Between the new applicant tracking system you’ve purchased to augment the best facets of your recruitment department and the sourcing platform that has brought you some of the best talent you’ve seen in years, you can’t help but think there’s
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Creating Job Advertisements That Attract a Multi-Generational Workforce
THE INTERN Movie Trailer © 2015 – Warner Bros The most common conflict we see between the current generations in the workforce is actually one that isn’t new: the older generation thinks the younger generation isn’t fit to work. While
Continue readingLack of Confidence Is Killing Your Time to Hire
If you found a stellar candidate the same day your job was posted, would you hire them? Probably not, according to our recent survey of HR pros. When asked what they would do if they interviewed a candidate and got
Continue readingShould Diversity Hiring Become Extinct?
If you’ve had exposure to current events over the past few months, it’s no shock that equality is a major topic of conversation. I recently read an article by @KatrinaKibben which raised some interesting and insightful points about how the decision
Continue reading4 Companies Doing a Great Job of Promoting their Awesome Culture
We live in an age where digital relationships flourish perhaps more frequently than those IRL. (That’s code for “in real life” for those of you who may not be fluent in text speak.) Coming from the generation that bridges social
Continue readingAre We Having Trouble Hiring Because We’re Too Darn Picky?
In a recent survey of HR professionals conducted by us (Nexxt), we learned that HR Pros said that it is harder to find qualified candidates today than it was six months ago. Is it harder to find candidates because we’re
Continue readingHow to Hire for the One Position You Can’t Seem to Fill
In a candidate-driven market, finding the right people for the job can be hard. Up to 40% of employers report having a hard time filling positions. When you have empty seats at the office, you’re missing out on productivity and
Continue readingHow to Balance Your Workload & Hire at the Same Time
One of the most prominent small business trends in recent years is getting the hiring manager involved in the hiring process. It sounds obvious, but there was a time when hiring managers simply told recruiters to bring back the best
Continue readingBuilding the Best Job Advertisement in 3 Parts
The hardest part of posting a new job advertisement is building the description itself. You know what the job entails and you even have a perfect candidate in mind, but how do you make sure your job ad appeals to
Continue reading7 Ways to Attract Candidates Like a Silicon Valley Startup
It seems like every day I read a news story about a tech startup in Silicon Valley that receives millions of dollars in funding and given that I got my start at a startup (See what I did there?) I
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