LinkedIn has become a major staple of our daily professional life. As recruiters and HR professionals, it’s essentially where we hang out. It has become the place for us to connect with other professionals, as well as a place to help candidates find their dream job. A year on from Microsoft’s $26.2 billion purchase of the…
Category: Talent Acquisition
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Sponsored by Workopolis: Job seekers are not the only ones trying to make an impression during a job interview. Hiring managers and recruiters are also on the spot, and without realizing it, you might be turning off talented candidates. Have you noticed people turning down job offers or second interviews? You might be making some very…
High-quality talent is hard to come by. If you’re lucky enough to have two equally qualified candidates competing for the same role, you’ll need to act fast if you’re going to secure your top choice. Before you begin to look at new ways to assess your final two candidates, it’s helpful to explore new data…
For companies with diverse global footprints, attracting and retaining the right kind of talent at each location can be a tricky problem to tackle. Imagine trying to strategically plan and execute an employer brand for the world’s largest travel and tourism company with 67,000 employees and 1,600 travel agencies around the world. How do you…
Employee engagement is a workplace philosophy which aims to make employees focused, motivated, and happy, rather than just treating them as expendable worker drones. The principle is that by improving work conditions and prioritizing staff happiness, employees will be more committed to their job and therefore become higher performers. This means a business runs more…
Daniel can’t concentrate on what his daughter is saying. He’s frantically trying to recall the commitment he made to a now-angry customer. “Is this a right angle?” his daughter asks as she works on her geometry homework. But she doesn’t expect a reply. She’s used to a dad who’s not really there. She puts away…
Sponsored by Mighty Recruiter HR transformation is always an exciting undertaking for an HR team in a growing SMB, and recruiters are now joining in the action. In the previous decade, HR transformation focused on lining up the organization’s people, processes, and technology so as to create a rich employee experience. Recent advances in cloud…
With Google for Jobs and Google Hire, Google has formally staked their place in the recruitment industry and it looks like they’re here to stay. It’s one of the biggest bombshells to hit the recruitment space in recent times, so how big of an impact will they have? Will Google Hire revolutionize how small to medium-sized…
Sponsored by Workopolis: If done properly, performance reviews can be a fantastic way to boost employee engagement and productivity, both of which go a long way towards addressing retention issues. Of course, this is all easier said than done. Giving a performance review, especially for an under-performing employee, can be uncomfortable and challenging. It’s often,…