Is your recruitment strategy based on your objectives, or on the needs of top performance candidates? This is a question to start asking yourself if you want to stay ahead of the trends in recruiting for 2013. According to a LinkedIn recruiting survey conducted by Qualigence International, a global recruitment research and recruiting organization, there is a renewed focus this year on attracting candidates by appealing to their needs and treating them better overall. Read more..
Long before #hashtags became the way to call attention to Tweets, applicant tracking systems were scouring for keywords in resumes to determine which resumes would go on to the next step and be reviewed from the eyes of a recruiter. However, according to this eWeek article, “Job Hunting in the Early Stages: Why Resume Keywords Matter”, more than 70% of resumes never make it to that next step – a pretty daunting statistic for those job seekers.