Here’s a pretty stunning statistic that tells you all you need to know about the state of candidate experience today. It’s this: Only 2 percent of companies “are communicating the status of a candidate’s application throughout the entire duration of…
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What Do Job Candidates Want Most? Glassdoor Has the Answer and It’s Pretty Simple
What do candidates want most? It’s actually pretty simple, as Glassdoor’s latest survey of job seekers found. Yet, simple or not, it’s remarkable how so many organizations can’t seem to get it right. According to Glassdoor, it all comes down…
The Top 8 Reasons to Refocus on Employee Referrals During Low Unemployment
Employee referral programs should be producing 50 percent of all of your hires because they are the most powerful corporate recruiting tool by far. Over many years, data has revealed that scientifically designed corporate employee referral programs, compared to all…
How Not to Write a Job Posting
Seventh Circuit Holds That the ADEA Also Covers Job Applicants, Not Just Employees Employers should keep an eye on a case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit holding that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act covers…
Like With Dating and Shopping, Job Seekers Are Being Deluged With Choices
Consumers can get overwhelmed with choices, whether it’s on a dating app or a toothpaste aisle. And, so can job seekers, especially with more of those choices being pushed at them daily. Shannon Marie Gaydos, Boeing’s senior global talent strategist,…
10 Tips for Starting Your Own Technology Staffing Company
I’ve worked as a recruiter for J. Jill, SAP, and then started the boutique recruiting firm Boston Tech Talent, and offer you up these suggestions if you’re thinking about going out on your own. I don’t recommend starting a staffing company…
eQuest Adds Facebook to Its Blast! Network Job Distribution Service
I don’t talk about eQuest much. It’s old. It’s boring. It does the dirty job of compliance and distribution while the recruitment world focuses on sexy tech like chatbots and messaging. It’s the low-risk stock that returns 5 percent year-in,…
Longtime CareerBuilder CEO Matt Ferguson Replaced By President and COO Irina Novoselsky
For 14 years, Matt Ferguson led CareerBuilder. As of today, however, his time as CEO is over. In a release, former president and COO Irina Novoselsky will take over as CEO. Ferguson will be relegated to executive chairman, effective today. Novoselsky…
4 Things We Should Change in the Hiring Process: Cover Letters, Interview Follow-up, and Salary Transparency
Recently, a Reddit user asked fellow users on the platform, “What social custom needs to be retired?” Many of the top answers pertained to work and jobs. Let’s take a look at four of those discussions. The Cover Letter The…
Recruitology Inks Partnership with Tribune Publishing (Formerly Tronc)
Recruitology has scored a big win in the race to partner with newspaper publishers. Announced last week, Chicago-based Tribune Publishing, owner of the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, and the San Diego Union Tribune, will have…
Envisioning a Blockchain Future for Recruiting
The road ahead will be paved by blockchains. Great things will happen. Like what? Patience, wait for the revolution. When is it coming? Soon. We’ve seen this movie before. A technology emerges in another industry and the recruiting world becomes…
Monster Teases Mysterious iPhone App
Meet Monster Studios, whatever the hell that is. The app is currently live in the AppStore to download, but the sign-up button doesn’t work yet. “You’ll hear more about that at HR Tech,” is all Kate Rambo, director of PR…
New Screenshots Show Just How Serious Google is About Job Search
Still think Google’s not all that serious about job search? Check out the following screenshot. Yep, Google looks like it’s testing the option to provide job-search recommendations directly from its homepage. Clicking on any of the links above, circled in…
CareerBuilder Slashing Office Space, Moving Out of Downtown Chicago Digs
While competitors like Indeed and ZipRecruiter are busy adding space, CareerBuilder is movin’ on out. Crain’s Chicago Business is citing sources close to negotiations that the Chicago-based job board is leaving its long-time downtown home and going west. According to…
Dice Parent Company Reports Quarterly Earnings, Misses on Revenue
The news for DHI Group — parent company to Dice, ClearanceJobs, and eFinancial Careers — for the second quarter last week was split. Earnings per share of 5 cents were in line with estimates, but revenue of $39.7 million, a 2.3 percent…
Here Are The Unhappiest Cities to Work in the U.S., According to Kununu
Glassdoor-wannabe Kununu has released its happiest and unhappiest places to work in the U.S. Here are the winners and losers. Happiest Cities to Work Fresno, California. Sacramento Louisville Los Angeles Omaha Boston Raleigh Wichita, Kansas. Miami Minneapolis Unhappiest Cities to…
Indeed Launching 4 New Ads This Week
Here are four new commercials Indeed is dropping this week. “The Box” “The Dream” “The Wish” “The Drop” These new series of ads, which the company refers to as “Stories,” aim to build upon what it says is the resilience shown…
Dice Exiting Europe
Director of corporate communications at DHI Rachel Ceccarelli has confirmed the company’s tech job board, Dice, will be exiting Europe this summer. Dice sites in the UK and Germany will officially be closing on August 31, 2018. No other European countries or regions…
What You Need to Know Before Hiring a Candidate With a Master’s Degree
Students from the undergraduate class of 2018 are now either transitioning into the workforce or are on their way to grad school to continue their education in hopes of better job prospects, more money, or simply a delay in the…
The Top 5 Factors That Make Job Seekers More Likely to Apply
What are the big things that job seekers are looking for in their next job? You probably have a good idea — a better salary and job title, more opportunity, and perhaps, better benefits or more work/life balance — and…