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5 Ways Technology Helps Talent Acquisition Maintain Its Seat at the Table

The role of talent acquisition has changed substantially in the last few decades. Long viewed as an administrative function, recruiting was seen as a cost center, and systems were built to support this...

Lee Ann Prescott

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How to Get a Seat at the Table for Talent Acquisition

In the post-pandemic world, the rules of hiring fundamentally changed—along with the expectations for talent acquisition. When businesses struggled to hire during the rebound from the pandemic cutbacks, the...

Lee Ann Prescott

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The Incremental Journey to Talent Acquisition Transformation at Colliers EMEA

How does a company’s talent acquisition function tie in with talent management? And can talent acquisition (TA) move the needle on transforming an organization’s overall talent strategy? That’s the remit Ben...

Lee Ann Prescott

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3 Ways Gen Z Preferences Are Making an Impact on Hiring

Generation Z (born 1997-2012) workers comprise about 12.6% of the workforce as of 2020, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but will account for 27% of the workforce by 2025. As the...

Lee Ann Prescott

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How Internal Mobility Improves Employee Engagement and Retention

Internal mobility is a time-tested strategy for improving retention: LinkedIn 2022 data shows a 19-point lift in retention for those who made an internal move during a 2-year period of employment. In 2021...

Lee Ann Prescott

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Hiring Success Home

5 Ways Technology Helps Talent Acquisition Maintain Its Seat at the Table

The role of talent acquisition has changed substantially in the last few decades. Long viewed as an administrative function, recruiting was seen as a cost center, and systems were built to support this mentality. If the pandemic taught us anything...

Lee Ann Prescott

January 23, 2023

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How to Get a Seat at the Table for Talent Acquisition

Lee Ann Prescott

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The Incremental Journey to Talent Acquisition Transformation at Colliers EMEA

How does a company’s talent acquisition function tie in with talent management? And can talent acquisition (TA) move the needle on transforming an organization’s overall talent strategy? That’s the remit Ben Handyside, Director of Talent Management...

Lee Ann Prescott

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3 Ways Gen Z Preferences Are Making an Impact on Hiring

Lee Ann Prescott

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How Internal Mobility Improves Employee Engagement and Retention

Lee Ann Prescott

December 5, 2022

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How Remote Work Drives Productivity and Expands Talent Pools

One of the most significant ways COVID-19 changed the workplace is by making remote work possible for many types of employees. It turns out that employees like remote work so much that they don’t want to return to normal — or even adapt to hybrid...

Lee Ann Prescott

November 29, 2022

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How to Save Money with Job Advertising

Today, less than 10% of job advertising is managed programmatically, while well over 80% of brand advertising is managed through programmatic means. Brands’ shift to programmatic advertising over the last decade has been for one simple reason:...

Lee Ann Prescott

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6 Steps to Hiring for Skills

Companies have always been hiring for skills. But why has the topic become so hot in recent times? In a tight talent marketplace, companies need to reach further to attract more candidates, tap into diverse talent pools, and keep up their hiring...

Lee Ann Prescott

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5 Ways Talent Acquisition Can Come Out Ahead During a Recession

Lee Ann Prescott

6 Steps to a Talent Acquisition Reporting Strategy

Good reporting is critical to achieving hiring success. Without a reporting strategy, how can you know if you are attracting, selecting, and hiring the best talent, within budget, and in the most efficient way? But often, reporting for talent...

Lee Ann Prescott

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Now’s the Time to Connect People to Jobs at Scale

There have been a lot of clichéd phrases used to describe the “unprecedented times” we live in which we ponder what the “new normal” is and what will remain of the “past we’re leaving behind.” While these expressions might seem a bit hollow, they do...

September 15, 2020

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An Open Letter to Governments and Healthcare Orgs: We’re Here to Help

Our world is currently in a state of a disarray—to put it mildly. For many of us, all we can do is idly watch as events unfold, wondering to ourselves, “What can be done?” For government bodies across the world—like the state of Maryland—that...

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Manufacturing TA Gold: Rethinking the Hiring Process with Caroline Boyce of American Iron and Metal

For an industry in transition, recruiting is the secret ingredient for agility. American Iron and Metal (AIM) is a fast-growing recycling company in Canada. With a footprint in six countries, they employ over 3,000 people and are looking to become...

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Once Incarcerated, This CEO Now Helps Americans with Criminal Records Find Work

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Benefits Your Employees Actually Want: Why PayScale Has the Happiest Employees in Seattle

Sometimes it’s hard to discern which benefits are trendy and which will actually improve employee quality of life. We talk with PayScale to learn the difference.

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4 Hiring Trends You Need to Know About in 2022

Staying on top of current hiring trends is one of the best ways to craft a successful hiring strategy. This is particularly relevant at the moment, as the US and global economies are trending towards an uncertain future. The hiring landscape is...

Augusta Henning

April 5, 2022

A Guide to Remote Collaboration for Designers

By now, we’ve all started to adapt to the “new normal” of remote work. As designers, some of these habits have come easier than others but we’ve found that introducing constraints and utilizing design tools have helped tremendously —go figure...

Sarah Essghaier

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Psychometric Testing For Hiring – FAQs and Answers

There are many methods and approaches companies can take when screening new hires. Major consultancy firms like Deloitte refine the process through psychometric testing, which provides valuable insight into a candidate’s personality. A company...

