Try BrightMove and See What Customer Commitment Is!!! In an extremely bold move to change the Applican Tracking industry, BrightMove is offering 25% of each customer’s overall monthly SaaS fees as a guarantee on Customer Satisfaction. Customers will have the opportunity to rate BrightMove’s customer service and delivery on a...
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BRIGHTMOVE TIES 25% OF SUBSCRIPTION FEES TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
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CAREER PATHS: CHOOSE YOUR FIELD WISELY
The 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 Dying Career Paths...Read more -
RECRUITMENT ETIQUETTE LESSON THREE
Lesson 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 to submit an application and get no response or to spend a lot of time...Read more -
RECRUITMENT ETIQUETTE LESSON TWO
There 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 that quite possibly range widely in relevance and obscurity. ...Read more -
RECRUITMENT ETIQUETTE LESSON ONE
Rejection 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 letting down those that didn't get the job with the one-click declination letter. Once a...Read more -
FREELANCE WORKERS HAVE A NEED FOR INDEPENDENCE BUT YOU CAN RETAIN THEM
Freelance 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 workers may require a higher wage, but are only on the books for the duration...Read more -
THE WORKFORCE IS CHANGING IN AGE NUMBER AND DIVERSITY
Over 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 those early predictions. In the July issue, Dori Meinert, senior writer for HR Magazine, recognized...Read more -
AS EMPLOYERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH TIGHT BUDGETS VOLUNTARY BENEFITS ARE ON THE RISE
The 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 are. According to HR Daily Report, this is why more employers are looking at voluntary...Read more -
SUMMER HELP MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG TERM PLACEMENT
Warm 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 potentials for future employment, short-term help may be viewed in a different manner....Read more -
EXTROVERSION IS OVERRATED. GENERATION Y’S OBSESSION WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
“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 you anyway Google). The point was to highlight social media’s infiltration of everyday life ...Read more -
Complimentary White Paper: Generation Y – Attract / Hire / Retain
Complimentary 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 recruiting firms and HR departments in there Generation Y recruiting, hiring and retention. The workplace...Read more -
KEEPING IT REAL. ARE VIRTUAL CAREER FAIRS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE?
A 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 to be altered to accommodate the needs and interests of this new generation of workers....Read more -
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE SUPPLEMENT TO YOUR CURRENT HIRING PROCESS
Recruitment 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 there looking for work. The problem is that most of the candidates that are unemployed,...Read more -
HIRING GENERATION Y: THE INTERGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE
HIRING 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. Generation Y brings a different work style and unique point of views regarding workplace initiatives...Read more -
HIRING GENERATION Y: ENGAGING AND MANAGING YOUR YOUNG
Almost 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, skill sets, and also the ways in which they become engaged and are most easily...Read more -
HIRING GENERATION Y: TRAINING YOUR NEW HIRES
The 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 start, Millennial employees require the enactment of new strategies to attract, train, and retain them....Read more -
HIRING GENERATION Y: INTERVIEWING MILLENNIALS
Entitlement 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 young professionals precedes them. Standard questions are bound to produce surprising responses, especially if...Read more -
HIRING GENERATION Y: PRESCREENING RESUMES FROM THE ME GENERATION
Sifting 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. Thoughts such as, “Oooh, I would not have put that on the resume”, “Doesn’t...Read more -
HIRING GENERATION Y: WRITING A JOB POSTING AIMED AT GEN YERS
At 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 general, hiring and retaining Millennials has become the recruiting challenge of the decade....Read more -
HIRING GENERATION Y: KNOWING WHAT APPEALS TO MILLENNIALS
The 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 beginning to recognize the unavoidable need for the presence of these Millennials in the workforce...Read more -
HIRING GENERATION Y: UNDERSTANDING THE GENERALIZATIONS AND STEREOTYPES
Generation 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 recognize the part Millennials will play in that big picture. ...Read more -
HIRING GENERATION Y: UNDERSTANDING THE FACTS
Doomsday 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 shortage. Though the economic downturn has slowed this slightly with Baby Boomers hanging on...Read more -
HOW JOB ADVERTISEMENT DESIGN IMPACTS CANDIDATE SELECTION
Bounce 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 advertisement greatly impacts whether or not a candidate decides to apply. In order to...Read more -
WEBSITE STRUCTURE WILL AFFECT YOUR APPLICANT POOL
The 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 generated has to do with various factors including eye-catching layouts, keywords, and ease of use. The...Read more -
ARE PUZZLE INTERVIEWS AN INGENIOUS TECHNIQUE OR A POINTLESS TACTIC
A 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. How can we better predict the success of an individual; how can we more...Read more -
PEOPLE – PLANET – PROFIT – GO GREEN OR GO HOME
My 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 that, due to the effects of this economic slump, CSR objectives of many organizations have...Read more -
PAY IT FORWARD – TRAINING ABOVE AND BEYOND IS BENEFICIAL IN THE LONG RUN
An 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 a job later down the line if he or she doesn’t up their skill level...Read more -
LOOK AT ME! FROM RECRUITING BOOTH TO THE INTERVIEW – HOW TO DRAW IN STUDENT TALENT AT CAREER FAIRS.
