Practical Tips You May Not Know about Mobile Recruiting - The Hiring Site - Over 9 million workers searched for jobs via their mobile devices in Mar. 2013, up from 2.3 million in Mar. 2012. That's almost a 300% increase! Mobile recruiting isn't a new hiring trend, but it's a hiring trend that isn't going away. If you haven't taken advantage of mobile recruitment yet, then pay attention. One in five employers who have mobile career sites reported that at least 20 percent of their applications come through mobile devices. Mobile recruiting works, and isn't just one more thing that job hunters want out of convenience.
How to Think About the Business Impact of Recruiting - The RPO Hub - Since big data is a big trends, it's crucial to have the numbers as well as to know how to use those numbers to improve your recruiting and to get the results you want. Part of that is using the numbers, such as the revenue lost from open sales positions, to convince senior leadership that another recruiter is needed to fill those open positions. That's just one example of the business impact of recruiting. This article shows how else your hiring efforts could be jeopardizing your profits.
Talent Shortage or Recruiting Shortage? - The Seamless Workforce - To remain competitive in your hiring, you need to be able to acquire talent well and to do it fast. Neither of those two things means cheap, but what are you losing in terms of human capital when you accept a slow hiring cycle and take too long to make a hiring decision? There might be a talent shortage only because you have a recruiting shortage, and don't have enough resources to find and to retain talent in the first place. It's food for thought as companies start to think about 2014.
Why the Government Shutdown is a Great Recruiting Opportunity - TLNT - This is one hiring trend that isn't going to last long, but it is a trend that presents a huge opening to find some great talent. With hundreds of thousands of federal employees sitting idle and frustrated (and the many thousands more who are still working but are frustrated by the whole situation), now is the perfect time to recruit and to see what these people could offer your organization, especially if you're in need of technical staff. Another benefit is that federal employees aren't only based in Washington, as only 15% of federal employees work in the nation's capital.
10 Must-Haves for a Successful Internship Program - HR Bartender - We haven't covered interns too much here on our blog, but hiring interns and other contingent labor isn't much different from hiring full-time employees. You still have to ensure that the work is meaningful, and that the employee/intern will have opportunities for development and growth. You want to ensure that they have what it takes to be successful within their organization, and if that you're holding them accountable for what needs to be accomplished.
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