How to Interview Millennials Versus Gen X
Conducting effective interviews is essential to building the best team for your business. Failing to account for generational differences can lead to miscommunication and missed opportunities, whether that be a poor hire or the one that got away. Here are some factors and tips to keep in mind when interviewing Gen X and Millennial candidates. Stage in Life Gen X: [...]
Steps to Reduce the Time to Hire
Time to hire has been steadily increasing in recent years as unemployment rate reaching all time lows and job market still going strong. But you still want your open positions to be filled now and you want to hire the best candidates available? By following a few best practices, you can achieve both. Here are a few steps to reduce [...]
The Importance of Candidates’ Experience During the Hiring Process
When you seek someone for a job opening, it is easy to focus on the needs of your company. Reserve some time to think about your brand, however, and how that is reflected by your interview process. Social media is powerful and universal. It provides your candidates with an opportunity to complain, praise, or share information about your company. The [...]
Geofencing for Recruiting
Finding the Right Candidate In Your Own Backyard With in-depth surveys and search software, online recruitment made it easier than ever to find the perfect person to fill a position. The ideal person, however, often turned out to be out of your geographic area. Companies in Dallas were finding matches in Boston. Sure, that works for some companies. If you [...]
How to Improve Your Talent Acquisition Team Productivity
Finding and getting new talent is a challenging process under the best of circumstances. It’s even more difficult when the team responsible for recruiting talent is not operating at peak performance. Worse, your company cannot afford to have positions remain unfilled. How is this situation remedied? Some of the key aspects of improving talent acquisition include maximizing the efficiency of [...]
External Resources That Can Help You Find Talent Besides Job Boards
Finding and recruiting good talent is difficult, especially in a job market where unemployment is low. Finding qualified candidates requires more work and imagination than ever. That’s why the traditional methods, including job boards, are no longer adequate. The talent acquisition team for the company must use new techniques to find talent in non-traditional markets. The talent acquisition team must [...]