Contract Staffing: Set up an in-house contract staffing back-office

Are you interested in offering contract staffing services, but unsure what it will entail?

Talent Acquisition Excellence Advertisers: February 2015

Social Media Recruiting: 3 ways to ensure efficiency

Nearly everybody has experienced how fast time can fly when surfing the internet and using social media websites. You may intend to only quickly check your social media page, yet find yourself spending hours there. Social media can be very time-consuming, and it's easy for businesses to spend a little too much time on social media recruiting efforts if they're not careful. Here are some strategies and techniques to make sure that you are putting your social media recruiting efforts to best use.

Applicant Tracking System: 10 signs your ATS is stuck in the 90s

Applicant tracking systems (ATS) were originally designed in the late 1990s to automate the application for job seekers and to track applicants for employers. And after leading corporate talent acquisition throughout my career, I know far too well the ATS hasn’t evolved enough over the past 15 years to meet the requirements for a competitive approach to recruiting. As a result, many recruiting leaders have had to make decisions to deploy add-on solutions and modules to close the significant gap the ATS has created.

Assumptions in Recruitment: They will bite you in the butt

The biggest cause of placements going wrong is a recruiter making assumptions. Assumptions that are flawed.

Skills for a Modern Recruiter: Five essential tech skills

In the last decade, the ever-changing landscape of recruitment has been turned on its head by an abundance of technologies that have enhanced the tools of the industry. Those who have worked in the industry a long time have had to adapt, and those who are relatively new to recruitment know no different.

Telecommuting Job Candidates: 5 questions you need to ask

If your company hires remote workers, congratulations. More and more companies are now offering this type of flexibility to their employees, so you’re in good company. FlexJobs recently released its100 Top Companies with Remote Jobs in 2015, featuring some of the most forward-thinking companies when it comes to working outside the traditional office.

Hybrid Jobs: Advantages and challenges

The job market is ever-changing. While certain things will always fluctuate such as the economy, inflation and employer earnings, some will remain constant. Employers will always look for ways to maximize their earnings, and they will always look to hire a reliable workforce. If the economy demands the employer reduce the size of their workforce, they will be looking for another quality in their employees – versatility. It is because of this that hybrid jobs have become, and remained, so popular among employers in the past decade.

Recruiting and Hiring: Harmful assumptions

Does your organization have the data to measure the effectiveness of its recruiting efforts? Or, of its hiring process? Does your organization maintain records in compliance with anti-discrimination regulations? Most organizations are fighting to survive today’s employment environment, but hazily navigate recruiting and hiring strategies without a solid record-keeping and reporting strategy.

Hiring Japanese Talent: Recruiting Japanese the Miami Marlins way!

I was already planning to catch some gamesin March at Roger Dean Stadium, the spring training home of the Miami Marlins and St Louis Cardinals, whenI learnedthat the Miami Marlins made a dip into the free agency pool to bring on Ichiro Suzuki. For those less familiar with baseball, Ichiro Suzuki is arguably the most famous and most successful Japanese national to transition from Japanese Professional Baseball to Major League Baseball (MLB). Ichiro is a no-doubt, first ballot Hall of Famer, and despite his age, is an asset to any team in the MLB.