Attract the Right Job Candidates
Last year, we wrote about some key ways for employers to attract top talent which included recommendations such as enhancing corporate culture, focusing on referrals and improving company benefits. As 2015 progresses, we’re finding these ways and more are making an impact when it comes to attracting top talent. An annual recruiting survey conducted in […]
Mobile Recruiting Review
LinkedIn’s 4th Annual Report 2015 Global Recruiting Trends, among other studies, have helped shed some light on mobile recruiting citing that “The mobile revolution is in full swing in the talent industry with both candidates and companies increasing their mobile recruiting behaviors.” Since their report published towards the end of the last year, we’ve seen […]
Best Hiring Advice from Top CEOs
Today, practically every business gets bombarded with relentless hiring advice from countless experts. It’s understandable though because making a business successful is all about the people. And hiring the right people is probably one of the most important strategic decisions a business can make. There is an art to hiring the right person than just […]
Employers: Get the Most out of Career Fairs
Whether you’re participating in a career fair now or sometime throughout the year, a career fair can be a great way to brand your company and meet potential candidates. We’ve created and attended numerous career fairs and believe or not, there is a method to getting the most out of these events. Take a look at […]
Creating Productive Meetings
Not too long ago, Harris Poll, on behalf of Workfront conducted a study on the State of Enterprise Work and surveyed U.S. companies to reveal some not so surprising statistical findings about productivity and meetings. From the report, “Wasteful” meetings was at the top of this list impacting employee’s productivity. As I mentioned, no surprise there. So if it’s common knowledge that meetings […]
6 Seriously Outdated Hiring Practices to Avoid
Sometimes an old habit can seem like an old friend. It can often fit within our comfort zone and prohibits us from improving ourselves and our business. Not all habits are bad, but when you need to recruit the right candidate, old hiring processes can hurt. And yes, even in 2015 there are still […]
Hiring Woes & Compensation in 2015
What’s got most employers worried about the 2015 year? In short, the crux of their concerns all centers on compensation. Early this year PayScale published their 2015 COMPENSATION BEST PRACTICES REPORT, which describes many of the compensation’s issues, including “employers are struggling to fill positions—particularly for highly trained employees—as they cite a lack of qualified […]
Tech Advances in Job Matching
With Big Data on the rise, employers are diligently collecting, storing and ultimately analyzing their applicant data in order to recruit and hire better. The concept of job matching isn’t a new one, but with the increase of tech innovation, it’s becoming the latest darling in recruiting. A few months ago, Tech Crunch and THE […]
Tips for Hiring Remote Employees
More and more companies are turning to hiring remote employees. There are a multitude of reasons why a company may consider a remote employee, including a specialized hiring need, increased workload or even workforce flexibility. In truth, many times it comes down to the industry trends that warrant hiring remote or telecommuting employees. Whatever the […]
HR Departments: Change for the Better
Last month, we discussed how to target/recruit the different generations like Millennials, and in that article we featured The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow’s Employees Today by Jeanne C. Meister. In continuing on with the topic of the attracting and keeping top talent, we wanted to highlight some special initiatives that […]
