14 seconds. That’s how long a job-seeker, on average, spends reviewing a job description before they decide to apply or not. And, many of them don’t even review the whole ad -- according to a study using eye-tracking software, the bottom one-third of the description is often not reviewed at all. Just take a look: In the image of the job description, the sections...
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If you don’t spend hours crafting the perfect job description, it’s understandable. After all, according to LinkedIn's Global Recruiting Trends 2017 report, 56% of recruiting leaders say that their hiring volume will increase in 2017. It’s not like you're swimming in free time. But the thing is, spending a little bit longer thinking through that job post can...
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For recruiters today, it’s simple to identify 20-30 ideal candidates for just about any staff or mid-level manager position. All you need is the ability to use LinkedIn’s powerful filtering system, a bit of basic Boolean and some knowledge of what the best people do differently than the rest. For example, searching on the term “patents” will bring up strong...
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If you’re looking for general best practices and techniques for writing great job descriptions, then this blog post is unfortunately...
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I learned about the importance of the employee value proposition (EVP) for attracting people and improving on-the-job performance...
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Long ago I found out about the McFrank and Williams recruitment ad agency based in New York City. The image below caught my eye. While...
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