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Recruiting Strategies To Reduce Candidate Ghosting

Table of Contents Common Reasons for Candidate Ghosting Methods to Prevent Candidate Ghosting Recruiting Tools to Combat Candidate Ghosting Concluding Advice With the Great Rehire in full swing, companies can hardly afford to experience “candidate...

Todd Burns

September 29, 2021

Internal Recruiting Awards Winners of 2021

Announcing The Internal Recruiting Awards Winners: Top 3 Internal Mobility Programs Of 2021

Ryan Frazier

What Recruiters Need To Know About Hard To Fill Positions

Table of Contents What are ‘hard to fill’ positions? Why are they considered ‘hard to fill?’ Recruitment strategies for hard to fill positions Hard Jobs to Fill in 2021 How Employers Can Help The Underemployed and Unemployed + Fill Open...

Jackson Hille

Let’s Get Smartr

Jerome Ternynck

11 Million Hires, $1.5 Billion Valuation, And Delivering Hiring Success Around The World – A Letter From SmartRecruiters’ CEO, Jerome Ternynck

Jerome Ternynck

July 20, 2021

Hiring Success

Hiring Success

Hiring Metrics That Matter In 2021

Table of Contents The Three Metrics of Hiring Success Candidate Pipeline Hiring Plan Dashboard Report Builder Quarterly & Yearly Hiring Metrics Conclusion One of the coolest parts about being a recruiter at SmartRecruiters is that not only am I...

Maggie Hennessey

July 15, 2021

Hiring Success Recruiting Hacks

How Upskilling, Reskilling & Continuous Learning Can Help Retain Talent

Education is a lifelong activity. Employers that recognize and embrace this truth by investing in the ongoing development of their employees stand to benefit in numerous ways. Retaining talent is a surprising struggle today. In fact, 82% of...

Ray Slater Berry

Hiring Success

The Building Blocks of a Successful Employee Retention Strategy

Finding the workers your company needs to excel is only half the battle. Keeping them onboard is the other. Doing so prevents your hiring team from having to carry out the same task over and over, and lowers overall costs in the end. Employee...

Mason Mitchel

Hiring Success Recruiting Hacks

The Essential Guide to Employer Branding in 2020

Mason Mitchel

Hiring Success

How to Avoid Employee Burnout and Increase Productivity: Eight Top Tips

Your employees are your most precious asset. By taking preventative measures to curtail burnout, you’ll safeguard their overall health and ensure that they’re engaged and productive in the long run. Employee productivity is crucial for a...

George Griffiths

Customer Stories

Now’s the Time to Connect People to Jobs at Scale

There have been a lot of clichéd phrases used to describe the “unprecedented times” we live in which we ponder what the “new normal” is and what will remain of the “past we’re leaving behind.” While these expressions might seem a bit hollow, they do...

Jessica Foo

September 15, 2020

Customer Stories Hiring Success

An Open Letter to Governments and Healthcare Orgs: We’re Here to Help

Our world is currently in a state of a disarray—to put it mildly. For many of us, all we can do is idly watch as events unfold, wondering to ourselves, “What can be done?” For government bodies across the world—like the state of Maryland—that...

Corey Epperly

Rebecca Carr

Customer Stories

Manufacturing TA Gold: Rethinking the Hiring Process with Caroline Boyce of American Iron and Metal

For an industry in transition, recruiting is the secret ingredient for agility. American Iron and Metal (AIM) is a fast-growing recycling company in Canada. With a footprint in six countries, they employ over 3,000 people and are looking to become...

Mark Gregory

Customer Stories

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

Scott Wardell

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.

Kaya Payseno

Future of Work

A Guide to Remote Collaboration for Designers

By now, we’ve all started to adapt to the “new normal” of remote work. As designers, some of these habits have come easier than others but we’ve found that introducing constraints and utilizing design tools have helped tremendously —go figure...

Jhana Cayton

Shefali Netke

Sarah Essghaier

July 17, 2020

Future of Work Recruiting Hacks

Psychometric Testing For Hiring – FAQs and Answers

There are many methods and approaches companies can take when screening new hires. Major consultancy firms like Deloitte refine the process through psychometric testing, which provides valuable insight into a candidate’s personality. A company...

Miriam Groom

Future of Work Recruiting Hacks

4 Hiring Trends You Need to Know About in 2020

Staying on top of current hiring trends is one of the best ways to craft a successful hiring strategy. This is particularly relevant at the moment, as the US and global economies are trending towards an uncertain future. The hiring landscape is...

