recruiting

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 8, 2015 Julie Shenkman

HR Pros Have Spoken: Proofreading and Punctuality Matter

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

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

April 13, 2015 Joe Stubblebine

Text 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.

March 17, 2015 Joe Weinlick

Why 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

March 11, 2015 Joe Weinlick

The 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

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

November 10, 2014 Julie Shenkman

Top 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.

September 15, 2014 Julie Shenkman

Hard 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: