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How to Support Your Remote Employees' Mental Health

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly half of American employees say they've had a mental illness. Another study also found additional mental health concerns with a 50% rise in depression and a 60% drop in focus in the workplace. While many workers were stressed over the pandemic, this is also when many employees started working remotely as well. While working...

What Remote Work Can Teach Us About Keeping In-Office Employees Engaged

Nearly a third of all workers would rather take a pay cut than return to their office. This tells us a couple of things. First, it turns out employees really enjoy working from home, which suggests companies have succeeded in creating positive experiences for their dispersed workers. Second, it reveals opportunities for organizations to reimagine how they approach in-office engagement, for...

3 Reasons Why Coaching Shouldn't Be Reserved for the C-Suite

As we start to navigate a post-pandemic world, businesses are asking, "How do we build winning teams that last?" As a population, we've just experienced perhaps the most transformative year of our lives. The pandemic has forced us to weather storms we never imagined. While it impacted all of us in different ways, the youngest generation has arguably borne the brunt of this tumultuous...

Do It Yourself: The HR Pro's Guide to No-Code Tools

If you chose a career in human resources, it's a safe bet you enjoy working with people more than working behind a screen. That's not to say there aren't plenty of tech-savvy HR folks who are thriving remotely during the pandemic, but by nature, the business lends itself to interaction. When it comes to designing processes that work for your department, having to wade through pages of code...

AI-Powered Recruitment: The Case for HR Efficiency

Talent acquisition teams are under increasing pressure to hire diverse, high-quality candidates, but existing traditional recruiting methods aren't effective, scalable, or sustainable. The latest advancements in artificial intelligence are transforming hiring practices and how candidates are sourced. How Startups Changed the HR Landscape with AI Finding and recruiting...

7 Effective Strategies to Make Your Hiring Manager Your Ally

Despite popular belief, hiring for a business is not easy, whether it's a startup or an established industry leader. One of the most challenging tasks on your talent acquisition agenda when trying to scale your enterprise is conducting an effective interview process and filling out different job openings at your company. As a recruiting professional, you must help your hiring team members...

The Three-Segment Workforce: Managing Risk and Reaping Rewards in a Workplace Combining In-Office, Remote, and Hybrid Workers

As vaccination efforts continue and the end of the pandemic appears — if faintly, for now — within view, company leaders have a lot of questions to answer about the post-COVID economy. For employees, the most prominent of all might be: office or remote? Major players have so far been split on the matter. For every Twitter going permanently remote, there's a JPMorgan planning an...

The Big Impacts of Leveraging AI & Machine Learning in Recruitment

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the ever-growing challenge of recruiting top talent? Are manual processes leaving you and your Human Resources team bogged down with tedious administrative tasks? If so, it's time to explore how AI and Machine Learning can be leveraged to expedite, simplify, and enhance your recruitment efforts. In this blog post, we'll dive into what AI is bringing to the...

Streamlining for Success: 4 Simple Tips to Make Any Company's Operations Smoother

Disorganized management can doom even the most cutting-edge company. As businesses begin to think realistically about post-pandemic operations, they must pay special attention to modernizing their workforce management practices. To create a more streamlined, effective approach to workforce management, it's important to first understand how your current operations are performing, both...

Top 10 Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover

On average, a healthy employee turnover rate shouldn't be over 18% for a business. If it's over that average, it could damage your business and cost you a lot of money in the long run. According to the latest reports, the average cost per hire for a non-executive employee in 2021 was $4,425. This was up for $4,129 two years ago. If you're hiring an executive-level employee, the average...

How to Create an Employer Value Proposition to Attract Top Talent

Today, nearly 90% of the US job market is candidate-driven. If you want to grow your business, you will need to do a lot more than merely offer compensatory leaves, cash rewards, or paid vacations to attract and retain top talent. For employers to stand out amongst their competitors and become a company of choice, talent acquisition leaders need to develop strategies that will help them...

Hire Better: 10 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips on Finding the Right Candidates, Fast

Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Today's Question: How do you develop effective, targeted hiring programs that turn up exactly the kinds of candidates you're looking for? These answers are provided by Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization composed of the world's most successful young...

