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The Best Recruiting Software for Remote Hiring
Picture this. You’re getting overwhelmed with open vacancies for jobs that need filling fast. You log into your ATS, but instead of the usual stack of CVs, each candidate is ranked from top to bottom in order of their job suitability. As you start to scan down the candidate shortlist you realise that your top […]
Diversity Training: 5 Alternatives to Bias Training
Attitudes to diversity are changing. #BlackLivesMatter is a movement, not a moment. And it’s put recruitment and recruiter bias firmly in the spotlight. Talent Acquisition leaders across the world are desperately seeking to ascertain whether their hiring practices are fair and inclusive. A range of diversity-friendly tools and training programs are here to help, but […]
Predictive Hiring Analytics: How to Use Them
Companies have a wealth of information about their employees. Most HR systems can easily capture performance data, retention data and employee engagement. This data lends itself well to using predictive analytics to hire people using statistical models instead of pure intuition. Collecting and organising data on job performance, staff retention and engagement of existing employees […]
How to Develop a Mass Hiring Recruitment Plan
It’s difficult enough to hire one new employee, so mass hiring can seem like a truly daunting task. Hiring at scale throws up some unique challenges. Effective workforce planning, efficient hiring processes and recruitment automation software all play their part. In this post, we give you the template to develop a mass hiring recruitment plan […]
Hiring Remotely: 9 Mistakes to Avoid
Fully remote hiring can be a strange concept at first. After all, who we choose to work with is an important decision, and we like to weigh important decisions carefully. We usually like to test drive our cars, view our homes and date our life partners, but with things moving online due to a global pandemic, […]
High Yield Ratio Recruitment: What is it?
Hiring can feel like a never-ending treadmill of ‘must-fill’ vacancies. Calculating your recruitment team’s yield ratio will help demonstrate the value you are adding to the organisation and help allocate your recruitment marketing budget more effectively. Yield ratios show the percentage of candidates that pass from one stage of the hiring process to another from […]
New Hire Checklist: The Complete Guide
Effective onboarding requires structured performance of a range of tasks. A new hire checklist is useful for ensuring that all new recruits undergo a consistent and first-class onboarding process. According to research, 20% of new hires quit within the first 45 days of employment, making candidate selection and new hire onboarding an issue for any […]
The 13 Areas of Diversity Every Recruiter Needs to Know
Diversity is often a buzzword many companies use to promote their recruitment campaigns and employer branding strategies. At the same time, the hunt for diversity, first and foremost, leans toward racial diversity. Many businesses believe they have diverse teams if they are diverse in the colour of people’s skin. Incorrect. Diversity does not stop at […]
Seasonal Hiring: 10 Tips to Hire Temporary Workers
Seasonal hiring usually presents multiple challenges for recruiters. How can we maintain a high quality of hire while hiring temporary workers on short-term contracts? Better still, how do we do this while simultaneously minimising hiring time and decreasing recruitment costs? These are just some of the issues we’ll explore in this article. We’ll discuss why […]