The other day I was driving down the street and I saw a national pizza shop chain offering iPhones to new hires. I’ve seen signs in windows offering $500 to new hires. I was in a meeting with my boss
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Recruitment Solutions to Reach More Passive Candidates
We’re coming out of an unprecedented (yes, it’s overused, but there’s a reason for that, it’s a perfect way to describe the last 15 months) time, and now we’re in the new normal. And that new normal includes more passive
Continue readingHow Hiring Managers React to Candidates During and After Economic Downturns
The current US economy has been up and down this past year and it’s unclear how much or when the economy will fully recover, but with the CDC changing guidelines on masks, we seem to be on our way. This
Continue readingAre Job Seekers Ready to Get Back Out into the World?
It’s been more than a year since the world changed, but as we’re beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel, are job seekers and employers ready to get back out into the world? At Nexxt we’ve
Continue reading5 Out-of-the-Box Ideas to Reach Candidates
As a recruiter, you are always on the hunt for new ways to engage and attract candidates to work for your organization and attracting talent has always been challenging. Finding talent after the unexpected events of 2020? Well, that’s been
Continue readingWhy Job Postings Need to be Updated to Accommodate to the New Normal
Most jobs postings are miles long and include more information than the applicant needs to know at that moment, plus all the extras or fluff could be keeping great applicants from throwing their hats in the ring. So, how can
Continue readingHire More Failures to Have an Innovative Team
Innovation and failure are often bedfellows. Many of the great intentions and inventors of our times left behind a trail of failures in the path to their victory. One of the reasons for this is that you can only fail
Continue readingHow Confident Are Job Seekers About Finding a Job in 2021?
Despite an incredibly unpredictable 2020 where COVID-19 sent shock waves through the US economy, job seekers plan to search for jobs in 2021. While only 10% of job seekers said that finding a job in the new year would be
Continue readingEssential Questions to Ask When Recruiting Essential Workers
Just because 2020 is over doesn’t mean that the search for the essential worker is over. So long as people are waiting for their vaccine, and ordering groceries online, and driving through testing centers, we’re still going to need to
Continue readingGood on Paper: Employer Brand & The Candidate Experience
Recently, my blogging has been centered around a theme of New Year’s resolutions. But what comes after the New Year? Valentine’s Day. So, in the name of love, I pivot. I’m going to call back from not too far back
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