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5 Pre-Screening Questions Recruiters Must Ask

Employers estimate 60 percent of applicants are unqualified for their job postings, according to Oracle. Looking to weed out these unqualified applicants? Try asking pre-screening questions. When creating pre-screening questions, there are a few things to keep in mind. First, ask questions to which candidates can provide unique answers. For example, don't ask questions such as "Do you work...

How To Get Your Marketing Resume Noticed

Marketing can be a good field to get into. It offers both creativity and good compensation with the possibility to work in lots of different fields. The trick, though, is getting noticed when you submit your resume. Here are some good things you can do, as well as some bad things. Maybe it's best to take a look at the bad things you can do first. A Mashable article written by Mike Volpe,...

IBM Introduces Access to Predictive Analytics for Everyone

IBM has announced Watson Analytics, a natural language-based cognitive service that provides instant access to predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses. Watson Analytics is designed to make advanced and predictive analytics easy to acquire and use. The first release of Watson Analytics includes a freemium version of its cloud-based service designed to run on desktop and mobile...

Time to Fill Open Positions at Longest Duration Since 2001

The time to fill open positions has reached a national average of 25 days, the lengthiest job vacancy period in the 13 years covered by the DICE‐DFH Vacancy Duration Measure. The report found that, on average, it took 24.9 working days in June to post, source, and hire a new employee; more than nine days longer than it took in July 2009. Then, the average was 15.3 working days. This comes as...

So You Think You Have a Recruiting 'System'?—A Systems Theory Reality Check

There are two primary ways of getting things done that, as methods, we take pride in: our fabulous intuition and our equally fabulous "system". When asked, "How do you know what to do and how to get results?", we are most likely to say, "I work by intuition" or "I've got a system", just like any Kentucky Derby bettor who wins often enough to warrant being asked in the first place. Other...

PeopleStrategy Partners with Talent Guard to Provide Expanded Workforce Solutions

PeopleStrategy, Inc., a leading cloud based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, has announced a partnership with TalentGuard, a leading provider of talent management software for implementing high-impact talent practices. Under the agreement, PeopleStrategy will fully integrate the TalentGuard Talent Management suite into its eHCM product....

Is Having to Work into Old Age a Bad Thing?

State retirement ages are gradually climbing all over the world, largely as a result of aging populations and an increasingly challenging economic environment. The average U.S. retirement age has risen to 62 years of age, climbing by 3 years since 2010, when it was 59 years of age, according to this Gallup report from April 2014. What's especially interesting is that, while the average...

There's No Place Like Home — to Recruit

Improvements in technology have impacted the way the world works. In 2013, more than 60 percent of Americans reported working from home, and that number is only expected to grow. With tools like video interviewing, screen-sharing, digital conference calling, and virtual invoicing, as well as an ever-growing preference for digital documents among companies, a recruiter almost never needs to...

3 Ways an ATS Keeps You Legally Compliant

If there is one thing more frustrating than the time it takes to find and hire someone, it's ensuring legal compliance. However, with the right applicant tracking system, your company doesn't have to worry about paper trails leading to no man's land. Instead, they go to the right place and the right people. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations and the Office of...

Top One Percent of Highest-Paid Employees Account for Most Medical Costs

A single high-cost employee in the workforce can cost a business more than $100,000 each year according to a new study by Healthentic, a research firm that provides health analytics for businesses. The study documents just how expensive top-paid employees can be. "The fact that employers can save more than $110,000 by preventing just one high-cost member is pretty eye-opening and shows why...

Why LinkedIn is Making Hiring Managers Lazy

Have you ever heard the phrase, "the war for talent"? We work in a fast-paced global economy where increasing competition in the marketplace has made hiring the right candidate at the right time extremely challenging. More and more executive leaders are recognizing that finding and recruiting the right talent is the single most important element of a successful business. Adding to the...

Agilysys Provides WMx v6.0 to Improve Workforce Efficiency and Productivity

Agilysys, Inc., a leading provider of information technology and hospitality software and services, has announced the general availability of WMx v6.0, the latest version of the Agilysys Workforce Management Solution. The new version includes enhanced features and functionality that streamline operations and help ensure compliance with federal regulations. WMx is a comprehensive enterprise...

