Job fair attendees generally fare better in their career search than non-attendees. Part of this could be self-selection: people who attend job fairs are more motivated to find jobs than people who do not. Still, the job fair remains an…
Recruiting
When the pandemic first hit, companies were forced to adapt to remote work on the fly. Odds are, you were so busy with the transition, updating policies fell by the wayside. But with a lot of remote work sticking around…
Historically, rulebreaking and rebelliousness were viewed as negatives - something HR professionals and CEOs avoided at all costs. Instead, it felt safer to value diplomacy and ‘yes men’ in order to keep everyone aligned towards the same goal. Speaking up,…
For big companies, the hiring process is often a major operation – sprawling HR departments with big budgets are responsible for finding, hiring and onboarding hundreds of new employees every year. This can seem daunting for small and medium-sized businesses…
When hiring managers set out to fill a vacancy, they’re often thinking of all the characteristics they’d like to identify in a new hire: hard-working, intelligent, capable of productive collaboration with other employees and so on. However, in their search…
10 best practices to use text messaging for recruiting top talent in 2021. Texting is an essential tool for recruiters, enabling faster, more efficient communication that helps the recruitment process go quickly and smoothly. It takes the right approach to…
Good companies can’t be built without good employees. Building an exceptional company takes special people who are also a strong fit with the employer. Yet staffing today is a monumental challenge for businesses in every industry, in part because of…
Many organizations are waking up to the fact that identity verification is not automatically happening as part of most commercial background checks. They’re also learning that identity verification often can’t simply be turned on with a flick of a switch.…
My company has been in existence for just over six years with a focus on helping employers recruit qualified and diverse early career talent. For the first several years, employers always came to us saying that their Diversity and Inclusion…
With the Covid-19 pandemic forcing people to work from home, including those responsible for recruitment, traditional in-office face-to-face interviews are now often replaced by video. But don’t let your guard down. The war for talent is still raging, and you…
As hiring ramps up, businesses would be wise to build their recruitment efforts around the safety of current employees, future employees, customers, their communities and their brand reputations. Here are some proven ideas you can use to adapt your hiring…
When considering job opportunities, job seekers always rank a prospective employer’s compensation and benefits as top decision factors. That makes your benefits package and practices a critical piece of your overall company brand. Producing a recruiting video (YouTube Video Builder…
Even if you’re not actively hiring right now, build and expand your talent community with great candidates so that you’re not starting from scratch when it’s time to bring back your team. With uncertainty in the job market, both employees…
Even at the corporate level, most private security departments are relatively small, and there is a high degree of movement between organizations. This is a highly-specialized field with a very specific skillset, and demonstrated private security experience and expertise is…
In the age of telecommuting and virtual interviews, it can be difficult to effectively get your message across or get to know someone through a computer screen. And thanks to the pandemic, many companies are being forced to woo talent…
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses to re-evaluate all aspects of how they conduct their daily activities. This is especially true with the hiring process which, since the invention of the office, has mostly depended on the old-fashioned handshake and…
