5 Powerful Recruiting Trends Affecting Your Time to Hire

5 Powerful Recruiting Trends Affecting Your Time to Hire The lowest unemployment numbers recorded in decades are impacting those looking to recruit the best and brightest and forcing them to try new ideas when it comes to hiring. Here are some trends impacting hiring and how they can impact you: 1. Team Hiring Many startups are following the lead of companies and hiring (or poaching) teams en masse from their competitors. Team hiring is exactly what it sounds like, lifting a successful team from one project to another, except the new project is in another company. This solves many issues for the employer, like worrying about culture fit, paying a placement fee for each new employee, and onboarding in perpetuity. Stripe is a San Francisco-based online payment company that’s become the hot startup du jour; it was featured on “60 Minutes” as a company that’s shaking up financial technology. Now, Stripe is getting press, including write-ups in Quartz and BBC, for shaking up the recruiting world with its new hiring initiative, Bring Your Own Team (BYOT). In this unique new hiring push, Stripe invites entire groups â€" they could be coworkers, college classmates, or any group who just wants to work together â€" to apply en masse for a job at Stripe. “The industry has always focused on hiring atoms,” Stripe says in its blog post where it first announced BYOT. “We’d like to try hiring molecules.” 2. Recruitment Augmentation Hard to say, easy to implement. Recruitment augmentation is basically your internal team but on steroids. Marketing teams have been using outsourced resources (i.e. agencies) for decades, but for some reason, this leveraged model hasn’t appeared in recruiting, save the large RPO offerings, which don’t always fit into a startup or SMB plan. Again the economy figures into this trend, allowing employers to build their IP, expand their team based on need, and build up their internal training program. In a time period where employer brand is paramount, but the talent is scarce, with nearly half of all hiring and HR managers surveyed (45%) saying they’re unable to fill much-needed positions because the qualified talent is scant, augmenting your recruitment team with additional talent seems like a no-brainer. According to Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder, “There is a perfect storm happening in the U.S. labor market. Low unemployment paired with lagging labor force participation and a growing skills gap is making it very difficult for businesses to find qualified candidates â€" and this is for all types of roles. If employers want to remain competitive, they are going to have to look to new talent pools and significantly increase their investment in training workers to build up the skills they require.” 3. Always-On Sourcing While sourcing has been viewed by some as a nice-to-have, today’s recruiters are learning that talent relationship management and sourcing are essential in the fight for candidates. When talent is easy to find, a simple search on your favorite professional network or a quick post on a job board might do the trick. With jobs remaining unfilled for 12 weeks or more, research or candidate sourcing or talent relationship management (whatever you call it) has become a crucial skill. Creating a sourcing function in your organization overnight is no easy task. However, firms like IQTalent Partners can help by supporting that function, mapping out your processes (you own the IP), setting up your technology and working alongside your recruiters to create a sophisticated sourcing and recruitment team that could take years to build organically. Is it worth it? You decide. Recruiters who use proactive sourcing extend over 3x more offers and the acceptance rate is a whopping 93%. 4. Data Analytics in Recruiting Understanding where your recruitment process is succeeding and failing is a hot trend in 2017 and 2018. As more companies start to calculate productivity, cost-per-hire, and Quality of Hire (QoH), it’s become clear that Silicon Valley hires are no more or less effective than equivalent talent from the remainder of the country. These recruitment tools and analytics suites allow Talent Acquisition professionals to easily search, locate and analyze their candidates. Other analytics providers give employers a view of top applicants and how they perform post-hire. Still, more are giving recruiters and hiring managers unique insight into assessments and allow these pros to filter applicants in a granular way, allowing for specific and customized recruitment. 5. The Exodus from Silicon Valley It used to be very difficult to recruit the best and brightest. After all, it seemed like they were all heading to Silicon Valley to plant their career flag. Today though is a different story. Almost overnight, talented individuals are leaving the Bay Area for less crowded living conditions, more equitable distribution of wealth, lower cost of living and a respite from gridlock. As Lou Hansen recently reported, people are leaving Silicon Valley as quickly as they are coming in. “Between July 2015 and July 2017, the region gained 44,732 immigrants but lost 44,102 residents to other parts of California and the country,” according to a  new survey by Joint Venture Silicon Valley. “The population drops have been most notable on residents between the ages of 18 and 24, and between 45 and 64.” With great developers, marketers, programmers, data scientists and countless of other talented people looking to make a move, companies based in smaller areas should beef up their “slice of life” marketing. For those who own a home and make around $80,000 but still feel like they are “barely getting by,” your job in Nashville, Kansas City or Raleigh could be just the thing. Want to start leveraging these trends to fill your talent pipeline but don’t know how to start? Have our team augment your recruiting and sourcing function to build, implement and train these tactics to your people! Not only does IQTalent Partners scale with your company, we act as an extension of your brand to attract and hire the very best. And you don’t have to be the largest company in the world to use our services. Give us a call and find out how affordable and easy it is to get best-in-class recruiting and sourcing services working to grow your company. About the author: Chris Murdock is the Co-Founder and Senior Partner of IQTalent Partners. Chris has over 12 years of executive recruiting experience and leads search execution and client relationships along with supporting searches across the firm.

