Use the Hiring Manager Maturity Model to Build a Culture of Recruiting

A culture of recruiting — where all hiring managers, not just recruiters, help to attract and recruit top talent — doesn’t happen by accident. It takes strong TA leaders who establish high expectations for hiring managers, cultivate strong capabilities through hiring manager training and mentoring, and reward strong hiring managers through accountability mechanisms, like performance reviews. Too many hiring managers see recruiting as something that lives outside of their day jobs, a favor they do for the recruiter — that has to change. Why?

10 skills recruiters need right now (and how to get them)

It’s safe to say that 2020 has gone off script. Many companies are scrambling to adapt their working practices, products, and strategies to adapt and in some cases, survive. Recruiters unfortunately are bearing the brunt of this just as much as everyone else, if not more. The world of talent acquisition and recruitment has swung dramatically between crippling hiring freezes or unexpected high volume hiring.

3 challenges with all-remote interviews (and how to solve them)

From the first phone screen to the last in-person interview, recruiters know what to expect when it comes to engaging with top talent (as well as the when, where and how). With that familiar foundation to build upon, the only piece left is optimization.

But now with the world of work in a state of change, expectations for when, where and how recruiters connect with candidates is evolving rapidly. All-remote interviews and distributed hiring are now the new normal, and may be for some time to come.

Getting The Best Candidates for The Job

You’ll always come across guidelines and 5-step strategies for successful recruitment. Almost every recruitment agency or HR department has their own way of going about sourcing candidates. However, how successful recruitment is, depends on a lot more factors than just the process and attitude.

In fact, some of the vital aspects of recruitment pertain more to the hiring company and the job offer than they do to the candidate or recruiter.

How to determine the quality of a potential hire

A recent Glassdoor study found that the average cost to fill a job vacancy is a whopping $4,000.

With that kind of money devoted to a single opening, it’s no wonder recruiters view time to hire as a viable metric. The faster a position is filled, the fewer dollars recruiters and HR professionals pour into the talent search.

How to Hire Remote Developers in 2020

Hiring remote employees is nothing new to the workforce. This hiring process has grown tremendously over the years as businesses learn about the benefits of hiring workers remotely. As with anything, there are both advantages and disadvantages to hiring remote workers. When it comes to the IT industry, however, the benefits seem to far outnumber the setbacks.

Combining AI with the Human Touch to Eliminate Bias in Sourcing, Recruiting and Hiring

By design, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms make decisions which generally require a human level of expertise. When it comes to employment, AI can be used to help find and hire the best talent.

AI can reduce recruiting workloads by locating qualified candidates, improving recruiter response times, and even help recruiters anticipate skill gaps and talent shortages. More advanced uses include using facial recognition to secure video interviews or using chatbots to answer questions that enrich the candidate or associate experience.

Recruiter Real Talk: How to Improve Candidate Engagement Using AI

What Is Candidate Engagement?

Candidate engagement is a lot like customer engagement — it centers on an organization developing an ongoing relationship with an individual.

But instead of encouraging people to buy, the goal of candidate engagement is more relational than transactional. Recruitment isn’t just about getting qualified candidates through the door; it’s about keeping them interested throughout the application process and helping them land a job they’ll love.

10 Ways to Achieve a Transformative Hiring Strategy

You can’t achieve your business outcomes without achieving your goals when it comes to hiring and retaining top talent. According to LinkedIn, 70% of people are not actively looking for new jobs, but 87% of people are open to new opportunities. That means a huge opportunity for employers are willing to convince top talent to come and impact their great companies.

How can Applicant Tracking System Improve Candidate Reach?

Owing to the unceasing war for talent, the majority of the recruiters agree that it has become rather difficult to attract and hire well-qualified candidates in today’s highly competitive job market. Businesses around the globe are making the switch from traditional hiring methods to AI-based recruiting solutions to succeed in their hunt for talented candidates and fill open job roles within the company. For this reason, you should also step up your hiring game by modernizing recruiting tactics in order to win the race for top talent without putting in any extra endeavors.