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Recruiting IT Workers? Here’s What You Need to Know…
- January 22nd, 2013
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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
Evaluate and Select Your Recruiting Software in Six Easy Steps
- December 18th, 2012
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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
4 Ways to Avoid Failure in Your Recruiting Software Investment
- November 27th, 2012
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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
STEM Job Hot Spots: The Top Eight Areas
- November 26th, 2012
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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
Does Big Data Live Up to Its Hype?
- November 15th, 2012
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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
Go Behind the Scenes with CareerBuilder at HR Tech
- September 19th, 2012
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If you’re going to the 2012 HR Technology Conference & Exposition in Chicago next month…
…can I make a few small recommendations? Continue reading
Risky Business: Are Workers’ Technology Habits a Risk for Employers?
- August 22nd, 2012
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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
Big Data: An ‘Easy Button’ for Recruiting? Why It’s Not as Crazy as It Sounds
- July 25th, 2012
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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
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