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Online Jobs Ads Increase In Healthcare and Technical Positions
Online advertising for vacancies in Health Care and Technical occupations were the only bright spots in an otherwise disappointing job climate, according to information released by the Conference Board for the month of August. Overall, 2011 is advertised job vacancies fell by 163,900 from July to August, 2011. This drop followed a previous decline of…
Read MoreSHRM Report Indicates Increased Recruiting Difficulty
According to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment®, (LINE®), the challenges facing employment and recruiting are increasing. In September, the hiring rate is expected to decline -9.6% in manufacturing and -15.3% in the service sector. This will contribute to the recruiting difficulty. In August, the index for recruiting difficulty…
Read MoreContracts — Good for Companies, Bad for Customers?
We are receiving inquiries from frustrated customers who would like to switch applicant tracking vendors but would have to buy out the months they have left on their current contracts and face the possibility of losing all of their applicant data. Their dissatisfaction usually comes from the lack of customer service and support they were…
Read MoreWhat are Applicants Saying About Your Company?
As a company, I’m sure you are working hard to create positive relationships with all of your customers. We all know how important it is for future business and possible referrals. You might even be making a huge investment by engaging a public relations or marketing firm to assist with your market positioning. Did you…
Read MoreHow to Better Engage Hiring Managers in your Recruiting Process
One of the most common challenges I hear from the HR professionals I talk with is how to better engage their hiring managers in the recruiting process. The hiring manager is one of the most important stakeholders in the recruiting process, but they are often the hardest to effectively engage in the process. It really…
Read MoreHow an Applicant Tracking System can help you Prescreen Candidates
Frustrated by reading a lot of resumes of unqualified candidates? Is narrowing your qualified applicant pool taking up most of your recruiting time? How can you efficiently prescreen the candidates? You want to know how to recruit efficiently! You are not alone! Most of the prospective customers I talk to ask if our applicant tracking…
Read MoreThe Difference between Configuration and Customization
Interested in the SaaS model for a new Applicant Tracking System? The difference between configuration and customization can add thousands of dollars to what you thought you would pay! As a purchaser and user of applicant tracking software, I learned the hard way that many people use the terms configuration and customization interchangeably. To us…
Read MoreHow to Create a Smooth Online Application Process
As any recruiter or HR professional will tell you, one of the primary considerations you should make with any new recruitment technology is the experience of the candidate. Process automation is great, but first you have to get good, qualified candidates to apply for your positions. And it all starts with having a robust, smooth…
Read MoreNot just for jobs: Using an ATS to streamline Program Applications, Scholarships, Grant Applications, etc
While working with several of our customers this past week, it occurred to me how many things people apply for other than jobs! Things like school admissions, societies and organizations, loans and grants, military branches, awards, scholarships, photo contests, and other applications. We have several customers–well respected We have converted their long and detailed admissions…
Read MorePosting to Job Boards: How and where most businesses are posting their jobs
Recently we asked our ApplicantStack customers some questions about their current job posting processes, and what new features they would most like to see in ApplicantStack to help streamline their company’s posting process. We heard back from 73 of our active customers and the following is a summary of what we learned. We were somewhat…
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