Revamp Your Hiring Strategy for 2023: Streamline the Application Process for Better Results
This past year we’ve seen the effects of the pandemic in labor shortages, the Great Resignation, and signs of another recession. Now may be the time to rethink recruitment and hiring strategies for 2023. Simplifying and optimizing your application process will enhance the overall candidate experience. Applicants appreciate a straightforward and efficient process, which […]
Ace the Interview, Make the Best Hire
A successful interview, like a good relationship, is a two-way street: Both parties contribute and benefit from the experience. With a strong recruiting partner, you can count on qualified candidates in your pipeline, but that alone isn’t enough to ensure the best hire. A good interview provides valuable insights into an applicant’s personality and […]
Benefits and Pitfalls of Pay Transparency
In our last post, we discussed laws that prohibit asking applicants about prior pay and new legislation that requires employers reveal salary ranges in postings or at specific stages in the hiring process. Salary history and pay transparency laws aim to reduce gender and racial pay discrimination. Although the laws vary by state, employers should […]
Three Tips so Ghosting Doesn’t Haunt Your Hiring Process
Ghosting (stopping all communication without explanation) started as a dating term, but it has become an alarming and harmful trend in the talent world. When job seekers are ghosted, they’re left with a bad candidate experience and an unpleasant perception of the employer. When employers are ghosted, they’re left with wasted time and delays in […]
Three Ways to Beat the Talent Crisis
Across industries, today’s labor shortage is having a huge impact on how companies conduct their business. Without enough talent to deliver their products and services, many businesses are facing delayed growth or in extreme cases, whether they can even stay afloat. While enabling staff to work remotely has helped some companies attract candidates, there is […]
How employers can drive inclusivity through job descriptions
In 2022, there are five generations of workers in the U.S. labor market from Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials and Generation Z. Each new generation enters the workforce with different expectations, communication styles, and perspectives. The latest generation, Gen Z is no exception and one of their biggest expectations from employers is an inclusive […]
How to Leverage Social Media in Recruiting
Recruiters face many tasks when sourcing, engaging, interviewing, submitting and hiring talent. It can often be an exhausting task if you don’t have an organized plan of attack in a candidate driven market. Candidates have many avenues for their job search whether they are actively looking for new opportunities or passively engaging with a company’s […]
How to recruit, engage, and hire passive candidates
According to a new report out from Workable, 37% of American workers are described as passive job seekers. Passive candidates are not actively applying for jobs, updating their resumes or fretting over the dreaded cover letter. However, they are open to hearing more about what a new opportunity or change in their career could bring […]
Disconnected: Managing the New Normal for Work-From-Home Employees
If you’re reading this then you have made it through the first half of the year 2020, and to say it has been challenging is certainly an understatement. I imagine this is how Dorothy felt after she got hit on the head, spun around, and crash landed in the strange and mysterious land of Oz. […]
The Fork in the Road: Making a Mid-Life Career Change
When I was growing up I always said I wanted to be a teacher. I had teachers who inspired me to learn and grow and I knew that I wanted to be that same figure providing encouragement for young people. My parents thought differently, however. They felt that I would be frustrated because of the […]