Sourcing

Engaging Candidates Through Automated Texting

Recruiters across all industries are seeing the benefits of texting with candidates to provide a better candidate experience. Whether you’re recruiting in healthcare, manufacturing, retail, or quite frankly any industry, candidates are always near their phones and frequently check and respond to texts. In fact, texts have a 98% average response rate. Text recruiting lets…

Jobvite Academy is Open for Enrollment

At Jobvite, we’re obsessed with helping Talent Acquisition (TA) professionals learn and grow. Traditionally, recruiting professionals have had to develop skills on the job which can limit opportunities for this growth, so we created a place to develop those valuable skills. Enter Jobvite Academy—an online learning center for TA teams to modernize their recruiting skills…

The Top Issues Facing Manufacturing Recruiters in 2021

Manufacturing runs on the skills of its workers and there is a growing skill gap in America. According to a report from Deloitte and The National Association of Manufacturers, 4.6 million jobs need to be filled by 2028, and 2.4 million jobs are projected to go unfilled due to a lack of trained workers. And…

6 Secrets for Hiring Top Manufacturing Talent

Recruiters in manufacturing face unique challenges. Many of today’s manufacturers struggle to attract, hire, and retain talent for a wide range of roles: skilled operators and technicians, assemblers, plant managers, and more. At the same time, disruptive technology has transformed the talent profile of the manufacturing industry — which means manufacturing companies find themselves competing…

Hiring Healthcare Heroes in 2021 with New Recruiting Tools

Given the drastic changes in 2020 due to the pandemic, recruiting has changed permanently. Some industries saw big layoffs during shutdowns, others shifted to all remote work, and all had to adapt to survive. One of, if not the most, impacted industries was healthcare. Facilities were faced with complex decisions and stressful situations every day…

7 Ways Achieve Your D&I TA Goals in 2021

Talent Acquisition professionals know they need to create more diverse pipelines in 2021, yet many don’t even know where to start. Hung Lee, Cofounder and CEO of Workshape.io & Curator for Recruiting Brainfood recently joined us to discuss what it really means to focus on Diversity and Inclusion in 2021, and how to leverage AI…

Diversity is Critical in Healthcare — How Jobvite Can Help You Get There

Every day, countless patients interact with healthcare professionals. They span every race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, and age. To ensure that each patient receives the best possible care, having a diverse and inclusive workforce has never been more important. In fact, it can literally mean life or death.     Imagine discharging a patient who doesn’t fully understand their diagnosis or instructions for taking their medication.…

Hiring Our Heroes: Strategic Audience Planning for Veterans

By any measure, veterans are a key demographic within the U.S. population. Roughly 250,000 military members transition to civilian life every year. And as of 2019, nearly 19 million Americans — or about 8 percent of the adult population — were veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. As we celebrate the contributions and sacrifice of…

Six Elements of a Great Job Application Process

Let’s face it: just about everything you do as a recruiting organization depends on your online job application. Every paid ad, every email, and every recruiting event drives attendees to complete an online application at some point. So you’ve likely spent massive amounts of time analyzing and designing the perfect job application process — one…

Recruiting Analytics: Candidate Sourcing Metrics

When it comes to recruiting analytics, candidate sourcing metrics can be hard to pin down. Sourcing is a function that is increasingly being brought in-house for many corporate recruiting organizations, but what should we be measuring to better understand the value of our sourcing efforts? We’ve written extensively about recruiting metrics and how they can…