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Resumes may have lost their standing as the most important tool in a job seeker’s toolbox, but that doesn’t mean they are going away. Like every aspect of the job search process, resumes are evolving, and recruiters and candidates need to adapt their hiring strategies. Digital uploads aren’t enough. The days of paper resumes have […]
How changing demographics and workplace structures will alter the recruiting paradigm. The future of recruiting is going to look and feel dramatically different than it does today. In the future, the workforce will be younger and more diverse. Employees and leaders will be selected for their creativity and problem-solving skills rather than the status of […]
Interviewing is one of the most important steps of the hiring process, and getting multiple perspectives of a person helps you make more informed decisions. When conducting secondary interviews, include people who can assess skills you aren’t familiar with, draw on a depth of experience you don’t have, or add a level of objectivity you […]
It’s not an unfamiliar scenario: a recruiter spends weeks working to find talent for an open role. They provide the hiring manager with information about several candidates. After reviewing the applications, the hiring manager doesn’t think a single candidate fits the bill. This could’ve been avoided if the hiring team had come to a consensus […]
What if you could substantially improve your applicant pool immediately? A recent article about published in Harvard Business Review had an eye-catching claim in its headline: Your approach to hiring is all wrong. That’s a pretty bold statement; however, the author’s argument is worth a read. He describes how, in the past, the hiring process was built […]
Talent acquisition has a significant economic impact on the profitability of your organization. Yet, finding and matching the right people to the right jobs is a daunting task. Job analysis increases the success of your hiring decisions. What is Job Analysis? Job analysis is the process of collecting information about a job’s duties and the […]
“Quality of hire is the most important metric for recruiters in 2020. But what does that really mean?“ Ten years ago, “quality of hire” wasn’t even a choice on most recruiting surveys. Now it’s rising to the top of the list., In 2015, 39% of companies said Quality of Hire (QoH) was their most valuable […]
From a hiring standpoint, the energy sector has two big problems: an aging workforce moving headlong toward retirement, and aging infrastructure in desperate need of workers with the skills and experience to keep in running. Last year the industry added 152,000 new jobs, outperforming the economy as a whole according to The 2019 U.S. Energy […]
“Hiring for potential” is a trend that emerged from concerns about the future of work, where the skills employees will need evolve so quickly that hiring based on experience and existing job skills will no longer be enough. In this future workplace, companies will need to hire people with the ‘potential’ to adapt to the […]
If you aren’t using contract labor today, chances are you soon will be. Contract workers (also known as freelancers, consultants and gig workers) now make up a huge and growing percentage of the workforce. A poll from NPR/Marist shows 20 percent of American workers now do contract labor either as a full-time career or to […]