3 Ways to Get to Know the Smallest Details about Your Audience

3 Ways to Get to Know the Smallest Details about Your Audience Every audience is unique. It doesn’t matter if your website is almost identical your competitor’s website, your audience is going to have some unique attributes. Learning about these details will help you engage your customers in a more meaningful way.  Give these strategies a try.   The better you know your audience, the greater the chance that you’ll be able to satisfy their needs and solve their pain points. Thankfully, it’s easier than ever to get to know customers. Here are some strategies for uncovering hidden details about your target audience. Check Out Individual Social Media Profiles  Social media is a gift. If you don’t continually remind yourself of this fact, you may start to take it for granted. One of the neatest things you can do is get to know individual customers. If you notice someone interacting with one of your social media accounts, click on their profile and do some digging. By studying their pictures, likes, followers, and posts, you can start to paint a picture of what sort of person they are. Do this enough times with different customers and you wont’ have to guess what your target audience wants. This is something Our Organic Wedding does really well. Check out this recent blog post on incorporating cats into your wedding. They didn’t randomly come up with this topic. They did some digging and found out that their target audience really likes cats. As such, they figured that a topic on incorporating cats into a wedding would be valuable.  Browse Message Boards and Forums  In addition to social media, it can be helpful to browse message boards and forums that your target audience frequents. On these websites, you get a chance to see what sort of in-depth discussions your audience is having. You also get to see what answers other users are providing. This tells you about the pain points your audience has, as well as who your most educated and invested customers are. Study Website Data  Google analytics is your best friend when it comes to uncovering hidden insights about your audience. The problem is that most businesses get overwhelmed by the wealth of data. Don’t let this happen to you. Under your Google Analytics account, there’s a tab for Audience Reports. The Audience Reports section has 13 different tabs that reveal information like demographics (race, gender, age, etc.), interests (affinity categories), behavior (new vs. returning, engagement, etc.), technology (browser and network used), and much more. Studying this info will provide some concrete, objective data for you to build on.  Do You Know Your Audience?  There’s a huge difference between knowing someone and knowing someone. Consider your past dating history. If you’re like most people, you have three categories. There are people you casually dated once or twice. There are a couple of people you dated for an extended period of time. And there’s your spouse. A case could be made that you know the people you went on one or two dates with, but you don’t know them nearly as well as the people you dated for months or years at a time. Furthermore, you don’t know the people you dated for an extended period of time as intimately as you know your spouse. The same is true with your customers. You might know a couple of customers who you’ve done business with in the past, but do you know them intimately if you’ve never done any research on them? The goal is to really know your audience like the back of your hand. Thanks to Google, social media, and a plethora of other resources, it’s possible to know your audience better than any business has in the past. Don’t miss this opportunity!

