HR Roundup: Week of July 10, 2015
LA and Philadelphia are the Two Best American Cities to Find Young Talent Cities vary widely in terms of architecture, geography, climate, atmosphere–and talent. Cities like San Francisco and New York have high-demand for candidates recently out of college, but also a high supply. Not so with Philly and L.A., which have high supply but…
10 July 2015
HR Roundup: Week of August 7
What are the Global Recruitment Trends in 2015? An infographic by British recruitment firm Lucas Blake details the world in recruiting so far this year. In India, job boards account for 79 percent of quality hires, but in the Netherlands, it’s only 50 percent. Social media has made talent more accessible than ever, but that…
07 August 2015
HR Roundup: Week of August 28
The Talent Imperative: Four Strategies Smaller Companies Can Use to Attract and Retain Talent It’s a job-seeker’s market, and that’s only expected to get more pronounced in the coming years. With this talent shortage, how are small- and medium-sized businesses supposed to compete, especially with tiny HR departments? Smaller companies can offer more growth and…
28 August 2015
HR Roundup: Week of August 21
Thinking About High Performance: GPTW, Netflix and Amazon Amazon has been on everyone’s minds this week following the New York Times’ eye-opening investigation of their difficult work culture–80-hour work weeks, a lack of empathy for sick employees, employees sabotaging each other to save their own behinds. It’s easy to contrast Amazon with Netflix, which made…
21 August 2015
HR Roundup: Week of August 14
You’d Better Ask Somebody: Why Employee Referrals (Still) Matter in Hiring “Crowdsourcing” was just added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013. With reviews sites like Yelp, Glassdoor and TripAdvisor, it seems like the practice is ubiquitous today. But recruiters and hiring managers have been crowdsourcing forever, in the form of referrals. In fact, crowdsourcing…
14 August 2015
HR Roundup: Week of June 26, 2015
The Psychology of Hiring: Liking Someone Doesn’t Predict a Good Hire Hiring managers are human, and humans are prone to bias–both negative and positive. But you can put steps in place to make your assessment of candidates as objective as possible. source: ERE Media’s TLNT blog What to do When You Can’t Find Good Candidates…
26 June 2015
HR Roundup: Week of July 3, 2015
Recruiters: Don’t Risk Your Credibility Because You Hate Giving Bad News Unless you’re a sadist, it sucks to deliver bad news, right? But let’s face it, the vast majority of candidates in your pipeline aren’t going to get an offer. If a candidate in the interview stage reaches out to you for updates, give them…
03 July 2015
How to Write Good Job Descriptions that Attract Great Candidates
Here at Trakstar, we occasionally have clients ask us why they’re not getting the volume of applicants they’d anticipated for a certain opening. There can be any number of reasons–maybe the opening isn’t on certain job boards and should be; maybe it’s a hot job in an ultra-competitive market (say, iOS developer in San Francisco).…
22 July 2015
How to Successfully Recruit New College Graduates (Infographic)
New college graduates are eager to break into the job market. Learn some creative strategies to recruit the right ones for your firm, and then help these 20-somethings develop into high-quality employees. Showcase the company benefits package and other perks that enhance their lifestyle. Post jobs and employer branding content to the social media sites…
05 August 2015
How the World's Best Employer Brand Uses Social Media, Part II
This is a continuation of our interview with Alli Soule ( @allisoule ), employee and engagement training specialist with SAS . The data analytics company regularly appears on great places to work lists, not just in the U.S. but internationally. As part of SAS’s corporate social media team, which formed in 2014, Alli counsels employees…
25 August 2015
