Talk about a rollercoaster. For the talent acquisition community, 2020-2023 was a chaotic blur: layoffs, remote work, hire everyone, skill-based hiring, retention (x3!), over-hiring, and then fire everyone.And let’s not forget the endless AI saga: “It’s coming…nope, not yet…wait, it’s here…maybe? No, seriously, it’s here this time and replacing some of you…” It was the professional equivalent of… Read more »
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) are two significant programs that impact employers across the U.S. Recent proposals to eliminate OFCCP’s dedicated funding and reorganize its functions have created substantial uncertainty, making it crucial for businesses to understand the potential shifts and prepare for them. Currently, WOTC… Read more »
JobSync and Talent Board partnered to uncover the relationships that hiring teams have with their technology integrations. Which parts of their tech stack make their lives easier? What keeps teams from adopting new technologies? Where should investments be made to improve both the candidate and recruiter experience?Leah Daniels, CCO of JobSync sat down with Kevin… Read more »
Let’s face it, unemployment is back to near all-time lows – 3.6% unemployment and over 11 million open roles – that’s nearly 2 open roles per available worker. If that isn’t enough, according to Appcast, your conversion rate (the number of clicks to get an application) is going down, while click prices are going up…. Read more »
This is part 3 of a three part series on how to build great teams with little to no budget. Read part 1 here and part 2 here. Candidate Experience is tied to recruiter experience (an overwhelmed recruiter can’t provide a great candidate experience), but recruiter experience is tied to employee experience. If you are… Read more »
This is part 2 of a three part series on how to build great teams with little to no budget. Read part 1 here. College recruiting is not deadRemember when college recruiting was a thing? When you went on campus and met hundreds of graduating students and hoped you met the right one? Well that’s… Read more »
This is the second installment of a series on employee PTSD and how it impacts your recruiting efforts. The first step is admitting you have a problem.Hi, my name is Leah, and I have Employee PTSD.I got my first job when I was 11. I was a ‘volunteer’ at a horse farm. By 12, I… Read more »
We (JobSync) had Dr. Solange Charas on one of our roundtables last year (if you don’t know about those, check them out, it’s worth your time). There is a specific line at minute 28:38, in which she says ‘recruiting is the most inefficient process at organizations’.Wow. The MOST inefficient process at organizations. Two things that… Read more »
Will you accept this rose? Why do companies still think they are on the Bachelor, and they are the ones giving out the roses? The Great Wake-Up Calls upon us, (the term being borrowed from the great Rayanne Thorn Krueger). And it’s a true Wake-Up Call because the companies that are driving these top employees… Read more »
Indeed, the job board we love to hate. Indeed’s ability to drive candidates is unmatched in the US market, but for every good candidate, you often get too many unqualified ones.For most businesses your relationship with Indeed is a bit of a pendulum – use the click-off feature to your ATS and you can’t get… Read more »