Large 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 to utilize every possible chance to let your organization be known. This is especially...Read more -
MIX AND MATCH. MAKING THE MOST OF RECENT REORGANIZATIONS AND DOWNSIZE SURVIVORS
With 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 that were part of any reductions in force. More with less has been the...Read more -
BrightMove, Inc. Launches BrightMatch Skill Marketing Suite
St. 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 and tool streamlines the process of matching qualified applicants to potential jobs within thousands or...Read more -
DON’T GET DOWN. JOB CUTS HAVE COME TO AN END AS THE NEW YEAR BEGINS
We 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 2010. December job cuts were 29 percent lower than the same month a year earlier...Read more -
I’M NOT BUYING IT. RESUMES ARE DESIGNED TO “SELL” – SPOT THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE LIARS.
In 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 fabrications. Obviously doing pre-employment screening such as background and reference checks are the sure fire ways...Read more -
FACT AND FICTION. RESUME FRAUD MAY BE A LEGITIMATE CONCERN WHEN SCREENING CANDIDATES.
Everyone 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 fraud. ...Read more -
WAKE UP CALL! U.S. MANAGERS MAY STAND TO LOSE KEY EMPLOYEES IN 2011
The 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 plan to actively pursue other employment options in 2011. This is a significant increase...Read more -
BrightMove, Inc. Launches BrightMove Progression: Innovative Technology for New Hires and Process Automation
BrightMove, 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 and Corporate HR, announces the debut of BrightMove Progression. This product streamlines onboarding for new...Read more -
Get Creative. Unorthodox Recruiting Methods May Get The Job Done
There 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 the test of time and yielded some positive results. However, as we all know,...Read more -
IT ISN’T FAIR. COLLEGE RECRUITING VENTURES AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL CAREER FAIRS
In 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 polled for the study....Read more -
Seeing Green. Figuring Salary’s Part In Hiring And Retention
Money 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 economy, it’s more important than ever. Working for a company that you love or...Read more -
What’s Happening? 2010 to 2011 College Recruiting Trends
Every 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 of information from the average salary offer by major to the percent of job placement...Read more -
GET TOGETHER. ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES HELPS TO DRAW IN YOUNG TALENT AND RETAIN THEM
Year 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; where is the job located; what are the hours; what are the benefits? But...Read more -
AGE IS BUT A NUMBER. When It Comes To Filling Iternships, Baby Boomers Are Getting In Line
When you say the word “intern”, what image comes to mind? A snot-nosed college kid trying to jumpstart their career? Maybe a twenty-something young woman who still isn’t sure what she’d like to do with her life? Both are fairly stereotypical. But what about a 50-year-old...Read more -
DON’T BE ANTI-SOCIAL. EMBRACE THE ADVANCES IN EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAMS
Many HR processes have been transformed in the recent past as the evolution of social media has given rise to new HR issues and methods. Traditional employee recruitment practices are now a small piece of a much larger puzzle. Placing an online or paper ad, networking at trade...Read more -
Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Employment. The 2011 Hiring Forecast
It’s a long, uphill battle, but it seems we are getting there. Numerous surveys show a positive outlook for US hiring in 2011. ...Read more -
Like Minds Stick Together. Reaching Out to Current Employees to Fill Open Positions.
Looking at internal candidates to fill an open position is obviously not Recruiting Rocket Science. But when you aren’t able to internally place someone in a vacancy, where do you turn? The first step to your “external” recruitment process should be search internally again, this time with a...Read more -
BrightMove, Inc. Partners with TalentDrive: Embedded Searching Capabilities Across Thousands of Resume Sources
St. Augustine Beach, FL November 1, 2010 – BrightMove, Inc. (www.brightmove.com), a leading developer of Recruiting Software for Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), Staffing and Corporate HR, announces its new partnership with TalentDrive (www.talentdrive.com). This agreement enables BrightMove to offer embedded searching capabilities across thousands of resume sources. “This partnership with TalentDrive...Read more -
BrightMove, Inc. Partners with Data Frenzy to Provide Leading SaaS Global Job Posting Capabilities
BrightMove, Inc. (www.brightmove.com), a leading developer of Recruiting Software for Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), Staffing and Corporate HR, announces its new partnership with Data Frenzy (www.datafrenzy.com). This agreement enables BrightMove to offer clients the ability to list employment opportunities on thousands of job boards globally....Read more -
SHOW ME THE MONEY. LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED MAY BE HOLDING OUT FOR PAY
The current economic situation has made screening resumes more difficult for recruiters. Today, a large employment gap is commonplace and the percentage of applicants that are currently unemployed is significantly higher than just a few years ago. The first inclination may be to write off applicants whose last...Read more -
Dude. Your Candidate Has a Medical Marijuana Card. Now What?
After setting up a round of interviews for an open drafter position located in Los Angeles, CA, the hiring manager left me a concerned voicemail. “A candidate came in for an interview and asked if we require a pre-employment drug screen. Once confirmed, he stated that he has...Read more -
US vs YOU. Pros and Cons of the Panel Interview
There are advantages and disadvantages to all interview formats. Deciding how to conduct these candidate “meet & greets” relies on a wealth of factors: company industry, the position being filled, the position of the interviewer, interviewer personality, timeframe availability, etc. There’s also the small matter of “who will...Read more -
To Search or Not to Search. Protecting Your Recruiting Process from Social Media-Related Discrimination.
Facebook and other forms of social media have become increasingly popular sources for those in charge of hiring to find free information about their applicants. You may assume that certain social sites would not have a wide reach or perhaps that only today’s youth are taking advantage of social media,...Read more -
If You Can’t Take the Heat. Be Cautious About Giving Candidates Interview Feedback.
The majority of interviews I’ve conducted fall between five and seven on a ten scale, ten being “hired on the spot, five as “mediocre”, and one for candidates that completely bomb the interview. There are those interviewees that do well out of the gate and a flub, whether oblivious...Read more