Tag: recruitment process

11 Tips To Improve Quality Of Hire

Employees are the heartbeat of every organization—that’s why it’s so important to hire the very best candidates for each position you fill.

“I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategies.” – Lawrence Bossidy, GE

If you’re like most in the talent acquisition biz, you’re probably looking for different ways to improve the quality of recruiting and hiring practices at your organization.

More information: https://harver.com/blog/improve-quality-of-hire/

Up Against the Clock – 6 Productivity Hacks for Speedy Recruitment

When the countdown is on, and there’s a deadline looming, it often seems like the whole world is making a concerted effort to slow you down. And short of moving your bed into the office, there’s very little you can do to fill those reqs in time. Thankfully, just a few small changes to how you handle your work means that you don’t need to worry about bringing pillows to work.

More information: https://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/up-against-the-clock-6-productivity-hacks-for-speedy-recruitment

Is Your Recruitment Strategy Missing These Two Critical Components?

In the current age of technology, everywhere you turn, companies are offering mobile apps, smart gadgets and innumerable other ways to stay connected. That’s why it is so important for recruiters to understand that they can no longer simply rely on traditional recruiting methods to engage the best possible candidates.

More information: https://www.jobvite.com/recruiting-process/is-your-recruitment-strategy-missing-these-two-critical-components/

We need to be honest about what we need from new hires

I realize that job role is often unclear at most companies, and the hiring process is usually fairly broken, but I think it would make sense if we were a bit more honest about what exactly we expect from new hires.

Let me root some of this in research

A couple of important things to know at the beginning:

More information: https://recruitingdaily.com/we-need-to-be-honest-about-what-we-need-from-new-hires/

Technical tests: a valuable interview tool or a talent deterrent?

Technical tests; a common part of the interview process for many companies, but are they adding value to your process or deterring top talent from applying to your roles?

Do they provide employers with the insight they need? Do they enhance the interview experience for the candidate? We’ve weighed up the pros and cons of this interview tool to figure out if tech tests are all they’re cracked up to be.

More information: https://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/technical-tests-a-valuable-interview-tool-or-a-talent-deterrent-1

Digital Recruitment – How to Recruit the Right Positions in a Digital Business

Data released by Companies House shows there were fewer new businesses started in 2017 than the previous year. However, research shows that this hasn’t affected technology firms – in fact the number of new tech start-ups increased by 60% last year. To put it another way, a staggering 10,016 programming and software development businesses were launched in the UK in 2017.

More information: https://www.recruitmentrevolution.com/blog/2018/11/digital-recruitment-how-to-recruit-the-right-positions-in-a-digital-business

4 Good Reasons to Use a Recruitment Agency

Why do companies turn to recruitment agencies?

In today’s highly competitive, candidate-driven job market, finding and hiring the ideal job candidate is quite hard. This is why many companies turn to recruitment agencies to help them recruit the right people for their open job positions.

Should you do the same? How can a recruitment agency help you fill your open job positions?

More information: https://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/4-good-reasons-to-use-a-recruitment-agency

Stoking Candidate Interest: An Often-Overlooked Aspect of Recruiting

Most information regarding the difficulties of recruitment nowadays seem to focus solely on trends and the challenges of tech and sourcing but not what could primarily be considered the most important aspect of recruiting; candidate interest.  Ask any in-house HR professional and they will say capturing and piquing a potentially strong candidate’s interest is key to any on-boarding process.

More information: https://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/stoking-candidate-interest-an-often-overlooked-aspect-of

3 reasons why ATS tracking is essential

Does it feel as if your hiring process is more of a hit and miss affair than a streamlined process? Are you trying to figure out what works, what doesn’t, and where you’re going wrong? If that sounds familiar, ATS tracking could be the solution.

But what is an applicant tracking system or ATS actually?

More information: https://blog.recruitee.com/ats-tracking/

Eliminate your Biases to Make Better Recruitment Decisions

Whenever I talk about biases in hiring, people just seem to get it naturally. I guess we’ve all experienced them because they are far more common in everyday decision-making than we realize.

Where do biases come from?

According to “Thinking Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman,” there are two mechanisms of decision-making in our brain – System 1 and System 2 (rather creative names!).

More information: https://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/eliminate-your-biases-to-make-better-recruitment-decisions