Prior to the pandemic, recruiters focused on building a pipeline of talent, so that when their clients handed over a job req, they had candidates at the ready. Despite a completely different labor landscape than we’ve ever seen in the past, this recruiting tactic is still practical. Even if all hiring is on hold, recruiters should continually grow their talent database (or pipeline)… that way, you won’t have to start anew when things do open up. When this pandemic is over and the economy rebounds, those roles that were put on hold will open back up and employers will be overwhelmed with applications. You want to be one step ahead of the game and have that top talent ready to present to them. Read the rest of this entry »
Time to Fill Your Pipeline
by Liz CareyThe Traits to Look for in Remote Workers
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s guest blogger is Paulette Steele with Real Resumes located in Queensland, Australia. Real Resumes is educating people from beginning to end on getting a job. Short videos cover all aspects including: where to look for a job, writing effective resumes, researching and preparing for the interview, and most importantly, mastering the interview itself. Paulette has 15 years of recruitment experience and a vast career in various industries. Below, she discusses important traits for remote workers to possess.
“My mama always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.’”-Forrest Gump. So, you must be adaptable in all aspects of life, including recruiting.
One thing we are bound to see more of in the future is people working remotely as employers are realizing it actually works. People are often more productive working from home and technology has been there for years allowing this to occur. Read the rest of this entry »
Manpower Employment Survey Reflects Uneven Climate
by Veronica Blatt
Manpower Group recently released the results of its Employment Outlook Survey for the third quarter. The survey was administered during the peak of the global coronavirus pandemic. There has been a rapid change in global hiring conditions, and the survey data reflects these extraordinary conditions. Manpower surveyed more than 30,000 employers in 43 countries. All participants were asked to answer “How do you anticipate total employment at your location to change in the three months to the end of September 2020 as compared to the current quarter?” Read the rest of this entry »
Recruiters are awful!
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s guest blogger is Tim Lane founder and director of Park Lane Recruitment based near Manchester UK. Park Lane Recruitment is a specialist recruiting firm in the technology space with niche areas of cybersecurity, fintech, space and defense IT, as well as generic IT sales, tech and managerial. Tim is also an NPAworldwide Board Director with responsibility for the EMEA region and a 30+ year veteran of the recruiting industry.
“Recruiters are awful,” “Recruiters get in the way of hiring,” “Recruiters never respond when I apply for role”… these and many other (often ruder!) statements have been written by candidates the world over seemingly since professional recruitment started many years ago. Yet if recruiters were so useless, why would they still exist? Read the rest of this entry »
Navigating Remote Talent Acquisition
by Sarah Freiburger
It is no secret that in past years recruitment technology trends were changing how traditional HR processes were being conducted. Prior to the pandemic however, they were primarily a way to enable the final decisions in hiring rather than being the only way to decide.
While employers need to understand especially now in an ever-tightening market retention is key, adoption of technology is essential not only for current companies navigating a work from home landscape, but a hiring from home landscape also has entered the scene. Read the rest of this entry »
Recruitment Metrics Can Drive Results
by Dave Nerz
There is an old saying, “what gets measured gets done.” I am a believer in this based on watching sales people over more than 25 years. If you can achieve a bonus or grow compensation by hitting a metric, sales people will figure it out and get it done. They hit metrics because there is personal benefit. Read the rest of this entry »
Maintaining Fee Integrity During a Downturn
by Veronica Blatt
When I’m not wearing my marketing/communications hat for NPAworldwide, I’m hard at work planning and executing our in-person meetings around the world. There is an interesting parallel between hotels and recruiters as it pertains to room rates and fee integrity. Hotel room pricing is very much subject to the laws of supply and demand. When supply is low and demand is high, hotel rooms become more expensive. Conversely, when supply is high while demand is low, hotel rooms typically become more affordable. However, a few economic downturns ago, hotel rooms got MUCH more affordable – hotels offered fire-sale rates in a desperate attempt to fill rooms and bring in lucrative meetings business. Read the rest of this entry »
When you pay a recruiter, what are you REALLY paying for?
by Veronica Blatt
Our guest blogger is Deon Haar of Source Junction in Brisbane, Australia. Source Junction is a boutique firm that manages clients’ use of recruitment agencies, across Australia and internationally, with main specialisations in Accounting & Finance, I.T., Pharmacy and Sales & Marketing. Deon has been a member of NPA for 16 years, with 6 years as area leader for Queensland, Australia.
Speaking with a potential new client on Friday, I was asked why it was “so expensive to just have an email sent with a resume attached.” Read the rest of this entry »
No Work Life Balance, The New Normal?
by Liz Carey
It truly is an unprecedented time – never before have so many companies been forced to drastically change their operations in the span of just a few weeks. Most companies, whether or not they already had work-from-home employees, had to transition to a fully remote operation.
When the world opens back up after the Covid-19 pandemic, what will the “new normal” look like? Will the work-from-home experiment continue? Many companies, including Facebook, Google, Twitter and Square, have already extended remote work through the end of the year and/or indefinitely. Read the rest of this entry »
HR Best Practices in a COVID-19 Working Environment
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s guest blogger is Ed McConnell with HUB International, discussing best practices for HR departments during the coronavirus pandemic. HUB International provides a wide range of business and personal insurance options including liability, health, life, and more.
COVID-19 has quickly become a malady of its own for human resources departments, as employers across the U.S. struggle to make sense of new HR and employment practices liability (EPL) issues.
In the wake of the pandemic which has affected more Americans than any other country to date, employee benefits (EB), pay continuation, employee medical information confidentiality, Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, layoffs, furloughs and more are a concern for just about every industry. We have provided some HR department coronavirus considerations in this new, ever-evolving world. Read the rest of this entry »