Over half of Brits (55.5%) admit that certain elements of the job hunt scare them, with one in three (30%) stating that they wouldn’t apply for a job that required them to face their fears. That’s according to brand new research this Halloween, from the UK’s leading independent job site, CV-Library. The survey of 1,200 […]

By Emily Canal The holiday season is always challenging for businesses looking to hire seasonal workers, but this year will be particularly difficult. The historically low unemployment rate–it stood at 3.7 percent in October–has made holiday hiring harder this year. Also, with Amazon announcing in October that it was raising its minimum wage from $11 […]

By: David Pimentel Hired, a recruitment firm for technology companies, has issued a report that claims the demand for developers has raised the stakes on salaries. The position pays on average between $150,000 and $175,000 dollars per year in the United States. Crypto engineers with development experience in blockchain technology are more in demand than […]

By Emily Bratcher Recruiting software can help HR teams become more efficient, but before you jump on board, you’ve got to know which function you’re looking to improve. Is your human resources department spending too many hours scanning resumes and corresponding with potential job candidates? If so, your association might want to consider implementing recruiting […]

By Tom McKeown, When one hears the term “artificial intelligence” or AI, the mind goes quickly to robots and talking computers that will one day take over the world. That’s great for Hollywood, and there is applicability in manufacturing and other areas of business where intelligent machines or robots can effectively automate what were once […]

By Ed Donner, Founder and CEO, Untapt No matter what industry you’re in or how large your team is, talent will play a crucial role in your company’s success or failure. This year, according to Worldcomm Group, there was a 43 percent jump in the number of CEOs and business leaders who prioritize talent in […]

by Andrew Akesson Google For Jobs has made a great impact on the jobs market ever since it was released by the search giant in June 2017. There’s been tons written on the feature since it came out, but it’s still a new product and many users are still figuring out how to get the […]

Uncubed, a leading online talent acquisition and recruitment marketing platform, has announced that its flagship offline event, the NYC Uncubed tech job fair, is returning to Brooklyn’s Industry City after a successful move from Manhattan to Brooklyn last year. On Thursday, November 8, 2018, hundreds of attendees with tech skill sets including software development and […]

By Purvi Sheth, I entered the buzzing five-star coffee shop with only half an hour to spare. I was there to meet a 23-year-old who had promised to dazzle me with his new age human resources (HR) analytics tool. “You must use this with all your clients,” he exclaimed, “It will change how HR works […]

Frustrated by the limitations of traditional CVs and concerned about the spiralling number of disengaged employees, former recruitment software MD Tim Richards and business psychologist David Royston-Lee have today, (30th October) launched digital start-up Future Resume providing a revolutionary recruitment tool that allows companies to ‘discover’ the person behind their CV. Designed to replace the […]

By Noshua Watson, In the age of the #MeToo movement, the 100 Best Workplaces for Women have demonstrated that the office can be a refuge for personal dignity, respect, and hope. This year, Great Place to Work surveyed more than 540,000 U.S. employees about aspects of work life that influence careers and individual employee experiences. […]

By Emily Langhorne After two years of teaching pre-kindergarten, Cristina Guadalupe was ready to transition to the elementary level. Dedicated to working with low-income students, she began applying to schools in underserved communities across Camden, New Jersey. She sent out application after application but heard nothing back. “Each application took me hours to complete, and […]

Limerston Capital-backed HR services group AdviserPlus has acquired Succeed Consultancy and made an investment in Elementsuite. The new deal is part of Limerston Capital’s bid to create the UK’s leading data and technology-enabled HR services group. Succeed is a major provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions to large enterprise customers. Succeed has nearly 20 […]

By Sameer Ranjan, Bengaluru-based Recruiterflow offers a recruitment software built to source, engage, and recruit amazing talent. Recruitment for many companies is not transactional, but about building relationships, especially in the West. If companies forge relationships with potential candidates, they are most likely to choose them over others. Riding on this trend is Bengaluru-based startup […]

By Amy Phillip Narratives on executive career advancement often make liberal use of phrases such as “leadership development,” “blue-sky thinking” and “strategic job search.” But seldom addressed — and often hastily crated — is the exceptional, positive impact that industry associations can have on individual careers. Senior leaders frequently cite their engagement with industry associations […]

By Cara Jenkin TEN years ago, when Barack Obama became the first African-American US president, then-prime minister Kevin Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generation, and ‘Britney Spears’ was the most commonly searched term on Yahoo – these six jobs did not exist. Cloud architect, data scientist, SEO specialist, digital marketing specialist, user experience designer and […]

