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October 31, 2014 Ashley Sutphin
It’s not just important for job seekers to stay on top of trends in career websites—it’s important for employers to have an understanding of the most influential and attractive sites so they can know where to go to source talent or at least where to focus some of their attention in their overall recruitment strategy. […]
read moreOctober 31, 2014 Ashley Sutphin
The candidate personality test has been a longstanding part of the recruitment process at many companies. In fact, according to Forbes 89 of top Fortune 100 companies admit they use personality tests during the hiring process. One of the most popular and most commonly used of these tests is the Meyer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The […]
read moreOctober 23, 2014 Ashley Sutphin
The skills gap. One of the most pervasive problems companies report facing right now, which is quite a paradox, considering the unemployment situation. Let’s take a look at the numbers, as noted in a report from Career Builder entitled “The Shocking Truth About the Skills Gap:” Over ½ of the businesses that responded to the […]
read moreOctober 23, 2014 Ashley Sutphin
We’ve discussed women in the workforce quite a bit recently, and oftentimes our talent management posts align more closely with the headlines than we even initially realize. One example of this came earlier this month as the Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, made some comments about females in his organization caused a stir, to say the […]
read moreOctober 17, 2014 Ashley Sutphin
The candidate experience is no longer being overlooked by companies big and small. In the past the common conception was something along the lines of “why do we care about what the candidates think if we’re not hiring them?” With the rise of technology, pervasive interconnectedness, and social media, that idea has been turned on […]
read moreOctober 16, 2014 Ashley Sutphin
Social media can be a great recruiting tool—it’s inexpensive, accessible and can help you reach new and fresh talent you might not otherwise ever have access to. We often recommend utilizing social media in your own recruiting strategy, but it can also hold some pitfalls if it’s not approached the right way. When you make […]
read moreOctober 15, 2014 Sherman Morrison
As of May of this year, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions were near 7 billion or about 95.5% of global population. In the US, mobile subscriptions have topped 345.2 million with an overall population of 313.9 million, or a saturation rate of 110% (source). Smartphones now account for 65.2% of all mobile subscriptions in the US […]
read moreOctober 15, 2014 Sherman Morrison
We know the depressingly low percentage of employees that are truly engaged in their work. We also know that this lack of engagement results in costly turnover. That turnover drains as much as $5 trillion out of the US economy each year, making it one of the biggest costs in the American business world. A […]
read moreOctober 15, 2014 Ashley Sutphin
Maybe you’ve been convinced of the value of hiring interns. Perhaps it was because of our previous post, or maybe it was something you already realized. The question then becomes, how do you hire and manage interns in a way that’s going to benefit everyone? Hiring and managing interns is a unique proposition, and it’s […]
read moreOctober 15, 2014 Ashley Sutphin
Interns. The first thing this term probably brings to mind is having someone to grab you a cup of coffee or file paperwork. You probably don’t think of internship programs as having a tremendous amount of value to add to your organization, but that fault may lie less on your interns and more on your […]
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