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.
Want to Improve the Candidate Experience? Start with Communication
Employers have a lot on their plates, to say the least, as companies continue to deal with the fallout from COVID-19. From addressing employee health and safety concerns to navigating remote work, and ensuring business survival. Nevertheless, hiring goes on.
Amidst the chaos, however, it’s easy to let recruiting best practices slip.
Maybe you downsized your HR staff earlier this year, and you don’t have the resources to devote to strategic hiring. Or maybe you desperately need to get people in the door to keep your business afloat after reopening. Regardless of whether candidates check all the boxes.
In these cases, you might be able to get away with writing a shorter job ad, skipping the second round of interviews, or calling every reference an applicant provides. But there is no excuse to overlook delivering a positive candidate experience. Read more…
Strategy: Who’s Behind the Curtain of Your Recruiting Process?
Whenever organizations look to improve the candidate experience, they tend to focus on process. After all, inefficiencies in the recruiting process can lead to frustrations for everyone — recruiters, hiring managers, and applicants alike. I’ve even written about ways to improve the process at the functional level.
Focusing on the steps in the process is all well and good, but if you fail to consider the people shepherding this process, you’re missing out on some serious improvement potential. The people I’m referring to are, of course, the recruiters. Read more…
Must-Have Characteristics of a Good Recruiting Video
The world has evolved so much over the past years and modernized so swiftly that it is hard to believe the progress. The internet boom, the advent of social media, the use of Artificial intelligence, and significant technological advancements have made life so much easier.
In between the changes, the corporate world and organizations have also progressed in recruiting top candidates. Out of the many tactics present for recruitment, the use of recruiting videos has gained popularity. Videos are a great way to deliver the message you want in the ways you want.
But what does it take to make a good video that will attract talented candidates for the organization? Let us delve in and make the perfect video that will be both engaging and appealing. Read more…
Why Remote Work is the Best Opportunity for Diversity & Inclusion Yet
As someone who loves the comradery of office life, I almost hate to admit that I’ve learned a lot by working remotely. No doubt my employees would say the same. Together, we’ve learned that productivity doesn’t have to suffer with distance. We’ve learned to be accepting of interruptions during calls. We’ve learned that turning your camera on for team meetings boosts morale.
But, even beyond such obvious and practical considerations, I’ve learned something bigger: remote work opens the door to new and transformative opportunities. In fact, more specifically, it creates new opportunities for achieving diversity & inclusion goals—a top priority for nearly all companies today. Read more…
Creative And Innovative Appreciation Ideas For 2021
According to 2020 statistics from smallbiztrends, a full third of employees say they are minimally committed to their jobs. Several factors can explain this decline in productivity, including the global Covid-19 crisis.
However, 2021 brings new opportunities to rekindle employee engagement and get businesses back on track. Appreciation is a powerful tool in this regard, as it can reward employees for their hard work and motivate others to do the same.
But traditional recognition means won’t work — they are dated, old fashioned, and too predictable. Instead, try out these 15 innovative ideas for recognizing hard workers in your organization. Read more…
HR statistics and trends: Demystifying 2020
This year was a weird one. There’s no need to explain the reason — you already know why. However, apart from weird, it was also an interesting one. Let’s take a closer look at what actually happened and be mindful of what’s coming up. We present to you a selection of HR statistics and trends we gathered for 2020. Read more…
At the beginning of each year the recruitment pundits make their predictions as to the trends that will take place in the coming year. They are hoping to give recruiters a head-start in preparing and implementing new strategies. For the most part they are all interesting and informative.