By Cheryl Amyx According to a 2015 survey, 85% of critical jobs are filled through networking. If networking is so important for business success, why are so many people intimidated or confused about how to network? What is networking anyway? How many conferences have you been to where you couldn’t remember who was who or […]

By Maurie Backman Getting a job offer is an exciting career milestone, especially if you’re actively unhappy in your current role. But what happens when your new employer is so eager to bring you on board that you’re told you need to start immediately? On the one hand, you don’t want to compromise your relationship […]

By Steve O’Hear Armed with new capital (following a recent £8 million Series C round) and now doing £1 million per month in revenue, job meta-search engine Adzuna has acquired the U.K. tech startup job board Work In Startups. Terms of deal aren’t being disclosed. However, it will see Adzuna take over operation of the […]

By Ashley Bryan Although sliced bread comes first, it can be argued that the internet is one of the most important inventions of the modern age. The internet has drastically changed how we do things, from how we socialise and make friends to how we earn and spend money. You can probably list the few […]

By Vicki Salemi Countless job seekers are still getting ghosted by employers or seeing their enormous, time-consuming online job applications disappear into a black hole. Consequently, recruiting gets a bad rap. Fortunately, despite some companies’ weak practices, others are making all the right moves. On Monday [OCT 15] in Orlando, Fla., the Talent Board (TheTalentBoard.org), […]

By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business For Ohio-based software company Hyland, the recruiting process starts in middle school. When the business first launched more than two decades ago, hiring was tough. It was hard to find local workers with the necessary skill sets to fill open positions. “There wasn’t a ready-made workforce for us when we […]

by Laura Slingo When it comes to job hunting, your CV is paramount. Get it right, and you’ll have an interview in no time, but get it wrong, and you may face rejection after rejection. Every CV is different as you want to show why your set of skills makes you suitable for the position […]

By Grace Sweeney According to a recent Intuit survey, roughly 40% of people will be self-employed by the year 2020. You’ve likely seen the evidence yourself in the form of bustling coffee shops and the growing popularity of the coworking space. It’s easy to get caught up in the allure of the remote work economy. […]

By H.V. MacArthur Our society seems to have launched a war against work. We’ve become obsessed with certain jobs and have developed complete disdain for others. It’s such backwards thinking. Why is it that we’ll stand in line for hours for a chance to watch a popular singer perform for thousands, but we view the […]

Vauxhall has launched its new Retailer Recruitment Service (RRS) following a successful pilot phase in the first half of 2018. RRS is a recruitment service that makes use of social media to attract applicants to vacancies, and has been offered via its long-standing partner GMD People. The system pre-screens candidates in a way that “removes […]

Written by Apoorv Bhatnagar Recruitment these days is a hard task and there’s simply no other way of putting it. While manual recruitment still finds a position of prominence even in the present scenario, still there is no denying the fact that recruitment software is fast filling its place and that too with great force. […]

The growing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate mundane operational tasks is creating new efficiencies that are freeing up recruiters’ time to focus on relationship building and nurturing passive candidates, according to a new report by Jobvite. The percentage of job interviews that resulted in offers climbed from 17 percent in 2015 […]

The Access Group, one of the UK’s leading providers of software to growing mid-market businesses, today announces the acquisition of Microdec, software supplier with over 35 years’ experience providing CRM software exclusively to the recruitment industry. The acquisition of Microdec, with revenues of over £5.3m, is a testament to Access’ commitment to the recruitment industry […]

By Maya Oppenheim Amazon has scrapped a “sexist” tool that used artificial intelligence to decide the best candidates to hire for jobs. Members of the team working on the system said it effectively taught itself that male candidates were preferable. The artificial intelligence software was created by a team at Amazon’s Edinburgh office in 2014 […]

By Donovan Jones Workday has participated in the current financing round for enterprise software startup pymetrics. Pymetrics is developing an AI-driven recruitment software system for enterprises. The deal is indicative of an increased investment pace in companies that can build applications on top of WDAY’s open enterprise platform. Read More:https://seekingalpha.com/article/4209925-workday-invests-pymetrics-ai-recruitment-tech

By Mike Kappel It’s no secret that recruiting for some industries can be easier than others. In some industries, you have many candidates to choose from. But, some niches need candidates with specialized skills that are tough to find. What do you do when qualified candidates are scarce, and your small business needs more hands […]

By Spencer Soper and Matthew Boyle Jeff Bezos scored a public-relations victory by giving his workers a raise, even drawing praise from Amazon.com Inc. scold Bernie Sanders. But at its root, the $15-an-hour minimum pay is an incentive for people to come work for Amazon — rather than Walmart or Target — as the retail […]

