3 Ways to justify your recruiting spend in 2015 and beyond!
I have been blessed to have the opportunity to travel the world for the last several years speaking with talent advisors and business leaders about improving talent strategies, leadership development programs and their own careers.
In conversations with leaders in both small and large companies who work in a variety of industries, one common challenge is voiced to me again and again
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HR Glossary: Talent Pipeline
A talent pipeline (also candidate pool or talent pool) is a company database containing interesting applicant and employee profiles.
The idea of candidate pool is to make recruiting more efficient: if such a database exists, HR can search through it in advance of a job vacancy being published. Ideally, they will find the perfect candidate for the vacancy this way, and be able to approach them directly. This means recruiters can not
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HR Glossary: Social Recruiting
Social recruiting refers to recruitment via social networks (social media). HR professionals can use social media channels such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for networking with potential employees. A distinction can be made between two approaches: actively talking to candidates via a social network (social distribution); and the passive placing of marketing campaigns (social profiling). Social distribution is used not only
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HR Glossary: Return on Training Investment (Training ROI)
Return on training investment (Training ROI) describes the relationship between investment and return in training and development. The figure is calculated as follows:
ROI in % = ((Benefits – Costs)/ Costs) * 100
The "benefit" is often difficult to quantify: for example, it may be based on knowledge, performance, motivation, willingness to
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How to ensure your application process is not counterproductive
Too many steps, automatic extraction of data, confusing windows, … Application processes that are too long and complicated can quickly lead to candidate frustration. 44 percent of job seekers have the impression that application processes have become more complicated in the last five years – this was shown in a new Candidate Behaviour Survey from CareerBuilder.
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KPIs Part 1: Time is money
Statistics, analysis, key performance indicators, … Terms that make some recruiters break out in a hot sweat. That is why HR professionals are happy to ignore collecting various KPIs in recruitment. But, with the ever increasing 'war for talent', management accounting in HR is not only becoming increasingly important - it is now almost essential. Good enough reason for a new series in our blog. To kick off, the most important
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Candidate Experience: Why a bad impression is expensive
Today's candidate behaves increasingly like the proverbial "empowered customer" already identified in consumer research: as with a purchasing decision, for example in respect of a new television or hotel reservation, it begins with extensive internet research. Where can I find the best (job) offers? Which company can I trust? Where can I expect a fair company culture and good service? Yes - service! Because in the case of an
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Why cloud computing can increase recruiter productivity
Cloud computing is currently one of the biggest trends worldwide, with the industry expecting a growth of 15 percent by 2018. In addition to private users making greater use of cloud services like Dropbox, an ever increasing number of companies are also taking advantage of the new technology. It allows not only flexible working, but can also significantly increase employee productivity in the long term.
We show
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5 golden rules to reduce time to hire
Time is money – this also applies to recruitment. A survey by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), for example, found that 87 percent of companies have vacancies they cannot fill. An ever increasing number of companies worldwide complain about loss of revenues as a result of this. We show you how to reduce your time to hire – and what effect this has on your employer brand.
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Cloud vs Desktop: How to find the perfect ATS for your organisation
Whether Skype or Dropbox – everyone has used cloud services at some point and found them useful. In business an increasing number of users are also moving to cloud-based services. How to find out if this could also be a good solution for your ATS:
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