuring that you appeal to the most qualified candidates? A recent CareerBuilder study found that company reputation can carry more weight than salary for job candidates. In fact, 67 percent of job...
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Are You Hiring Yesterday's Leaders?
Many of you may feel the world is becoming more chaotic, volatile, and incomprehensible. Maybe you have no real evidence for this other than a gut feeling and an increasingly fried brain at the end of the workday. Well, as they say, great guts think alike (or is it great mind?). It seems that grand institutions like the United States military share this feeling of uncertainty and have even...
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Hiring a 'Boomerang' Employee Can Save You Big
The practice of 'boomeranging' -- or rehiring employees that used to work for you -- is on the rise -- but is it actually a good idea? I'd say yes, it is: boomeranging an employee can end up being better for you than starting fresh. Rehiring Saves Money Letting someone go is expensive. Between all the exit paperwork, potential severance pay, and having to train a new employee, laying...
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The Evolution of Social Media Recruiting
Social media has taken the world by storm in recent years. With so many people spending their days checking in and posting out, it makes sense for recruiters to take advantage of the phenomenon. While social media recruiting is not a new concept, the way that hiring managers utilize these websites to find the right employees has changed. Social Media Recruiting Statistics Over 90 percent of...
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Top 10 Things Talent Acquisition Leaders Need to Do in 2015
As the New Year dawns, it's a great time to consider what you'll do to attract and retain top talent in 2015. I spend a lot of time networking with peers in talent acquisition and am lucky to get an inside view on what is at the top of the list for those on the forefront of recruiting. Here's my take on the top 10 things that you need to do in 2015 to take your TA program to the next...
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The Mobile Workforce Is Here to Stay
A survey from PwC predicted that the number of mobile employees will grow by 50 percent by 2020. Mobile work lends itself to a better work-life balance for employees and has brought productivity gains to companies who have implemented it properly. As a company with virtual workers in nine states, we at Visibility Software have seen the true benefits of having a mobile workforce. Quality...
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3 Hiring Headaches: Too Many, Too Few, and Poor Quality
Technology advancements and the evolution of best practices make the hiring process much more efficient than it once was. Even though these developments have brought the hiring process light-years past where it used to be, recruitment and hiring still cause all sorts of pain for HR professionals. The number of applicants, determining a cultural fit, and the balancing act of speed and agility in...
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Hiring Veterans: 4 Reasons a Vet Is Your Best Bet
"We need to do our part to explain to HR leaders that veterans possess the skills to help organizations thrive." – David Sutherland, cofounder and chair of the Center for Military and Veterans Community Services at the Easter Seals Dixon Center. Last February, first lady Michelle Obama announced that more than 100 construction companies will hire 100,000 veterans over the next five...
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For the C-Suite, Rising Compensation and a Widening Gender Gap
Let's start on a higher note before diving headlong into the bad news: 2014 was pretty good to executives overall. According to the Association of Executive Search Consultant's (AESC) BlueSteps Executive Compensation Report, most of them saw a rise in total compensation last year, with forty-four percent of CEOs/presidents, 62 percent of non-CEO C-level executives, 65 percent of executive vice...
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Hiring Differences Between the Three Generations
By now we are all familiar with the three distinct generations of Americans still in the workforce: baby boomers, Gen. Xers, and millennials. While much is made of the differences between these generations, it turns out they also have a lot in common, when it comes to job-seeking practices. The Indeed Hiring Lab, a global research institute that focuses on advancing the knowledge of human...
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5 Ways to Boost Your Recruitment Efforts in the New Year
Hiring might have taken a backseat during the recent holiday season, but the new year has officially begun, and the search for top talent is back on. Get the year off to a great start by streamlining your recruiting process, and position yourself to beat the competition in the constant war for talent. Is your recruitment process in need of an upgrade? Here are five ways to boost your recruitment...
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