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Recruiting Hacks

A 4 Step Guide to Junior Developer Recruitment

A guide to everything you need to know about finding, assessing, hiring, and retaining talented junior developers. A recent report from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) suggests that the...

Jeffrey Swartwout

Chris Louie standing in front of LinkedIn sign at LinkedIn campus.

Hiring Success

LinkedIn’s 4 Must-Haves for an ATS with Sr. Director of TA, Chris Louie

Linkedin went on a mission to improve their recruiting function, we talked exactly what requirements they were looking for when upgrading their ATS. Linkedin has over 575 million users, with more than 260...

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Recruiting Hacks

It’s Time to Get Serious about Referral Recruiting – Here’s how!

Put your referral program into overdrive with this step by step guide (plus templates for outreach)! If you don’t use referrals, you’re missing out on a killer opportunity to pour some rocket fuel on your...

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Future of Work

Gen Z Takeover and 4 Other Trends Driving the Second Half of 2019

As offices prepare to welcome the first generation of true ‘digital natives’ there are more currents below the surface shaping the future of HR. With unemployment at a 49 year low in the US, salary budgets are...

people sitting at a table working on their laptops and drinking coffee.

Recruiting Hacks

4 Tips for Conducting Remote Interviews

Gauging the talents of in-person candidates requires skill and experience, but qualifying that same talent remotely poses particular challenges of its own. Telecommuting has been on the rise since the early...

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Recruiting Hacks

A 4 Step Guide to Junior Developer Recruitment

A guide to everything you need to know about finding, assessing, hiring, and retaining talented junior developers. A recent report from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) suggests that the tech industry is on target to reach a...

Jeffrey Swartwout

June 14, 2019

Chris Louie standing in front of LinkedIn sign at LinkedIn campus.

Hiring Success

LinkedIn’s 4 Must-Haves for an ATS with Sr. Director of TA, Chris Louie

7 Recruiting Pathmakers Leading the Way at Hiring Success EU – Amsterdam

The second annual European Hiring Success Conference launches with TA leaders from top brands like Uber, LinkedIn, and N26. The Hiring Success conference returns to Europe for an electric gathering in Amsterdam with the top brands and leading voices...

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Recruiting Hacks

It’s Time to Get Serious about Referral Recruiting – Here’s how!

Hiring Success Podcast Podcast

Episode 1 – Creating the #1 Career Destination in the Universe

May 24, 2019

Hiring Success

Hiring Success

8 Reasons Not to Miss Hiring Success EU – Amsterdam

Talent Acquisition leaders flock to Amsterdam for the second annual European event, here’s why! Hiring Success EU returns, this time in Amsterdam. Over 350 attendees will join SmartRecruiters to define the future of recruiting September 10-11, 2019...

May 8, 2019

Hiring Success

New Productivity Hack and 4 Other Highlights from Our Final Day at Hiring Success 19

The sun sets on our final day, and here are five learnings we’re taking with us from day two. Riding high off the carnival treats from the last night’s SmartyParty, Hiring Success 19 attendees braved another misty morning in San Francisco as they...

Hiring Success

Day One at Hiring Success and There’s a Lot to Talk About… Like SmartRecruiters’ New Corporate Social Responsibility Program

SmartRecruiters announces a new corporate responsibility initiative (CSR), and three other moments worthy of a mic-drop. This morning, merry conference-goers were greeted by a classic case of San Francisco rain and fog. Is it any surprise that the...

Hiring Success

Why Job Brand is the Next Hot Thing in TA — with Expert Marketer, Maren Hogan

Hiring Success

Meet the Fab Five Pitching it Out at the Hiring Success 19 Recruiting Startup Awards

This year’s contestants represent the most diverse mix of global startups to date—here’s what you need to know ahead of their pitch presentations at #HIRE19 In recent years, the TA industry has seen a proliferation of recruiting startups rising to...

