The Workforce Institute at Kronos commissioned a survey to investigate current levels of employee engagement and its impact on business success. (Disclosure: Kronos is an Industry Partner to NPAworldwide.) Survey respondents included more than 300 professionals in the areas of HR, operations / line of business managers, and employees from companies with more than 600 employees. Industry representation included retail, healthcare, public sector, manufacturing, service, and transportation/logistics. The survey data is interesting; the summary is available for downloading. Read the rest of this entry »
Employee Engagement and Business Success
by Veronica BlattCompliance on a Global Scale
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s guest blogger is Eric Snethkamp, global channels & strategic alliances manager for SafeGuard World International. For nearly a decade, organizations around the world have relied on SafeGuard World for their global HR needs, specifically around payroll and employee compliance. SafeGuard World is an Alliance Partner of NPAworldwide.
In international business, compliance can seem like a minefield. It is layered with complexities spanning employment and payroll practices where regulatory missteps can have serious implications. Consider the following scenarios that often unfold when companies set up shop in foreign countries: Read the rest of this entry »
Disaster Recovery Basics for Your Recruitment Firm
by Veronica Blatt
As I write this, Tropical Storm Harvey is still battering Houston and the surrounding Gulf Coast with unprecedented rainfalls. Our thoughts are with everyone who has been impacted by this historic storm. Thousands are displaced from their homes, and business interruptions must be staggering as well. While most of us will not experience a catastrophe of this magnitude, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of smaller disasters each year. How well-prepared is your recruitment firm to survive? If you have not given time or thought to a disaster recovery plan, get started now! Here are some basics: Read the rest of this entry »
What Makes A Good Trading Partner
by Liz Carey
NPAworldwide recently held a conference call for members on “Making the Right Connections” in a recruiting network. Two successful members of the network were featured as panelists, and both said that it’s important to remember that trading partners can choose who they are going to work with. If you want to be at the top of the list for who other recruiters call when they need help, you better make sure you’re viewed as a good trading partner.
So what makes a good trading partner? Here’s what our panelists said: Read the rest of this entry »
Help in a Tough Talent Market
by Sarah Freiburger
Imagine for a moment that being a recruiter is the same thing as being a tourist on a sandy beach in the middle of summer. You show up early to try and get the best chance at finding a perfect shell washed up on shore, only to discover that thousands of other people are also on that beach, looking for the same thing as you battle to get to the shoreline. Trying to get ahead, you bring your family down with you, but you seem to spend more time teaching them what you are looking for than seeing any success. So now you have exhausted yourself trying to build the perfect plan with the bulk to accomplish it, only to be repeating over and over which type of shells you are even searching for and why. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Cost of Engineering Talent
by Dave Nerz
Recruitment of engineering talent is becoming increasingly more competitive. The global financial crisis and the dramatic impact on manufacturers is a memory for most at this point. The search and selection of the best engineering talent has become a race to be first to the best engineering candidates with a lucrative offer. As this demand for talent continues, more companies in need of engineering talent will begin to look globally, use independent recruiters vs in-house resources, and start looking at developing their own training and talent pipelines. Read the rest of this entry »
Top 10 Tips for Your Candidates Undergoing Recruitment Assessments
by Veronica Blatt
Today’s guest blogger is Amanda Davies, managing director for ISV, a TEAM Service Provider. ISV supports recruiters (in-house and consultants) and HR professionals worldwide with their candidate testing and screening process. ISV, part of Dillistone, is best known for its online testing software, FastPath and the new ISV Online.
Candidate experience – it became a topic of the moment a few years ago and shows no sign of going away. In fact, it could easily form part of Recruiter Buzzword Bingo (along with its friends ‘big data’, ‘war for talent’ and ‘uberisation’). Candidate experience has earned its place, though. It makes perfect sense to think about your candidate’s journey. Read the rest of this entry »
20 Questions You Need to Ask When Qualifying a Job Order
by Sarah Freiburger
Would you say “I do” to someone before knowing exactly who they were as a person? Hopefully not, and hopefully you feel the same way when saying “yes” to taking on a job order for a client. While not as heavy of a commitment as marriage, agreeing to a job order is still putting your time and resources on the line, and sends a clear image of your brand on what you are able to deliver. Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t Be a Bad Apple!
by Veronica Blatt
Our guest blogger is Pam Robison of J. Gifford Inc. in Tulsa, Oklahoma. J. Gifford Inc. is a small, quality conscious firm providing highly individualized recruiting services to clients on a local, regional, national and international basis. The firm’s recruiting activities are focused on professional, technical and managerial placement, as well as contractor and international staffing for clients. Pam is the Director of the US Midwest Region for the NPAworldwide Board of Directors.
Recently, while visiting a popular employment website, I came across a rant by a person who was fed up with recruiters. I’ve heard this kind of complaint before but I find most non-industry people are fairly naïve about the recruiting process. Nevertheless, I read on, and learned that this person had experienced what I call “the black hole syndrome.” Read the rest of this entry »
Quirky Interview Questions
by Dave Nerz
So we have all heard these quirky interview questions. Most of us have tried one or two of these recruitment tricks at the end of a candidate interview. What is important is how skilled you are in asking the question and how effective you are at learning something from the answer that is provided.
One I like…”On a scale of 1 to 10, how weird are you?” The word is that Zappos’ CEO likes weird and considers it a company core value. Read the rest of this entry »