Bring Life to Your Career Page, Literally

As an in-house recruiter, you've sourced and searched your heart out to find candidates who will thrive in your company. Now, knowing you have the right candidates in mind, you creatively craft your initial email. It's complete with a personal introduction that relates to the recipient and an invitation to visit your career page to learn more about your company's job opportunities. As you...

Finding Your Way Through the Metrics Maze

The measurement and reporting of metrics might not exactly be a maze if you are simply relying on those provided by software such as an ATS, but the truly effective measurement and application of metrics entails more than clicking "Print". A special thank you goes out this month's Leadership Sponsor, Zoho Recruit. Please visit their site to understand how their quality services can...

The Cost of Career Burnout, and How to Handle It

Few things are universal: death, hunger, maybe love. Also: stress. Who among us hasn't felt stress? According to findings complied by the American Institute of Stress (AIS), the workplace is a significant source of stress for Americans: 80 percent of workers report feeling stress on the job, and half say they need help dealing with it. A quarter of American workers view their jobs as the NO....

Little Progress in Closing Gender Wage Gap, Says Policy Research Institute

According to an Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) fact sheet released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the gender wage ratio improved slightly from 76.5 percent in 2012 to 78.3 percent in 2013 and categorized by the Census Bureau statistically significant. Moreover, an IWPR analysis finds that, if current trends are projected forward, women will not receive equal pay until 2058. This date is...

Critical Listening: Case Studies, Catastrophes and Analysis of Customer Service Without It

Job ads and job descriptions frequently stress the importance of "critical thinking", but, less frequently or rarely, "critical listening". Yet, critical listening can be even more important in the spheres of consultation, customer service and many other interactive services (including text-based online tech-support chats), with listening construed either literally or as the consequence of...

The Best Screening Practices for Hiring an Assistant to Help You Soar in Your Work

With advances in technology constantly pushing us toward achieving greater speed and efficiency in work, it's now perhaps an all-too-common assumption that everything in business has to move at a faster pace in order to bear top-notch results and keep up with the rest of the world. But some endeavors simply cannot be rushed -- and one of those is hiring an assistant. To fly through hiring...

Oracle Purchases Front Porch Digital to Manage Large-Scale Rich Media Content

Oracle today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Front Porch Digital, a provider of content storage management solutions that help companies migrate, manage and monetize large-scale media assets. Front Porch Digital's big data technologies help enterprises handle their rapidly expanding volumes of digital media content, such as high definition films and TV shows, medical...

The Candidate Experience: 3 Reasons to Care

Most of the time, people talk about improving the candidate experience as if it requires hardly any effort. When it comes to the candidate experience, few understand the process, and even fewer find success with it. Not to purposely be the bearer of bad news or anything, but according to a MysteryApplicant.com infographic, just 5 percent of applicants rate their candidate experience as...

Most American Workers Acknowledge a Skills Gap but Say It Doesn't Apply to Them

According to the new Udemy Skills Gap Index, an independent survey by Udemy, 61 percent of Americans believe that the workforce suffers from a skills gap, but do not see themselves as part of the problem. The data revealed that, despite a perception among American workers that a skills gap exists, 95 percent consider themselves to be either qualified or overqualified for the positions that they...

Spotting Fake Resumes: You May Be Missing More Than You Think

Whether you think you are a pro at spotting lies on a resumé or you take every statement from a candidate at face value, it is becoming ever more difficult to detect the tricks used to embellish or falsify a resumé. To some extent, this is a result of the rise in websites (such as CareerExcuse.com and FakeResume.com) that make it simpler and quicker for job seekers to manipulate information...

Truven Health Analytics Launches Enhanced EMPAQ Health and Productivity Measurement Tool

Truven Health Analytics has announced a partnership with the National Business Group on Health to improve its Employer Measures of Productivity, Absence and Quality (EMPAQ) program. EMPAQ is an employer-developed program that provides standardized metrics to assist companies in evaluating their health and productivity programs, such as short-term disability, long-term disability, workers'...

Make Sure You Look Good Online – Not Just in Person

As job candidates, we spend lots of time primping ourselves for job interviews. Everything is ironed. No stains on the tie or skirt. All is in order. But many of us fail to see what we look like online. There's not a lot you can do the day of an interview to make your online job market presence stand out, but with a little planning you should be able to dilute the impact of embarrassing photos...