Customer Stories

Customer Stories

Once Incarcerated, This CEO Now Helps Americans with Criminal Records Find Work

How one Wall Street bigshot found himself in prison, and the company he launched after his release connects the formerly incarcerated with second-chance jobs.

October 25, 2018

Customer Stories Future of Work

Benefits Your Employees Actually Want: Why PayScale Has the Happiest Employees in Seattle

Sometimes it’s hard to discern which benefits are trendy and which will actually improve employee quality of life. We talk with PayScale to learn the difference.

Customer Stories

The Team that Can Reduce Time-to-Hire by 50 Percent

Founded in 2004, Tipico is the leading sports-betting provider in Germany. The company has quickly grown and employs more than 600 people, thanks to their Talent Acquisition Team. Meet one of the Managers behind the charge. For Antonio Arias Lopez...

Customer Stories Hiring Success

60 Mil Seats to Fill: A Recruiting Story

Customer Stories

Recruiting in Finance, What we can Learn from a French Firm Who Thought Global

When a growing management consulting company needed an applicant tracking system to handle its global business, there was only one choice for the HR Tech that could meet and surpass their myriad needs.

Future of Work

View of graduate's head from the back. They are wearing cap and gown, and other graduates similarly dressed in the background.

Future of Work

Gen Z Takeover and 4 Other Trends Driving the Second Half of 2019

As offices prepare to welcome the first generation of true ‘digital natives’ there are more currents below the surface shaping the future of HR. With unemployment at a 49 year low in the US, salary budgets are projected to increase by an average of...

May 21, 2019

Future of Work

Is the Skills Gap Really a Lie? We Dive in…

New research says the skills gap is the product of low unemployment, but this new report may be missing the point. Earlier this year a report from American Economic Association spurred articles by the Washington Post and Vox triumphantly proclaiming...

Future of Work

Could Recruiting AI Combined with Old-School Psychology be Technology’s Next Evolution?

With so much focus on how machines will automate recruiting, one researcher argues we cannot overlook the importance of human psychology as a crucial machine learning tool. Given the amount of sci-fi films released in the last three decades...

Future of Work

Despite the Recent Google Fine, GDPR is Proving to Be Helpful for One Particular Group: Recruiters

Future of Work

‘Degree Inflation’ and 3 Other Need-to-Know Terms for Hiring in 2019

December saw 600 words added to the Oxford English Dictionary, here are four recruiting terms you should know, but won’t find in the latest annex.

Recruiting Hacks

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Recruiting Hacks

4 Tips for Conducting Remote Interviews

Gauging the talents of in-person candidates requires skill and experience, but qualifying that same talent remotely poses particular challenges of its own. Telecommuting has been on the rise since the early 2000s with SHRM reporting that 68 percent...

May 13, 2019

Recruiting Hacks

Sleep: The Trendy Benefit Recruiters Need

With employee burnout on the rise and recruiters reporting more work with fewer gains, maybe everyone just needs a good night’s sleep. Back-to-back networking events, four interviews, and a pile of resumes to review before leaving the office...

Recruiting Hacks

Top 10 Resources for Recruiters (That Are Fun and Informative)

Need some inspiration? These Talent Acquisition resources are chock-full of knowledge and personality! In the last five years, the recruitment industry found itself undergoing an exciting renaissance. A profession no one ever wrote books about is...

Recruiting Hacks

Sourcing Experts Share Their Top 5 Hacks

Recruiting Hacks

4 Pitfalls to Avoid When Writing Your Next Job Advertisement

With candidates viewing a job ad for less than a minute on average, recruiters can’t waste time with these common mistakes. Picture this. It’s Friday morning. You’re ready for another great day of recruiting, a steaming coffee sits on the desk next...

Product Tips

Future of Work Product Tips

4 Reasons HCM Modules Fall Short When It Comes to Recruiting

Learn why recruiters need a “best of breed” solution to win the war for talent from our expert webinar with Glassdoor and SmartRecruiters.

