AI Is Here, But There's No Need for Recruiters to Worry
Many people are concerned that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to take their jobs or somehow make the world a scarier place to live. While there may be some cause for concern — especially in the distant future, which our limited predictive powers can't quite glimpse — as far as we can tell for now, AI is mostly going to change the world for the better. This cutting-edge...
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3 Reasons to Adopt Text-Based Recruiting Today
More businesses are hanging up on phone interviews and starting conversations with candidates via text message instead. From Silicon Valley tech businesses recruiting engineers to Midwest construction companies in need of welders, a wide variety of organizations are seeing better results when they trade phone screens for text message interviews. The switch to text-based recruiting may...
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4 Ways AI Makes Recruiting More Human
It seems like we simply cannot stop talking about artificial intelligence (AI). AI has dominated the headlines over the last few years, and it has slowly become inescapable even in our personal lives. Gartner predicts 85 percent of all customer service interactions will involve chatbots by 2020. What's more, the research firm has even boldly forecasted that the average person will...
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Evaluating Recruiting Technologies: 10 Features to Consider Before You Buy
People are the absolute bedrock of success at any company, and recruiting is an essential component of building that foundation. To make sure your company is finding the best talent, you need to be using the best tools. Nobody wants to lag behind the times. Given the rapid pace of technological innovation in the talent acquisition industry, it's a good idea to reevaluate the technologies...
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How Your ATS Can Help — or Hurt — Your Recruitment Marketing
When most people talk about their "recruitment software ecosystems," they basically just mean their applicant tracking systems (ATSs). In the best situations, the ATS is just the beginning, and it is integrated with further layers of smart technology to make the recruiter's life easier. Often, however, that ecosystem is just a black box that magically spits out resumes based on a hiring...
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How to Address 4 Major Corporate Training Mistakes
Even when you think your learning management system (LMS) is doing what it should, your LMS metrics can indicate unsatisfactory trends. The most obvious case is getting subpar user feedback, which is fairly common. In one survey, only 39 percent of respondents were highly satisfied with their LMSs' feature sets. Other signals may include low training completion rates, low frequency of...
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Digital Optimism: How AI Will Put the 'Human' Back Into 'Human Resources' in 2019
In the war for talent, the field of human resources is the front line for innovation. To beat the competition and hire top-tier candidates, HR departments must leverage the right technology to get things done fast, while still retaining the human touch that is critical to recruiting and retention success. Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, digital platforms...
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Candidate Submission Response Time: The Roadkill of ATSs
Ask almost any recruiter what the most frustrating part of their job is, and they will likely tell you it is waiting for the hiring authority to get back to them with a decision on a candidate submission. As applicant tracking systems (ATSs), job boards, and other software solutions have automated more and more of the submission process, the greatest casualty has been the direct connection...
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The 6 Skills Your Workforce Needs to Weather Digital Transformation
Bleeding-edge digital tech like big data, artificial intelligence, automation, virtual reality, and augmented reality is transforming the workplace at a dizzying pace. Every day, it seems we hear news of some high-profile, labor-intensive process finally being streamlined — or even replaced completely — through slick automated systems. New technologies are opening the doors to new...
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8 Ways Technology Is Changing Performance Management
Performance reviews have long been integral to performance management, but recent technological developments have revolutionized the way reviews are handled, how feedback is given, and how employees are engaged. How has HR tech turned outdated review processes into effective performance management? Here is just a small survey of the biggest innovations in this domain: 1. Face-to-Face...
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3 HR Tech Trends to Watch in 2019
From moving to the cloud to the rise of mobile and big data, HR pros have watched the HR tech stack evolve by leaps and bounds over the last few decades. As 2019 gets into full swing, many pros are now asking where HR tech will go next. This is a vital question we should all be trying to answer. People don't work in the same ways as they used to. The business world has changed, and HR...
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7 Innovative Recruitment Software Solutions to Adopt in 2019
As the technological and cultural landscape has changed, so has the face of recruiting in the employment market. Today's recruiters face many challenges their predecessors never did, from attracting candidates in a global talent pool to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) without undermining human insight and making sense of complex data sets at scale. Thankfully,...
