Recruitment Trends

July 21, 2016 Julie Shenkman

Job Seeker Said He Put Up a Billboard Because ‘Nothing Else Was Working’

We often hear from job seekers who are frustrated with traditional job search tactics and feel the need to take the road less traveled to stand out. We’ve heard about a lot of interesting gimmicks, like the girl who wanted

July 19, 2016 Gina Deveney

How to Focus on Recruiting in a World Gone Mad

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

July 14, 2016 James Kane

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

June 24, 2016 Julie Shenkman

SHRM 2016: Recap

So we just got back from the SHRM Annual Conference in Washington, DC and we just want to say, “Thank you!” to everyone that stopped by the Beyond (now Nexxt) booth. We had a great time in our nation’s capital

June 8, 2016 Gina Deveney

Hello, 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

June 1, 2016 Gina Deveney

Entitlement 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

May 23, 2016 Julie Shenkman

You’ll Be Shocked To Hear What Freelance Workers Are Demanding

Nexxt recently conducted a survey of more than 5,000 job seekers, which revealed that many are hesitant to pursue the growing number of independent contractor opportunities with on-demand companies, such as driving for Uber or performing jobs through TaskRabbit. The

May 4, 2016 Julie Shenkman

Crazy New Hiring Trend: Hiring Teams

Is it Insane or Brilliant? So…you’re in the market for a new job and so is your best friend and so is his co-worker. You all work in the same field in different capacities and you want to work together.

May 2, 2016 Joe Weinlick

Job 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

April 20, 2016 Julie Shenkman

National 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