Recruitment Process

2021 Job Seeker Nation: Key Findings from This Year’s Report

Learn how the workforce is responding and adapting one year into the pandemic  This just in! Jobvite’s 12th annual Job Seeker Nation Report has been released, uncovering a profound change in concerns, challenges, and priorities for workers while navigating the job seeking process amidst COVID-19. At 6.2%, the U.S. unemployment rate today is lower than it was…

Let Data-Driven Recruiting Lead You to Better Hires

In my role at Jobvite, I see the importance of analytics in Talent Acquisition (TA) every single day. 2020 was a year of major changes across our communities and across all businesses, regardless of size, industry and sophistication. From businesses pivoting to working-from-home, to undertaking an increased focus on diversity and inclusion, to making recruiters…

The Top Issues Facing Manufacturing Recruiters in 2021

Manufacturing runs on the skills of its workers and there is a growing skill gap in America. According to a report from Deloitte and The National Association of Manufacturers, 4.6 million jobs need to be filled by 2028, and 2.4 million jobs are projected to go unfilled due to a lack of trained workers. And…

How to Hire the Top Manufacturing Talent on the Market

Recruiters in manufacturing face unique challenges. Many of today’s manufacturers struggle to attract, hire, and retain talent for a wide range of roles: skilled operators and technicians, assemblers, plant managers, and other key positions. At the same time, disruptive technology has transformed the talent profile of the manufacturing industry — which means manufacturing companies find…

Myths vs Facts – Artificial Intelligence in Talent Acquisition

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in talent acquisition holds the promise of doing more, better, faster, and with less. It has become the holy grail of recruiting sidekicks—technology that makes TA teams recruit faster and more successfully, while delivering a candidate experience that bolsters your employer brand. There is nothing artificial about the efficiencies you’ll realize once…

7 Ways Achieve Your D&I TA Goals in 2021

Talent Acquisition professionals know they need to create more diverse pipelines in 2021, yet many don’t even know where to start. Hung Lee, Cofounder and CEO of Workshape.io & Curator for Recruiting Brainfood recently joined us to discuss what it really means to focus on Diversity and Inclusion in 2021, and how to leverage AI…

Automate the Recruiting Process with Candidate Texting

People spend an average of five hours a day on their mobile devices. Billions of text messages are sent throughout the world each day. So it’s no surprise that candidates open and respond to text messages more than emails. According to Jobvite’s recent Job Seeker Nation Report, there is a 98% open rate for mobile…

Hiring Our Heroes: Strategic Audience Planning for Veterans

By any measure, veterans are a key demographic within the U.S. population. Roughly 250,000 military members transition to civilian life every year. And as of 2019, nearly 19 million Americans — or about 8 percent of the adult population — were veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. As we celebrate the contributions and sacrifice of…

Six Elements of a Great Job Application Process

Let’s face it: just about everything you do as a recruiting organization depends on your online job application. Every paid ad, every email, and every recruiting event drives attendees to complete an online application at some point. So you’ve likely spent massive amounts of time analyzing and designing the perfect job application process — one…

Reaching Your Talent Acquisition Team’s Full Potential with the EVOLVE TA

Modern recruiting is…take a deep breath….complex, multichannel, data driven, personalized, integrated, automated, intelligent, results based, and highly competitive. Whew! There are more adjectives we could add, but you get the point. Modern recruiting has a lot going on compared to the early days of cold calling or reactive, “post and pray” tactics to attract talent.…