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The Top 4 Recruiting Trends of 2021

The Top 4 Recruiting Trends of 2021

Recruiting professionals, hold on to your hats; 2021 is the year your jobs evolve and specialize in four key areas. Your position will take on aspects of other disciplines and specialties in the year to come. Here are the top 4 recruiting trends to plan for in 2021....

Top Recruitment Best Practices for 2021

Top Recruitment Best Practices for 2021

Employees are the lifeblood of any company, which means finding the best talent is critical to your organization’s continued success. As we wrap up Q1 of 2021, it’s wise to ensure your organization is following the latest top trends in recruitment best practices. This...

How to Utilize LinkedIn to Recruit Top Talent

How to Utilize LinkedIn to Recruit Top Talent

With the power of the internet, mobile apps, and social media platforms - it is only going to get harder to recruit top talent with all of the demand being generated. Long gone are the days however of putting up paper job ads or leaving your inbox open for hundreds of...

Best Practices for filling out W-9 Forms

Best Practices for filling out W-9 Forms

Whenever you get a new job, it can be easy to get lost in the new paperwork thrown your way. With agreements, offer sheets, company statements, etc., it can be easy to get lost in the madness. One of the most important forms that is filled out on the employee side is the W-9 form. The W-9 form is an official IRS tax form that you fill out to verify your name, address and tax verification information for the income you receive. The information taken from the W-9 directly relates to how you...

4 Strategies to Get Volunteer Prospects

It comes as no surprise that non-profit organizations always need volunteers. This can be tough at certain parts of the year, or dependent on how the job market looks. An organization's engagement with their audience can also fluctuate throughout the year, so they will always be in need of help in one way or another. This is where driving prospects comes in. Volunteers come and go, move and retire, leave for another cause, experience life changes, etc. So how can you keep your volunteer count...

Is it better to hire contract or full-time?

Is it better to hire contract or full-time?

In today's world, there are many different hiring practices. There are full-time workers, part-time workers, contract workers who freelance, contract-to-hire and so on. With contract hiring websites such as Jobble and Upwork, some positions can easily be filled seasonally or only when necessary. On the other hand, hiring a full-time worker could be more impactful in the long-term for a company. With someone who has the skillset and the longevity for a given role, they grow in value as the...

Human Element of Recruiting Cannot Be Replaced by Artificial Intelligence

Human Element of Recruiting Cannot Be Replaced by Artificial Intelligence

In theory, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) gives companies the ability to pass human recruiting tasks on to automated tools. Not only does this delegate the prescreening process to a robot, it can also prevent would-be candidates from even becoming applicants. This would effectively reduce the need for “turndown” or rejection letters, at least within the initial phase of the recruiting process. In an effort to decrease the high volume some recruiting teams deal with, A.I. tools handle...

Is Your Online Employment Application Applicant Friendly?

Is Your Online Employment Application Applicant Friendly?

You’re confident that you have a great company culture. Your current employees are happy and retention is at an all-time low. Why, then, are you struggling to get enough applicants to fill your open positions? More than likely, the problem is with your online application process. Imagine a candidate coming to your site ready to apply. They’ve already done their research, been on your social media sites, checked out Glassdoor reviews, and visited your website. After thirty minutes of trying to...