engage candidates

The more you know about your people, the more you can enable them to do their best work. And in turn, the greater the chance of business success. Yet, a rapidly changing world of work makes it difficult for companies to achieve this. There is a growing global skills crisis, and it’s getting worse. A shortage of skilled people makes it tough to find and attract the people you need — and it’s even tougher to get them through the door once you find them. To win the war for talent, you need to understand and engage with your candidates better than ever before.

Engaging candidates must be a priority throughout the entire hiring process. Shifting organizational needs and changing business conditions keep recruiting strategies in a constant state of flux, and top candidates usually aren’t sitting on the sidelines waiting to be found. Responding rapidly and using a variety of strategies — from turning your employees into candidate advocates to creating talent communities to involving hiring managers earlier in the process — can be the difference between hiring a great candidate and missing out.

In this e-book, you'll learn how to: -Increase hiring velocity for high-demand talent -Create stronger recruiting teams -Find and engage the right agencies The six data points in this e-book are critical to unlocking the full potential of direct hire agencies in order to land those highly sought-after job candidates. Commanding this data will also position your recruiting teams to become strategic advisors to your company and its business units.

Are you actively solving your company's "skills gap" problem? View this webcast to understand how to find and engage hidden, passive candidates through traditional channels and over social media. This webcast includes a sneak peek of the best-of-breed iCIMS Talent Platform.

Engaging candidates must be a priority throughout the entire hiring process. Shifting organizational needs and changing business conditions keep recruiting strategies in a constant state of flux, and top candidates usually aren’t sitting on the sidelines waiting to be found. Responding rapidly and using a variety of strategies — from turning your employees into candidate advocates to creating talent communities to involving hiring managers earlier in the process — can be the difference between hiring a great candidate and missing out.

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With news of economic recovery reaching employees’ ears, compensation managers will have to face the challenge of creating compelling compensation solutions through proactively benchmarking, updating policies with the current state of the business, avoiding inefficient data analysis methods, visualizing reports and trends, and responding to the business

Engaged employees perform better, stay longer, keep customers happier, and boost company revenue. That’s why it’s critical to embed employee engagement deeply into your culture. What practical steps can you take in this direction? Start with expert advice from leading, respected sources. Download these engagement resources for real-world guidance on: How to measure engagement in your organization—and use the results

A recent Human Capital Institute report found that 69% of respondents are having difficulty filling critical positions and only 20% agree that they have a strong talent pipeline for critical roles. Competition is fierce and the power has clearly shifted from employers to the candidate. Today’s job candidates expect to be treated like consumers, and the most successful marketing teams know that consumers are increasingly suspicious of brands. These marketing teams implement strategies to foster trust and loyalty among their target audience. Just like marketers, recruiters must have the ability to not only attract but engage candidates as well, and they are tasked with fostering that same trust and loyalty among the candidates they hire as well as the ones they don’t. It’s not enough to just leverage the latest tools and implement trend-setting processes in the recruiting department. Recruiters must also live the employer brand every day. Living the brand encompasses demonstrating the EV

To succeed today, organizations need to take advantage of information technology in every area of their business. Talent acquisition is no exception. Robust, reliable technology can help recruiters more effectively engage with candidates. According to Aberdeen Group, the user experience is key. It is more important than ever to have friendly and interactive platforms. In terms of talent acquisition, companies that prioritize the candidate experience are more than twice as likely to improve their cost per hire on a year–by-year basis.1 In addition, social capabilities can enable recruiting professionals to use the Internet for job applications, social referrals and video interviewing. Mobile integration also enables users to connect with information where and when they need it. With better tools and insight into people and data, organizations can much more quickly identify talent, match capabilities to market needs, retain the best talent and improve recruiting outcomes. Simply put, rec

When you’re tasked with filling numerous open requisitions, you’ll typically source and engage candidates using the same traditional methods you’ve always used: you’ll post a job requisition online, wait for the flood of resumes to come in, then over-rely on tracking candidates via spreadsheets and emails. This isn't a winning strategy and it actually makes the recruiting process longer, more expensive, and less effective for building a powerhouse workforce.

This White Paper illustrates the trends that increase the complexity of recruitment, causing talent acquisition managers and HR leaders significant concern: the emergence of new technology, changing demographics and recruiting across borders and increasing globalisation.

To succeed today, organizations need to take advantage of information technology in every area of their business. Talent acquisition is no exception. Robust, reliable technology can help recruiters more effectively engage with candidates.