Globally, 77% of talent professionals say diversity will be very important to the future of recruiting. They recognize the integral role they’ll play in helping companies stay accountable to their commitments to diversity and inclusion. And that starts with sourcing a diverse pipeline of candidates. “My sense,” says Melissa Thompson, the head of global talent...
Recruiting Strategy Articles
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- Diversity,
- Community Voices
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The world of hiring has changed a ton over the last two decades. We have gone from paper resumes in file cabinets to LinkedIn profiles and applicant tracking systems. Newspaper ads to job boards and search engine optimization. Personnel files to HRIS systems. Major shifts in the areas of diversity, training, assessments, bias all have led our industry forward in...
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In my 45+ years as a recruiter, one of the many things I’ve learned is that strangers get a bad deal when it comes to being accurately assessed during interviews. While people who are known to the hiring manager are assessed on their past performance, strangers are judged on their motivation to get the job, a bunch of generic competencies, the depth of their...
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- Diversity,
- Community Voices
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At Recruiting Toolbox, we do a lot of work to help companies improve who they hire and how they hire. And the how part sometimes...
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- Recruiting Strategy,
- Soft Skills
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When I was a young recruiter, during my intake meetings I learned to ask the Hiring Manager, “What’s your ideal target candidate...
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- Recruiting Strategy,
- Diversity,
- Community Voices
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For recruiters, finding talent is always critical. But recently, for the recruiting team at General Motors, it became a matter of...