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/

Temporary Hiring Trend in India – An Outlook

Temporary hiring in India is one of the historical forms of workforce deployment. Employers would use temporary or contract staffs in the field of art & sculptor, architecture, education, construction and short-medium tenure workforce requirements across boundaries. We are consequently building on an ancient model and typically reinventing the wheel.

More information: http://www.thecareermuse.co.in/temporary-hiring-in-india/

Why Bigger is Not Always Better — Especially With LinkedIn Connections

Expanding your network on LinkedIn is easy; you just hit the blue “Connect” button and wait to see if the people are going to accept or not.

If they accept it, you will add new people into your network, and that’s it.

Yes, this is the easiest way to build a network on LinkedIn. You don’t need any special reason to add them, or even need to know them. If you want to connect someone, that blue “Connect” button is there for you.

More information: http://recruitingdaily.com/bigger-not-always-better-especially-linkedin-conections/

The 3 Hottest Trends That Will Impact Recruiters in 2018

Effective talent acquisition and recruitment often top the list of priorities for organizations as they move into a New Year, and 2018 is no exception.

With unemployment in America continuing to decline (it’s currently at its lowest percentage since 2000), the job market is becoming increasingly competitive. In fact, a serious labor shortage exists across the United States. It’s not simply due to a mismatch in skills, but there are actually fewer employees available overall, especially in industries that most need them.

More information: http://recruitingdaily.com/3-critical-recruiting-trends-will-dominate-2018/

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/

7 Things to Consider Before Engaging a Freelancer

It is not uncommon for business owners to feel overwhelmed at times. Running a business takes a lot out of a person, and there comes a time when help is needed. Hiring a freelancer to take on some of the day-to-day tasks can be a big help without being a huge financial burden. If you hire the right person for the job, they will be a valuable asset to your business.

More information: http://recruitloop.com/blog/7-things-consider-engaging-freelancer/

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/

Which HR tool to invest in? ATS or Recruitment Marketing platform?

Talking with business owners, recruiters and other HR professionals, we have realized that many of them have the same two questions: “Which recruiting tool should I buy? Recruitment Marketing software or ATS?” The problem is that many of them, besides not knowing the difference between the two, don’t know that there are 2-in-1 solutions that offer both.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/which-hr-tool-to-invest-in-ats-or-recruitment-marketing-platform?xg_source=activity

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