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Applicant Tracking System Upgrade: Why a modern platform matters

In today’s competitive job market, organizations are increasingly relying on applicant tracking systems (ATS) to streamline their recruitment processes and identify the best talent. However, as technology evolves and new solutions emerge, it becomes crucial for businesses to evaluate their current ATS and consider an upgrade or replacement when necessary. An ATS upgrade can offer significant benefits, including improved efficiencies, leveraging advanced technology capabilities, and reducing costs while maximizing value. In this article, we’ll explore these key reasons in detail, helping you understand when it’s time to make the switch. Enhancing Efficiency One of the primary reasons to consider replacing Read more

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Hiring Process Alignment: ATS for Strategic Success

The success of any organization relies heavily on its ability to attract, recruit, and retain top talent. However, the hiring process can often be complex and disconnected from an organization’s broader strategic objectives. To bridge this gap, companies are increasingly turning to applicant tracking platforms to implement and monitor alignment between their hiring process and strategic goals. In this article, we will explore how leveraging an applicant tracking platform can streamline the hiring process, enhance strategic alignment, and drive organizational success. The Importance of Hiring Process Alignment Before delving into the role of applicant tracking platforms, it’s crucial to recognize Read more

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Rethinking Talent Acquisition: The Case for Active Candidates

In the competitive landscape of modern recruitment, employers often default to focusing on passive candidates—individuals who are not actively seeking employment but may be open to new opportunities. However, as the dynamics of the job market evolve, it is crucial for employers to challenge this conventional approach and consider the benefits of actively pursuing candidates. This article explores why focusing on active candidates can be a more effective strategy from an employer’s perspective, highlighting the drawbacks of the passive candidate approach and emphasizing the potential for fresh energy and motivation that active candidates can bring to a role. Breaking Free Read more

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Top 5 Reasons You Have A Slow Hiring Process

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Are you on the hunt for your next great employee? If you’re like many other professionals, you’ve probably noticed a peculiar new development in the job hunting world: a tremendous s-l-o-w-d-o-w-n in the progress of finding a great applicant and offering him/her a job. What’s going on here? Below, we’ve outlined the top 5 reasons behind this slow hiring process for candidate selection. Check out the reasons why – and potential workarounds to the problems. 1. Narrowly Defined Needs In many ways it’s good for your team to be picky with your new hire. A well-defined job description helps in getting the Read more

10 Qualities Of A Good Recruiting System

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A modern recruiting system is a must-have for businesses that want to leverage the latest talent sourcing strategies and online recruiting tools in one user-friendly platform. There are so many internet job boards and social networks to tap into to find active and passive job candidates. The question is: How do you incorporate these resources without multiplying the work of your hiring teams? The answer: You need a good recruiting system. What makes a good recruiting system? How do you choose which system to buy? To help you explore the options out there, we’ve compiled a checklist of the 10 Read more

How to Hire When There Isn’t Enough Time

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Finding the right new employee can be a challenge, especially when you are under a time crunch. You need to find someone with the right skills and expertise, someone who fits within your team, and someone who will stay long enough to outweigh the costs of a new hire. Moreover, your team must know how to hire quickly under pressure without making a big mistake. How do you do all this without spending enormous amounts of time and resources? It all boils down to using the most effective tools and techniques to find, screen, interview and decide on your new Read more

How Modern Applicant Tracking Software Works

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In the January 2015 issue of HR Magazine, human resource expert Josh Bersin predicts that 2015 is the time for companies to move to cloud-based, modern applicant tracking software. Does your HR technology provide the features your company needs to compete? Why Choose Modern Applicant Tracking Software? It improves your hiring experience through speedy screening, effective interviewing, efficient decision-making, data-driven actions and a faster return on investment. 1. Speedy Screening The pace at which you screen your applicants is important for a number of reasons. If you take too long, you will lose talented candidates to your competition and you Read more

Hire Better With A Faster Job Offer Process

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How organized is your team when it comes to hiring? Do you have the job offer process in place to efficiently hire the talent you are seeking? A modern applicant tracking system can make your job offer process smooth, engaging and effective. It takes time to fill a vacant position with the right new employee. The US national average job vacancy varies greatly depending on the region, the industry and the size of the company. The average job vacancy duration for the largest US companies is 58 working days, according to the Dice-DFH Vacancy Duration Measure. Time is money and the Read more

What Does The Cost Of Hiring Really Mean

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Do you know your company’s total cost of hiring? Once you are aware of the breakdown of your company’s cost of hiring, you can evaluate how well your process is working, compare your costs to those of other companies, uncover where you are spending the most money and identify areas with room for improvement. When your recruiting is organized with the help of modern applicant tracking software, you can quickly have critical data at your fingertips, providing you the decision-making information you need to create the most effective hiring process for your company. Identify Your Cost of Hiring Hiring a new employee can cost you thousands Read more

How Effective Is Your Talent Sourcing Strategy

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How do you find talented new recruits to fill job openings in your company? Do you have a preferred sourcing strategy that you use above all else? The most effective way to find new talent is to have an employee sourcing strategy that leverages several channels at once. In particular, employee referrals and social media are seen by HR managers as the talent sourcing tools that lead to the best results. Here are a few sourcing strategy tips and methods to help you identify the best talent sources for your business. Effective Sourcing Strategy Tools 1. Employee Referrals Employee sourcing strategies have Read more

Interview Questions: Does Your Hiring Team Know What To Ask

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Interviews are stressful, and not just for the candidates. Interviewers need to make important decisions that affect your business. Here’s how to ensure your team is properly prepared to assess job candidates. Choose the right interview questions for the job. Ask the right types of questions. Listen and take notes. Be consistent in each interview. Evaluate interviews while they are fresh. Choose the right interview questions for the job To choose the right interview questions, you need to know a job’s key requirements. Take the time to create a job description and profile that clearly identifies the most important skills Read more

The Advantages Of Good Interview Planning

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You need to find a new employee. Before launching full speed ahead in recruitment, take the time for interview planning. A good hiring plan will help your growing business streamline the process to finding and hiring the employee that best suits your business. What’s in a plan? A good interview plan maps out each stage of the hiring process. First, identify the major milestones for before, during and after your interviews. You can then create a hiring workflow to help you streamline the process to fit the job and keep your recruitment process on track. Here are some things to Read more

Recruiting Best Practices For Long-Term Success

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While most growing companies and their management understand how important it is to find and retain the best talent, companies rarely spend enough time rooting out the core shortcomings of their hiring methods. They are slow to invest in recruiting best practices, and often fail to see good recruitment as a growth strategy that requires a long-term approach. Recruiting isn’t the first thing most people think of when they decide where the budget should go. And that’s a shame, because recruiting best practices can lead to a long future of successful hiring and corporate health. Too often, companies take an ad-hoc approach to Read more