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The Recruiter’s Guide to Retaining Tech Talent

Enterprise Companies are Ready to Leave Their Legacy Applicant Tracking Systems Behind (Infographic)

Recruiting operations are mission-critical to enterprises searching for top talent, yet the majority of hiring teams continue working with legacy systems that fail to deliver ROI. Modern businesses are under continuous pressure to remain...

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How to Make Your Employer Brand Shine on a Career Site

Hiring isn’t getting any easier. Today’s talent acquisition teams must do everything they can to attract candidates, convince them to apply, and keep them engaged until they show up on the job. In a competitive marketplace for talent, a strong...

Lee Ann Prescott

October 5, 2022

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4 Keys to A Successful ATS Implementation

The journey to Hiring Success is not always straightforward. The ability to attract, select, and hire the best talent for any role, on-demand and within budget requires an alignment across people, processes, and technology. Companies looking to...

Lee Ann Prescott

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Why Your Talent Strategy Should Include Campus Recruiting

Across the world there are thousands of college campuses full of soon-to-graduate students eager to enter the workforce. Recruiters can enrich their candidate pipeline by forging relations with this demographic. University or campus recruiting...

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Essential High Volume Recruiting Tactics

Looking to hire top talent at scale? With the right tactics and technology in place, the process can be streamlined without compromising quality. High-volume recruiting refers to the process of hiring large numbers of candidates in a short amount of...

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Learnings from SmartMessage Early Access

SmartRecruiters recently launched SmartMessage, the industry’s first natively-built text recruiting solution. This will allow hiring teams to reach a wider pool of candidates and deepen their engagement—bridging the divide...

August 6, 2020

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How to Build the Best Business Case for a New ATS

When it comes to cost savings, few software applications can compete with a modern, sophisticated applicant tracking system. Demonstrating those savings in the form of a sound business case is half the battle. Economic downturns pose unique...

Hiring Success Product Tips

Everything You Need to Know About Onboarding in 2022

The onboarding process is what bridges the gap between the candidate and employee experience. This transitional phase is subtle and quick, but, when given due consideration and care, pays off in dividends in the long run. Onboarding is one of...

SmartRecruiters’ 10 Favorite Product Releases of 2019

6 Tips to Keep in Mind When Buying Your Next Applicant Tracking System

One of the most important parts of shopping for software is informing yourself as a consumer ahead of time. To that end, here’s valuable intel, backed by years of industry experience, on how to carefully research and select the next addition...

Rich Lewis-Jones

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Winter 2018 Product Release: What Are Universal Profiles And Why Will You Love Them

Christmas may have been a month ago, but SmartRecruiters has one more little present for its users: a new product release. On January 25th, SmartRecruiters rolled out its Winter 2018 product update to all users of the platform. The release came...

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January 30, 2018

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Winter 18 Feature Release

This season’s release is a hat-trick of practical use add-ons that will make your candidate pipeline more efficient, give you greater power to interpret data and enable you to expand into local markets. Every season we release new features...

Inside SmartRecruiters

Meet Alkestis Spinou: History Enthusiast, Board Game Buff and SmartRecruiters Sales Star

You could perhaps be forgiven for thinking ancient literature and technology are not natural bedfellows. Well, SmartRecruiters sales-whiz and ancient cultures expert, Alkestis ‘Al’ Spinou is a walking contradiction of that idea. Alkestis, who joined...

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Meet Valerie Bertrand: SmartRecruiters’ Rock-Loving Head of Legal

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When the Recruiter becomes the Recruited

What kind of sly tricks and crafty machinations are wielded to spot, engage and recruit the ultimate recruiter? According to one of our more eagerly anticipated Hire18 speakers, turns out it’s mostly a matter of having a solid product. As the days...

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HRTech 2022: A Turning Point for Talent Acquisition

Annual conferences like HRTech are always a good time to observe what’s changed in the last year. As we take stock of our industry’s evolution and reconnect with industry peers, we gain validation for our talent acquisition challenges and explore...

Lee Ann Prescott

How a Best-of-Breed Applicant Tracking System Delivers a Better Recruiter Experience

Employee experience, customer experience, user experience – we live in an experience-driven world. In talent acquisition, we often think about how an applicant tracking system can create a better candidate experience, but less about the recruiter...

Lee Ann Prescott

SmartRecruiters’ Company Update

Dear Customers, Prospective Customers, Partners, and Smartians, I started SmartRecruiters 12 years ago with the hope and the dream to build a company that makes it easy for organizations to hire great people and for great people to get hired...

Jerome Ternynck

How to Write a Skills-Based Job Description (With an Example)

A well-crafted job description helps job seekers see themselves in the role, determine if they have the right skills to perform, and indicates what skills they might develop on the job. By taking time to craft skills-based job descriptions, you...

Lee Ann Prescott

How to Get Started with Hiring for Skills

You’ve probably heard about hiring for skills, the latest trend in talent acquisition. Companies face a tight job market, high turnover, and widening skills gaps as technology and business needs evolve. In a recent survey, Deloitte found skills to...

Lee Ann Prescott

5 Keys to Digital Transformation in Talent Acquisition

Earlier this year, 87% of respondents in a Leapgen survey said, “attracting, acquiring, and onboarding new talent for our workforce” was a high-priority concern. Only 2% said bringing on new talent was a low priority. The labor shortage is real: In...

Lee Ann Prescott