While the stock market has been on a roller-coaster ride this year, the employment market has maintained a healthy trajectory. On average, 246,000 jobs are being created each month. While there’s a surge in hiring, recruiters aren’t any less discriminating
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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
Continue readingWhy can’t I apply to a job by tapping on my wrist?
The much awaited Apple Watch is out! At Nexxt, we don’t want to waste a second, so we’ve already started designing our Smartwatch Smartalerts. It may take a little while for technology and the market to catch up, but why
Continue readingA 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
Continue readingWant 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
Continue readingStop 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
Continue readingTop 10 Best Places to Hire Candidates
Sure it’s easy to say that the best places to hire candidates are in large metropolitan areas, but that’s not actually the case. You can to go where the candidates are eager and are ready to for their next opportunity.
Continue readingHire That Mustache!
Yes, it is Movember once again. That time when well-groomed, clean shaven males sprout Chevrons, Handlebars, and Fu Manchus. And when the typically hirsute take special care to shave their beards regularly, leaving only the region above the lip to
Continue readingNexxt Launches SmartMatch Technology to Improve Job Search Experience
Nexxt (formerly Beyond), The Career Network, today announced the launch of a new technology designed to match job seekers to available positions using an algorithm that learns from user habits. Appropriately called “SmartMatch,” this behavioral technology evolves as a person
Continue readingHard Skills or Soft Skills: What skills do you value most? [INFOGRAPHIC]
We surveyed more than 4,000 HR Pros and job seekers to learn what’s more important to them–hard skills or soft skills. Here’s what we learned:
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