Category Archives: Recruiting Software Blog
-
Using Online Videos For Recruitment
February 1, 2012Recruitment videos are not so much a new idea as they are just now becoming properly utilized by organizations. ...
-
Vital Virals. Recruitment Strategies Include Online Videos.
January 20, 2012Marketing is first and foremost about visibility. It doesn't matter if you have a solid brand or whether you have done your homework and developed a campaign to appeal to a targeted market. If your...
-
Think Glocal. HR and Talent Management Forecast for 2012.
January 11, 2012Whether accountabilities are analyzed by fiscal or calendar year, January nonetheless brings about a new sense of hope for opportunities throughout the year ahead. Recent years have come and gone in the same manner, each...
-
LinkedIn And Recruitment
January 2, 2012LinkedIn has propelled itself in recent years to become the second most used social media site in the U.S. for recruitment. Recruiters and their organizations have established profiles, often times extensively detailed, with connection numbers...
-
TWITTER AND RECRUITMENT
January 2, 2012We have progressed far enough into the age of online recruitment that utilizing social media is definitely not a new concept. However, many recruiters may underestimate the utility of Twitter with the highly informal setup...
-
IS YOUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS OVERLY RELIANT ON TECHNOLOGY
December 20, 2011Most businesses large enough to realize the cost benefits of technological advances to recruitment have implemented at least a few of these options. Applicant Tracking Systems are a prime example of a way employers are...
-
WHO DO YOU KNOW? EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAMS GO ONLINE.
December 15, 2011While top-tier recruiters are constantly in search of the next best tactic for sourcing candidates, there are certain methods that stand the test of time. Employee referrals have long been a favorite of hiring managers as...
-
HOW TO CREATE AN RSS FEED FOR YOUR WEBSITE
December 14, 2011IT’S EXTREMELY EASY. HOW TO CREATE AN RSS FEED FOR YOUR WEBSITE. by BrightMove Recruiting Software and Traci Kingery Once you’ve established the fact that an RSS feed would be a smart investment for our website,...
-
RSS FEEDS OFFER A HIGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR EMPLOYERS
November 30, 2011Saving time and money is an epic battle dating back to beginning of time, or at least back to the beginning of money. We now live in a digital age where everything moves at a...
-
Social Jobs, Facebook Teams Up With Multiple Organizations to Create Assistance for Job Seekers
November 7, 2011The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and The Department of Labor (DOL), along with a few other organizations have signed on to collaborate with Facebook in creating a new resource for job seekers....
-
Can I Phone In My Resume? Mobile Capabilities For Job Applications Makes A Mark On Standard Recruitment Practices.
October 27, 2011For every outdated process there is obviously a newer, faster, more efficient version that has replaced it (or eventually will). The need to receive and transfer information instantly knows no bounds and is coming to...
-
CAREER PATHS: CHOOSE YOUR FIELD WISELY
September 26, 2011The market for particular fields or job categories should be of interest to those currently in a career transition and those that recruit for these fields. Earlier this year Forbes listed the 10 Dead or...
-
RECRUITMENT ETIQUETTE LESSON THREE
September 19, 2011Lesson number three goes back to the beginning of the hiring process. No matter how long you’ve been in your current role, think back to when you were job hunting. Remember what it was like...
-
RECRUITMENT ETIQUETTE LESSON TWO
August 15, 2011There are high expectations set for a candidate coming in to interview, varied depending on the level of position. They are required to show up early, act eager, be polite and respectful, while answering questions...
-
RECRUITMENT ETIQUETTE LESSON ONE
August 8, 2011Rejection is to recruitment as inevitability is to change. There's no getting around it. Applicant tracking systems have not only eased the pain of stringent record-keeping requirements, but have also altered the final task of...
-
FREELANCE WORKERS HAVE A NEED FOR INDEPENDENCE BUT YOU CAN RETAIN THEM
August 1, 2011Freelance and contract workers have become all the rage with reductions in force and mandatory budget cuts in companies across the nation. With employers escaping health insurance obligations, vacation pay, and other full-time benefits, freelance...
-
THE WORKFORCE IS CHANGING IN AGE NUMBER AND DIVERSITY
July 25, 2011Over the past ten years, we’ve been preached to about the aging workforce. However, employers may have forgotten some important statistics as the economic climate of the past three years has delayed the realization of...
-
AS EMPLOYERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH TIGHT BUDGETS VOLUNTARY BENEFITS ARE ON THE RISE
July 11, 2011The economy is in recovery, but it’s a slow climb up the mountain. Company belts haven’t been loosened and with the overall impact of healthcare reform still uncertain, it may be some time before they...