Talent Communities Could Solve the Stresses of the Supply Chain

Since March 2020, the topic of supply chains has been hot, and one supply chain that's crucial to the world of HR is people. And the people that make up a company's talent pipeline are their supply chain! With an increase in people retiring, the prioritization of work-life balance, and surges in COVID-19 variants over the last two years, top talent is hard to find in the job...

Describing Your Weaknesses for Interviews

The interview question, 'Could you describe your weaknesses?' is, without a doubt, one of the most frequently asked yet challenging queries put forth by employers during an interview. This query can often stir a whirlpool of uncertainty and discomfort among interviewees. The Myth: Never Reveal Your True Weaknesses There is a prevailing assumption that to ace an interview; you should never...

Think Like a Candidate: How to Build Social Media Profiles That Attract Top Talent

Before a potential employee clicks "Apply" on your job ad, they're going to take some time to learn about your brand. And where will they start that digging? Social media. Your social media channels should reflect your company's culture, values, and ethics so that prospective candidates can see what you're all about. That way, people who share the same values as your brand will be more...

Create Professional Headshots With AI: Turn Photos into a Great Looking Headshot

Professional Headshots In the ever-competitive world of career progression and personal branding, a compelling headshot isn't just an optional extra—it's a necessity. It forms the first impression, an instant visual summary of your professional identity. The importance of a well-executed, professional headshot in establishing your personal brand, and standing out in a crowded marketplace...

Speak Up: How to Ask for What you Want Like a Boss

Speaking up in the workplace is a crucial leadership skill. Whether you're advocating for your opinions in a meeting, negotiating an offer with a candidate, or managing up, you have to know how to get your ideas heard and stand your ground with tact and professionalism. In other words, you have to be assertive. Assertiveness often gets a bad reputation, being equated to pushiness. But...

3 Strategies to Master Talent Team Retention

Job vacancies are higher than they have been in decades, and people are moving jobs at an unprecedented rate. This year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported its highest number of job openings at 10.9 million. It turns out it's the tip of the iceberg. In addition to losing good people, businesses are now also losing the people responsible for recruiting and hiring...

Should Employers Stalk Candidates on Social Media?

When a company is looking to employ someone new, it is common for the recruiter to stalk a candidate's social media. The question I'm posing today is whether or not this should be a common practice? The Harris survey discovered that 67% of recruiters employ social media platforms to research candidate profiles. The same survey found that 70% of people felt it was necessary to screen...

Sourcing Candidates: The 8 Most Important Best Practices

An organization needs the right talent to stay afloat and remain profitable. It is estimated that by the year 2030, there will be a significant global shortage of human talent of roughly 85 million people. Therefore, your hiring manager and recruiter need to learn the art of candidate sourcing to beat your competition in the race for talent. What Is Candidate Sourcing? Candidate...

9 Simple Yet Effective Social Media Recruiting Tactics That Can Take You Ahead Of Your Competitors

Did you know that nearly 92% of employers use social media for recruiting new talent today? Social media is playing a decisive role in recruiting. As a recruiter, you will benefit from directing your recruiting efforts on social media platforms. If you have yet to sort out an actionable social media plan that takes your recruiting results to the next level, you must start now. Keep reading...

3 Science-Backed Tips to Get More Out of Your Employee Referral Program

Employee referrals are a game-changer in the field of recruitment. What's not to love about higher-quality candidates, lower cost per hire, reduced employee turnover, and bonus goodwill with your current employees? And yet, while two-thirds of companies have referral programs, only 24 percent of employees are hired through referrals, according to a report from iCIMS. But that doesn't mean...

Can You Hire A-Players on a Budget?

Hiring A-players in the job market can make the difference between a stable business and a booming one. Unfortunately, such high-performing talent costs a lot of money, right? Not necessarily. Sure, it's easier to hire A-players when you have a huge hiring budget, but it's not impossible to do on the cheap. If you know what to look for, you can hire A-players even when money is tight....

Why You Should Invest in Artificial Intelligence Recruiting Software

According to Forbes, 84% of business leaders believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will help businesses have a competitive advantage in the future. However, only 24% of companies are actually utilizing AI in the hiring process. Some businesses may not be using AI technology because they don't have a place in their budget for the software. However, like any other tool you might use for...

