Young Professionals: 10 Things to Include in Your 5-Year Plan
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: What is one thing that every young professional's five-year plan should include, and why? These answers are provided by Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world's most successful young entrepreneurs. YEC members...
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How to Build a Great Virtual Team, According to Behavioral Science
In-person interactions are a critical aspect of team-building, yet face-to-face contact is one thing that today's virtual workplaces simply cannot replicate. The lack of these interactions has a direct impact on team cohesion at both the individual team and companywide levels. As a result, organizational structures are changing from traditionally hierarchical models to looser and more...
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5 Signs Recruitment Process Outsourcing Is Your Best Agency Fit
Are you tired of the never-ending cycle of hiring, recruiting, and onboarding employees? As the recruitment volume required by your organization grows, it can become increasingly challenging to manage everything in-house. So, what's the solution? The answer lies in outsourcing your recruitment needs to a Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) agency. RPOs are designed to efficiently manage...
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Small Business Recruiting Services: Propel Your Growth with Recruiter.com's On-Demand Solutions
Finding the right talent is crucial for the success of any small business. However, many small businesses struggle to navigate the complexities of the hiring process due to limited resources, time constraints, and the competitive job market. Recruiter.com's on-demand recruiting services provide comprehensive small business recruiting services tailored to address these challenges, ensuring you...
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Age Bias Is Sneaky. Here's How to Keep It Out of the Hiring Process.
Companies should understand by now that a diverse organization outperforms a less diverse organization on a host of metrics, including sales, retention, customer appreciation ratings, and the overall value of the business. But diversity isn't just about gender identity or skin color, which tend to receive most of the focus in conversations about equity and inclusion at work. Age and...
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Build High-Performing Teams by Hiring, Empowering, and Developing Employees
When companies attempt to build high-performing workforces, they often rely on antiquated measures of assessment and development that put them at a severe disadvantage in an increasingly complex and hyper-competitive global economy. Human capital has never been more indispensable, but many hiring managers and HR professionals aren't leveraging the resources at their disposal to build and...
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5 Unexpected Ways Interview Scheduling Software Saves You Time
According to recruiters, interview scheduling is the most time-consuming aspect of the recruiting process. In fact, two in three recruiters say it can take up to two hours to schedule just one interview. Jumping between calendars, emails, spreadsheets, resumes, and post-it notes can make for a lengthy — and inefficient — hiring process. That's why leveraging interview scheduling...
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Paying Your Employees in Crypto? It's Not as Weird as It Sounds.
Cryptocurrency is one of the biggest trends in the world right now, and many workers are interested in how cryptocurrency can be used in their lives as both a medium of exchange and a potential investment. On the employer side, paying in cryptocurrency could actually make compensation easier, especially if you hire employees from around the world. Here are a few things to think about as...
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May Insights Now Available: Download the Index Report Today
Every month, Recruiter.com surveys over 30,000 independent recruiting and talent acquisition specialists to better understand the talent market. Since April 2020, the Recruiter Index® has consistently predicted the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report before it comes out. Key findings from the May 2023 Recruiter Index show decreases in both recruiter and candidate sentiment, a steady...
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Executive Headhunters: Finding Top Talent for Your Organization
Executive headhunters are the cream of the crop when recruiting top-level talent for executive and leadership positions. These specialized recruiters have a deep understanding of the industry, excellent communication skills, and extensive research capabilities. They aim to identify and attract the best candidates for executive-level positions, including CEO, CFO, CTO, and other high-level...
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Recruitment Services: Connecting Employers with Talented Job Seekers
Recruitment services have become essential for businesses hiring talented individuals for their organizations. These services offer a range of solutions to employers, from sourcing and screening candidates to providing advice on the latest trends and best practices in hiring. Why use recruitment services like Recruiter.com when you are expanding your staff? Benefits of Using Recruitment...
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Budget Cuts? 10 Ways to Ensure You Don't Cut the Quality of Your Recruitment Process
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: How can you cut recruitment costs without sacrificing the quality of the recruitment process? These answers are provided by Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world's most successful young entrepreneurs. YEC members...