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As Candidate Sourcing Evolves, We Need to Hold Onto the Human Touch
Over the years, candidate sourcing tactics have evolved dramatically. We've transitioned from the old-school brute-force methods of manually identifying candidates to smarter, more technologically driven processes. However, while artificial intelligence (AI) and automation can speed up many of the tasks on a recruiter's to-do list, sourcing seems to remain as taxing as ever. This is...
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HR Technology 101: An Authoritative Glossary of Common Terms
Wondering what on earth the difference is between an applicant tracking system (ATS) and an HRIS? Trying to figure why your career in human resources now seems mired in technical terms like these? Don't fear — we put together the following glossary to help you get a firm grasp on what best-of-breed HR technology vendors are talking about when they start spouting jargon: 1....
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The Very Real Dangers of AI — and How HR Tech Vendors Can Fight Them
After working with a lot of organizations in the recruitment artificial intelligence (AI) space, one thing I've realized is that HR and talent acquisition pros are not necessarily welcoming these tools with open arms. In fact, many of them are actively against using AI for recruiting and hiring until some of their fears can be addressed. One fear people often cite is the fear that AI...
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The Secret to Low-Stress Recruiting Events: Update Your ATS
Recently, there has been talk of applicant tracking systems (ATSs) becoming obsolete. These conversations often sound incredibly dreary, and many HR managers and recruiters are left wondering what on earth will be next. However, the truth is that ATSs won't disappear. Instead, they and other HR technologies will surely stick around — but only after being transformed into more useful,...
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Recruiting Via Text Message: 6 Ways SMS Can Help You Hire Better
Recruiters spend a lot of time researching the right candidates for a job and even more time reaching out to those candidates, so it's no surprise they become frustrated when candidates ignore their emails and LinkedIn messages. While these tried and tested communication methods can be great for engaging high-demand candidates, they aren't always the best option. People today are busier...
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3 Ways Technology Can Help Recruiters Assess Candidate Soft Skills
According to a Deloitte report, talent acquisition (TA) teams that use AI, predictive data analytics and other advanced technology tools are more successful than those that don't. Despite this fact, the adoption of new technologies tends to proceed at a slower pace in recruiting relative to other aspects of a business. While technology can make outreach more efficient, decrease time to...
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7 Reasons Your Company Needs to Adopt Video Interviewing Software in 2019
Video interviewing software has been available for a decade now, but only 60 percent of recruiters and hiring managers use the technology. If your company hasn't tried the software yet, you're missing out on a great opportunity to find better candidates and make your recruiting process more efficient. Here are seven reasons why 2019 is the year you should give video interviewing a...
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7 Essential Tech Tools for a Successful Remote Business
Businesses large and small, old and new are embracing remote work these days. Given the benefits that such an arrangement can provide in terms of morale, engagement, and productivity, it's no surprise remote work has proven quite popular. A Gallup poll found 43 percent of Americans work remotely occasionally, and it has been predicted that 50 percent of the UK workforce will work remotely...
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Winning the War for Talent: It All Depends on AI
While some recruiters and HR pros are concerned that artificial intelligence (AI) is replacing them, those enjoying the most success are those working alongside AI. In fact, companies using AI-driven recruiting technology have been able to cut the cost per screen by as much as 75 percent while reducing turnover by 35 percent. The average recruiter spends 13 hours every week sourcing...
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How Mobile Apps Will Change the Way You Manage High-Volume Recruiting Events
Event management is a difficult skill to master, even for the most experienced of recruiters. However, it's also a necessary skill for any talent acquisition team looking to succeed at a high-volume recruiting event. Luckily, we live during a time of intense technological innovation. Mobile apps are changing everything — including the way recruiters manage high-volume recruiting events....
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Why AI Can't Eliminate Bias From Recruiting by Itself
If you haven't heard already, AI can have a bias — if you make it biased. What we mean by this is AI algorithms are supposed to be unbiased. But if they're created by people with unconscious biases, they have the potential to adopt them into their programming (even if it wasn't intentional). As AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics infiltrate every aspect of the recruiting...
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How Candidate Rediscovery Gives Recruiters the Edge
For years, recruiters have sought the secret to getting an unbeatable competitive edge in the talent market. Finally, they may have found it, thanks to new technology that uses AI to rediscover candidates in recruiters' existing talent pools. Your preexisting candidate database can be a potent tool for filling positions with the most qualified individuals in less time. Indeed, talent...
