Talent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition in 2026: 5 Trends Every Recruiter Should Know

Category: Simplicant blog, Talent Acquisition

Talent acquisition in 2026 is entering a new era — one defined by intelligent automation, data-driven decisions, and shifting workforce expectations. According to Gartner, talent acquisition strategies in 2026 are being driven by AI and AI recruitment platforms, transforming nearly every aspect of how businesses operate while pushing organizations to reduce costs and improve efficiency. As technology reshapes the recruitment landscape, organizations are rethinking how they attract, assess, and retain talent in a more competitive and skills-constrained market. The focus is moving beyond filling roles to building adaptable, future-ready workforces Wondering which recruitment trends will shape the coming year — Read more

Candidate Sourcing Tips: 10 Ways To Find Top Talent

Category: Career Site, Fast Hiring, Modern Recruiting Software, Simplicant blog, Talent Acquisition, Talent Sourcing

Hiring and retaining top talent is as tough as it’s always been. Cultivating a company culture that attracts top talent is a practice the top 10 percent of US companies have in common and certainly one of the top candidate sourcing tips to keep in mind. Consider Southwest Airlines, which has recently received more than 50,000 applications for 500 available positions. Unfortunately, small businesses do not have much luck with traditional recruiting, thus they are required to use other recruitment means, such as trusted networks or job boards. Finding top talent can be a simple recruiting process as long as you Read more

How SMBs Can Switch To A Better Applicant Tracking Software

Category: Applicant Tracking Software, Recruitment System, Simplicant blog, Talent Acquisition

It’s time for your company to adopt a modern and better applicant tracking software. You’ve known it for a while and have heard the experts say it. Your old applicant tracking software just isn’t cutting it anymore and new technologies will help your company source better applicants, screen and interview more quickly and speed up the overall hiring process. In short: you know that your organization’s talent acquisition efforts can benefit a lot if you had a great recruiting system in place. Are you ready to make the leap but not quite sure how to assure a smooth transition? The Read more

Top 7 Tips For Making A Good Hiring Decision

Category: Hiring Collaboration, Interview Management, Recruiting, Simplicant blog, Smart Hiring, Talent Acquisition

Who you choose to hire makes a big difference to the success of your organization. A hiring decision can have a long legacy, so be sure to set the stage for success. Planning, preparation and more efficient processes will save your company in the long run. A bad hire can be a very expensive mistake! Here are seven tips to making a Good Hiring Decision when you are looking to bring the best talent on board and need to do it fast. 1. Know What You Want The first step to making a good hiring decision is to know what you Read more

Top 5 Reasons You Have A Slow Hiring Process

Category: Hiring Trends, Recruiting, Simplicant blog, Smart Hiring, Talent Acquisition

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

Hire Faster From Employees’ Social Media Networks

Category: Employee Referral, Hiring Collaboration, Recruiting Software, Simplicant blog, Social Recruiting, Talent Acquisition

Your co-workers have an average of 350 Facebook friends apiece. That might not seem like much to go on, as you search for your next great hire. But when you multiply it by only ten employees, that’s a potential reach of 3,500 prospects. Now factor in the fact that employee referrals constitute the number one source for both quality and quantity of new hires, and you’ve got a solid chance of recruiting success based on how you are able to leverage your employees’ social media networks. It’s one thing to know that the connections are out there, waiting for you, and Read more

What A Talent Acquisition Team Must Do To Win

Category: Applicant Tracking System, Employee Retention, Hiring Trends, Recruiting Software, Recruitment Management System, Simplicant blog, Talent Acquisition

Just like a soccer team works hard to maintain its formation and presses ahead with full force, a talent acquisition team must go all out these days to have a chance at winning – when competing for top talent. In Ruchi Dubey’s article, she mentioned several challenges and global phenomenon that are simultaneously happening across companies and nations. Recruiters must now face a very active and mobile talent pool along with emerging markets, fierce business competition, technological advances, and demographic changes. And if that wasn’t enough, employers must also look at issues regarding lack of relevant skills, retention and workplace satisfaction.  If last year Read more

Launch Digital Recruitment Strategy With 3 Tips

Category: candidate experience, Career Site, Employer Branding, Simplicant blog, Talent Acquisition

The task of finding top candidates to hire for their open positions is a constant pain point for companies looking to grow fast. An effective way for companies to tackle this challenge is to embrace and implement a digital recruitment strategy to deal with the rapidly changing world of talent acquisition. With the proliferation of digital means of communication, the best people your company seeks to hire are now able to identify and scout their potential employers way before recruiters even glance at their online profiles. This new breed of passive, yet interested, job-seekers have the means to quickly measure a company’s Read more

Online Recruitment Systems & Talent Acquisition In Digital Age

Category: Applicant Tracking Software, Recruiting Software, Recruitment Management System, Recruitment System, Simplicant blog, Social Recruiting, Talent Acquisition

If you are looking to hire top talent for your company, you already know how important it is (in the SURVIVOR spirit)  to ‘Outwit, Outlast and Outplay’ the competition and stay one step ahead by having up-to-date hiring standards and recruitment systems in place. Most job seekers rarely spend time sending resumes around – instead they rely a lot on applying online and through referrals. What you’ll see though are perfectly crafted online profiles ready for viewing anytime, anywhere. With just the click of a button, any candidate can now shop around for jobs while recruiters can easily browse through Read more

Great Talent: How To Find & Recognize Fast

Category: Applicant Tracking Software, Recruiting Software, Simplicant blog, Talent Acquisition, Talent Sourcing

Most growing businesses will have stories to tell about hiring decisions that went wrong in one way or another. Hiring mistakes can range from not targeting the right audience or lack of proper recruiting tools to bringing the wrong person on board for a critical position. One of the more common and often overlooked recruiting mistakes, however, is to let great talent slip away without truly realizing the cost of such a mistake. In fact, in many cases, employers and recruiters may not recognize this until it is too late. Being aware of these risks is crucial to implementing an Read more