Skilled Sales Talent Is Hard to Come By, Expensive to Replace
A new study finds that keeping skilled sales talent is a struggle for many employers, and when a skilled sales rep leaves the company, it’s even more expensive to replace him or her.
Category: Recruiting
Recruiting is changing at a rapid pace. Some organizations are abandoning traditional methods for social media; some think software can do a better job than people.
RecruitCon 2018 Speaker Offers More Best Practices for Using Technology in the Recruiting Process
In part one of this article series, HR Works sat down with RecruitCon 2018 speaker Lindsay Stanton to discuss trends and best practices when using technology in the recruiting process. Here is the remainder of that interview.
Are You Accidentally Discouraging Applicants?
In part one of this article, we noted that employers are having a difficult time getting enough qualified applicants for all of their open roles. We started to explore some of the reasons why there are fewer applicants. For example, we noted that a lot of people who are of working age are not participating in […]
Crisis Management: Be Proactive
In part 1 of this article we began to explore why meeting a crisis head-on is the best approach. Today we’ll look at what general strategies you can use to meet the challenge.
RecruitCon 2018 Speaker Discusses Best Practices for Recruiting with Technology
In a recent episode of HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources, Lindsay Stanton, Chief Client Officer for Digi-Me, discusses trends and best practices for using video, social media, and mobile technology in the recruiting process.
Where Are All the Job Applicants?
There may be more jobs available today than there are applicants to fill them. This is a frustrating scenario for employers. Organizations trying to grow, or even simply keep up with current demand, are finding it more and more difficult to keep employees, and they’re finding it’s more and more difficult to find new employees […]
Recruiting Disruption: New Technology Offers Next Generation Mobile Job Searching, Hiring
Recruiters are always looking for new and innovative ways to find top talent using new technology. Which is why CareerBuilder has developed a new app that uses innovative technology—like artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), gamification, and more—to simplify the hiring process for both jobseekers and employers.
Five Ways to Identify Future Leaders in Entry-Level Candidates
People know a great leader when they see one. Yet, if you ask 10 people to describe the characteristics of a strong leader, you’ll probably get 10 different answers. True leadership is an evolutionary process in which successes and occasional failures have helped develop leadership abilities in equal measure. No two leaders have the exact […]
7 Tips to Improve Experience for Talent Retention
With unemployment low and turnover high, employers are looking for ways to improve employee retention. One thing employers can do is to focus on the employee experience.
Tight Labor Market Gives Recruiters a Chance to Try New Tools and Methods
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported that employment has increased for the month of August, while the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.9%. The BLS reports that job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, and mining. While employers struggle to hire top talent, they’re […]