Volunteering. Whats in it for you University of Manchester Careers Blog

Volunteering. Whats in it for you University of Manchester Careers Blog Volunteering can present you with new challenges that will help you improve your employability. You could be organising a fundraising initiative, mentoring young people, helping  in a soup kitchen, or digging a community garden. All of these will encourage you to build on existing skills, including teamwork, communication and organisation. You may be faced with gaining new skills, such as leadership and negotiation.    It  can  be challenging and exciting as you develop your skills and your confidence grows you  will see  what you are capable of and what you can achieve. Stand out from the crowd in the job market Volunteering provides you with  real-life examples to demonstrate your experience and skills to  use on applications and in interviews.   It can enable you to get experience and skills that would be difficult to find in paid employment to fit around your studies,   for some careers voluntary experience is vital. Volunteering whilst at University is also an effective way to showcase to employers your time management skills. As well as juggling your studies with deadlines, revision and exams, plus  a part-time job and social life, making time to volunteer demonstrates to employers that you can plan your time effectively and can make a committment. You can also have lots of fun and make new friends  as you work together for a cause,  enhancing your time at University. It’s a great way for you to open your mind to new ideas and perspectives, in addition to gaining a great sense of achievement.  Want to get started? Volunteer For Your Career is nearly here (11 â€" 15 February) at University Place. This event gives you the chance to find out about volunteering in a specific sector, including volunteering with vulnerable adults arts, culture and media health environment and conservation volunteering with children and young people Full details of each day are included on Careerslink Simply click on events and put ‘Volunteer for your career’ in the search field for full details. In addition to meeting and chatting to representatives from each sector and finding out the opportunities available to you, ‘Volunteer For Your Career’ will also enable you to see how volunteering can boost your employability. To find out more, go to www.manchester.ac.uk/volunteers or email the Volunteering and Community Engagement Team at:   volunteers@manchester.ac.uk. There are loads of other opportunities available to you through the University and the Students’ Union to enable you to volunteer. For example: Manchester RAG   is a student fundraising group at the University of Manchester, and is a great opportunity to get outside the student bubble, meet different people and raise money for some really great causes. Student Action runs a range of student-led projects with different communities in Manchester. Sports Volunteer Scheme at the University enables you to engage with the local with the local Manchester community through volunteering in sport. The Manchester Museum can provide you with a wide range of cultural and volunteering roles. Widening Participation Programme offers you a wide variety of different opportunities volunteering with primary and secondary school children. So now  that you know what it can do for you, why not take some action, see what’s out there and go for it! Enjoy and have some fun! All Undergraduate Undergraduate-highlighted

Digital Fatigue And Refreshment - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Digital Fatigue And Refreshment - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Just go to my website. I’ll text you. I posted it on my FB page. I tweeted it. I found it on LinkedIn. He sent me a Branchout request. It’s on my Pinterest. I saw your 4square check-in at the gym. Did you get my email? Noooooooo. I may have hit the wall this week.   It could be the pace or magnitude of my work for the last few weeks. It could be that the sunshine blazed in Los Angeles. Maybe it was walking the dogs on the beach. Sunday was my first day where I dreaded turning on a device. Any device: laptop, iPad, iPhone, and so on. I would have cut the cord but I believe in the “battery up” rule (always be charging) so cords were superfluous. Typically I have a digital reflex when I read something interesting (the Sunday NY Times newspaper is a treasure trove), go somewhere inspiring or have any experience worth sharing (good or bad). I also have a digital reflex when too much time has passed (about 20 minutes) and I haven’t gotten real time information from friends, bloggers, news or things you can find on the Internet. That digital reflex is a kind of perimeter check. I look for texts, scroll through email, and hit FB, Tweetdeck, Huffpo and half a dozen other places.   Once my digital perimeter is secured â€" do I know everything that’s going on? â€" then I can go radio silent for a while. The Internet isn’t a bad habit, it’s my business. My personal brand depends on connectivity. Yours does too. And, building a personal brand really does take checking in during the day, seven days a week. It doesn’t have to take a lot of time. You can be very successful on social media, if you devote just twenty minutes a day it. That’s if you have a strategy that you’re executing, rather than an “as it moves you” approach. Because I have global clients and my output is web-dependent, my involvement is much heavier. Hence, I am constantly connecting. So when I took out a giant sketch pad and mind-mapped the keynote speech I’m giving at the American Marketing Association for their 75th annual celebration in LA, I was shocked. I betrayed all my devices by just using paper and pen, and opened some books (real books!). I was pitching a shut out until I wanted a dictionary definition of persuasion. Yes, I have a real dictionary. But it’s so heavy with all the words that I didn’t want to look up. Pages of them. And, I wanted to see more than one source when it came to deciding on the definition I would use. So my urgent desire for information overpowered my electronic hangover. I turned on my laptop and got what I needed: an affirmation of the power of words: spoken or typed. Persuasion, says Dictionary.com: the process by which a person’s attitude or behavior, without duress, are influenced by communication from other people. In other words, a perfect endorsement of the web. Author: Nance Rosen is the author of Speak Up! Succeed. She speaks to business audiences around the world and is a resource for press, including print, broadcast and online journalists and bloggers covering social media and careers. Read more at NanceRosenBlog. Twitter name: nancerosen

