HR

Is Job Hopping an Indicator of Unreliability?

In your experience dealing with recruitment, no doubt you will have encountered job hoppers – the applicants who have a long string of employers, all lasting anywhere less than two years. What is your knee-jerk reaction to this? Chances are, you are put off by this display of a lack of commitment, perhaps dismissing the applicant as lacking loyalty, commitment and drive. You may mentally credit them with costing companies money in terms of investment in them as an employee, which would hardly make for an attractive hire choice…

You Should Care What Your Applicants Think. Here’s Why.

Every time you recruit, you become a blip on the radar for hundreds if not thousands of job seekers, who all send off their CV in the hope that they will be noticed. From an HR perspective, this creates a mammoth task, as they are charged with filtering the pool down to the best of the bunch. This process can be time consuming, and it’s tempting to throw your net as wide as possible, leaving applications open for weeks in order to increase your chances of finding the ‘perfect’ catch, but in doing this, you can leave those on the hunt waiting for too long…

The Pre-Interview Phone Screen – How to Streamline Your Selection Process

A phone screen can be an effective way of cutting down on interview time and getting some extra data about your candidates, prior to inviting them in for a face to face interview. This is especially useful if you are short on office space or man power, as your group of potential employees can be cut to a manageable number of in-person interviews, saving you time and money. In order to make the most of this process, it pays to take some time to focus on the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of your phone interview…

What Your Job Ad Could Be Missing

One aspect of job ads that is often overlooked is employee benefits. A PR Newswire Survey found that 95% of Americans take into account benefits and perks when considering applying for a job. While the main reason for seeking employment may be financial gain, the majority of employees put value in non-fiscal contributions as well…

How Going Mobile Can Improve Your Hiring

These days it seems as if everyone has a smart phone or tablet, and according to industry experts, mobile recruiting will be the next big shift in the world of recruitment – over the past two years there has been a dramatic 500% increase in mobile web usage. In terms of general internet traffic, mobile devices were predicted to account for over 50% of all traffic in 2014, and if your job ads and links are not mobile friendly you could be putting off the people you want to be attracting – the busy, driven employees who are open to adopting new approaches and technology…

Why You Should Care About Your Job Ads & How to Write a Great One

It pays to think seriously about creating a good job ad. Despite the fact numbers would dictate that the job market is sitting in the employers’ favour, a widespread lament heard from those in the hiring seat, is that it is seemingly impossible to attract the right people.In the US alone, it is estimated that around 60% of companies are struggling to attract candidates with the desired skill sets. Why is it such a struggle to find the right applicants among the innumerable CV’s? What is it that is causing this process to fall short of results?…

5 Things You Can Do to Keep Your Recruitment Process Applicant Friendly

From the moment a job seeker views your ad, there are things you can do to ensure you’re putting your best foot forward as an employer. Why is that important? Because a good reputation will play a big part in whether candidates apply, and can even save you money. According to the 2013 Career Builder’s Survey, 68 percent of applicants would accept a lower salary if the employer created a great impression through the hiring process…

5 Tips to Improve Your Social Media Recruitment Strategy

In this day and age, social media is as much a part of most people’s day, as is flicking over to the evening News or glancing through a newspaper with your morning coffee. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have become part of everyday life, not simply for socialising as the name might imply, but for many of us, it becomes our main source of news and entertainment. For anyone involved in recruitment, you now have a broad reaching, powerful tool at your fingertips – in fact 78% of recruiters have successfully hired through one or more social media platforms…

Could Your Recruitment Process Do With a PR Makeover?

Recruiting staff is one of the key processes to running a successful business, and yet we seem to view it as a necessary evil instead of an opportunity to improve our working environment. In many ways, who you hire can make or break your business, and as such it is important that everyone is on the same page.From the writing of the ad, through to the final interviews and the on-boarding process, you need to make sure all applicants are consistently treated well and that the impression they are left with is in line with your company brand…

5 Unique & Creative Recruitment Campaigns

In the world of recruitment, it pays to stand out. Thousands of companies are all vying for a large pool of talented individuals and everyone is fair game. Big companies with big budgets have transitioned to looking at more unique ways they can stand out from the crowd, recruit the top 10% of talent, and build a strong employer brand that is associated with innovation and creativity. So we at Haystack thought we’d share a list of our top 5 creative recruitment campaigns…