Tag: hr technology

  • How To Build A Mobile Recruiting Strategy

    How To Build A Mobile Recruiting Strategy

    The move towards a mobile-dominated world has happened faster than anyone could have imagined.  By the end of 2015, there will be more than two billion smartphone and tablet users worldwide. And with desktop usage dropping, consumers are using these mobile devices for more and more activities – including looking for jobs. More than 90…

  • 3 Software Solutions to Streamline Performance Reviews

    3 Software Solutions to Streamline Performance Reviews

    While employee appraisal methods (also known as performance reviews) have had their fair share of critics, a lot of companies praise them as an efficient way to identify employee strengths and weaknesses, provide feedback and eventually, boost productivity. But the whole process can be pretty time-consuming and leave you buried under a mountain of paper.…

  • 3 Ways To Raise Your Talent IQ

    3 Ways To Raise Your Talent IQ

    The next big transformation in human capital management is underway, led by changes in talent acquisition. While candidate expectations are rising regarding the frequency, pace and transparency of communication in the hiring process, recruiters have not kept up. According to two recent studies from the ADP Research Institute, there’s a growing chasm between recruiters and…

  • Think Job Boards Are Dead? Think Again.

    Think Job Boards Are Dead? Think Again.

    Rumors of the death of job boards, with apologies to Mark Twain, might be greatly exaggerated, but that hasn’t stopped their reported demise from becoming something of a ’cause celebre’ among industry pundits and influencers. A quick Google search for the phrase “job boards are dead” (no Boolean black belt required) and you’ll get around…

  • Sales Technology: Top Tools & Apps for Closing Deals On the Road

    Sales Technology: Top Tools & Apps for Closing Deals On the Road

    Away from home, away from your colleagues and your office – it’s challenging to stay focused on the road, particularly if you’re in sales. The good news: there’s plenty of sales technology tools and strategies to help turn being away into a home field advantage for your sales team. Cloud communications solutions and mobile apps can…

  • Recruitment in Australia: A Talent Walkabout

    Recruitment in Australia: A Talent Walkabout

    There’s something almost mystical about Australia – which makes sense, considering its antipodal positioning.  And, I can tell you from experience, that 17 hour plane ride across the Pacific sucks.  You know when you get excited that the monotony of sky and surf is broken by some remote atoll or, better yet, a barge, this…

  • Sourcing and CRM: 4 Candidate Relationship Management Fundamentals

    Sourcing and CRM: 4 Candidate Relationship Management Fundamentals

    As if talent acquisition teams didn’t have enough on their plates with finding qualified candidates and getting them in the door, they’re now expected to attract and engage talent on an ongoing basis.In order to accomplish this task while keeping up with their day-to-day responsibilities, some have drawn inspiration from customer relationship management techniques used by marketers and salespeople…

  • Recruiting Man vs. Machine: Personalization, Automation and the Future of Talent

    All of my clients (recruiters) are seeing sourcing their own recruitment talent as their priority. Lots of strategies are being developed to help attract and source talent to help them build their own businesses and support their clients. 2 things happened this morning which prompted to me write this blog: The fabulous Boolean Black Belt…

  • How To Respond To Reviews on Glassdoor: Advice for Employers

    How To Respond To Reviews on Glassdoor: Advice for Employers

    Recently, 90% of Glassdoor’s surveyed users reported that they find the employer’s perspective useful when making a decision about where to work. One easy way for a company to weigh in is to engage with its Glassdoor audience and reply to comments from current and past employees. If you’re in a position to speak on…

  • The Five Elements of A High Performing Sourcing Strategy

    The Five Elements of A High Performing Sourcing Strategy

    Of all the stages of talent acquisition, sourcing is perhaps the most dynamic – and this is evident in how rapidly the use cases for sourcing technology are evolving and changing. The emergence of social technology has had an especially profound impact. The Source Stage is the culmination of all efforts to find and engage…