How to Optimize Your Daily Schedule for Maximum Productivity CareerMetis.com

How to Optimize Your Daily Schedule for Maximum Productivity Do you ever look at successful business people and wonder how they manage to squeeze so much into just one day?Being productive can seem really difficult. We’ve all been there. Head in hands, mind all over, but unable to do any work. It can be very emotionally draining when you’ve got a million things to do and there’s been no progress.evalProductivity takes technique. There are many things you are probably doing which hinder your productivity, and just a few changes to your life could see you running things more efficiently. Getting all of your work done means more time to relax. Once you’ve finished that essay, it’s time to put your feet up- so get reading this article!Here are some useful tips to help you achieve more with your day.1) Wake up at the right timeevalUnless you have a job with set hours, try and wake up when your body tells you it’s time. No, that doesn’t mean sleeping in every day- but don’t push yourself to get up at 5 am if you are more of a 9 am th e person.Despite many sources letting you believe that waking up earlier is always better for productivity, this may not be the case. It’s best to make sure you are getting plenty of sleep so that you maintain enough energy all day to see your responsibilities.Exhaustion does nothing for high-quality work, so it’s better to make sure you’re getting plenty of sleep than to push through fatigue for the sake of work.2) Eliminate decision-making tasks in the morningPlacing too much strain on your brain early in the morning can drain your cognitive energy levels for the remainder of the day. This reduces your likelihood of being productive and increases the probability of lazy decisions.evalIn the morning, it’s best to get up and go when it comes to improving productivity. That’s why many successful entrepreneurs plan their daily schedule the night before. Making decisions first-thing is also linked to morning anxiety, so think about what you want to do before you go to bed.3) Get positive: start the day with a mantraPositivity is an important part of spending your time valuable. With a negative mindset, you’ll find it much harder to complete your daily tasks efficiently. One way to encourage positivity in your day is to begin it with a mantra.A mantra is a phrase that you repeat to yourself, out loud, repetitively. Mantras are said to improve concentration and put your mind on the right track- they’re an easy way to improve productivity. Pick a mantra that’s right for you, something that you feel you need to hear. Mantras can be small reminders of things we overlook. Here are some examples of mantras you could use after waking to help boost focus on improving your day.Working while exhausted reduces the effectiveness.Summon your willpower.The way to get started is to quit talking and get doing.Don’t count the days, make the days count.In life, people tend to wait for good things to come to them. And by waiting, they miss out.4) Eat a good breakfa stevalYou’ve likely heard it time and time before, but that’s because it’s true. A healthy, nutritious breakfast will give you the energy you need to take on the day. By skipping breakfast, you’re going to start feeling groggy by lunch- and that’s not good if you’ve got things to do.The best thing to eat at breakfast is complex carbohydrates because these give you slow-release energy that continues to fuel you throughout the day. Other super breakfast foods are eggs, protein is great for strength and recoveryfrom exhaustion.eval5) 90-minute focus sessionsMany studies have shown that the brain’s ability to focus acts in waves. For 90 minutes, the brain is energized and much more able to perform productive tasks. Then, for 20 minutes, the brain undergoes a period of exhaustion wherein working becomes more difficult.Although you may think that to be productive, you