Claims for Unemployment Benefits Drop to Two-month Low

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits dipped last week to a two-month low, a sign the labor market continues to strengthen. Jobless claims decreased by 36,000 to 280,000 for the week ending September 13. Those already collecting unemployment benefits fell to a more than seven-year low. Companies are retaining workers as stronger household and corporate demand...

What Can Recruiters Do to Alleviate Employee Stress?

Corporate recruiters probably do not see themselves anywhere near the front line of employee stress management within a business. Rather, we think of stress management as one of the HR department's well-being functions. However, a recent study shows recruitment processes can materially impact organizational stress levels. Towers Watson's Global Benefits Attitude Survey of 22,000...

Mblast Launches Digital Lead Discovery and Scoring Solution as Data-as-a-Service

Mblast, provider of ranked and vetted customers, has introduced a digital lead discovery and scoring solution, in a data-as-a-service format, designed to integrate with any digital infrastructure. Mblast scans gathers profiles of a target audience to uncover potential customers with proprietary accuracy of intent and timing, and ranks them with a unique propensity score. Profiles are delivered to...

Your All-in-One Guide to Recruiting with Challenges

To recruit better, faster, and more effectively, recruiters need the ability to truly understand a candidate's skills and what motivates them before they are even brought into the team. Implementing challenges that provide candidates with real-life tasks or projects is a great way to uncover this information. Challenges offer a candidate the chance to do real work and prove their competency...

Giving Google-Style Perks to Your Small Company's Employees

To consumers, Google is famous for a lot: self-driving cars, an oddly contentious bit of headgear, and, of course, everyone's favorite search engine (sorry, Bing; even bigger sorry, Yahoo). But in the world of employment, Google is best known for its opulent company perks, including free on-site haircuts, game rooms, laundry facilities, and a subsidized massage service, among other luxuries....

The NGLCC Fosters Economic Empowerment for the LGBT Community

When we think of LGBT rights in America, marriage equality is the first issue to jump to mind – the topic that garners media attention, spurs protests (both for and against), and gets public figures in hot water. Despite marriage's prominence in the public discourse, it is not the only arena in which this historically oppressed group is currently gaining ground. LGBT people are fighting for...

Why Have Managerial Jobs Gone out of Fashion?

Employers can no longer take for granted that there will be a rich pipeline of talent waiting to succeed ambitious managers as they move further up the chain. You are probably thinking that the reason for these talent shortages in the management ladder is a result of the global war for talent that we regularly talk about. This is clearly part of the reason for these talent shortages, but it...

Spark Hire Reveals Top Social Recruiting Strategies in New Whitepaper

Spark Hire, a leading online video interviewing platform, has launched a whitepaper detailing how well social media and video interviewing technology work together for recruiting talent. The whitepaper, entitled 5 Ways to Combine Social Media and Video Interviewing, educates hiring professionals on how to best utilize these two technologies to make sure they are connecting with only the best...

Keep Calm and Recruit On: 9 Easy Steps

Recruiters have it rough. They really do: deadlines, hiring, keeping in touch with candidates, keeping clients/bosses happy. Even as I type this sentence, a to-do list weighs heavy on my brain. In fact, in 2013, 65 percent of workers cited their job as the significant source of their stress. Code Green, Level 1, I'm Feeling Like that Refrigerated Cucumber Being busy isn't a curse, and...

AICPA Survey Finds Business Execs More Favorable about Hiring

Business executives are more optimistic about a broad range of performance indicators for the coming year, which has led to a more favorable view on hiring, according to the third quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey. A majority of survey takers (51 percent) said their companies or organizations have the right number of employees. But nearly one in five companies now say they expect to hire new...

The Mathematics of Undervaluing and Overvaluing Job Candidates

Becoming over-excited or blasé about a specific job candidate or candidates in general can be professionally dangerous—especially if takes the form of being mistakenly unimpressed, based on some flawed math and other dubious mental processes. Because you've become blasé and not suitably impressed, the right candidate isn't recommended. Then there's the opposite scenario: When, because of...

Turning Public Speaking from a Phobia into a Career-Boosting Skill

For employees in a variety of industries and jobs, you will have to be able to engage in public speaking in a way that connects with an audience while conveying a precise message as succinctly as possible. Whether it is to speak about your product or present your business' objectives at a meeting or seminar, it is an inevitable part of professional life. For many people this can lead to...

