Connecting to candidates has become increasingly difficult and relying on traditional recruiting techniques like phone calls and emails to connect with an on-the-go workforce will likely result in losing out on a worthy applicant. Instead, companies are utilizing methods that align with the communication preferences of today’s talent generation and switching to text-based recruiting.
More information: https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/texting-is-helping-recruiters/
For the results of the business and the job satisfaction of your people, ongoing training and development is absolutely essential. People need training to perform, thrive and succeed. But that doesn’t mean people will see the value of training for themselves – or look forward to the prospect of yet another course.
At Juice, we’re realists about training. We know recruiters would rather be closing sales and earning their commission, not wrestling with topics like goal setting, headhunting or recruitment strategy.
More information: https://recruitmentjuice.com/blog/how-to-use-gamification-in-recruitment/
As Studs Terkel said in his book Working (1974), “Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread.” If you were able to find a job that offered meaning, purpose and reward, would you be willing to take a pay cut? According to recent reports, we’ve entered an era of meaning over money — a huge consideration if your business is looking to recruit (and, importantly, retain) top talent.According to the Harvard Business Review, as many as nine out of ten employees are willing to earn less (and limit their earning potential) in exchange for work that is more meaningful.
More information: https://recruitmentjuice.com/blog/purpose-over-paychecks-how-to-cultivate-meaning-and-attract-top-talent/
So, you’re thinking about hiring international employees. Congrats! Recruiting talent outside your country borders has numerous benefits. It lets you widen your talent pool, minimize skill gaps, diversify your corporate culture, and come up with fresh business ideas.
However, hiring and managing international staff comes with numerous complexities. According to the 2016 research study by CEMS, almost half of businesses struggle to find the right international candidates.
More information: https://recruitmentjuice.com/blog/how-to-overcome-the-obstacles-of-recruiting-international-talent/
The variety of recruitment agencies in terms of size, speciality, and strategy ensure that regardless of individual market positioning, all organisations will face stiff competition from all corners of the industry. Low barriers to entry for the industry as a whole leave firms vulnerable to new competitors exploiting their inefficiencies or weaknesses and stealing market share. Completely understanding your firm’s business performance, both internally and relative to other members in the industry, provides the insight necessary to identify weaknesses before they result in the downfall of the organisation.
More information: https://www.bullhorn.com/au/blog/2019/01/three-staffing-kpis/
The whole concept of what makes a ‘good’ recruiter, and what’s needed to create a high-performance recruitment team, has changed a lot in the last 5-10 years. Yet, as an industry we’re stuck in our ways: We still look to the same old sh*t KPIs, techniques and strategies when building our teams.
But this needs to change if we want to continue getting the best out of our recruitment teams in 2019 and beyond. Here’s how to set yourself (and your team) up for success.
More information: https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/how-to-build-a-high-performance-recruitment-team
Keeping on top of new marketing trends is extremely beneficial to recruiters, but not everything that comes out of marketing is going to be relevant to our industry, and it can be hard to predict which trends will stick and what will fade away.
We’ve dug out the proven marketing golden nuggets recruiters can’t afford to ignore in 2019!
More information: https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/marketing-trends-that-will-transfer-to-recruitment
If you’re a recruiter who’s used to pitching your services on a contingency basis, it’s likely the idea of selling a retainer to a client sounds like a pretty daunting task to you. But making the move to bring retained search into your recruitment offering isn’t half as scary as you think, and the pay-off is huge!
More information: https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/contingency-vs-retained-recruitment
Blue Monday may be pitched as the most depressing day of the calendar year, but for recruiters, it’s the best day of the year to pull in new candidates and get the new year off to a great start. Here’s our two cents on how you can turn Blue Monday into a positive and use it as an opportunity to fill up your recruitment pipeline for the weeks and months ahead.
More information: https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/why-recruiters-love-blue-monday
Have you ever found yourself walking into a quarterly review unsure of what the outcome will be? Rather than leaving your performance review to chance, we’ve outlined some of the key KPIs that every recruiter should measure themselves against. Staying on top of these key performance indicators is a great way to ensure that you stay on track week to week, and know what you’re doing when your review comes around. Phew!
More information: https://www.socialtalent.com/blog/recruitment/how-should-recruiters-measure-success
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