-
SUMMER HELP MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG TERM PLACEMENT
July 5, 2011Warm weather brings a spike in business activity and as a result, increased workloads for many organizations. In order to meet demands, current headcounts are supplemented with interns and short-term help. While interns are considered...
-
EXTROVERSION IS OVERRATED. GENERATION Y’S OBSESSION WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
June 27, 2011“That party last weekend was stupid awesome. I was, like, seriously? Whatever. Did you see that picture of me on Facebook?” Okay, I have no idea if I even used current slang or not (thank...
-
Complimentary White Paper: Generation Y – Attract / Hire / Retain
June 27, 2011Complimentary White Paper: Generation Y – Attract / Hire / Retain BrightMove, Inc., a leader in Applicant Tracking Software for HR, Staffing and Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), has released a complimentary White Paper designed to aid...
-
KEEPING IT REAL. ARE VIRTUAL CAREER FAIRS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE?
June 20, 2011A thousand times over, we’ve heard that Generation Y is like no generation before them. By now it’s accepted as fact, so common sense tells those in the field of recruitment that certain methods need...
-
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE SUPPLEMENT TO YOUR CURRENT HIRING PROCESS
June 13, 2011Recruitment agencies have taken a hit as the unemployment rate has risen and the number of open positions has drastically fallen. Employers feel they don’t need outside help when there are so many candidates out...
-
HIRING GENERATION Y: THE INTERGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE
May 31, 2011HIRING GENERATION Y SERIES: STEP EIGHT – THE INTERGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE by Traci K and BrightMove Staffing Software and Recruiting Software Today’s workforce is constantly changing and within 10 to 15 years it may be unrecognizable....
-
HIRING GENERATION Y: ENGAGING AND MANAGING YOUR YOUNG
May 23, 2011Almost every organization has young employees belonging to Generation Y. This generation is ever-becoming notorious for the characteristics they hold that are unique from others before them. These include the level of work ethic, motivation,...
-
HIRING GENERATION Y: TRAINING YOUR NEW HIRES
May 10, 2011The inevitability of the changing workforce dynamic is that, at some point or another, members of Generation Y are going to be a part of it. Whether currently on board or getting ready to...
-
HIRING GENERATION Y: INTERVIEWING MILLENNIALS
May 2, 2011Entitlement and informality are the words of the day. When you begin to understand the interview process for Generation Y candidates, these words may be circling in your mind as the reputation of today’s...
-
HIRING GENERATION Y: PRESCREENING RESUMES FROM THE ME GENERATION
April 20, 2011Sifting through resumes might be the least favorite task of any given recruiter. It’s difficult not to review each resume while at the same time resisting that voice in your head critiquing each one....
-
HIRING GENERATION Y: WRITING A JOB POSTING AIMED AT GEN YERS
April 11, 2011At some point in time, if you haven’t already, your company will need to hire employees from the next generation of workers: Generation Y. Holding different values, ideals, and outlooks on the world in...
-
HIRING GENERATION Y: KNOWING WHAT APPEALS TO MILLENNIALS
April 8, 2011The reputation of Generation Y is that of entitled, impatient, independent, materialistic, social-oriented techies. They are unlike any generation before them and they offer talents and skill sets unlike their predecessors. Employers are...
-
HIRING GENERATION Y: UNDERSTANDING THE GENERALIZATIONS AND STEREOTYPES
March 27, 2011Generation Y is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in the workplace. Their numbers are increasing steadily and employers proactive in planning for future training and management goals for their organizations must...
-
HIRING GENERATION Y: UNDERSTANDING THE FACTS
March 15, 2011Doomsday HR statistics over the past 5 to 10 years have shown that the steady retirement of Baby Boomers and the lack of skilled workers coming up through ranks will eventually lead to a massive...
-
HOW JOB ADVERTISEMENT DESIGN IMPACTS CANDIDATE SELECTION
March 10, 2011Bounce rate is the percentage of viewers that visit your website or job ad page and then leave without applying. In addition to the structure of your website, the composition of the job...
-
WEBSITE STRUCTURE WILL AFFECT YOUR APPLICANT POOL
March 1, 2011The design of the career section on your company website will affect, not only the number of people that stay on your site, but also the number of candidates that actually apply. The interest...
-
ARE PUZZLE INTERVIEWS AN INGENIOUS TECHNIQUE OR A POINTLESS TACTIC
February 22, 2011A simple search on interview questions and methods will return more results and ideas than one person can handle. Companies and recruiters/hiring managers are always looking for improved or innovative ways to screen candidates....