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Baking Success Into Your Cybersecurity Awareness Training
Have you ever cooked something that came out tasting not quite right? When you double-checked the recipe and ingredients, you might have realized you had swapped sugar for salt or that the meat had gone bad. Having the right, fresh ingredients can make or break a meal. The principle is the same for successful cybersecurity awareness training programs, and the depressing truth is failure...
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Mobile Gaming: The Secret to More Engaging Employee Training
Two trends in eLearning are converging, and this new combination might be the perfect recipe for success in employee development. On one hand, companies are increasingly moving toward mobile learning management systems (LMS). Workers today rely on their smartphones for anything and everything — including their own professional development — and employers want to ensure their own...
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Can You Create an Automated Onboarding Process in House?
The current scarcity of skilled workers has forced modern HR departments to stop wasting time on paperwork and focus on the work that matters most: recruiting and retaining world-class talent. Given that as much as 20 percent of staff turnover happens during an employee's first 45 days on the job, it's clear that stronger onboarding processes must play a significant role in this...
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The 9 Defining Characteristics of the CV of the Future
If you were to ask me today to leave the house, go to a store, rent a video, go home, watch it, and then go back to the store and return it, I would think you were living in another century. I wouldn't even remember that was exactly how I used to do it myself not that long ago. Let's take dating as another example. Remember how online dating used to require filling out dozens if not...
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Recruiting and AI: The Symbiosis of Human and Machine
It's rare that a day goes by without new headlines singing the praises or debating the challenges of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning. Many industries have transformed, thanks to these technologies, and the recruiting industry is no exception. AI can already parse an avalanche of resumes faster than you can take a selfie — which raises the question:...
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Blockchain Developers: Should You Go Onshore or Offshore?
Blockchain caught the world's attention when Bitcoin, the world's first decentralized digital currency, started grabbing the headlines. Since then, however, blockchain has proven to be much more than cryptocurrencies. Once enterprises realized the true potential of this industry-agnostic, decentralized, distributed, digital public ledger, the demand for blockchain developers skyrocketed....
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How Managers Can Embrace Data-Driven Decision-Making
Every organization claims to be data-driven. That makes sense, considering data is the new oil: It's the resource every enterprise needs to control in order to keep the wheels of production turning. Indeed, data is fundamental, especially when it comes to business strategy. Way too often, however, "data-driven decision-making" just means that data operations end up driving everything....
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How Automated Workforce Management Can Address the Healthcare Skills Gap
The vast majority of nurses are overworked because of an ever-growing skills gap in the healthcare sector, and nursing managers are not immune. The more time spent on administrative tasks, the less time spent on critical patient care. Without an efficient labor management plan in place, it is ultimately the patient who suffers. When scheduling healthcare workers, managers must account for...
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LinkedIn Is a Lot More Than a Professional Networking Site Now
I recently attended LinkedIn's annual human resources event, Talent Connect. Held in Anaheim, California, the event showcased everything LinkedIn has been working on in 2018 and its plans for the future. LinkedIn presented on everything from its new applicant tracking system to how it is expanding online learning systems with LinkedIn Learning (formerly known as Lynda.com). Today,...
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5 Data Security Measures Your Employee Onboarding Software Needs
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) originates in the European Union (EU), but its implications regarding the collection and management of personal data stretch far beyond the EU's borders. While the GDPR emphasizes consumer information, this regulation also affects the way companies maintain employee data. Organizations must now operate with greater transparency and ensure the...
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What Does Artificial Intelligence Think of Your Resume?
When you think of artificial intelligence (AI), what comes to mind? Do you imagine some sort of master computer that knows all? Do you think about films like I, Robot or Ex Machina? Science fiction has warped our expectations of AI and robotics. We're a far way off from a robot apocalypse, but AI has slowly entered into our everyday lives in a number of small ways. Over the past decade...
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4 Innovative Trends in Online Recruiting
With the unemployment rate sitting at a steady low, many companies in the US are no longer able to rely solely on incoming applications to fill their roles. There's more pressure to be proactive in your hiring efforts than ever before, especially if you want to source the best talent. While proactive hiring may sound like a lot of work for talent acquisition pros, the good news is new...
