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Hiring help: what kind do you need?

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Article by Liam Christie - Mar 02, 2023

Hey there, HR superheroes! Today, we're talking about one of the biggest headaches in the business world: finding the right person for the job. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack, except the haystack is filled with people who are lying about their qualifications. 

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Effective Talent Acquisition: How to Nail Job Descriptions & Screening

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Article by Liam Christie - Mar 02, 2023

Okay, so inflation is hotter than Ryan Gosling in a sauna right now, and it's messing with everything - including the job market. Everyone's fighting tooth and nail for top talent, but some companies are having a harder time than others. So, why is that?Reason 1: Dull Job AdsListen, if you want to...

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Passive Candidates without Search Firms

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Article by Mike Tastle - Jun 11, 2019

If you are using search firms for any hiring under executive level positions, you're doing it all wrong. Allow me to explain.

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Your Candidate Experience “Bill of Rights”

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Article by Alan Margulis - May 24, 2018

Implement these best practices to turn your best applicants into new hires, and the rest into your employer brand advocates.

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Directions to a More Efficient Recruiting Process

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Article by Alan Margulis - May 15, 2018

For years, the road map was the best possible navigational tool a driver could use. “What could be better than the intricate detail and astounding accuracy of a map, printed on a large piece of folded paper that fit neatly in a glove box?” Maps were terrific until you had to read one yourself while...

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Talent Experience Is the Key to Engaging and Retaining Millennials

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Article by Alan Margulis - May 09, 2018

 The strategies that worked to attract, recruit, engage, and retain Generation Xers are ineffective with Millennials. Major studies have revealed that this generation, which now represents the largest share of the US labor market, is highly divergent from preceding generations in its attitudes...

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The Business Case for a Talent Experience Platform

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Article by Alan Margulis - May 02, 2018

A talent experience platform accomplishes far more than centralizing the structure of talent acquisition and management. It is indispensable in driving effective, high ROI workforce management strategies.

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What Talent Experience Means and Why It Matters

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Article by Alan Margulis - Mar 15, 2018

For two decades, companies in the U.S. and around the world have been focusing on employee engagement as a means to improve talent acquisition and retention. Despite countless talent surveys and organizational research on this subject, global engagement scores have continued to remain at all-time...

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Fine Tune Your Recruiting Strategy to Target Top Performers

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Article by Alan Margulis - Nov 18, 2017

Recruitment strategy is a major factor in your organization’s success. For small and medium-sized businesses in particular, hourly front line talent is the company’s lifeblood. Yet many companies scrutinize their employees far more rigorously than their recruiting processes

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How To Avoid The 3 Most Common Hiring Mistakes

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Article by Alan Margulis - Oct 13, 2017

Sometimes hiring managers are so eager to fill open positions that they end up making mistakes that could lead to accidentally hiring the wrong person.

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