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Is your ATS misleading you?

Why Your ATS’s Candidate Referral Source Report May be Misleading You

You deserve a pat on the back. Your paid job board resources have done their job and delivered you thousands of qualified candidates over the last 12 months — candidates from which your company has made a ton of great hires. Continue reading

By in Referral Programs, Sourcing, Technology

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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

IT Help Needed

Recruiting IT Workers? Here’s What You Need to Know…

CareerBuilder’s annual job forecast reveals how employers plan to recruit and retain more IT workers in 2013.

In things-you-probably-already-knew news, a new survey reveals that IT professionals are in high demand this year. I know, right? I’ll give you a second to pick your jaws up from off the floor… Continue reading

By in Forecasts, Insights & Trends, Technology

Choosing an ATS

Evaluate and Select Your Recruiting Software in Six Easy Steps

Since the beginning of time (in software years, anyway), the general consensus has been that making a list of needs versus wants is the best way to start a new recruiting software and ATS vendor evaluation process —and I tend to agree. Continue reading

By in Technology

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4 Ways to Avoid Failure in Your Recruiting Software Investment

Congratulations! Your company has finally decided on a shiny new recruiting software vendor (also referred to as an Applicant Tracking System), and you’re implementing the new software in just a couple of short weeks. High-fives all around. The financial and time investment was significant, yes, but you feel good about your purchase and you’re excited about the fantastic results you’re sure to get. Continue reading

By in Technology

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STEM Job Hot Spots: The Top Eight Areas

Although the professional, scientific, and technical industry sector makes up only 6 percent of the U.S. workforce, it was responsible for 10 percent of national job growth from 2010 to 2012, illustrating our nation’s march toward a more technical, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) type workforce.  Continue reading

By in Talent Factor, Technology

Big Data Hype

Does Big Data Live Up to Its Hype?

If there was a business world equivalent of the Billboard Hot 100 list, “big data” would be setting a record for most consecutive weeks at the top of the charts.

The term big data has been used so heavily of late that it’s quickly starting to sound like a meaningless industry buzzword; however, if ERE’s Kevin Wheeler is to be believed, big data “may change everything about what we [as recruiters] do and how we do it.” But is big data really that powerful? Continue reading

By in Insights & Trends, Technology

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Go Behind the Scenes with CareerBuilder at HR Tech

If you’re going to the 2012 HR Technology Conference & Exposition in Chicago next month…

…can I make a few small recommendations? Continue reading

By in CareerBuilder Products, Technology, Trade Shows

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Risky Business: Are Workers’ Technology Habits a Risk for Employers?

Your company’s greatest security threat could be your own employees, a new CareerBuilder survey reveals.

While not every company has to worry about employees leaving iPhone prototypes at the local watering hole (if I had a quarter…), a new CareerBuilder survey about laptop security finds that many workers could be putting their companies at a security risk, thanks to unsecured laptops, shared passwords and opened links from unknown sources. Continue reading

By in Survey Results, Technology

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Big Data: An ‘Easy Button’ for Recruiting? Why It’s Not as Crazy as It Sounds

Wouldn’t it be nice to have an ‘easy button’ when it came to recruiting? A way to pinpoint exactly where the candidates you need are hiding? A litmus test to predict which candidates will be successful in your organization? A navigation device to show you where you need to focus your recruiting efforts and what message you need to send to bring in a better quantity and quality of applicants? Continue reading

By in Innovation, Technology, Trends

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