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an employer “challenged” me and other applicants to work for free for 2 weeks

Alison Green

Indeed, the second step of our recruitment process is to take part in one (or more, if you want) challenge(s) — where you will have the opportunity to understand the activities within our teams, and only your results will decide your employment in our company (not an external opinion). .

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5 Key Sourcing Metrics You Should Be Tracking

AIHR

In the current job market, complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, recruiters and sourcers face the challenge of finding qualified candidates for many unfilled roles. It forms part of the recruitment process and includes activities such as collecting data of candidates, titles, previous job experience, education. Why does it matter?

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Develop Your Talent Acquisition Strategy With 6 Practical Examples

AIHR

Successful talent acquisition takes a more holistic approach to recruiting, which helps cultivate an engaged workforce, and talent leaders acknowledge this. Instagram and LinkedIn are reported as the most used social platforms for employer branding, and 96% of employer branding and recruitment specialists say they use social media.

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18 Benefits of HR Analytics For Your Business [With Examples]

AIHR

Improving recruitment and talent acquisition 3. Improving recruitment and talent acquisition. You gain valuable insights into your hiring process by tracking data pertaining to key recruitment metrics such as cost per hire, application completion rates, quality of hire, quality of source, and candidate experience.

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my boss has terrible ideas about social media, video games on your resume, and more

Alison Green

The other option would be for you and your fellow team members to push back on your PI’s preferred strategy, possibly suggesting some A/B testing so you get real data on what does and doesn’t work … but it doesn’t sound like you want to take that on, which is completely reasonable. Putting video game playing on your resume.

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How to build a billion dollar digital marketplace – examples from Uber, eBay, Craigslist, and more

Andrew Chen

Once in a city, the Launcher must simultaneously: recruit, hire, and train a local team. Optimization : A/B testing growth levers – from email/SMS/push copy – to when/how to reach out. It is also one of the most rewarding. […]. We work with existing accredited, licensed, and insured hire car owners).

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15 HR Analytics Case Studies with Business Impact

AIHR

Using IBM’s Watson machine learning capabilities, the workforce analytics team build an algorithm that included sources like recruitment data, tenure, promotion history, performance, role, salary, location, job role, and more. According to the report , productivity has also improved while recruitment cost have fallen.

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