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Ensuring a Great Candidate Experience in High-Volume Recruiting
As of recent, candidate experience has become a primary concern in the world of HR. It's a reasonable development: Today, it's a candidate's world. We're just working in it. As the job market shifts in the candidate's favor, employers need to dive deep into their recruiting processes to make sure applicants are enjoying their experiences with the company from the very beginning. This...
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Goodbye, Swivel Seat: LinkedIn Pursues a More Holistic Approach to Recruiting
Despite its high profile as one of the most well-known and widely used sourcing solutions, LinkedIn Recruiter suffers from a bit an image problem. It's not that LinkedIn Recruiter is held in poor esteem — but rather that many talent acquisition pros don't totally understand the tool's real goal. "A lot of people kind of misunderstand what Recruiter does," says Dan Reid, group...
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5 Tips to Make Text Messaging an Effective Recruitment Channel
Millennials and Gen. Z-ers are, combined, the largest generational group in the workforce. These candidates want to feel more connected to their employers. They want faster means of communication and more convenient ways to stay engaged during the hiring process. New technologies, like text-based recruiting, are making this increasingly possible by providing businesses with easier, more...
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How to Choose the Right Applicant Tracking System for Your Small Business
Recruiting for a small business can be quite different from recruiting for a large company. Big companies have many luxuries that small businesses do not, including internal recruiters and/or outsourced headhunters. In a small business, the individuals in charge of hiring often have other responsibilities as well, making the task much more difficult to prioritize. This is where applicant...
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Google for Jobs Is a Game-Changer – Here's What You Need to Know:
Your career site is the absolute best resource for candidates to obtain the information they need to apply for a job at your company. However, before job seekers ever reach your career site, they are first taken on a detour through third-party job boards, filling out duplicative forms and profiles along the way. The experience is incredibly frustrating for nearly every candidate in the job...
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How AI Complements — Not Replaces — Sourcers
Worried about being replaced by AI in your sourcing job? Given the current media narrative surrounding AI, I would be, too. AI has become a foreboding presence in many fields, but it seems to pose a particular threat to sourcers and other recruiting professionals. AI can complete many manual sourcing tasks in less time and with fewer errors than a human sourcer. Does this mean an end to...
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2 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Leadership
Conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs often revolve around the reallocation of tasks and skills as society prepares for the 2.3 million new jobs AI will create by 2020. However, AI's impact transcends manual tasks. The strategic, high-level skills of business leadership are also set for disruption. For many leaders, the changes have already begun. Today's more...
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The Future of HR Software: Where Are Applicant Tracking Systems Headed?
To many people, applicant tracking systems (ATSs) may seem hopelessly out of date. As with any piece of technology, however, the truth is that ATSs are open to further innovation. In fact, many existing ATSs are designed to work in an integrated manner with new advances in technology to create a faster, better, and stronger recruiting machine. Here are three ways that new recruiting tech...
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6 Ways AI Is Already Changing Hiring Process
While critical to business success, the recruiting process as a whole is both time-consuming and incredibly costly. It is estimated the average company spends roughly 8-12 percent of a candidate's salary in recruiting costs, although the number should be closer to 6 percent. By introducing the right technology, recruiting teams can streamline the process and significantly reduce...
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5 Ways HR Leaders and CEOs Can Make the Most of AI
The rise of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace is having a dramatic impact on the way we work, the job market, and employee expectations. Already, 72 percent of Americans worry that AI will take over their job and could make them obsolete. Their concerns aren't entirely unfounded, as AI is predicted to eliminate about 1.8 million jobs in 2020. That said, it is...
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How Machine Learning Is Transforming Hiring Practices
Today, organizations across the globe are looking for ways to digitize their businesses through innovative technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. According to a recent study, 31 percent of enterprises expect to add AI and machine learning capabilities to their core operational functions in the next 12 months. This year alone, organizations will...
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What to Do If You Don't Have the Budget to Build Your App
Creating a mobile app can set you back anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000+. If you're short on cash or just starting out, that price tag can seem prohibitive. You may be tempted to cut corners — but when you develop your app on the cheap, you can run into all sorts of problems, including low-quality performance and security issues. Don't let the high price of development keep you from...
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