5 Mistakes Your Interviewers Keep Making
When it comes to making mistakes, it’s easier for interviewers to get away with plenty than it is for candidates to get away with one. The numbers back it up! About 74% of employers say that they have hired the wrong person for a position…
7 Effective Ways to Assess & Bond With Candidates
The consensus amongst talent leaders is that screening for soft skills is beyond challenging, with over 60% of them ranking it foremost on their list of obstacles. Searching through a candidates’ bag of skills and comparing them to a benchmark to find the right fit…
5 Better Uses of Recruiter Time Than Scheduling
It takes an average of 42 days to fill a given position, with the interview process lasting an average of 22.9 days. If nothing else, these mind-boggling statistics reveal the amount of work that recruiters put in to pull off every successful hire. But these…
4 New Age Interviews For Your Next Candidate
Traditional interviews have been industry standard for decades, with questions designed to dig through a candidate’s experience and skills to figure out if they’re a job and culture fit. Though popular, they aren’t always the best way to size up a candidate. According to the…
The Candidate Experience Equation
A whopping 83% of job-seekers say that a negative interview experience can change their opinion of a role or company they rated highly. An equally strong 87% say that a positive one can change their mind about one they doubted. It’s evident that for companies…
4 Key Recruiting Trends of 2019
As recruiters and recruiting coordinators begin to see and feel the multiple advantages of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the worlds of technology and hiring have never been closer than they are today. With so much development in both industries having occurred in 2018, it’s…
AI & Talent Acquisition: The Recruiter’s Perspective
The business press has pegged artificial intelligence (AI) as a disruptor and a job-killer. Labels like these make great headlines. But are they accurate? Recruiters need help, not replacements. Although AI is still in its infancy, it’s already shaking up business as usual in the…
5 HR Tasks You Didn’t Go To College To Do
People don’t spend four to six years and tens of thousands of dollars on a college education to spend 40-60 hours a week on tasks that technology can perform in a heartbeat. Companies don’t hire them and pay them salaries for that. HR professionals get hired…
Pay With Purpose: Motivating Gen Z Talent
The talent pipeline is something that has always existed. Professional sports illustrate it best: as older players start to decline in ability and value, younger ones come in with new skill sets to replace them. The cycle is indefinite. With newer generations comes the need…
6 Tips to Retain Ambitious Employees
There’s little more endearing to HR and management than a dedicated, ambitious employee. There’s also very little that’s scarier. Truly ambitious employees often back their dreams up with outstanding performances, usually ranking in the top 10% of their profession. An employer who wants to keep this…