Category: News

5 simple things jobseekers wish they got from recruiters

The results are in and they haven’t changed – the number 1 gripe among jobseekers is they don’t hear back from recruiters. Most of them, anyway.  That’s hardly surprising when you measure both the quality and quantity of job adverts being pumped out currently. 

 For instance, take a look on Seek or LinkedIn. Over 90% of job adverts aren’t written to engage you. Additionally, how do you apply for a job when 5 agencies are advertising it? It’s a lottery whether you’ll hear back. 

More information: https://www.markpearce.net/single-post/2017/03/03/5-simple-things-jobseekers-wish-they-got-from-recruiters

Recruitment Startup-‘Belong’ Raise $10 Million

Outbound hiring platform-‘Belong’ has raised $10 Million of Series B funding from Sequoia Capital along with its existing investor, Matrix Partners also participated the rounds. Previously, in 2015 Belong $5 Million of Series A funding from the same investors.

After the funding round was closed, Gautham Mago from Sequoia Capital joined ‘Belong’s board of Directors which include Matrix Managing Director Tarun Davda and Raju Reddy, founder of IT services company Sierra Atlantic.

More information: https://indianceo.in/news/startup-belong-raises-10-million/

How to Recruit the Right Candidates on a Tight Budget

If you’re running a small organization or a startup firm, then you probably already know how challenging it can be to attract talent to your company. After all, you’re competing not just against other businesses in the same situation, but also against large and established entities with significant resources at their disposal.

More information: http://recruiterbox.com/blog/recruit-right-candidates-tight-budget/

Tips on How to Lower Your Employee Turnover Rate

Employee turnover happens for a myriad of reasons, both personal and professional. Some change in staff can be a good thing – new people, new ideas. But when turnover is high, problems can arise and costs can mount.

A high turnover rate is a warning sign you shouldn’t ignore. By investigating the underlying causes of employee departure, you can lower your employee turnover rate and focus on your most important objectives – profitability and organisational success!

More information: https://www.searchparty.com/blog/employee-turnover/

5 Ways to Use Emojis in Recruitment

Nowadays it’s virtually impossible to send a text, instant message or email without using an emoji ever since they exploded in to our digital worlds in the late 90s.

The man behind them is Shigetaka Kurita, who as an employee of NTT DoCoMo back in the day, sought to revolutionize Japan’s means of communication. And the rest as they say.. is history.

More information: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/emojis-recruitment/

Streamlining a recruitment firm to ride out uncertainty

Maximising profitability to avoid servicing debt

It’s an uncomfortable thought, but the fortunes of businesses are never really totally under the control of owners and senior managers because they are forever indexed to the performance of the national and global economy.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/streamlining-a-recruitment-firm-to-ride-out-uncertainty

How Slack will change recruiting

It’s going to happen faster than you think. In fact, it’s already happening.

Most of the innovative HR and recruiting tech companies have Slack apps. If they don’t, they’re most likely designing and building them right now. Including my team at Drafted.

But most of these Slack apps are being designed as a small “value add” to the existing service these tech companies provide. Here’s a thought experiment of how you could actually use Slack to completely change the way recruiting and process happens at your company.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/how-slack-will-change-recruiting

Peter Searle: Recruitment entrepreneurship is all about timing

When you’re a manager, you’re actually a facilitator. You sometimes get into a position where you think you’re managing people, but you’re actually leading people and facilitating them to do their job better. What you have to remember when you change from being a salesperson to a manager is that when you’re a salesperson, you only work with customers externally and you spend all your time selling to them.

More information: https://www.rec.uk.com/news-and-policy/corporate-blog/peter-searle-recruitment-entrepreneurship-is-all-about-timing-

The Ultimate Guide to Writing 5 Types of Recruitment Emails + Bonus Tips to Manage Them

The one thing you always come back to, no matter what you begin with (say social recruiting, text recruiting, visual recruiting, and [insert a new type] recruiting).

Whatever you do, you still need to send messages in the form of emails to communicate with candidates. It’s the lifeline of recruitment.

More information: https://recruitee.com/blog/recruitment-email/