Posts Tagged:Psychology

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How to use Candidate “Commitment Theory” to Boost Engagement & Apply Rates

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Entrepreneur Magazine once wrote about how the job descriptions my Ongig software created for our clients caused candidates to spend up to 5 minutes and 23 seconds viewing the ad (more than 6X the time spent on typical job ads at the time). At the heart of this high candidate engagement is what I call… Read more »

5 New Tools to Help You Write More Diverse Job Descriptions

Posted by & filed under Writing Job Descriptions.

Here are 5 of the best tools to write more inclusive job descriptions to attract a more diverse team. Text Analyzer Ongig’s Text Analyzer software eliminates bias and improves ad copy. When you’re writing job descriptions, best practices to make them diverse include replacing gender-coded words and other types of bias (e.g., race, age, disability,… Read more »

Kimberly-Clark Launches Personality Quiz to Attract Millennials

Posted by & filed under Company Career Site, Recruiting Strategies.

How do you attract millennials and tech talent to Neenah-Appleton, Wisconsin? Manufacturing giant Kimberly-Clark launched a new BuzzFeed-style career personality test and dedicated a new company career site called Welcome Original Thinkers. The test begins by challenging the candidate on what type of “Original Thinker” they think they are (with 8 potential choices (dreamer, analyzer, disruptor, etc.). This… Read more »