need to work constantly for hours on end- this is simply not true. Between 90-minute study/work brainstormin g sessions, make sure you give your brain 20 minutes of rest.Those 20 minutes will refresh your brain. Not only will this lead to more ease of work, but it will also make your work of a higher quality. By focusing intently for over 90 minutes, the brain will become exhausted and unable to perform tasks to as high of a standard.6) Focus on three big tasks a dayIt may seem like there are a million things you need to do, and maybe there is. However, you can’t tackle them all in the same day. By trying to focus on too many tasks at once, your brain will go into overload. The stress will prevent you from achieving anything. Instead, pick your 3 most important/ urgent tasks and put everything else on the backburner.This allows you to focus completely on what you are doing, rather than bouncing about between thoughts. As mentioned before, eliminate decision-making tasks in the morning. Write down these 3 tasks for the next day before you go to bed at night. That way, when you get up- you know exactly what you need to achieve that day.7) Schedule time in blocksRather than jumping about from task to task, manage your time in blocks. Once you’ve figured out your 3 priority tasks for the day, allocate a block of time to each task. And remember, make sure that you make time for breaks in order to maximize productivity.Block allocation keeps your mind on track and reduces stress through organization. Plus, it’ll make sure you make some headway towards your goals each day.8) Take a napevalStudies have shown that a 10-20-minute power nap can do wonders for energy levels and brainpower. This is so helpful when it comes to being productive. Fatigue increases the likelihood of your brain succumbing to distractions- such as the latest episode of your favorite TV show or a text from a friend.An energized brain is once which cannot only complete tasks faster but to a higher ability.Yes, working through fatigue may get that essay done quicker- but you’ll probably not get an A. Not only that, exhaustion can cause huge emotional stress. It’s not worth jeopardizing your mental health for the sake of some extra focus minutes.Take a nap, and you’ll be ready to get back to work- feeling better. If you are especially exhausted or have a high workload- a longer nap may be preferable. Just make sure you time it right, so you don’t end up feeling even more tired than before.evalTake advantage of productivity appsIf you have a smartphone (let’s face it, who doesn’t these days) then you’re in luck. There are thousands of productivity apps for mobiles that allow you to stay productive on the go. What’s more, the majority of them are completely free- or at the least, very affordable.Some app software will put your phone on lockdown for a certain amount of time. This prevents you from getting caught up watching Facebook dog videos or texting your friends about the latest gossip.There are apps such as Trello which break up large projects into smaller ch unks- making the work more digestible and easier to manage.There are apps which store your do-to-lists, give you deadline/meeting reminders, and even log how you’ve spent your focus time. So yes, whilst technology can be a huge distraction- it can also be really helpful in streamlining your life.CONCLUSIONThe key to productivity is different for everybody.Some work more efficiently in the morning, whilst some power through work better during the night. Copying the routine of successful business people may seem like the solution, but finding your own routine is more important.Stay positive, and look after your mental health- as it plays a huge part in how much work you are capable of tackling.By following the tips in this article, you should be well on your way to optimizing your daily routine to boost productivity. That means more time for relaxing and doing the things you love.

