Category: Blog articles
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Revealed: Why Friday Is the Worst Day to Post a Job Ad
The best way to ensure that a job ad got the most attention was to publish it in the weekend edition, which would achieve the most sales and subsequently the most exposure. Therefore, Friday became the day for posting job ads but apparently that’s no longer the case. These days Wednesday is looking more likely…
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5 Steps to The Worst Job Ad Ever
There’s loads of articles out there on how to write the right job ad, but what if you don’t want to run the risk of anyone actually applying? Here’s our top 5 tips to the worst job ad ever.
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The Modern Day Recruitment Industry
Since the first emails began to do the rounds in the mid 1990’s job adverts gradually began their transition from the newspaper and into the world wide web. Over the last decade the recruitment industry has lept from 100% printed media advertisements, to a mere 20% today. Not only are today’s job ads radically more…
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Rejection letter: How you can still be remembered positively
No applicant likes to hear „no“ and most HR decision-makers don’t find it easy to write a rejection letter either. It’s easy to reach for the run-of-the-mill standard text such as „Unfortunately, we have to inform you that we have decided in favor of another candidate“, but in most cases, recruiters are not doing themselves…
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Candidate market 2024 in care: High expectations and optimism despite the crisis
Our study shows: Nursing applicants see themselves at an advantage in 2024 and expect more from employers. Find out how you as an employer can still stand out in the candidate market and attract the best nurses.
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Zappos: Proving The Power Employer Branding
Zappos, the online shoe and clothing shop, recently made waves in the recruitment world by announcing that they’re not going to post job ads anymore. According to Zappos, they don’t need to advertise positions because they already have a pipeline of talent sitting on their doorstep. From now on, Zappos plan to use strategic talent…
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6 Little Known Uses of Social Media in HR
It’s no secret that social media is widely used in modern recruitment but it may mean we’re overlooking other areas of HR where it could be equally as beneficial. Researchers over at BLR examined how human resource professionals are using social media and discovered some interesting results, for example do you give your staff public…
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Unsolicited Applications, Are You Making the Most of Them?
When it comes to finding your next employee it generally pays to be prepared. More often than not, the need for a new hire crops up when it’s least expected i.e. when a key employee decides to leave with a few weeks notice. However, a little foresight can make the difference between a long hard…
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E-Recruiting: Communication with Generation Y
How do you best attract the generation Y a.k.a. digital natives for your recruiting process? The generation Y grew up in the digital era and therefore there are a lot of things they do not question anymore but take them as normal. Here you find some information about what the digital natives take for granted,…
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Edit your job postings and candidates profiles
Did you miss something in the job description? Things happen… We just released a softgarden update that now allows you to edit your job opening after you have posted it – main exception is the job title. Modify your requirements, correct mistakes or add information. With one click you can repost all of your changes…
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Employer Branding for Generation Y
In the meantime most of us realised how important employer branding is for a company’s recruiting success. Surveys such as „HR strategy and organisation 2012/2013“ by Kienbaum even confirm this fact. But on the question what makes an employer attractive differ not only the opinions but also the generations. While generation X is focused on…
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How to make tech recruiting a success – with softgarden and Codility
The Talent Acquisition Suite from softgarden is a comprehensive solution for companies that want to improve the quality of incoming applications, increase conversion rates, take care of employer branding and make the recruitment process friendly for candidates, recruiters and hiring managers. In today’s world, the online behavior of internet users is similar – whether we…