Augusta Henning

Future of Work Recruiting Hacks

The Recruiter’s Guide to Retaining Tech Talent

Vinati Kamani

Future of Work

Enterprise Companies are Ready to Leave Their Legacy Applicant Tracking Systems Behind (Infographic)

Recruiting operations are mission-critical to enterprises searching for top talent, yet the majority of hiring teams continue working with legacy systems that fail to deliver ROI. Modern businesses are under continuous pressure to remain...

Mark Gregory

Recruiting Hacks

Why Your Talent Strategy Should Include Campus Recruiting

Across the world there are thousands of college campuses full of soon-to-graduate students eager to enter the workforce. Recruiters can enrich their candidate pipeline by forging relations with this demographic. University or campus recruiting...

Mason Mitchel

September 25, 2020

Recruiting Hacks

Creating a Career Page That Converts

A well-crafted career page has the power to win over and convert qualified candidates. However, in order for that to be the case, it requires careful oversight and to be recognized for what it truly is—a valuable tool in the recruiting tool belt...

Mason Mitchel

Recruiting Hacks

Essential High Volume Recruiting Tactics in 2021

Looking to hire top talent at scale? With the right tactics and technology in place, the process can be streamlined without compromising quality. High-volume recruiting refers to the process of hiring large numbers of candidates in a short amount of...

Mason Mitchel

Recruiting Hacks

A Recruiter’s Guide to Identifying Cost Savings

Mason Mitchel

Recruiting Hacks

How to Use AI for High Volume Recruiting

The job market is governed by one constant—change. Sometimes that change can be anticipated, like seasonal recruitment cycles. Other times, it’s the result of unforeseen circumstances, such as the recent global health crisis and the corresponding...

Mason Mitchel

Product Tips

Learnings from SmartMessage Early Access

SmartRecruiters recently launched SmartMessage, the industry’s first natively-built text recruiting solution. This will allow hiring teams to reach a wider pool of candidates and deepen their engagement—bridging the divide...

Iris Huang

August 6, 2020

Hiring Success Product Tips Recruiting Hacks

How to Build the Best Business Case for a New ATS

When it comes to cost savings, few software applications can compete with a modern, sophisticated applicant tracking system. Demonstrating those savings in the form of a sound business case is half the battle. Economic downturns pose unique...

Mason Mitchel

Hiring Success Product Tips

Everything You Need to Know About Onboarding in 2020

The onboarding process is what bridges the gap between the candidate and employee experience. This transitional phase is subtle and quick, but, when given due consideration and care, pays off in dividends in the long run. Onboarding is one of...

Mason Mitchel

Noah Schreiber

Product Tips

SmartRecruiters’ 10 Favorite Product Releases of 2019

Mason Mitchel

Product Tips

6 Tips to Keep in Mind When Buying Your Next Applicant Tracking System

One of the most important parts of shopping for software is informing yourself as a consumer ahead of time. To that end, here’s valuable intel, backed by years of industry experience, on how to carefully research and select the next addition...

Rich Lewis-Jones

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...

Kaya Payseno

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...

Mark Newton

Inside SmartRecruiters

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

Mark Newton

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...

Peter Braun

How to Authentically Support Your LGBTQ+ Colleagues

Here at SmartRecruiters, we’re all about giving our teammates the tools to advocate across all dimensions of diversity authentically and sustainably. We believe that this crucial work starts by helping to share and amplify the diverse voices and...

Rocki Howard

How to Transform Your Internal Recruiting Strategy

Table of Contents The Value of an Internal Recruiting Strategy The Hardest Soft Skill Recruiting Doesn’t End with an Offer Building a Culture of Internal Recruiting Watch the SmartRecruiters Webinar, “Transforming Your Internal...

Matt Charney

CEO Fireside Chat with SmartRecruiters and Cielo Announcing the New Partnership

On April 1st, SmartRecruiters CEO, Jerome Ternynck, sat down for a fireside chat with Sue Marks, Founder and CEO of Cielo Talent, to discuss the new strategic partnership that reimagines tech-enabled RPOs and delivers Hiring Success to more...

Jenae Kaska

Automation Won’t Destroy Recruiting. It Just Might Save It.

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I can’t really believe that I’m actually writing another post on recruitment process automation. I mean, after a full Corona year, when our work, our lives and our working lives have been instantly and...

Matt Charney

5 Reasons Why Candidates Prefer Messaging Over Calling

Great communication between candidates and recruiters has become not only an essential part of a great candidate experience, but a 21st century necessity. With the evolution of mobile technology and messaging apps, today’s workforce has grown to...

Catherine Munnelly

Diversity Hiring

Introduction to The Diversity Hiring Toolkit

Table of Contents Diversity Brand Equity Source Strategically Fair Hiring Practices Organizational Support Take the Diversity Hiring Assessment SmartRecruiters is committed to minimizing racism and discrimination in the recruiting process—that means...

Rocki Howard

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