When the Recruiter becomes the Recruited

What kind of sly tricks and crafty machinations are wielded to spot, engage and recruit the ultimate recruiter? Turns out it’s mostly a matter of having a solid product.

As quick as you can, don’t think too much: How does one go from growing up in a remote series of airbase-adjacent Canadian towns to department-head in Silicon Valley?

More information: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/blog/when-the-recruiter-becomes-the-recruited/

Recruitment Strategies to Improve Your Diversity Brand

In today’s competitive global war for talent, a commitment to diversity hiring could set your company apart. The candidate of today wants to see a commitment to diversity that goes beyond a sentence in the employee handbook. Here are some concrete steps your company can take if they want to walk the walk.

More information: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/blog/recruiting-strategies-to-improve-your-diversity-brand/

One Big Thing That Recruiters Really Looked For This Year

It’s a term I hear a lot even if it isn’t always clear what it means, so don’t feel bad if you’re also a little fuzzy on the definition of “soft skills.”

Lots of hiring and talent management professionals seem to be looking for candidates with soft skills, so in case you’re confused, here’s a definition I like from SearchCIO:

More information: http://recruitingdaily.com/one-big-thing-recruiters-really-looked-year/

10 Tips to Help You Become a Successful HR Manager

Why did you decide to become a Human Resources Manager?

For many of us “I’m a people’s person and I like helping others” was the motivational drive. But let’s face it: the fact that the median salary for HR Managers is over $100K also made a difference.

These are good reasons to start. Being good with people and wanting to help them find the jobs they deserve will push you forward. The financial motivator will do the same thing.

More information: http://recruitloop.com/blog/10-tips-becoming-successful-hr-manager/

How Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs) Can Hire Great Employees

Hiring is always a challenge but nonprofit organizations face additional hurdles when searching for great employees. While it’s a fulfilling endeavor working for an NPO, NGO, or another type of 501(c)(3) organization, it’s a vastly different experience than being an employee of a for-profit business.

However, hiring is a large part of the operations of NPOs, especially as they grow and progress toward their goals. According to Nonprofit Quarterly, an estimated 14.4 million Americans work in the sector as of 2013.

More information: https://recruiterbox.com/blog/how-nonprofits-npos-can-hire-great-employees/

HR People: How To Be Productive During The Holiday Season

The holiday season can be a challenging period to find motivation or time for work in between company parties and vacation time. Human resources teams can especially feel busy this time of year as they are tasked with end-of-year responsibilities like bonuses, vacation time, and maintaining company morale and company culture. That being said, somewhere in between the holiday season and New Years might be exactly the right time to get a jump start on the year ahead.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/hr-people-how-to-be-productive-during-the-holiday-season

So you have two amazing candidates… how can you choose between them?

Even when your firm works with the very best recruitment agency and uses the most suitable hiring software, it’s not impossible to end up with two highly capable candidates who seem evenly matched.
In a situation like this, you will need to act fast to snap up at least one of these fantastic candidates. So, what factors will enable you to differentiate between the two?

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/hr-professional/so-you-have-two-amazing-candidates-how-can-you-choose-between-them

5 ways to extract your Millennials’ maximum potential

No matter how sophisticated your chosen recruitment technology may be and whatever recruitment agency you may be working alongside, you can’t change human nature.
This has understandably led to many employers stereotyping certain age groups as all being a certain way – and it seems that Millennials have been among the greatest victims of this phenomenon.

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/recruitment-tech/5-ways-to-extract-your-millennials-maximum-potential

3 things that you need to do when recruiting staff

The recruitment of new employees is a necessarily multi-faceted process – doing things the same old familiar ways, drawing upon the same old staff with the same old skills, likely won’t deliver your company the great hiring results that you need to get ahead in your industry.
So, here are just three things that you should do when recruiting staff.

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/hr-professional/3-things-that-you-need-to-do-when-recruiting-staff

Employer Branding: The Inbound Recruiting Way

Building an employer brand, especially online, for all the world to see has become paramount to your business. It’s easier than ever to discover what a workplace is like nowadays, so why not take full advantage of that?

Most of you reading this will know that finding and connecting with top talent is not simple. The very best talent usually aren’t looking for a job. But at HubSpot, they believe they have a way of getting around this.

More information: https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/employer-branding-inbound-recruiting-approach/