If you have a bad experience at a restaurant, most likely someone is going to hear about it. Twenty years ago, news of your bad experience may have traveled as far as a phone call to your friend and a discussion with a coworker in the company kitchen. Today, though, you could get the word […]
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Study: 23% of Employers Have A Blog Specifically for Recruiting

There is a fundamental belief among digital marketers that content can influence the decisions people make. Of course, that belief has been validated many times over in the world of eCommerce and B2B marketing. But it’s a relatively new topic of study and discussion in the world of recruiting. The overt similarities between the buyer […]
4 Stats that Prove the Importance of Career Sites

You don’t have to look far to find a career site that hasn’t been updated in the past five to 10 years. A site that doesn’t accept applications from mobile devices. One that has stock photos bought online, and copy filled with boring, run-of-the-mill corporate jargon. In a matter of seconds you could pull up […]
Employers Plan to Hire More With Less In 2017 – Here’s How

This past summer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported a record-high number of job openings in the U.S. A recent report from LinkedIn also revealed that 56% of talent acquisition leaders predict their hiring volumes will increase next year. Considering those two figures, you might expect employers to be hiring lots of recruiters for […]
Why Analytics Are Vital to the Growth of Employer Branding Initiatives

Data is crucial for making better employer branding decisions—it’d be hard to find someone who disagrees with that notion. But tools for tracking and analyzing data have come a long way in recent years. Some companies have adopted solutions like recruiting analytics or other types of web analytics to better understand performance. Others are still […]
Job Security: Confidence Is High Among HR Professionals

Considering how close human resources is to recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and even letting employees go, they’re not typically the first group that comes to mind when we think of job security. But a recent study from the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) looked into this. They asked HR professionals how confident they were in […]