SmartRecruiters

November 15, 2018

Future of Work Product Tips

Do You Know if Your Evaluation Methods Are Legal? RightHire Does!

Assessment is an important pre-hiring step, but if not done correctly you could be in a world of legal hurt.

Product Tips Recruiting Hacks

Landing Your First post-College Job Just Got Far Less Terrifying

Recruiting’s digital revolution has been a boon for job seekers around the world, and now students and recent graduates have a tool designed to connect them with the best employers possible.

Future of Work Product Tips

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Future of Work Product Tips

HR Tech Spotlight: Shared Talent Pools with MoBerries

You’ve already heard the buzz around Berlin’s venture capital swarm. Now meet one of the fastest movers in the hive. MoBerries is a Berlin-based HR AI technology company, founded in 2015. CEO Terence Hielscher developed the idea while working for...

Inside SmartRecruiters

Inside SmartRecruiters Product Tips

Winter 2018 Product Release: What Are Universal Profiles And Why Will You Love Them

Christmas may have been a month ago, but SmartRecruiters has one more little present for its users: a new product release. On January 25th, SmartRecruiters rolled out its Winter 2018 product update to all users of the platform. The release came...

SmartRecruiters

January 30, 2018

Inside SmartRecruiters Product Tips

Winter 18 Feature Release

This season’s release is a hat-trick of practical use add-ons that will make your candidate pipeline more efficient, give you greater power to interpret data and enable you to expand into local markets. Every season we release new features...

Inside SmartRecruiters

Meet Alkestis Spinou: History Enthusiast, Board Game Buff and SmartRecruiters Sales Star

You could perhaps be forgiven for thinking ancient literature and technology are not natural bedfellows. Well, SmartRecruiters sales-whiz and ancient cultures expert, Alkestis ‘Al’ Spinou is a walking contradiction of that idea. Alkestis, who joined...

Inside SmartRecruiters

Meet Valerie Bertrand: SmartRecruiters’ Rock-Loving Head of Legal

Inside SmartRecruiters

When the Recruiter becomes the Recruited

What kind of sly tricks and crafty machinations are wielded to spot, engage and recruit the ultimate recruiter? According to one of our more eagerly anticipated Hire18 speakers, turns out it’s mostly a matter of having a solid product. As the days...

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Hiring Success Podcast Podcast

Introduction

Introducing Hiring Success Podcast by SmartRecruiters. Join us for the Hiring Success Podcast as we follow the innovators from companies like McDonald’s or Twitter that are turning big ideas like AI, Recruitment Marketing and Data Mining into real...

Who Will Pay the $34 Bn to Reskill America’s Workforce?

Automation means greater productivity and economic growth but it is not clear who is going to pick up the tab for the displaced workers. In December, General Motors (GM) announced plans to slash 15 percent of its salaried workforce and shut down...

4 Ways to Win Over Passive Candidates

Successfully recruiting passive candidates requires mastering the art of persuasion. According to LinkedIn’s hiring statistics, only 30 percent of people are actively looking for new jobs. This means 70 percent of LinkedIn users are passive...

Recruiting Hacks

The 4 Most Common Mistakes Of Mobile Recruiting

Even if you live under a rock, in the middle of a dense forest, surrounded by a desert wasteland, you still know that recruiting is now a mobile game. The average person will spend over four hours on their devices each day. If you assume the...

Anastasia Svyrydenko

Recruiting Hacks

Define Your Candidate Persona in 4 Steps

With a precise concept of the target demographic, recruiters can source with laser precision – here’s how! It’s no secret that in the past five years, recruiting has espoused marketing tactics to attract passive and highly sought-after talent in...

Recruiting Hacks

Top 5 Challenges of a Candidate-Driven Marketplace – Listen to the Podcast Now!

Jerome Ternynck and Tracey Allison join Lorne Epstein on his eponymous podcast for a frank discussion on the challenges of today’s talent economy. “The war for talent is over and the candidates have won,” says Jerome Ternynck, CEO and founder of...

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