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Social Media Recruting – What Must You Know About It?

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  Businesses nowadays use social media in their recruiting practices and are undoubtedly reaping success out of it. Social networking has its structure and user engagement level; hence you need to understand how to use it appropriately. Check on how to implement this concept for the recruitment process in your business with these 3 Ws   What is Social Media Recruiting? Social media recruitment is the process through which applicants are recruited through social media platforms as applicant databases and for advertising opportunities and vacancies. The majority of the information conveyed to the brain is visual, and the visuals are transmitted 60,000 times faster to the brain than the text. The ‘ What ‘ of social recruitment is very much about creating those links and trying to make the best of the online communities. You can reach prospective clients with the use of social media. By demonstrating what makes your organization a great place to work, it improves the interest of s...

Six Tips to Boost your Team’s Productivity While Working From Home

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  We know the adage, necessity is the mother of all inventions! If we translate it to today’s parlance, we can say that necessity is the mother of all innovations. The Covid-19 pandemic and the necessity of social distancing has brought about many changes in the way we work. Some of these changes are temporary and may be reversed after the .ness operations is the shift to remote working. WFH was already slowly picking steam before 2020 with nearly 50% of the American working population working from remote locations regularly or at least occasionally. Now, the Pandemic has accelerated a wider adoption of the remote working culture with more than 70% of the population   working from home   in the last few months.  In a study conducted by research firm Gallup, 74 % of businesses surveyed had conveyed their decision to continue with the remote working arrangement even after the pandemic situation eases out. Facebook CEO has announced that the company has asked 50 % of it...

When should You Outsource Staffing & Recruitment?

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  “ You’re only as good as your employees”. This oft-quoted line by Ray Croc, founder of McDonald’s captures clearly the importance of recruiting for the growth and success of any business! But what makes businesses spend too much time and effort on recruiting is not just because it is important, but also because it is tough. In the current business world where competition is stiff and the skills needed are super-specialized, recruiting is more challenging than ever. So what can we do to find the right talent at the right time and the right cost in a competitive market? We could perhaps use a little help from the experts! Professional staffing and recruitment agencies have sharpened their expertise in talent search through extensive networking and intensive study of the industry. They keep abreast of the latest in hiring technology and trends in recruitment. With the comparatively higher scale of operation, they are in a better position to achieve time and cost-efficienc...

Why you need a Flexible Workforce in a post-Covid-19 world?

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The business world expected a lot of positive change and growth in 2020. We predicted trends and planned strategies at the beginning of the year but now in the middle of 2020, we know that we were not in the least prepared for what 2020 had brought us – The Covid-19 pandemic! The impact of this crisis has been so huge that it has changed and challenged every single aspect of our lives, including how we work. But on a positive note, a crisis like this brings us valuable lessons for the future. One important lesson that this pandemic has taught businesses worldwide, is the practicality of a  flexible workforce .  Flexible staffing options are the way forward! As the lockdown has slowed down the global economy to a sluggish pace, businesses, both big and small, are finding it hard to sustain their workforces. We hear of massive layoffs and furloughs every day. On the other hand, firms that were employing a flexible workforce find themselves in a better position to ...

Will The Corona Virus Pandemic Slow down IT staffing in 2020?

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Covid-19’ is all the world is talking about. But our collective preoccupation with the virus is justified as the effect it is having in the lives and livelihoods of people across the globe is terrifyingly tremendous, to say the least. Thousands have lost their lives and jobs. Business and economy have slackened to a sluggish pace. What will happen to recruitment in a post-COVID world? Is the  recruitment industry  heading for a slowdown in 2020? An Overcast Sky The sky over the recruitment landscape now does look gloomy and dark. The United Nations has predicted that the number of people facing job loss due to the pandemic this year could be anywhere between 5 Million to 25 Million. International Labour Organization’s Director-General, Guy Ryder calls the Covid-19 crisis, a labor market crisis. In his words, “this is no longer only a global health crisis, it is also a major labor market and economic crisis that is having a huge impact on people”.  While m...

5 Important Things to Include in Your Hiring Process Checklist

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 Rannsolve  October 24, 2019   it staffing recruiting agencies ,  recruitment agencies ,  recruitment companies ,  staffing agency ,  staffing companies ,  temporary employment agencies ,  usa staffing Hiring or recruiting is a pivotal part of running a business. Renee West, the president and COO of Luxor Excalibur Hotels hits the nail on the head when she says  “You can have the best strategy and the best building in the world, but if you don’t have the hearts and minds of the people who work with you, none of it comes to life.”   So most of us would agree on this: to give life to our business goals, we need the right people. But to  hire the right people  we need the right process.  What constitutes the best recruitment process? What are the things we need to include in the recruitment process checklist? Here are five of the most important ones: 1. Job description  When you need to fill a ro...

Top 5 Recruiting Trends in 2020

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We are nearing the end of 2019. We recruitment service providers are waiting, with a big load of excitement and a small pinch of caution to see how the landscape is going to change for us in the coming year. Are we ready for 2020? What changes do we see in the Recruitment scene? In 2020, Gen Z (those born between 1996 to 2010) would enter the workforce. These vibrant youngsters who were raised on the internet and social media have different expectations from the world of work.  Recruitment agencies  and recruiting staff in companies must take care to meet these expectations. Remote work and telecommuting are becoming the norm. Already nearly 75% of workers around the world work remotely once a week. This number is likely to climb higher in the coming years. With a trade war with China overshadowing the horizon, the US economy looks unpredictable. From the recruiter’s perspective, the present concern is that the economy is at full employment. This implies that it’s...