Recruiting is a lot like dating: It’s a subtle dance of knowing when to move forward and when to walk away. You can spend hours talking to a candidate, nurturing the relationship, and guiding them through the interview process. In the best case scenario, it’s a good match and the candidate accepts the job. In
In a recent survey of over 52,000 workers spread across 44 countries, consulting firm PwC found that 35% of respondents were planning to ask for a salary bump from their current employer. And 20% of those surveyed felt it was likely that they’d switch jobs within the next year — a number that could easily
“Millennials,” “Generation Y,” “Generation WE,” “The Boomerang Generation,” “The Peter Pan Generation” — we go by many names and were born roughly between 1980 and 2000. Born in 1990, I fall right smack in the middle of this generation, and there is no denying that we are the subject of a heated debate: Are we
Over the past two years, the job market has overcome many challenges. The hiring pendulum has swung from being nearly at a standstill early in the pandemic to a labor market today that’s never been tighter. Amidst these changes, recruiters have been feeling the brunt of these swings. But one thing’s certain: we know recruiters
Recruiters, you deserve a round of applause. Strike that — perhaps a very long vacation or, say, a hefty raise would be more fitting. The past two years have been a roller coaster for your profession. After a hiring slowdown spurred by COVID-19 in 2020 and layoffs across many recruiting teams, hiring has come roaring
Talent acquisition can’t bring diversity to the workforce on its own. Even when a company is successfully recruiting and hiring employees who look like the broader community or their customer base, much still needs to be done to ensure the success of the workforce. That is the Achilles’ heel of many companies, says Cynthia Owyoung
Many of the jobs that today’s students will be doing in 2030 haven’t been invented yet. The big question for talent acquisition teams everywhere: What will those jobs be? It turns out that many of these jobs will spin off from technologies that are emerging today — drones, alternative energy, autonomous cars, and cryptocurrencies and
By the year 2030, the number of Gen Z employees is expected to triple. That means that people born roughly between 1995 and 2015 will soon make up 30 percent of the global workforce and will play a vital role in shaping the workplace for decades to come. As a recruiter at LinkedIn and a
In a new report from the Harvard Business School, authors Joseph B. Fuller and Manjari Raman propose a solution for companies struggling to find and retain qualified workers: advance existing employees. “Employers are going to be under duress to come up with new ways to find people,” Joseph says, “[and] the easiest way to fill
Recruiters monitor their InMail response rates closely, and for good reason. More responses mean recruiters get more bang for their buck from their InMail allotment. That’s because recruiters earn an InMail credit back if their message receives a response within 90 days (even if it’s a negative one). So, response rates not only reflect candidate
