Employment Branding

How to Write Effective Job Descriptions

Hiring great candidates begins with your job description. When a potential hire performs a job search, they’re like anybody else reading the search engine results page. They want to see fast and concise results on the first page, and usually within the first three listings. Writing an effective job description is critical not only to…

The Essential Checklist to Improve Your Hiring Process

Hiring, even at a senior level, doesn’t have to be expensive these days thanks to advances in the recruiting process through automation and artificial intelligence (AI). Unfortunately, bad hiring practices are just as expensive as they’ve always been. Having a key position unfilled–or filled by the wrong person, which is even worse–is profit-margin poison. It’s…

How Manufacturers Can Improve Their Talent Acquisition

Manufacturing is an industry that is familiar with the ups and downs of the economy. Recruiters are often faced with the challenge of needing skilled workers in high volumes while competing for a limited talent pool. Sourcing, engaging, and hiring quality talent keeps manufacturing recruiters busy every day. But what if you could incorporate automation,…

How Financial Services Companies can Profit from Becoming an Employer of Choice

Warren Buffet once said, “it takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” Your employer brand is your reputation personified. It’s a window into your company, providing candidates, customers, and potential customers insight into what you value and how your treat people. It works in tandem with your public persona…

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.…

The Importance of Balance for Today’s Always-On Workforce

What do you get when you combine a career-driven, always-on society with a global pandemic? A whole new dynamic with competing priorities and unexpected distractions – all of which makes it harder than ever for employees to find balance in their lives. Recently, I sat down with Kelly Lavin, SVP of Talent at Jobvite, to…