How Important is Career Success VS Work-Life Balance - CareerEnlightenment.com

How Important is Career Success VS Work-Life Balance Work-life balance is the process of finding a happy medium between your work life and your personal life. For many professionals, this is a difficult balance to find due to their demanding work schedules. Focusing on work is seen as being successful in the workplace, but this has been found to be far from the truth. In fact, work-life balance leads to more career success on average.Generation XIt all started with Gen Xers, who learned a hard lesson from their parents. Baby Boomers were often swamped with work and had miserable personal lives because of this. It wasn’t like their parents had a choice; making a living meant hard work and recovering from the World War. 80% of Boomers state that they have issues with stress.Looking at this, it’s no wonder Gen Xers were terrified of falling into this trap, so they spent more time with their families than their mothers and fathers did. This generation sees it as a prerequisite to have enough free time to spend with their loved ones. Millennials, however, took that a little bit further.MillennialsThere are a lot of stereotypes surrounding Millennials. Seen as lazy, destructive and unappreciative, it’s difficult for this generation to shake it as they see work as a necessary part of life that, well, kind of sucks. They aren’t wrong, but the burden of massive student loan debt and rising costs means they have to work harder than their parents to remain afloat.It has become an ever-evolving struggle for this generation to find a steady work-life balance, and the fear of finding a career that will stay long enough for them to make enough money is at the back of their minds. Companies have tried to remedy this by adding break rooms, but Millenials would rather more time off and less stressful work environments. Want to Read More Articles Like This One?Sign up here to receive weekly updates from Career Enlightenment, and never miss another powerful job searching tip! SUBSCRIBE! You have Successfully Subscribed!We hate spam too. Unsubscribe any time. Professional DevelopmentDeveloping professionally can be daunting, but it can also provide you with more independence if you’re able to build skills that are in-demand. One of the most obvious ways to achieve this is by taking online courses that interest you to improve your knowledge, or gaining a professional qualification that has a respected reputation.If we consider the accountancy profession for example, you can earn a CPA license which potentially gives you more time, money and a more active social life once you become a recognised professional. It does take hard work however, from completing CPA review course study materials to passing the exams themselves, so you must be committed. Another example is pursuing an MBA degree if you have ambitions to become a business consultant. The opportunities are there if you’re willing to sacrifice your time in the short-term.Creating Flexible Environments for Successful Careers.With all of that said, how can a company promote this lifestyle but also your development? Why is it essential in the first place? How can this be done without sacrificing productivity?Flexible work environments will improve work-life balance in a company. The ability to work at home, unlimited PTO and more time off will actually improve productivity in your company. A Nordic study found that reducing work hours while keeping pay the same actually improves productivity and happiness in their employees. Basically, the more time people stay with their friends and family, the happier we are.You also learn better when you’re not tired, and you remain focused for longer the more breaks you take. Killing yourself over a career isn’t worth it, and it actually hurts your progress. Employers need to understand that the better they treat their employees, the more their profits will rise.

The Role of a CV For Administrative Assistant Jobs

The Role of a CV For Administrative Assistant JobsAn administrative assistant is called such because of the administrative work that they perform for their employers. A resume or CV for a secretary that works for a company as an administrative assistant is designed to highlight the same skills as those for a typical worker. There are however, many administrative assistant jobs in addition to the ones mentioned above.These jobs that are also called administrative assistant will deal with some aspect of the business that is usually done behind the scenes. An example of this might be a secretary or receptionist answering phones. They are expected to do the tedious work of responding to calls and incoming emails on behalf of the company.The administrative assistant is normally the person in the company who handles information, has knowledge of the finance side of the business, and a number of other jobs. As a result, the resume should be very detailed. It should cover as much as possible about the candidate to make it as unique as possible.An administrative assistant is also expected to have experience in this field, which is a major selling point for any job. A CV for an administrative assistant should not only highlight the skills that one has, but also show what types of qualifications or training they have received. This will be a critical factor in determining if the candidate is suitable for the job.One of the first things that should be on the resume is any skills that are relevant to the position that the person is applying for. Since there are various skill sets that can be relevant to an administrative assistant, one should choose the right one to include on the resume. Skills like business acumen, communication, and time management are all major benefits that should be highlighted.Knowledge of the specific skills that are required for the job will be useful when it comes to setting the background for the resume. The CV for an administrative assistant sho uld go into more detail about the years of experience that the person has in the field. Other skills and educational achievements should also be included to provide more insight to the candidate.Another feature that will be useful for a CV for an administrative assistant is the job history. This can be viewed as a summary of the person's career, showing what areas of work they have done, as well as the dates of their most recent job. Some employers will require a photo of the candidate to make a more professional looking resume.Working in an office administration or customer service area of a business is very different from working in the field of accounting or marketing. This is why the skills and experiences should be focused on to make it as unique as possible. Getting a good idea of what the prospective employer expects in a resume for an administrative assistant should help the person know how to prepare a job application that is as appealing as possible.