Tag: recruiters

branding

How to Create and Promote an Employer Brand to Attract Desirable Candidates

Although 60% of CEOs think that their employer brand lies solely with them, research also indicates that 69% of job applicants are more likely to apply to a job for employers that actively manage their employer brands. So, recruiters should be heavily involved with creating and managing their employer brand, too.

leadership

Recruiting Top Talent in an Age of Low Unemployment Rates

With the unemployment rate at less than 4%, jobseekers are currently in the driver’s seat and are being more selective with their potential job opportunities. And now, employers must turn to more passive candidates and look at long-term goals and strategies if they’re interested in acquiring top talent.

Is Conversational AI a Recruiting Revolution?

In a recent interview with Ankit Somani, cofounder of AllyO, we discussed how conversational artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the recruiting industry.

LinkedIn and the Power of ‘I’m Concerned’

In previous eras, certain factors of production have held relatively greater importance than others when it comes to contribution to a company’s success.

experience

The Candidate Experience Has Never Been More Important

In a 2017 Candidate Experience Study, conducted by CareerBuilder, 78% of candidates stated that their general candidate experience was an indication of how a company treated its people. We might ask when the “experience” starts. Is it when the candidate first applies for a job? Or, does it begin when the candidate has already gone […]

Google Hire Reconnects Recruiters with Former Applicants

The job market has changed fairly dramatically over the last several years, with the unemployment rate peaking at close to 10% in 2010 and then falling to just above 4% as of February 1, 2018. While this represents great news for job applicants, it creates a challenging scenario for many employers struggling to fill key […]

Can AI Discriminate? Recruiter Training

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly prevalent in many aspects of modern life, and it has many applications in the business world, as well. One area that AI has been utilized extensively in is the early phases of the recruitment process. Many businesses employ certain algorithms, or AI, to help narrow down the pool of […]

Do’s and Don’ts for Using Recruiters When Scouting Top Talent (Part 1)

Over the past decade or so, there’s been a significant rise in the number of recruiters for hire and the number of recruiting tools and platforms available online. And jobseekers and recruiters alike are overall becoming more comfortable with the entire job search, candidate search, and hiring process online.1