The 10 Must-Read Articles for Recruiters This Week

If you’re looking for a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We found some of the best recent articles published for talent professionals and posted them below. They cover a wide range of topics, including a big idea to help close the gender pay gap, an important upcoming decision in the US Supreme Court, and how well-meaning employment engagement surveys can backfire.

The True Cost Of A Bad Hire Is More Than You Think

A good hire can change the course of a business. A bad hire…can also change the course of a business. While the impact of a bad hire is often discussed in relation to their detrimental impact on start-ups, hiring the wrong person in any team or organisation can end up costing the business a significant amount of time, money and resources.

How To Recruit Successfully in a Mobile World

The fact that 78 per cent of job candidates apply for jobs using their mobile devices, and 55 per cent of mobile users look for jobs using their phones means you need to start to think about the do’s and don’ts of mobile recruiting. Mobile recruiting is a strategy that allows you to attract, connect with, and ultimately hire qualified candidates for your organization in a way that’s optimised for the mobile world we live in.

The Top Must-Have 10 Recruiting Software in 2019 [INFOGRAPHIC]

List of the top must-have recruiting software in 2019

Which different types of HR tools do successful HR professionals and recruiters use to up their recruiting game?

Here is the list of the top 10 must have recruiting software that can completely change the way you attract, find, choose and hire top talent.

4 Ways How Recruiters and Hiring Managers Can Work Together

Maybe the relationship between recruiters and hiring managers is without fault in the movies, but in real life, it can be a tense one. Hiring managers are often unsatisfied with the quality of candidates. Recruiters are bothered by the unrealistic expectations from hiring managers. Whatever the reason for the weak relationship may be, it can negatively affect the candidate experience.

7 Innovative Strategies for Campus Recruitment

Have you ever stopped to think: “Am I doing all that I can to attract soon-to-be college grads?” Because your competitors surely are!

The demand for college graduates remains high. And why is that? Well, college-educated people have a great combination of hard and soft skills. They know how to think strategically, communicate clearly, debate ideas, and apply critical thinking to complex issues.

6 Tips for Interviewing and Hiring Former Employees

Whether you run your own small business or work in an HR department, if you’re involved in hiring at all, you’ve probably heard the term “boomerang candidate” recently.

As the name implies, a boomerang candidate is someone who has applied to work for a former employer. The typical boomerang candidate wasn’t fired for performance issues or personality clashes – they likely left their previous position under good terms.

5 Ways Not to Recruit on Twitter

Twitter can be an excellent tool for recruiting candidates, but the main stumbling block many recruiters face when using Twitter is that they treat it like any other social media platform instead of playing to its unique strengths.

Let’s take a look at some of the ways recruiters tend to go wrong when recruiting on Twitter, and most importantly – how to do it right!

How to Ensure Your Top Candidates Are Only Placed by Your Agency

Our star candidates are our bread and butter, which is why you need to do absolutely everything in your power to convince them that your agency is the one to place them throughout their entire career – not just their next job.

So what can you do to make sure your best candidates are placed by your agency and your agency only?

Recruitment Methods: What Will Work In 2019?

You have probably heard it a million times and read it across various platforms that the job market is on an ever-increasing rise. Assessment methods which worked a few years ago won’t be very effective today!

It is important to use the right methods and tools to build an efficient talent pool.

Job assessments or pre-employment assessments as they are also popularly known to serve this very purpose of finding the right talent.