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11 recruiting email mistakes to avoid
To make your recruiting emails to candidates more effective, all you need to do is go back to the basics. Forget fancy words or ...
Cost-per-hire metrics, demystified
Calculating cost per hire involves summing all internal and external recruitment expenses and dividing by the total number of hi...
What defines a good recruiter?
A good recruiter is one who builds strong relationships, thinks ahead, collaborates effectively with hiring managers, keeps an o...
Perfecting your recruiting pitch
Perfecting a recruiting pitch involves understanding your candidate's needs and interests, and conveying what your company can o...
How to foster workplace diversity
Fostering workplace diversity involves creating an environment where all employees feel valued and can thrive. This can be achie...
How to succeed as a HR leader: forget ‘best practices’
The HR industry has more buzzwordy ‘best practices’ than most. But they’re counter-productive. By definition, accepted or ‘stand...
How can we fix tech recruiting?
Technology fancies itself a meritocracy—more so than any other industry. In theory, coding ability is all you need to land a cod...
How innovative companies combat unconscious hiring bias
On June 28, at the third installment of our Workable Ideas speaker series, we learned about effective strategies for reducing bi...
The false economy of unpaid internships
The word ‘intern’ has an ironic double meaning: to work as a trainee and to confine someone as a prisoner. Most articles about u...
Performance review alternatives to the traditional approach
The traditional approach to performance appraisals has long been in need of a rethink, with some smart companies looking at perf...
4 effective salary negotiation tips for employers
Making an offer to a job candidate is a question of balance. This is not about winning, it’s about reaching agreement on a sala...
Innovative recruiting tools and techniques for modern HR teams
When you let it, technology can streamline your recruiting process. The reign of spreadsheets, email and post-and-pray job ads i...