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Why are you still using hiring spreadsheets?
Hiring great people is the key to building a successful business. Given this, you’d think most companies would use specialist hi...

Time to reboot the gamification of recruitment
It’s safe to assume that Casey Wardynski didn’t foresee the scale of what he was starting back in 1999. As chief economist of th...

I’m too busy to hire – my mobile ATS is my only solace
My professional success depends on hiring the right people at the right time. But I constantly feel like I have no time at all. ...

How companies succumb to sunk cost culture
In theory, companies are meant to act rationally, efficiently and in their own economic self-interest. But humans manage them, s...

Key HR metrics: The most important metrics you should track
HR metrics measure how effective the results of your HR operations are, including elements such as employee retention and recrui...

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...

10 signs you need an applicant tracking system
Think of a shortlist of your most effective business tools. Now ask yourself how many of those you wish you’d heard about and st...

Questions to ask about your key recruitment metrics
Hiring metrics, reports and recruitment KPIs are only as useful as the questions they answer about your business. So, befor...

What is resume parsing and how an applicant tracking system (ATS) reads a resume
An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) reads resumes by parsing, or electronically analyzing, the text. It extracts key data like na...