There will always be recruitment challenges — high competition for talent, lean budgets, candidates receiving many offers, and a lack of qualified applicants. Even with these hiring problems, HR teams are still expected to achieve great results every year. So to succeed in the hiring world, you need to know common and new challenges. This… Read more »
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9 Helpful Trends in Recruiting to Watch for in 2024
Increased competition for talent, increasing demand for diverse workplaces, and growing employee expectations of better financial and mental well-being will continue to put organizations to the test in 2024. That’s why you must keep up with the latest trends in recruiting to continue attracting top talent. Keeping up with the latest recruitment trends is important for… Read more »
Inclusion and Diversity in Hiring: 7 Ways AI Helps
In a 2020 study by McKinsey, 4 out of 10 respondents said they’ve rejected a job offer or decided not to continue working at an organization because of a lack of inclusion. And, research shows that companies with diverse employees are more profitable. So, people are expecting companies to have more inclusion and diversity in… Read more »
40+ Diversity and Inclusion Questions to Connect Better with Your Team
When planning diversity and inclusion questions for a survey, choosing the right the questions is vital. Also, equally vital is how you ask them. So together, these are important to your success in building an inclusive workplace. Asking the right questions and designing a high-quality DEIB survey means you’ll get the right insights to measure… Read more »
30 Helpful Diversity Questions for Your Interviews
The importance of building a diverse workforce is widely reported: enhanced creativity, innovation, positive employer branding, and increased productivity, to name a few. So, more and more employers are thinking about adding diversity questions to their interview processes. As colleagues, customers, and businesses recognize the benefits of fostering DEI, it’s important to hire employees who… Read more »
7 Helpful Strategies to Avoid AI Bias in Recruitment
AI in recruitment has many benefits, such as helping screen candidates, sourcing candidates in different platforms, and conducting initial interviews. But the topic of AI bias in recruitment has also been an emerging topic. AI bias happens because of the information the system learns from. Imagine if a computer program is taught using data that… Read more »
8 Important Recruiting Metrics to Track in 2023 (and Beyond)
Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash Recruiting metrics are an important part of any organization’s hiring strategy. These metrics offer a data-driven strategy for you to check the health of your recruitment process. But many companies find themselves confused about which recruiting metrics matter. And they struggle to choose what data they should focus on… Read more »
10 Recruitment Buzzwords and their Meanings
The way companies hire is always changing. You might have heard of trends like quiet quitting, quiet hiring, boomerang employees, and shift shock. These trends show how people think about jobs. So, the job market is always evolving. And people’s ideas about work are shifting. In addition, you might have also heard some fancy recruitment… Read more »
8 Steps to Create a Powerful DEI Dashboard for Your Company
The importance of DEI is widely reported. But many organizations fail to implement good diversity and inclusion practices. Therefore, a DEI dashboard tool can help by allowing you to analyze and visualize your DEI data in a simple way — supporting data-driven decisions to improve inclusion and diversity. In this article, we’ll dive into 8… Read more »
20 Gender Identity Terms You Should Know
The conversation around gender identity is evolving in general and at work. It’s a complex and delicate subject with a lot of diverse terms. Because of this, mistakes happen. For example, if refer to a colleague with a pronoun they don’t use that could cause problems in the workplace. In this article, we’ll explain the… Read more »
7 Tips to Create Diverse Interview Panels
The first step to building an efficient diversity recruiting process is to have diverse interview panels. 68% of candidates believe a diverse interview panel is essential to better hiring experiences and outcomes. Diverse interview panels should include interviewers with diverse characteristics: age race gender identity sexual orientation skills experience When your interview panels are diverse,… Read more »
9 Ways to Reduce Interviewer Bias in Recruitment
One of the most important stages of the recruiting process is the interview. Unfortunately, a high-stakes conversation like a job interview can trigger interviewer bias affecting even the most experienced hiring managers. Failure to learn how to reduce interviewer bias may lead to your organization losing out on top talent. A 2018 Linkedin study on… Read more »
8 Essential Diversity and Inclusion Metrics to Measure Inclusivity
75% of organizations say DEI is one of their top priorities, but only 38% of companies successfully build an inclusive culture. Why? Most organizations fail to set up diversity and inclusion metrics to help measure their success. This makes it hard to prove to your stakeholders the importance of investing in DEI in the workplace…. Read more »
20 Must-Read Recruitment Blogs for Successful Recruiters
Whether you’re an in-house or external recruiter, you have to stay up-to-date to set yourself up for success. Recruitment blogs are one of the best resources to learn the latest and hone your skills. But which ones should you follow? We’ve compiled a list of 20 blogs on recruitment you should check out. Let’s dive… Read more »
10 Ways to Celebrate Women’s History Month at Work
Every year in March, people from all over the globe celebrate International Women’s Day. It’s a day to observe women’s economic, social, cultural, and political achievements. It’s also a time to recognize how far the world has come in trying to achieve a gender-equal world. In this post, we’ll explain the history of International Women’s… Read more »