Will computers ever replace humans in creative professions and pursuits? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Taryn Southern, Youtube personality, artist, producer and technologist, on Quora: At some point, yes. Probably. Consider how computers have already have […]

By Nancy Collamer If you’re over 50, do you worry that your age might hurt your job prospects? Sadly, you could be right. As my Next Avenue editor Richard Eisenberg recently wrote, it now takes the average 55+ job seeker seven to eight months to find a job compared with just 15 weeks for job […]

By Pattie Hunt Sinacole Q: My husband has applied to several jobs online. It seems that no one responds to resumes submitted anymore. He is not having great success. What advice do you have for a 42-year-old purchasing specialist in his job search? A: In short, spend less time just applying to roles online. By […]

By Karen Gilchrist | @_karengilchrist There’s a lot of talk lately about robots taking our jobs. Estimates predict that the number of jobs lost to automation within the next decade could be a million in the U.S. alone. But what about the new job opportunities they could create? Advocates say that the number of positions […]

Canadian company BOSSC Inc. is launching a new version of its human resources management software, which aims to help employers manage employees from recruitment to off-boarding. The new version includes location capability, integration with Fitbits and other features that appeal to all ages and levels of an organization’s workforce, according to a press release. The […]

By Karen Antonacci Kate Catlin and Find My Flock’s other two co-founders thought there had to be a better way to retain women and people of color in the tech industry. CEO Catlin made the transition from environmental activism to working in tech and noticed a stark difference between the two worlds’ support for underrepresented […]

Posted by Carrie Brunner New Job Hiring Website Hopes to Compete with “big job boards;” ‘PYNOT’ Uses Video Entries for Job Hiring to Help Applicants Stand Out Job hiring portal adds fully integrated website component in addition to iPhone mobile application PYNOT (Put Your Name Out There), a locally engineered tech approach to job searching […]

Kwantek has launched MyGuardJobs.com,a job board exclusively for Private Security contractors. As the only Applicant Tracking System focused on the Security industry Kwantek is dedicated to providing more applicants, along with industry leading tools to identify long-term hires Read More: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3952547

By Betsy Lillian A new online platform is designed to help solar companies recruit qualified candidates, allow job seekers to find career and training opportunities, and help the solar industry build a strong and diverse workforce. AmericanSolarWorkforce.org is managed by the Solar Training Network, a program led by The Solar Foundation and funded by the […]

Truli Technologies, Inc. (“Truli” or the “Company”) (OTC:TRLI), a development stage technology company specializing in tech hiring software through its wholly-owned subsidiary VocaWorks, Inc. today announced that it has signed a letter of intent (the “LOI”) to acquire Recruiter.com, Inc. Recruiter.com, a leading marketplace platform for professional hiring, would be acquired by Truli in an […]

HiringSolved, a technology company that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve problems for talent acquisition practitioners, has debuted R6, the newest version of its AI-based talent-sourcing software, introducing new features for scoring, discovering and communicating with qualified candidates and applicants. RAI (Recruiting Artificial Intelligence), the first Siri-like artificial intelligence assistant for recruiters that […]

The HR department carries a lot of functions that foster smoother running of your organization. While you might think that the biggest HR role has to do with evaluating employee performance, there is a lot that goes to it. HR department also helps ensure support for the growth and productivity of your team. That would […]

Harver is an AI-powered, pre-employment assessment platform that helps recruiters from companies of all sizes make data-driven hiring decisions. We first started building our software in 2010 and have been growing ever since. Fast forward to now and we have offices in Amsterdam and New York, from where we service clients like Zappos, Netflix, etc. […]

Zinc has launched its blockchain-based hiring software to help tackle the inefficiencies associated with tech recruitment. Now available to the public, Zinc has been successfully tested in beta with customers including GoCardless and Booking.com. With a technical role in the UK taking on average 12 weeks to fill, Zinc aims to simplify, accelerate and reduce […]

Evaluating recruiting software – whether you’re standing up a new solution or replacing an old one – can be daunting. How do you know where to start? How can you take a methodical and informed approach when assessing vendors? Download this Recruiting Platform Buyer’s Toolkit for everything you need to guide you through the evaluation […]

By Riia O’Donnell Programmatic recruitment marketing may not roll off the tongue easily, but it’s the newest tool in a recruiter’s box set to combine the powers of HR and marketing at their finest. At its best, programmatic recruitment helps companies of all sizes target their recruitment spend to places where they’ll likely get the […]

By Adam C. Uzialko For small businesses, hiring the right talent is critical. It’s also a difficult and time-consuming process that can easily become problematic. When replacing a worker costs 16 to 20 percent of their annual salary on average, you can’t afford to get it wrong. Luckily, the hiring process has not been immune […]