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 reading74% 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
Continue readingText Messaging Comes to the World of Job Boards
Centralized text recruiting platform TextRecruit and job board Beyond.com have announced a partnership that integrates text messaging directly into the recruitment process.
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 readingThe Much Maligned ATS: The Secret Weapon to Screening for Dedicated Talent?
Years ago, in those grim days after the .com bubble imploded, I worked with an insanely talented and dedicated head of engineering. One day the fire alarm in our building went off. While most people scurried to grab their phones
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 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 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:
Continue readingThe 50 EASIEST Places to Hire Employees
It’s easy to say that the best places to source candidates will be in the largest cities, but that’s not necessarily true. Some of the places on our list may surprise you. If you’re in the market to recruit candidates
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