Bad news. It seems to be everywhere these days. At home and abroad, there are no shortage of scary, horrifying, discouraging stories. With all this negativity swirling around, it’s easy to get distracted and have trouble focusing on everyday things
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An Employer’s Guide to Hiring New Grads
While their fellow Millennials have been in the workforce for some time, younger Millennials are just graduating college and beginning their careers right now. So, what are they looking for in a job? It’s easy if you just put yourself
Continue readingHello, Is It Me You’re Looking For?
How many times did you check your phone this morning before you ever sat down at a computer? If you’re like most Americans, the answer is at least once (but probably more). According to a recent Deloitte study, 78% of
Continue readingEntitlement Knows No Age
Employee perks are getting pretty sweet at some companies – but that doesn’t mean their employees appreciate it. Recently a friend was venting to me about his coworker, who had spent the better part of the day complaining about missing
Continue readingJob Ads: Make Your First Sentence Count
Want to get more responses to your job ads? You can advertise in more places. If you are paying based on performance you can raise your bid. But, there is one thing you can do that doesn’t cost anything and
Continue readingNational Survey Finds Disconnect Between Employers and Job Seekers
Future Workplace, a research firm dedicated to rethinking and re-imagining the workplace, and Nexxt recently announced results of a national survey that found a disconnect between employers and job seekers. The “Active Job Seeker Dilemma” survey includes a national sample
Continue readingNexxt Hosts Webinar on How to Effectively Recruit Talent Globally
Chief Human Resources Officers and Global Heads of Recruitment are shifting their local recruiting budgets to focus on attracting international talent. Although global recruitment programs are a means to save time, money and administrative costs, they can create unique challenges.
Continue readingRecruiters Turn to Text Campaigns to Acquire Talent
[Excerpted from recruitingtrends] As a recruiter, you’ve tried the job boards and you’ve purchased some email campaigns, but you’re still not getting the volume of response you need to fill those open jobs. Now might be the time to consider
Continue readingWant to Hire Achievers? Avoid this Personality Type
We have now entered the time of year when most NFL teams’ seasons have ended and coaches are getting fired and hired. I couldn’t help but think, about how public this job search process is for them. True, it’s on
Continue readingYour Recruitment Program: Workers Around the World Could Make All the Difference
We often talk to recruiters and ask them in which industries they’re having challenges hiring and what it comes down to is they have challenges because they’re limiting their hires to just the United States. And sometimes going outside of
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