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Project! Give Your Job Postings the Teen Movie Makeover Treatment

Are candidates saying “whatever” to your job postings? Fear not, because if coming-of-age teen films like The Breakfast Club, She’s All That or Clueless have taught the world anything, it’s that sometimes the smallest adjustments can have the most jaw-dropping, “can-you-believe-this-it’s-not-butter?” effects. Continue reading

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Are You Down With RPP? New Tool Reveals Effectiveness of Your Job Ads

Somewhere on the list of questions like “OMG, are Kate and Prince William having TWINS?!?” and “Will Facebook ever add a ‘dislike’ button?” is that other great mystery of our time (at least those of us who use job boards to recruit): “Are my job postings as effective as they could be?”

While time will tell on the first two questions, the wait is over for the last one, thanks to a new offering from CareerBuilder, which utilizes big data to help employers assess the impact of their job postings.  Continue reading

By in Free Tools You Can Use, Job Postings, Technology

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7 Habits of Highly Effective Job Postings

It’s official: job boards are still among the top resources for job seekers. According to the companies surveyed in the latest Career Xroads study, 20.1 percent of their external new hires credited the job boards with their finding the job posting. Continue reading

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Do This, Not That: 8 Job Posting Tips for Better Candidates

“We want an ad so compelling that makes someone say, ‘That seems like a cool company. I want to check that out.’” – Jay Goltz

While discussing ways companies can bring in better quality candidates and eliminate hiring mistakes during his recent webinar, Hire With Purpose, small business expert Jay Goltz suggested companies pay more attention to the content of their job postings. Continue reading

By in Emerging Media, Job Postings, Sourcing, Talent Acquisition, Video, Webinars

Jay Goltz

Hire With Purpose: Q&A With Small Business Expert Jay Goltz

“I’m not looking for great storytellers. I want to figure out what makes people tick and how they operate on the job.” – Jay Goltz

In the following Q&A, small business expert Jay Goltz draws from his experience as an entrepreneur to discuss the lessons he’s learned – often the hard way – about what it really takes to hire and retain the best people to run a successful business (or, in his case, five). Continue reading

By in Interviewing, Job Postings, Selection, Small Business, Talent Acquisition, Webinars

Will job seekers buy from you?

Your Open Position as a Consumer Product: Do Job Seekers Want to Buy From You?

Have you ever compared the experience job seekers go through when searching for a job to the experience you go through when, say, buying a car? Believe it or not, the two experiences are more closely linked than you may realize. Continue reading

By in Economy, Emerging Media, Employee Engagement, Insights & Trends, Interviewing, Job Postings, Retention, Selection, Social Media, Sourcing, Survey Results, Talent Acquisition

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What the Heck are Niche Job Sites – and Why Should You Care?

What’s Niche?

Let’s start with the word “niche.” What does it mean? Is it something you snack on with cheese? (Example: “A little niche would really amplify the flavor of that Gouda.”) A compliment you give to nice fella who pointed out to you that you had stray toilet paper dangling off your stiletto heel? Continue reading

By in CareerBuilder Products, Generational Hiring, Job Postings, Talent Acquisition

Surprise For You

’Tis the Season: 7 Tips for Hiring Seasonal Workers

I know, I know…Walgreens only just started selling candy corn, so while it might seem premature to break out These Are Special Times just yet, it is time to start thinking about the winter holidays, at least in terms of hiring. Continue reading

By in Interviewing, Job Postings, Selection, Talent Acquisition

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7 Steps to Must-Read Job Postings

It may sound a little dramatic, but a well-crafted job posting can mean the difference between life and death finding mediocre candidates and finding extraordinary candidates.

Job postings that are easy-to-read, detailed and clear tend to generate better candidates, simply because candidates are more likely to read the posting in full (which, let’s face it, isn’t always the case) and recognize whether or not they’re truly qualified for the position. Continue reading

By in Employment Branding, Job Postings

RIP Job Boards

Don’t Believe the Rumors: Some Job Boards Still Alive and Well

Job boards are dying…at least if you believe some people.

The latest so-called evidence of this phenomenon is in this Wall Street Journal online article, which discusses how more companies today are enhancing their own Web sites in efforts to attract talent (a tactic I wholeheartedly agree with); but it also seems to imply that because of this, companies no longer have a need for job boards in their recruiting strategies.  Continue reading

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