Advice for Employers
Found 45 articles
-
One recruiting resource that over 90% of you use is the job posting. Today, you have to power up this posting for this reason only – give passive candidates a compelling reason to hit the apply button.
-
Humanize Recruiting... With a Chatbot
12/11/2018
According to many surveys, job seekers actually like to talk to humans. But technology companies are popping up everywhere with the goal of ultimately replacing the human. Chatbots can be your new human interaction. -
I attended the TATECH Conference which bought together job boards, technology companies, recruitment marketing agencies and talent acquisition managers from around the world. Here are a few of the categories and products that I thought were interesting.
-
The day of the phone call or email for the initial reach out to a job seeker is over. With a 97% open rate, you know when you text someone, they will look at it within seconds and respond.
-
You already know why you turn so many applicants away. "Not qualified" or "horrible resume." But maybe the job seeker is saying the same about your job posting.
-
2018 Insurance Employment Outlook Reveals How to Recruit in an Industry with Average Age at 59 Years
5/17/2018
It's no secret that the talent in the industry is old and needs to be replaced in the next few years. So, we asked companies what they are doing about to recruit great people to the insurance industry. -
Survey Reveals Record Hiring in Insurance Industry in 2018 - Employers Share Recruiting Challenge...
5/10/2018
The 2018 Insurance Industry Employment and Hiring Outlook Survey showcases record hiring in the insurance industry, but a slew of challenges insurance employers are facing to fill jobs. -
Going to RIMS 2018? Don't Miss Three Powerful Insurance Career Presentations by Our Co-Founder Ro...
4/9/2018
We are excited to announce that our co-founder, Roger Lear, will be presenting three times at the RIMS 2018 conference. -
Your career brand has to paint a picture so that high caliber candidates can see themselves working for your company. How is this done? Here are my suggestions:
-
3 Things Insurance Industry Employers Must Do in Low Unemployment to Recruit Great Candidates!
2/14/2018
With unemployment under 2% in the insurance industry, you would think that there are no qualified job seekers left to fill your company's open positions. However, this is just not the case. -
As an employer today, you have thousands of choices from numerous vendors on where, why, and how to make sure your job posting gets in front of its intended target audience. But to really power your hard-to-fill jobs, here are four things you should do...
-
Is Artificial Intelligence Recruiting Hype? The Highlights from the Talent Acquisition and Techno...
10/10/2017
Over $1 billion was invested in recruiting technology in many startups just in the last year. 90% of the startups had the word “artificial intelligence” somewhere in their platform. -
Companies want to grow, but many are experiencing the double whammy; longer time to fill new job requisitions as well as losing key employees to their competitors.
-
How Benjamin Franklin pioneered the insurance industry in America.
-
A zombie career site will not get applications. However, if you can redesign your site and focus it on hitting your target candidate, you will see more qualified applications than ever before.
-
It is no secret that the average age in the insurance industry is 59. So how would you solve the retirement issue? Here is what some of your peers told us they would do:
-
Recruiting is a sport. Companies who are in the “top echelon league” (Google, Facebook, Disney, etc.), with tremendous social following and national notoriety, have very successful social media recruiting strategies to find great talent.
-
So much has changed in the job board world in the last three years. In the last “War for Talent” during 2005-2008, Monster and Career Builder were running thirty second Super Bowl commercials costing millions.
-
Talent acquisition conferences always seem to have a topic or two that sometimes overtakes the conference. Remember the numerous sessions on the power of the internet, employment branding, and social media recruiting?
-
Twitter is a very interesting social media tool. Every second, there are 6,000 tweets. That means there is 500 million per day and 200 billion a year!