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On-Demand Recruiting or RPO: Selecting a Recruitment Augmentation Strategy
Recruiting is one of the most critical functions of any company, yet finding the right solution can be overwhelming. If you're struggling to meet your hiring needs or plan for the year ahead, consider two popular options: on-demand recruiting and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO). Let's look at these options and which is right for your organization. On-Demand Recruiting:...
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How I Avoid Loneliness While Working Alone
Article by Catherine Downes Edie's nose is small and dark. It looks like it belongs to Teddy Ruxpin. Her snout was once a similar shade of charcoal, but swards of white fur have sprouted up around the edges of her mouth. I can't tell you when this occurred. One day, it registered that my once entirely black dog had a muzzle that appeared to have been dipped in a bowl of marshmallow...
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Maturity and Joy: the Neuroscience of Effective Leaders
Our country is experiencing a maturity crisis. A rampant lack of emotional and relational maturity is having a devastating impact on culture, families, and the workplace. In a Harvard Business Review article simply titled "We Need More Mature Leaders," Richard Davis wrote, "At a time when we need solid, grounded leadership more than ever, we seem to be in short supply of adults who act...
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Building Bridges: How to Foster Relationships with Educational Institutions for Effective Recruitment
Recruitment within high-demand fields can be incredibly challenging, especially when it feels like your emails are being sent into the void. One often underutilized strategy is forming robust partnerships with educational institutions. These relationships can not only help you access a pipeline of fresh talent but also solve long-term recruitment challenges. This article will delve into how to...
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Why EQ Is More Important Than IQ in the Tech Industry
Today's tech industry is thriving, with CompTIA projecting there will be nearly 250,000 net new tech jobs created in 2021, in addition to the 3.9 million tech job postings opened in 2020. It reminds me of the tech market 30 years ago, when I was graduating college. Back then, most of the hiring focus was on programming skills and intellectual capability. Heck, the company I worked for was...
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Why Remote Work Has Been a Blessing for New Hire Onboarding
Like nearly every other facet of business, onboarding has changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to go entirely remote. While the transition may have been abrupt, it has also brought some much-needed change to a long ineffective process. Before the pandemic, onboarding was already a disorganized mess, beset by mountains of paperwork and confusing processes....
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How to Choose the Right Recruiting Service for Your Business
Finding the right talent for your business can be a challenging endeavor. The recruitment process requires significant time, resources, and expertise, and not all businesses have the necessary resources to manage this process in-house. That's where recruiting services play, acting as a valuable ally in your search for the ideal candidates. However, with many recruiting services...
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8 Mistakes Companies Often Make When It Comes to Recruiting
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: What's one aspect of recruiting that companies often get wrong? Why do you think that is, and how can they improve? These answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world's most successful young...
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Sexual Harassment Prevention That Actually Works: Recurrent, Specific Training
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, many companies have taken steps to establish or update their sexual harassment policies. However, these efforts are by no means coordinated or nationwide. In fact, only 17 of the 50 US states have legal mandates in place that require employers to provide employees with sexual harassment training. With so many companies in the US still treating sexual...
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An Introduction to NLP and How it is Transforming Recruitment
According to research, making a poor hiring decision based on unconscious prejudices can cost a company up to 75% of that person's annual income. Therefore, it's critical to hire the appropriate personnel. However, deciding what is "correct" and what truly matters is solely a human prerogative. In the recruitment and staffing process, natural language processing's (NLP) role is to free up...
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What's in a Name? Understanding Junior, Mid-Level, and Senior Developers
I have been working in recruitment for over 14 years, four of which I have spent running my own IT recruitment agency. Clients regularly contact us for help building candidate profiles. Our key task at this stage is to help the company construct a portrait of the candidate they need. A big part of that entails determining the level of tech talent they need. Is a junior-level developer...
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5 Actionable Tips to Find Your First Job Faster
Searching for your first job is a rite of passage. Every year, millions of young people enter the job market for the first time and grapple with the uncertainty of figuring out their first career step. The COVID-19 pandemic only adds another layer to the uncertainty faced by first-time job seekers. In 2020, we saw the weakest job market for recent graduates since 2008, with a 45% drop in...
