Tune in for episode 3 of Brandon Hall Group’s HCMx Radio, Talking Talent Acquisition with Kyle Lagunas. In this show, my guest is Kyle Lagunas , Talent Acquisition Analyst at Brandon Hall Group. Kyle has been busy working on a number of studies related to best practices in Talent Acquisition. We also touch on the state of social when it comes to employer branding. MORE

In 2014, the nearly 12 million disabled people in the UK were estimated to have a combined disposable income of around £80 billion. million disabled people are in employment. The organisations who employ disabled workers will, arguably, be able to design products and services that suit their needs – potentially giving them a significant competitive edge. It’ll be easier to hire and retain talent. It’ll boost your employer brand. MORE

Should employers use social media to screen candidates? A good question without a right answer; it’s a gray area both in the law and company policies, especially because many employers don’t even have a social media policy. However, there are pros and cons to utilizing social media and search engines in the hiring process, and hiring managers want to know— to snoop or not to snoop? A significant portion of employers do use social media but not for screening job candidates. MORE

In 2014, only 15% of individuals reported listening to audio podcasts each month. . Think of your daily commute, your weekly ironing session or your evening run for example. . They can help you expand your HR skills , teach you something new about recruitment and talent management, or take you on an episode-long journey into the future of work. . The Employer Branding Podcast. Here’s a good example. . Podcasts are still booming. MORE

Leaders stay out of hackathon management and leave it to the engineering staff.”. By 2014, the hackathon events were a standard practice within the company. For example, one of the marketing team members works with the hackathon committee to develop collateral and signage promoting the hackathons. My manager and I have these kinds of discussions regularly.” MORE

Posted by Robin Erickson on October 21, 2014. Talent is universal. How you brand the effort can keep it from becoming just another business process, and making it fun and compelling will drive engagement and usage. This is a great chance to reinforce your employer brand and really articulate what it means to be part of your organization, its differentiators, and the value of working there from the employee perspective. 3 The Talent Acquisition Factbook® 2011. MORE

It’s also when many of the talent challenges pervasive in the retail industry come to a head. As part of studying retail disruptions, Deloitte examined the talent practices of a wide range of retailers in our recent publication, Retail Talent Disrupted. Talent Strategies. Aligning talent practices with the company’s value proposition. Agile ways of working also enable retailers to integrate new talent models into their business strategy. MORE

It’s also when many of the talent challenges pervasive in the retail industry come to a head. As part of studying retail disruptions, Deloitte examined the talent practices of a wide range of retailers in our recent publication, Retail Talent Disrupted. Talent Strategies. Aligning talent practices with the company’s value proposition. Agile ways of working also enable retailers to integrate new talent models into their business strategy. MORE

Nearly nine out of 10 (87 percent) of the 3,300+ business and HR leaders surveyed consider culture and engagement issues to be “important; 50 percent say they’re “very important” — double the results in 2014. In fact, employment statistics show a near perfect negative (-96%) correlation between low unemployment and high “quit level” among surveyed employees from January 2001 to January 2015 (Figure 1). See my previous post on candidate relationship management.) MORE

Central to talent acquisition’s success is the task of continuously optimizing candidate conversions. It’s more vital than ever that companies consider and optimize their employer brand, social recruiting strategy, the content they create, how easy their jobs are to find on Google, and much more. This means the ability to apply on any device, with the same level of quality that matches modern consumer brands. MORE

Employer brand has grown into much more than how customers and employees view an organization; it has become a business imperative that directly impacts the bottom line. In fact, 83% of nearly 4,000 corporate HR leaders across the globe believe employer brand has a significant impact on their ability to hire quality talent. . In fact, research shows 72% of consumers would recommend or buy from a brand that supports a good cause over one that does not. MORE

We’ve been seeing significant evolution in the talent acquisition (TA) function for some years now as companies continue to refine how they attract, recruit, select, and onboard talent in a competitive market. The Talent Acquisition Maturity Model. Posted on June 19, 2018. MORE

Editor’s note: This popular post has been updated with new data and information to ensure you’re ready for the talent demands of today and the future. When it comes to engineers and developers, the competition for talent is truly global, and getting more fierce by the minute. MORE

We’ve been seeing significant evolution in the talent acquisition (TA) function for some years now as companies continue to refine how they attract, recruit, select, and onboard talent in a competitive market. The Talent Acquisition Maturity Model. MORE

By Maurice Fernandes, Manager of Employment Brand & Social Media at Ceridian. As the generations making up the majority of today’s workforce begin to shift, so must the recruiting strategies of employers. And today more than ever, it’s so important that organizations are able to effectively tap into the talent pool of recent college graduates. Below are some tips employers should use based on the research findings. MORE

In turn, job seekers, employees and customers have mind-numbing transparency into company culture, brand and quality of products/services. Poor customer service not only harms brand and reputation, therefore limiting ability to recruit top talent, but unhappy customers can diminish market share in rapid, potentially irreparable fashion. 64% indicate that their companies are not “forward-looking” with respect to customer experience management. MORE

Talent pool, talent network or talent community—semantics shemantics. Part of the problem with understanding talent communities, lies in our attempts to define it. While we could sit around and debate the meaning of specific words, concepts and ideas, a simple definition just doesn’t capture the essence of what a talent community really is at its core. Instead, what if we equate the core purpose of a talent community to the practice of relationship building? MORE

Employer branding isn't a new concept. If, as a business leader, you're still not making efforts to maintain a strong employer brand, then you're damaging your business. Take a quick look online, are your brand stories being shared by your employees on social media? Is your brand just a shadow of what it could be? If any of the following sound familiar, then it's likely that your employer branding could (and should) be improved. MORE

In addition to this large event, a lot of smaller ones have been happening for four years, with hot topics such as employer branding, employee advocacy, digital HR, digital transformation and robotization (just to list a few). After all these tweets, quotables and brilliant posts, there’s this recurring theme: social talent. Social Talent Is Different. We’re at the opposite of traditional employment, though social talent could be complementary as well. MORE