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November 17, 2015 Julie Shenkman

Hey Employers, The Number of People That Want to Work on Thanksgiving Will Shock You!

Go Ahead and Stay Open on Thanksgiving, Your Employees Don’t Care! Back in 2012 when big box stores announced that they would be opening on Thanksgiving to allow shoppers to get a jump on their holiday shopping, American workers

October 22, 2015 Julie Shenkman

Recruiters: The Machines Are Coming

Nexxt’s VP of Talent Solutions, Joe Stubblebine wrote this insightful article for Strategic HR Review on what’s in store for the recruitment industry as more and more talent acquisition tools become automated. [Excerpted from Strategic HR Review] Companies spend an

September 25, 2015 Julie Shenkman

HR Pros Outline The Attributes That Define A Quality Candidate

We often hear from job seekers that they are constantly getting conflicting job search advice and given that there are tons of resources out there, we’re not surprised. One of the most common complaints we hear is, “How am I

September 15, 2015 Nikki La Croce

Should 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

September 1, 2015 Nikki La Croce

4 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

August 18, 2015 Julie Shenkman

Are 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

May 27, 2015 Julie Shenkman

74% of HR Professionals Are Liars: They Claim That They Don’t Research Candidates On Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn

I have a friend who is the associate director of a summer camp and each year she and her colleagues need to hire about 150 employees from cooks to counselors to tennis instructors. She and I met for lunch and

March 5, 2015 Julie Shenkman

A New Study from Nexxt Reveals How Job Seekers Will Search for Jobs in 2015

Nexxt, recently surveyed over 4,000 job seekers across the country to better understand who would be searching for jobs in 2015. Highlights from the Study Include: Who is searching for jobs What they plan to do to improve their searches

February 23, 2015 Julie Shenkman

Want to Improve Your Applicant Pool? Then Improve Your Job Postings

Recruiting quality candidates all begins with a well written job posting. The purpose of a job posting in general is to attract the best applicants and deter those candidates that simply apply to EVERY job. HR pros that take the

February 21, 2015 Julie Shenkman

Stop Receiving Unqualified Resumes

With the Academy Awards approaching I’m trying to see as many nominated films as I can—so I recently saw “The Imitation Game”. If you’re not familiar with the (true) story, it takes place during WWII and it is the story