Talent Acquisition

    The Importance of Diversity in the Workplace
    Doug Crawford, job-applications.com
    Hiring people of different races, genders, and sexual orientations brings several advantages to a workplace. Although there are laws that prevent discrimination based on those differences, it takes effort to diversify a company and cultivate a welcoming environment. A diverse workforce can help a company succeed in new ways. That’s why more corporations and more are making strong commitments to diversifying. In 2011, Forbes Magazine surveyed hundreds of executives and discovered that nearly all...
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    5 Ways Video Can Be Your HR Recruiting Star
    Terry Tateossian
    Athlete recruiting is big—and sensational—business. Top high school athletes are escorted to gymnasiums, their names projected out over loudspeakers as music bombastically sweeps the stadium air. Mascots pop in and dance, famous resident athletes bless the scene, dinner and swag follow.  The experience of onboarding is critical for snagging the...
    5 great ways video is helping HR recruit and retain
    Terry Tateossian
    Recruiting and retaining talent is tough work, and existing strategies seem to get lost in either the barrage of attention-seeking media before hiring or the tug of KPIs that starts right after hiring. As a result, the Talent Economy states, “Outside of traditional hiring, companies need to consider more creative,...
    New Organization Development & Change Management SIG Event
    Join the with OD & Change SIG at their IBM offices on the topic of Closing the Skill Gap on Nov 20. 630 to 8:30. It will be a workforce management / talent focused event discussing how AI and automation is changing the HR landscape. Address: Noyes Room, 51 Astor Place,...
    Curiosity: it’s the magic behind an exceptional #hiring effort
    Laura Mazzullo
    People are often asking me how they can hire better. They want to improve their employer brand, their candidate experience and their quality of hires. They are eager to learn! The curious have a much easier time of hiring. However, a few hiring managers don’t realize that hiring is a...
    Why You Should Interview People Who Turn Down a Job with Your Company
    Author: Ben Dattner -- Successfully competing for top talent involves both selling jobs to the best candidates and retaining the highest performing incumbents. In order to be seen as an employer of choice with a compelling value proposition for employees, many companies measure turnover and conduct exit interviews with departing employees to gather...
    You’ve hired someone! Now what??
    Laura Mazzullo
    Author: Laura Mazzullo -- We can all agree that hiring top HR talent continues to prove to be a difficult process, and we feel a great sense of joy and accomplishment when the right person has been identified and hired! All involved parties (Recruitment, Hiring Manager and Candidate) feel an exciting state...
    5 Questions to ask yourself before Hiring!
    Author: Laura Mazzullo -- Hiring in the HR space continues to get harder, as talent continues to remain well-retained, highly engaged and content in their current work environment. To entice talent to interview with your organization, to excite them to join your organization, and to ensure it is the right...
    3 reasons you NEED to hire someone for your HR team (sooner than later!)
    Author: Laura Mazzullo -- I see this scenario too often in hiring:An HR leader opens a role on their HR team.They have the headcount, the budget, they are ready to hire! They believe they have clarified what they need/want to find in their ideal candidate, and how the responsibilities of the role...
    Lack of clarity? Your biggest obstacle.
    Author: Laura Mazzullo -- One of the ways to measure success in recruitment is to ensure we are placing talent in roles that align with their goals, and that we’re providing hiring managers with the talent they are seeking. The biggest obstacle to doing this well: lack of clarity. Think about...
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