Why You Should Take a Fresh Look at Your Application Materials
Recent research has shown that many take their application materials for granted when a fine-tuning to approaching revisions and the materials themselves might be in order.
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.
Personalize Job Offers for Better Success
Yesterday we looked at the problem of candidates turning down job offers after you went through a lengthy and expensive process getting to that point. Today we’ll look at how personalizing a job offer can really make a difference.
C-Suite HR Leader Key to Candidate Attraction, Employee Retention
A new report from Namely, a leading HR platform for mid-sized companies, examines trends in the HR profession. “HR Careers Report 2018” is based on data from more than 1,000 companies.
Know Your Job Seeker Audience
Tailoring your job ads, careers site or careers page, and other marketing material to your targeted audience will help you connect with job seekers.
Fatal Injuries on the Job
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its latest annual report on occupational injuries, which serves, among other things, to alert companies to the hazards of certain jobs.
Are Your Candidates Turning Down Job Offers?
How often have you or your hiring team put together a job offer for a well-qualified candidate only to have the offer rejected? This can be quite frustrating, and it can increase how long it takes to fill a given vacancy.
Infographic: Everything You Need to Know About Recruiting Millennials in 2018
With Millennials set to make up 50% of the global workforce by 2020, now is a key time for finding and retaining the best Millennial talent. Based in the United Kingdom, Silver Swan Recruitment—a specialty recruitment company—predicts that it would cost £18,000 ($24,400 USD) to replace just one Millennial employee, making your recruiting and retention […]
5 Reasons to Hire Someone Who Is Unemployed
Have you ever received a job application from someone who isn’t currently working? Were you quick to move it to the bottom of the pile? Be honest.
Keep Unqualified Candidates Out of the Hiring Process
In yesterday’s Advisor, we talked about the pitfalls of having too many unqualified applicants for a job—it costs (wastes) time and money to assess all of these applications. We started to give some tips on reducing the number of unqualified applicants, as well as a couple of ideas to speed up the screening process. Let’s […]
7 Skills for Getting the Best Talent
Today we’ll hear from iCIMS writer Jessica Woloszyn about seven ways to get the best talent.