Hiring great candidates begins with knowing how to write job description. Specifically, ones that: When a potential hire performs a job search, they’re like anybody else reading the search engine results page and listings on job boards and career communities. They want to see fast and concise results on the first page of Google and…
Reduce new hire failure rates. Build a strong employer brand. Drive down cost per hire. The sheer number of recruitment goals talent acquisition leaders can set for their recruiters today are many. The issue many TA directors run into is knowing how to cover all their bases, so to speak, with setting key performance indicators…
At Jobvite, we know that attracting, hiring, and retaining top talent is critical for the long-term success of your business. Today’s job market is extremely competitive, which is why your company must position itself ahead of the competition in order to gain the attention, and interest, of top talent. An applicant tracking system (ATS) is…
Each year on Veteran’s Day, we pause to honor the contributions and sacrifice of military service members and their families. This year, that group includes thousands of military veterans returning home after the end of active conflict in Afghanistan. As talent acquisition pros, our appreciation of veterans shouldn’t end after November 11. Each year, roughly…
Refining your hiring process is a never-ending endeavor for your talent acquisition team, human resources department, and hiring managers. Each stakeholder plays a distinct role in improving various hiring process steps to better engage and convert job applicants and sourced candidates: When these hiring team members regularly revamp these facets of their active recruitment process…
Learn how recruiters are creatively responding to a new set of industry challenges to hire top talent quickly and efficiently Today, the U.S. is seeing a return to early 2020 employment numbers, with the economic recovery allowing many companies to increase staffing levels rapidly. However, priorities and expectations in the workplace have shifted, putting increased…
If talent professionals have learned anything over the years, it’s the value of creative thinking. They’ve had to re-imagine the candidate experience from top to bottom, including recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, and more. Much of that work was on the fly, out of sheer necessity. As more and more companies ramp up their hiring, that creativity…
As Covid-related restrictions continue to ease across the country, companies in a wide range of industries are ramping up their operations — and their hiring. Job creation is on the rise, with 850,000 new jobs added in the US last month alone. The need for workers is especially critical in consumer-related sectors like retail and…
The manufacturing industry has faced a whirlwind of shifting expectations, opportunities, and shortages over the past year. Last fall, we surveyed manufacturing recruiters to learn more about their challenges for our 2020 Recruiter Nation Survey and learned that manufacturing recruiters are struggling with too many applicants without the necessary skills or qualifications, and increased stress…
What a difference a year makes. From a stalled job market in 2020 to one where many sectors are thriving and workers have the upper hand. Why do they have the upper hand? Well, in what is (hopefully) the tail-end of the pandemic in the U.S., the economy is predictably changing for the better, but…
