5 Helpful DEI Initiatives Hiring Managers Can Learn From

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DEI initiatives are often complex and difficult to manage for many reasons. These factors range from shifting organizational demands to changing employee expectations and political changes. Yet, DEI remains vital in organizational success in the diverse and connected digital era.  A company’s greatest asset, its talent, has also warmed up to the importance of DEI…. Read more »

How to Use the Star Recruitment Method – An Ultimate Guide

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The job market remains challenging to navigate, with evolving industry and job seeker demands. So, hiring managers and recruiters could become lost in the chaos. You might come across potential hires with similar work experiences, skills, and academic qualifications. As a result, your hiring team could face overwhelming stress filling urgent roles with a tight… Read more »

8 Best Practices to Avoid Discriminatory Language

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You’ve probably written these phrases in your job descriptions. “Our ideal candidates are “Recent college graduates” or “This job is ideal for candidates over 40 years”. You may not have known it at the time, but those are examples of discriminatory language in job descriptions. While your intentions for your organization were good, your job description… Read more »

16 Helpful Career Site Self-Service Tools for You

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42% of the Fortune 500 use career site self-service tools for a reason. It lets them change their career pages on the fly. That lets you solve just about any recruiting-related problem. Need a new Interns page: Bam! Do you eed a new diversity page: Bam!n Need to leverage the newest AI search technology from… Read more »

18 Helpful Employer Branding Strategies for Job Descriptions

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Today I’m going to show you a VERY effective list of employer branding strategies for your job descriptions. In fact, you’ll find 30+ strategies, tips, and examples in this post. So if you’re looking to build powerful, converting job postings you’ll really enjoy this list. Employer Branding Strategies on Job Descriptions vs Company Career Page… Read more »

Career Site Guide: How to Create a Better Career Site

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It’s no secret that your company career site is one of the most important elements of your recruiting strategy. In fact, it’s a culmination of many initiatives: candidate experience, employer branding, recruitment marketing, diversity and inclusion. So, keep reading this career site guide. The bottom line: Optimizing your company career site is necessary if you… Read more »

10+ Creative Catchy Job Postings (2024 Update)

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Catchy job postings are a great way to attract potential candidates. So, I found 10+ companies using creative job titles, images, catchy phrases, or “unusual” perks for job postings that might make candidates take a second look. Then, I created this compilation of “help-wanted” ad examples with catchy hiring slogans and catchy recruiting phrases for… Read more »

9 Steps for Creating a Job Description Workflow

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Do you have a solid job description workflow? An effective job description workflow can streamline your hiring process and ensure compliance. This is only more important for larger organizations, who may struggle to ensure consistency in their job descriptions. So, here are 7 steps to help you create consistent, bias-free JDs (at scale). The screenshots… Read more »

10 Winning Employer Brand Marketing Strategies

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Today I’m going to show some awesome employer brand marketing strategies. These are the same strategies our top clients use to get (and stay) in the minds of job seekers. Let’s get to it! Email Marketing Content Marketing Job Boards Company Job Pages Employer Review Sites Google Adwords (Search Network) Google Analytics Social Media Advertising… Read more »

How to Solve the Gender Divide in Talent

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Gender parity remains a feat for many organizations, considering the issue’s deep-rooted origins. Cultural norms where women focused on child-caring and family-based roles resulted in limited access to education and professional representation. These inherent stereotypes and biases resulting in the gender divide have proven hard to reverse, even in the fast-paced digital age of technology… Read more »

BIPOC: The Hottest (Controversial) Word in Diversity?

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The BIPOC acronym has exploded in social media and in news stories. But, what does it mean? Also, why is it one of the hottest (and controversial) words in diversity? Questions about the BIPOC Acronym In this post, we will answer some of the most-searched-for questions and phrases around the BIPOC acronym including: “BIPOC meaning”… Read more »

How to Combat Ableism At Work (10+ Helpful Tips)

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An estimated 27% of Americans face some form of disability that requires unique care, treatments, and lifestyle considerations. The demographic also represents a considerable size of talented hires that companies miss out on due to ableism. Adding to the challenge is that 42% of candidates reject job offers in response to poor interview experiences.  By… Read more »

50+ Applicant Tracking Systems in 2024 – Big & Small

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Our Ongig team talks to hundreds of people a year about which applicant tracking systems they use because the applicant tracking systems are often directly related to candidate experience and employer branding (things we care deeply about). So, we’re by no means experts on the best applicant tracking systems. However, we’ve learned a bunch on… Read more »

15 Easy Ways to Have More Consistent Job Descriptions

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Are your job descriptions consistent? If not, you risk confusing candidates and causing more work for your hiring managers and recruiters. Creating consistent job descriptions across your organization helps maintain clarity, ensure fairness, and improve the hiring process. Consistent job descriptions can also cut time-to-fill — specifically, the time it takes to get from req… Read more »

5 Top Ways to Improve Hiring on LinkedIn

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LinkedIn is one of the first websites people visit to find new job openings and opportunities in their industry. So, it makes sense that many companies also choose to post their job ads and start hiring on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is strictly a professional network. Therefore, it is uniquely positioned to bring companies, customers, and potential… Read more »