Using Social Media for Recruitment: Is Your Next Hire One Meme Away?

Did you know? 96% of employers use social media to hire talent 86% of job seekers use social media to search and apply for jobs 63% of job seekers look at social media for information about a company’s workplace diversity 65% of job seekers read at least 5 reviews about an employer before applying 75% of potential hires are not actively seeking jobs on job boards Social Media Recruiting-- an asset many companies know they should be using social media for, but are unsure where to be ...

Pool Tables & Snack Machines Are Out: Remote Working Is The #1 Perk Employees Want

Remember the days when in-office happy hours and pool tables were the coolest thing employers could offer? It’s 2022 and employers need to find new ways to attract and retain workers in a post-pandemic world. Today, the comfort and convenience of working from home - wearing sweatpants all day and avoiding long commutes - is the top benefit employees value most. The Covid-19 pandemic showed us that many jobs can be performed from home, and employees aren’t ready to go back into the office. Before Covid (B ...

Managing Your Employer Brand During The Pandemic

  As we approach one year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s time for companies to do some self-reflection. Did you do everything you could to help your employees and customers during the time of crisis? How will your employer brand reputation be remembered once all of this has passed?   Employer branding has always been an integral part of recruitment marketing but the current pandemic has shone a light even further on the role branding plays in candidates’ choice of workplace. Typically ...

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SCG Trendwatch: Recruitment Industry Insights – March 2020 “COVID-19 Crisis Edition”

Welcome to your monthly round-up for busy HR professionals. Each month, we share the latest news, strategies, tools and trends affecting the recruitment landscape. Check in each month for the latest updates from all over the web. Coronavirus: How Employers Around the Globe Are Responding Companies are scrambling to respond as the coronavirus, which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19, spreads around the world. During a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) webcast March 10, an official with t ...

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SCG Trendwatch: Recruitment Industry News & Insights – January 2020

Welcome to your monthly round-up for busy HR professionals. Each month, we share the latest news, strategies, tools and trends affecting the recruitment landscape. Check in each month for the latest updates from all over the web. 20 HR Metrics You Need to Track in 2020 Over half of HR functions across the world already have analytics capabilities, and this number is expected to grow even further in 2020. But analytics must rest on a robust foundation of data and the right HR metrics. Find out which HR me ...

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SCG Trendwatch: Recruitment Industry News & Insights – November 2019

Welcome to your monthly round-up for busy HR professionals. Each month, we share the latest news, strategies, tools and trends affecting the recruitment landscape. Check in each month for the latest updates from all over the web. Top Recruitment Thought Leaders You Must Follow in 2019 Recruitment industry has seen dynamic changes in the last few years, recruitment professionals adopting innovative recruitment strategies and methods to ensure successful sourcing and hiring. If you are looking for new inp ...

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SCG Trendwatch: Recruitment Industry News & Insights – September 2019

Welcome to your monthly round-up for busy HR professionals. Each month, we share the latest news, strategies, tools and trends affecting the recruitment landscape. Check-in each month for the latest updates from all over the web. Top ATS Systems used by the Fortune 500 in 2019 (Workday beats Taleo) Workday is the #1 ATS system used by Fortune 500 companies, narrowly beating Taleo.  That’s what we found after a review of the 476 Fortune 500 companies that show their applicant tracking system on their publi ...

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SCG Trendwatch: Recruitment Industry News & Insights – July 2019

Welcome to your monthly round-up for busy HR professionals. Each month, we share the latest news, strategies, tools and trends affecting the recruitment landscape. Check in each month for the latest updates from all over the web.   Indeed announces acquisition of automated recruitment technology platform ClickIQ. Indeed, the world’s #1 job site, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire ClickIQ, an automated job advertising technology platform, based in the UK.  Read more... Tech startup ...

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SCG Trendwatch: Recruitment Industry News & Insights – June 2019

Welcome to your monthly recruitment advertising round-up for busy HR professionals. Each month, we share the latest news, strategies, tools and trends affecting the recruitment landscape. Check in each month for the latest updates from all over the web. Tech’s jobless rate dips to 1.3%, lowest since Q1 2000 Although job gains were lackluster across most industries, including normally strong sectors like construction, tech jobs continue to show growth in an uncertain economy, partly because nearly every in ...

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SCG Trendwatch: Recruitment Industry News & Insights – April 2019

Welcome to your monthly round-up for busy Human Resource professionals. Each month, we share the latest news, strategies, tools and recruitment trends affecting the recruitment landscape. Check in each month for the latest updates from all over the web.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TextRecruit launches Virtual Career Fairs. https://www.ere.net/textrecruit-virtual-job-fairs/ ---------------------- ...