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Transforming Your Talent Acquisition Technology Stack
Your talent acquisition technology stack is unique. Few, if any, other orgs have the same exact tools and platforms in their TA tech ecosystems that your business does. At the same time, there are two specific kinds of recruiting systems that can be found in the tech “infrastructures” of just about every top talent team…
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The Benefits of a Diverse Workforce for Employers
It should go without saying that we, the business community at large, should be well past the point of having to pitch the benefits of a diverse workforce to executives. (It is the 2020s, after all. And DEI is nothing new to C-suites worldwide.) Many companies have embraced diversity in the workplace. (That is, they’ve…
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Building a Strategic Hiring Plan for Your Business
Saying there are a million moving pieces to your strategic hiring plan is hyperbolic. However, it’s no exaggeration to say ongoing coordination and optimization are a must to maintain a well-oiled (read: predictable, repeatable, and scalable) hiring machine that converts high-quality candidates into high-performing employees who help your business grow. Though the U.S. and international…
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How Job Crafting Can Help You Retain Top-Performers
Employ’s Q1 2023 Quarterly Insights Report found more than half (52%) of job seekers cited career advancement as their main motivator behind their job search. However, there are other, similar motivating factors at play in their searches too. Lever’s recent Internal Mobility and Employee Retention Report found two in five professionals asked their managers for…
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8 Must-Track DEI Metrics for Your Organization
Having a concerted, coordinated strategy in place to ensure your company makes steady, ongoing progress in regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is great. Having a robust analytics solution that makes it easy for your business to assess its DEI efforts with and take action on related DEI initiatives, though, is equally important. In…
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Redefining What a “Purple Squirrel” Candidate Means
The concept of a “purple squirrel” — the ideal job candidate who checks every box on your hiring managers’ wishlist for new hires — can lead some talent acquisition pros to think the traits, skills, and experience levels of these prospects are must-have job requirements. In other words, any lead who doesn’t perfectly fits the…