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Mission Alignment Is Critical: Here's How to Achieve It
Knowledge workers thrive on meaningful work, and this meaning comes from feeling connected to an organization's vision and strategy. Slack's State of Work survey finds numerous benefits when knowledge workers align with organizational goals — 90% of these employees know how to be successful at work, 86% understand their company's strategy, and 75% feel empowered to make strategic...
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Pros and Cons of Using AI in Recruiting
Is AI the future of recruitment? With 84% of business leaders betting on AI for a competitive edge, it's time to explore the transformative role of AI in the hiring process. Dive into our insightful article to uncover the pros and cons of AI in recruitment and discover if it's the right fit for your business. According to Forbes, 84% of business leaders have said that they believe...
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The Influencer Leader: A New Approach to Management for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The world is in the midst of a Fourth Industrial Revolution. Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robotics, and other cutting-edge technologies are transforming how we work, which in turn is changing the profile of the workforce. As technology becomes more of a horizontal that affects every industry vertical, the workplace evolves in lockstep. The future of work will be...
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Managing Teams Effectively: Strategies for Peak Performance
Effective team management is paramount in today's fast-paced and ever-evolving business environment. It's the driving force behind successful projects, optimized performance, and a thriving organizational culture. Navigating the complexities of team dynamics can be challenging, but with the right strategies, you can lead your team to peak performance. This article will delve into...
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Why It's Crucial to Hire Cyber-Aware Staff and Communicate Your Strategy
Cybercriminals have been keeping in step with the ongoing rise in digital technologies across the globe. Unfortunately, as technologies advance, so too does the sophistication of cyberattacks and their potential to breach data protection, disrupt systems, and wreak havoc. With a cybersecurity expert on your staff, avoiding, managing, and resolving any issues are enhanced. So, a drive to...
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The Agnostic Approach That Will Boost Your Campus Recruiting Strategy
With the rise of virtual recruiting over the past year, employers have been able to work with more schools than ever before. This has accelerated the move toward an agnostic recruiting process, in which employers consider multiple schools, recognize more majors, and rebuild their tech stacks to support more data coming from more sources. The Case for Agnostic The advantage of being able to...
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These Minor Tweaks to Your Job Ads Can Give Your Apply Rates a Powerful Boost
The war for top talent is in full effect as US employers ramp up hiring efforts at a record pace. To attract qualified candidates and ensure business continuity post-pandemic, an effective job advertising strategy is key. Recruiters must learn the factors playing into candidate behavior and recruitment outcomes if they wish to boost ROI and meet hiring goals in the current talent...
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The Ultimate Guide to Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is a strategic partnership where an organization entrusts all or part of its recruitment activities to an external service provider. This approach allows companies to leverage the expertise and resources of specialized firms to enhance their talent acquisition strategies. Through RPO, businesses aim to improve the quality of hires, accelerate the recruitment...
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9 Ways to Celebrate Pride Month at the Workplace
Some studies have found that between 15 to 43% of LGBTQIA+ people have experienced harassment or discrimination in the workplace. In addition, 90% of transgender employees say that they have experienced mistreatment or harassment while working. Even if you have an inclusive company that focuses on diversity, there still might be instances where LGBTQIA+ employees don't feel comfortable...
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How to Keep Your Company Culture Healthy in the Era of Remote Work
For millions of employees, the pandemic was a period of isolation and disconnection unlike anything they've ever experienced. As COVID-19 steadily yields to mass vaccination campaigns and the broad outline of the post-pandemic economy comes into view, this difficult period will prove to be instructive. Remote work is here to stay, and the past year-plus has taught companies invaluable lessons...
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Four Ways Companies Can Make The Hybrid Model Work For Them
As the pandemic slowly eases its grip on our lives, companies across the globe are gradually making their way back to the office, with many betting on hybrid work models that enable employees to work partly from the office and partially remote. What's becoming clear is that a hybrid model hastily set up as a response to nationwide lockdowns is not the same as creating a long-term hybrid work...
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Interview: How to Prevent Employee Turnovers Through Onboarding
For this interview post, I talked with Tim Rowley, the CTO of PeopleCaddie. He is an expert in human resources and employment, but he also has knowledge in the IT sector. Rowley received his undergraduate degree at MIT and his MBA from Stanford. Today's topic of discussion is how IT and HR departments can help companies improve their retention rates by providing a great onboarding...