The Conference Board ETI Shows Strong Increases in Employee Confidence in August

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI) showed a significant increase in August. The index currently stands at 121.29, up from 120.62 in July. This represents a 6.4 percent gain in the ETI compared to a year ago. "The strong increase in the Employment Trends Index in recent months signals robust job growth through the fall," said Gad Levanon, Director of Macroeconomic Research at...

The Best Apps for Recruiters

Recruiters already rely heavily on the Internet to find and connect with top talent in the job market. But did you know that online recruiting efforts don't have to stop at your laptop or desktop? If you're not using mobile and Web apps in your recruiting efforts, you're missing out on some surprisingly useful and convenient resources. Whether you want to find candidates, organize...

How to Evaluate a Candidate's Soft Skills

When evaluating a potential candidate, many recruiters look at quantifiable, hard skills above all else. While specific, technical skills are undoubtedly important, a candidate's soft skills are also a piece of the puzzle that could help determine whether they will be a good fit for an open position. A positive attitude, the ability to work well under pressure, adaptability, and organizational...

7 Key HR Trends You Can't Ignore

We can become so immersed in our HR and recruiting jobs and careers, that we can often forget to 'look out the window,' in a manner of speaking. We just plod or power on for months or even years at a time, faithfully dedicating ourselves to our HR careers, without realizing that the HR world has changed around us, meaning that the next time we look out, the world may be very different. We could...

5 Ways to Recruit from the Wizard of Oz

In case you weren't all aware, recruiting is a full time job -- as are employer branding, management, and being the hiring manager. If you attempt to do all of this while simultaneously growing your business and doing all the work that your prospective hires will be doing, you are already exhausted. And then someone tells you to start thinking about candidate experience. Sheesh. It's...

WANTED Launches Analytic Connector to Link Global Recruitment Data to Platforms

WANTED Technologies, a leading supplier of big data analytics for the human capital marketplace, has announced the release of its Analytics Connector to integrate WANTED data with applicant tracking systems (ATS). The Analytics Connector allows Recruiters and HR professionals to access WANTED's global hiring demand and supply information directly from their applicant tracking system via a...

Rallyteam Announces Employee Empowerment Platform for Professional Development

Startup Rallyteam has taken to TechCrunch Disrupt, a startup competition in held in San Francisco, to announce the release of its product into private beta. Rallyteam is a solution that organizations can offer their workforces to enhance career and skill growth. The cloud-based platform empowers employees to connect to internal work opportunities as part of their professional development. In...

Simply Hired Releases Employment Outlook, Shows Job Openings Increased in August

Simply Hired released its September 2014 U.S. Employment Outlook report, which found that nationwide job openings grew 4.52 percent month-over-month in August 2014. This is a significant jump from the 1.74 percent increase reported by Simply Hired for July 2014. In this same period, approximately four out of five industries posted gains, led by construction (18.05 percent) and military (12.61...

Spoiled by Success: a Diagnostic Career Guide to Spoilage Prevention, Prediction and Control

Becoming "spoiled by success", like the spoiling of a soup, can happen in more than one way, despite the intuitive clarity and seeming simplicity of the idea. Just as making sure too many cooks don't spoil the soup requires planning, insight, vigilance and smart decisions, preventing spoilage by too much, the wrong kind or the wrong mix of career success requires corresponding preventive,...

Gallup finds Global Self-employed Experience High Level of Subsistence Living

In a recent survey, Gallup surveyed more than 135,000 self-employed individuals from around the world, and found that, in many other nations, the self-employed exist barely above the poverty line. They are often poorly educated and work for themselves because the alternative would be starvation. "Eighteen percent of all adults worldwide — or 29 percent of the global workforce — reported...

3 Steps to Promoting Company Culture Online

For staffing professionals, it's sometimes easy to lose sight of company culture fit in the race to find the most skilled and qualified employees. New research, however, is showing that cultural fit is much more important than anyone might have considered. For small businesses, company culture can actually be a make-or-break factor in finding the right hire. According to statistics, 46...

Five Steps to Realigning HR with Organizational Performance

"On a basketball team, you have to have pretty good players, or you'll never win," Wayne Brockbank, a clinical professor of business at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. "But that group of midlevel players who work together as an integrated, effective team will almost always beat the team that has a bunch of individual superstars that do not work...