How Employers Can Use Structured Interviews to Reduce Bias in Hiring

Talent acquisition is the lifeblood of every organization that hopes to achieve long-term growth and success. Yet, despite its importance, hiring rarely receives the same attention as other key business objectives. As a result, employers are sometimes left with numerous employees who aren't equipped to help them meet those objectives. The primary problem is that traditional hiring processes...

The Ultimate Guide to Acing High Volume Hiring

How many employees, on average, do you onboard every month? While there may be enough to hire one to five individuals, organizations may need to hire high-volume and double these quantities. This phrase describes the process of searching for lots of individuals at once. More than 40% of American workers are looking for work or intend to do so soon. When Should High-Volume Hiring Be...

Dig Deep: How to Find the Hidden Leadership Potential of Your Employees

Behind every great leader is a team of professionals who first saw their potential. Managers and executives don't suddenly gain leadership qualities when they become leaders. Rather, these traits and skills are within your employees at every level of the organization. The 4 Signs of Leadership Potential Certain indicators of leadership, like communication, confidence, and honesty, are easy...

Administrative Professional's Day: How to Hire an Administrative Assistant

According to BLS data, there were 3.3 million administrative professionals in the workforce. Because of how many of these jobs are out there, you may need to hire administrative assistants for your business. On this Administrative Professionals Day, we'll look at everything you need to know about hiring administrative assistants. It might sound straightforward, but it can be challenging...

5 Recruiting Hacks You Need to Know Now

According to the Recruiter Index, the job market is still very challenging, and recruiters are still busy. Some of the surveyed recruiters said they are working on filling an average of twenty-two positions each month. With how challenging the job market has been the past year, recruiters are looking for easy ways to try and snag the best talent. Thankfully, we have the best hacks...

Navigating Background Screening Compliance Amid Regional Disparities

With the rise of remote and hybrid work, many employers now have a greater talent pool to choose from. They can hire from (almost) anywhere. While this is a massive win for recruiting efforts, it impacts the background screening process significantly because most employers must comply with layers of different regional regulations. For instance, if an employer is headquartered in Pennsylvania,...

4 Steps to Get the Recruiting Job You Really Want

Recruiters can be candidates, too. Remember, finding a job you really want is hard! You're an extremely valuable premium product in the highly paid search industry. You're in demand! If you haven't changed jobs in a while, you might have forgotten what your best candidates know. Use these four steps to get the recruiting job you really want: Don't Submit to Job Boards...

How to Build a Hiring Process Based on Outcomes

Hiring and retaining employees is vital for maintaining a healthy and productive workforce. Still, companies also have to ensure that those employees are helping the organization achieve tangible business outcomes. This is why many organizations use pre-employment assessments to determine if prospective hires will be a good fit for their company's culture and how they will perform on the...

How to Handle Microaggressions in the Workplace

According to one survey, 60% of people said they had witnessed or almost witnessed a microaggression in the workplace. There's a good chance that you could be dealing with microaggressions at your workplace. However, this can destroy your company culture and employer brand and make it an uncomfortable place for your employees to work. If you want to know how to address...

8 Ways to Lighten Your HR Department's Load

Your HR department works hard. Maybe too hard. Business leaders often look to their HR teams to make work more efficient for the rest of the organization, but it's very likely that your HR department is itself crying out for ways to lighten its workload. You need to listen. Here are a few tips to help your HR department help the rest of your workforce: 1. Upgrade Your Payroll...

How Companies Can Use AI to Reduce Bias in Hiring

According to industry insight, if a company makes a wrong hire based on any unconscious biases, this can cost the company up to 75% of that new hire's annual salary. Thankfully, artificial intelligence (AI) can help companies reduce human bias to make hires based on skills and talents. Right now, 24% of companies say that they're using AI to acquire talent. But 84% of hiring managers...

4 Extraordinary Ways to Compete for the Best Talent in the Digital Age

The changing dynamics of the modern workforce make it necessary for a business to use digital tools to grab candidates' attention. Millennials form the most significant generation in the US workforce, with millennials and post-millennials making up around 40% of the labor force in 2017. Given their preference for technology, they will choose a company that incorporates digital...

