Technology

When the labor market is weak and job-seekers are desperate for work, overwhelmed recruiters sometimes default to treating applicants like cattle – an undifferentiated mass of mostly unqualified individuals firing off resumes wherever they can.

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Candidate selection and assessment is one of the most conservative processes in all of talent management. Many think the topic is not worth a detailed examination, but a weak assessment or interview process can be the primary cause for not hiring top candidates. For decades, the majority of firms have relied heavily on the basic trio of resume screening, interviewing, and reference checks to choose the best candidates. Fortunately, the growth of metrics, the Internet, and technology in HR is now challenging these traditional approaches.

All of the Oscar buzz has gotten us excited over at TalentMinded, so today we have decided to recognize some of the best recruiting videos and strategies from 2011 and years before to create our own mini-Oscars (sorry, no statues).

Best-in-class organizations are using assessments not only to understand the skills and traits employees have today, but also their capacity to grow.
As companies are required to do more with less, talent decisions take on greater complexity. The mandate for greater efficiency with fewer resources draws attention to the power of assessments. The data derived from these tools can help to maximize performance and productivity while reducing the cost and risk associated with bad hires. Assessments also can inform workforce and succession planning.

Many job seekers have long suspected their online employment applications disappear into a black hole, never to be seen again. Their fears may not be far off the mark, as more companies rely on technology to winnow out less-qualified candidates.
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I always assumed I was safe from being replaced by technology.  I work in a high touch, highly personal job.  Human interaction is at the core of what I do.  I always pictured the guy in the auto plant pulling a lever getting replaced by a robot pulling a lever.  Not an HR guy.

It looks like one plank of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill might actually pass Congress:  a tax break for companies that hire unemployed veterans.

In this job market, you might expect that hiring new employees would be easy. But many entrepreneurs still struggle to find good people. In a recent survey of Inc. 5000 CEOs, hiring edged out even the economy and government regulation as their top concern, with nearly one-quarter of respondents identifying it as the biggest challenge they had faced in the preceding three months.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. on Monday said it would begin hiring high school graduates for office and engineering work, becoming one of the first big-name Korean firms to break the hiring bias towards college graduates that is a scourge on the country’s economy and Koreans’ mental health.

Perry Blacher has a knack for finding talent. His only problem is sometimes the best potential employees aren't located across the street, but across an ocean or two.

My previous two posts on video-enabled talent acquisition focused primarily on benefits derived directly from the features available from top-tier solution providers (The Power of Video Interviewing and The Benefits and ROI of Video Interviewing) . Here, I’ll highlight the benefits that arise from smarter decision-making in a more collaborative hiring environment that, in the end, bring better candidates to your organization. I’ve been in touch with Montage, a solution provider in this emerging space, and this series on video interviewing is done in collaboration with them.

Meeting online through video has evolved from an easy way to connect grandparents and grandkids via Skype to a fully integrated part of the talent acquisition lifecycle.