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What’s the Role of Technology and Data in HR?

In the following Q&A, Jennifer Seith, CareerBuilder’s managing director of emerging technologies, sits down with… Continue reading

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New Tablet Experience Makes It Easier for Employers to Reach Mobile Job Seekers

Much like CDs, landlines and dining room tables, desktop computers are starting to become obsolete. Studies show that Americans are becoming increasingly more reliant on their mobile devices for things they once relied on desktops to provide – from news, entertainment and shopping to searching for jobs. Continue reading

By in CareerBuilder Products, Mobile, Technology

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Only One in Five Fortune 500 Companies are Mobile-Optimized

Despite the lightning-fast speed by which the mobile job search is growing, the vast majority of companies still do not have mobile-optimized career sites.

A recent CareerBuilder survey of the Fortune 500 reveals that only 99 of them had career sites with a mobile-optimized process to search for jobs.  Continue reading

By in Mobile, Survey Results, Talent Factor

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Is the Skills Gap Just a Scapegoat for Employers?

Is it high time for employers to stop being polite and start being real blaming a skills gap for their hiring struggles? For several months now, companies have been complaining about how they can’t find the right candidates to fill their open positions, blaming a labor market shortage of qualified applicants and skilled talent. Continue reading

By in Economy, Sourcing, Talent Acquisition

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Viral Infections: How to Overcome Bad Press on Social Media

It’s every employer’s nightmare: losing brand credibility – and potential business – virtually overnight, thanks to just one employee’s thoughtless social media post. Unfortunately- as evidenced by the latest social media snafu involving Taco Bell - it’s a very real risk in today’s social media-driven world. Continue reading

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The One Video You Need to See This Week: Will We All Be Wearing Our Technology Soon?

“Having technology around you, on you, inside you, 24/7 is going to become totally commonplace.” –Becky Stern, Adafruit

We’ve been wearing technology, in a sense, since the birth of the wristwatch — and we’ve seen wearable technology advance to become more and more integrated with our bodies and movements in inventions like Google Glass and Nike Fuelband, and even our smartphones. Continue reading

By in Technology, Trends, Video

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Hiring Managers

If Kermit the Frog thinks being green is hard, he should try being a hiring manager (amirite???).  Faced with the challenge of finding qualified candidates in a labor market where the demand often outweighs the supply, hiring managers don’t have it easy these days. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Sourcing, Talent Acquisition

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Lawyers’ Downfall: Why Is the Appeal of Law School Diminishing?

By Ioana Marinescu

According to the Law School Admissions Council, applications to law school were down 20 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, and down 38 percent if we take 2010 as the reference year. This is a very dramatic drop, and according to a recent New York Times article, this is likely to lead to the smallest graduating class since 1977. Continue reading

By in Industries, Sourcing, Supply & Demand, Trends

Surprise? Six of Today's Biggest Recruiting Myths

The Real Story Behind Six of Today’s Biggest Recruiting Myths

Is your organization ready to compete in this new era of talent management, or are you being held back by outdated or erroneous beliefs about what it takes to hire the right people? 

CareerBuilder recently partnered with the Human Capital Institute to uncover common misconceptions around both job seeker behavior and the ways in which employers attract and hire top performers, based on a 44-item survey of 358 HR professionals nationwide and follow-up interviews. Continue reading

By in Emerging Media, Insights & Trends, Talent Acquisition

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The Best Bits From the 2013 HCI Human Capital Summit

If you’re still lamenting the end of the 2013 HCI Human Capital Summit, you can dry those eyes and slowly take down your #hcsummitshrine: We’ve rounded up our favorite tips, quotes and ideas from the conference below:

    More power leads to less perspective. Continue reading

By in Emerging Media, Events, Insights & Trends

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Employers Pursuing Alternative Talent Pools for Hard-to-Fill Positions

Nearly half of employers (47 percent) say they usually or always hire candidates who have held the same job title as the position they’re hiring for, according to recent CareerBuilder study. While this approach may work well for employers looking to fill positions with worker surpluses, pursuing alternative talent pools may be the answer for in-demand roles. Continue reading

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