5 Ways a Diverse Workforce Leads to Stronger Business Enterprises

When hiring top talent, businesses need to realize that the "verdict" on diversity was delivered long ago. Hiring individuals with different racial, gender, socioeconomic, religious, and other backgrounds creates a work environment that delivers far better results for the business and its customers. By focusing on diversity in the workplace, business enterprises can enjoy a wide range of...

How AI Can Actually Humanize the Candidate Experience

According to research by Forbes, 84% of business leaders believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the best way for businesses to acquire talent going forward. However, many people are still concerned that using this machine learning technology will dehumanize the recruiting process. But on the contrary, it can help human resources (HR) improve the hiring process and offer a...

The 7 Common Success Traps, Part 3: Measuring Success in the Wrong Way

The "seven common success traps" are the traps I've learned about over the course of my career working with clients and collaborators from some of America's top organizations, including Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companies. These traps are based on both my personal experience and the stories shared by my clients and collaborators. These success traps can and do happen to the best of us....

Need to Hire a Digital Marketing Manager? Here's What to Look for in a Candidate.

If you want to grow your online presence, you need a skilled digital marketing manager — but finding a great digital marketer is hard. There are many talented people in the job market, but few can execute the specific growth strategies you need to take your company to the next level. However, if you know what skills to look for, you can make your hunt a little easier. Here are the five...

Recruiters Get a Bad Rap — but Here's Why You're Actually One of Your Company's Most Valuable Assets

Recruiters don't always have the best reputations, and that can affect how recruiters see themselves. In fact, you've probably experienced it yourself: that mindset of "I'm just a recruiter — my role's not really that significant." But the truth is that yours is a position of power. You, as a recruiter, are a key player in your organization, big or small. Don't believe me? Here's...

The Hiring Manager's Guide to Recruiting for Investment Banks

Recruiting for investment banks can be a considerable responsibility for hiring managers. They have to consider several factors and credentials, but they also have to be fair and consider all competent candidates. Whether it is a simple job or requires a lot of expertise, the process can be quite extensive and time-consuming. However, the hiring process or the investment banking...

Top 7 Challenges in Recruiting IT Talent

Recruiting top IT talent is a formidable task that comes with its own unique set of challenges. In an industry where competition for the best and brightest professionals is fierce, finding candidates with the perfect mix of skills and experience can be a daunting endeavor. However, with strategic approaches and adaptability, you can enhance your recruitment efforts and increase your chances...

How to Use Leadership Strengths and Strategies to Empower Your Employees

Today's competitive workplace demands dynamic leadership. Without it, businesses and their employees suffer because they are not operating at their fullest potential. Employees need to grow to realize their maximum output — and it's up to their leaders to empower them by recognizing their strengths. People development is where everyone wins. When employees feel empowered and supported,...

Top 5 Reasons Companies Should Focus on Talent Intelligence

Some research found that 22% of global organizations say that they made a bad hire due to a lack of talent intelligence information. A few bad hires here and there are inevitable, but using talent intelligence can help decrease the number of bad hires you have. But what is talent intelligence, and why should companies care about it? In the future, talent intelligence will be one of the...

Retaining Talent in a Virtual World: It Starts With Really Knowing Who Your Employees Are

Over the past year, employees everywhere have had to rapidly adjust to the demands of a virtual workplace. Of all the challenges employers have faced while transitioning from in-person to remote work — and potentially back again soon — one of the most glaring has been determining how to make smart and informed decisions related to talent development and employee support. In a KPMG...

Why You Should Consider Reskilling, Not Hiring

The Great Resignation continues to progress into 2022. Is it time for HR professionals to prioritize retaining current employees over hiring new talent? To slow down the Great Resignation in your organization, retrain employees and support their continuing education efforts to reinforce the workplace and preserve existing staff. A global study from McKinsey revealed that 87% of...

How to Successfully Implement a Hybrid Working Model

According to PwC research, 68% of executives think that employees need to be in an office at least three days a week to have a good company culture. While many workers still want to work remotely, a hybrid working model may be a good middle-ground option for some businesses and employees. However, after two years of working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies wonder...