-
PEOPLE – PLANET – PROFIT – GO GREEN OR GO HOME
February 15, 2011My Pay It Forward post was spurred by reading an article on putting an employee’s future potential ahead of a company’s immediate gain. Perhaps the reason for the impact that article made was the recognition...
-
PAY IT FORWARD – TRAINING ABOVE AND BEYOND IS BENEFICIAL IN THE LONG RUN
February 8, 2011An administrative assistant who can type 75 wpm and answer a multi-line phone but can’t do a page layout in Microsoft Word or know how formulas work in Microsoft Excel has little chance of getting...
-
LOOK AT ME! FROM RECRUITING BOOTH TO THE INTERVIEW – HOW TO DRAW IN STUDENT TALENT AT CAREER FAIRS.
February 1, 2011Large businesses have an easier time branding themselves as there are more opportunities for their name to get “out there”. Businesses of small to medium size have a harder time and it’s extremely important...
-
MIX AND MATCH. MAKING THE MOST OF RECENT REORGANIZATIONS AND DOWNSIZE SURVIVORS
January 23, 2011With job cuts leveling off, corporations find themselves trying to make sense of those left after the dust has settled. Job descriptions have evolved and been altered to absorb the responsibilities of the employees...
-
BrightMove, Inc. Launches BrightMatch Skill Marketing Suite
January 19, 2011St. Augustine Beach, FL, December 20 2010 – BrightMove, Inc. (www.brightmove.com), a leading developer of Recruiting Software for Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), Staffing and Corporate HR, announces the debut of BrightMove BrightMatch technology. This new feature...
-
DON’T GET DOWN. JOB CUTS HAVE COME TO AN END AS THE NEW YEAR BEGINS
January 19, 2011We may have seen the light at the end of the tunnel. In a recent article published by the SHRM, Planned layoffs totaled 32,004 in December 2010, down 34 percent from 48,711 in November...
-
I’M NOT BUYING IT. RESUMES ARE DESIGNED TO “SELL” – SPOT THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE LIARS.
January 9, 2011In the previous post, I discussed studies and statistics showing the existence of resume fraud in today’s recruiting. To combat these occurrences, let’s look at ways to identify little white lies, exaggerations, and complete...
-
FACT AND FICTION. RESUME FRAUD MAY BE A LEGITIMATE CONCERN WHEN SCREENING CANDIDATES.
January 9, 2011Everyone is doing it…right? In this economy, measures have to be taken to make your resume stand out from your neighbor. Some candidates take slight exaggerations too far, often times committing outright resume...
-
WAKE UP CALL! U.S. MANAGERS MAY STAND TO LOSE KEY EMPLOYEES IN 2011
January 9, 2011The results of a recent survey by Right Management, a division of Manpower, Inc., may be a depressingly foreshadowing to U.S. employers. According to the poll, 84% of employees that participated in the survey...
-
BrightMove, Inc. Launches BrightMove Progression: Innovative Technology for New Hires and Process Automation
December 20, 2010BrightMove, Inc. Launches BrightMove Progression: Innovative Technology for New Hires and Process Automation St. Augustine Beach, FL, December 20 2010 – BrightMove, Inc. (www.brightmove.com), a leading developer of Recruiting Software for Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), Staffing...
-
Get Creative. Unorthodox Recruiting Methods May Get The Job Done
December 20, 2010There is a reason that standard recruiting methods are, well, standard: they work. Placing ads, using temp agencies, calling on employee referrals, etc. – these are all tried and true methods that have stood...
-
IT ISN’T FAIR. COLLEGE RECRUITING VENTURES AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL CAREER FAIRS
December 13, 2010In a previous post the latest Recruiting Trends analysis distributed by Michigan State University was summarized. Getting a little more specific, we will look at the current state of college recruitment among those employers...
-
Seeing Green. Figuring Salary’s Part In Hiring And Retention
December 9, 2010Money money money. Famed writer Leo Rosten once said that money can’t buy happiness, but neither can poverty. Money is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. With the state of the current...
-
What’s Happening? 2010 to 2011 College Recruiting Trends
December 9, 2010Every year around this time, Michigan State University polls thousands of employers of all sizes in search of data relating to college graduates in order to generate recruiting trends. This data varies in type...
-
GET TOGETHER. ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES HELPS TO DRAW IN YOUNG TALENT AND RETAIN THEM
November 22, 2010Year after year, more of the youth belonging to Generation Y enter the workforce. As they research potential companies and employment options, questions are posed rivaling those of experience workers: what is the pay;...