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Ramp-Up Remote Hiring for Optimal Performance Outcomes
While Gartner remote work statistics from 2022 predicted remote workers would represent only 9% of all employees worldwide by the end of 2023. The future of the hybrid work model is expected to increase from 42% in 2021 to 81% in 2024. The ever-shifting workforce landscape has highlighted the importance of effective HR strategies to hire and onboard remote employees. With more and more...
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Have to Reject an Internal Candidate? Be Sure to Take These 8 Steps
Welcome to Recruiter QA, a dynamic platform where we present pressing employment-related questions to the experts and share their enlightening answers! In this ever-evolving employment landscape, we understand the need for up-to-date advice and insights from industry professionals. Today's burning question focuses on a common yet delicate situation: While many businesses may prefer...
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Write a Job Ad That Reaches the Right Candidates with These 4 Tips
Your business is growing, and you're looking in the labor market to hire new employees. But how do you create job ads that draw the perfect candidates to your roles? Writing a job advertisement that captures the attention of the right group of candidates isn't easy. You need to put your company's best foot forward, and you only have limited space to convey key concepts like your workplace...
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Partnering With a University to Find Top Talent? 12 Tips for Success
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: For companies that are considering partnering with universities to recruit the best young talent, what's one tip you'd offer them for how to make it a successful endeavor, and why? The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of...
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How to Calculate Recruitment ROI
Effective recruitment is essential for any business. That means sourcing and hiring great candidates efficiently—and ensuring your investment in them is worthwhile. But how do you judge the success of your recruitment efforts? Recruitment ROI (return on investment) is a crucial HR metric that measures an employee's long-term value to the company against the money you spend on hiring...
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Freelancer Management: The Most Overlooked Component of Data Security
As regulators ramp up efforts to enforce data protection laws, CTOs, CISOs, and CEOs have made hefty investments in data security solutions and processes to remain compliant — and for good reason. Violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for example, can lead to fines of more than $23 million or 4 percent of annual global revenue (whichever is higher). Those penalties are...
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How to Grow Your Remote Business
According to some research, 60% of businesses that implemented remote work policies during the COVID-19 pandemic will keep those policies. As more companies are offering remote work options, companies will need to learn how to grow their remote business if they want to attract the best talent. However, running and growing a fully remote business uses very different strategies than an...
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10 Ways to Ensure Your Social Media Accounts Are Attractive to Potential Employers
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: Many employers admit to checking a candidate's social media during the hiring process. So, what's one thing job hopefuls can do to ensure all their profiles are attractive in the employment market to their potential bosses? These answers are provided by the...
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The Ultimate Guide to Hiring the Best Sales Reps
Are you having difficulty hiring sales reps at your company? Are you looking to expand your company but don't know where to look? Are you unsure of what questions to ask candidates in an interview? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may need some help recruiting the right salespeople. We sat down with Mike Manzi to discuss best practices in his sales recruiting process....
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How to Build an Application Experience That Prioritizes People
HR is tasked with the most critical role in any business: taking care of the company's people. Successful people management starts with getting the right people in the door and making sure they have what they need. For far too long, however, HR technology and tools have been built around processes rather than for the people they serve. That's especially true in the case of tools built for...
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5 Effective Talent Acquisition Strategies that will Help Hiring Managers Scale their Teams in Half the Time
It is challenging to locate the right candidate for a job; in fact, 69% of businesses reported skill shortages and trouble hiring in 2021. According to the National Federation of Independent Business's monthly report for August 2019, the largest concern for "small firms is obtaining qualified personnel for their open positions,'' with 26% citing this as their top...
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The New Model of Hiring: If You Want to Attract Top Talent, You Need to Create an Attractive Opportunity
Log in to LinkedIn, and you'll find an abundance of coaching and advice for job seekers on every topic from resume tips to offer letters. I can scroll down my newsfeed on any given day and 5-10 people will have tips to help me stand out to attract the job I want. In fact, for many years now, I've been one of those people, coaching job seekers on much of the same stuff. I even wrote an...
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