Does Just Being There Make A Difference? For one staffing company, it did. The pandemic and resulting economic crisis left tens of millions suddenly out of work. This staffing company wanted to let candidates know they were open, available to help and thankful to frontline workers. This is how that simple message generated an impressive… Continue reading
No industry is being impacted more by the COVID-19 pandemic than the healthcare industry. It might be overwhelming to recruit in that industry, so we wanted to create a guide for healthcare staffing agencies of areas to focus on to find success. To find the best healthcare talent for your staffing agency, follow these seven… Continue reading
Don’t overthink this. We’re in very uncertain times. When that happens, we get very unsure. No one knows what is coming next month, next week, tomorrow and even the next hour. Now, as a leader in your staffing agency, you can be that steady rock for your team, your employees and your former employees. What… Continue reading
With the sudden change to our world in March 2020, it affected several aspects of our daily lives. One of those aspects deals with how candidates are engaging with job openings. What is changing? Let’s look at actual data from Indeed. For example, the WFH, an abbreviation for “working from home” had a nearly 600%… Continue reading
In a difficult economy, more so than ever, efficiency is key. Technology helps gets you there. For staffing agencies, an enormous opportunity exists right now to improve the efficiency in the recruitment spend and make those dollars go farther. Here are four ways to increase the efficiency of your recruitment spend: Automate the posting of jobs to the job boards Maintain a flexible monthly budget… Continue reading
Technology is fundamentally changing recruiting in the staffing industry – especially when it comes to: The way job seekers search for work: Nearly 6 in 10 (59%) of candidates use a mobile device to learn about new job opportunities. The way candidates apply to your jobs: 52% of candidates use their mobile phones to apply… Continue reading
In a competitive job market, it can be hard to find the right talent to fill your job orders. You must balance recruiting and filling jobs quickly, while ensuring you’ve completely vetted a pool of diversified candidates and have chosen the best talent. Paired with your traditional recruiting methods, here are a few ways you… Continue reading
Is your staffing firm using video in your marketing? If not, you’re missing out! According to Arcane Marketing, Video is the most popular form of content and it’s growing fast. YouTube is second to only Google when it comes to search. Video is eye-catching, engaging and popular – 45% of people watch an hour or… Continue reading
Every year, we receive this fantastic report from Appcast, which is titled the Recruitment Marketing Benchmark Report. Through this report, which analyzes data from nearly 1,000 employers, 139 million clicks, and 7 million applies, we see trends. Now is the time to look at those trends and determine how they help your recruiters. Adjusting to… Continue reading
An estimated 61 million people in the U.S. live with a disability: 4.6% are blind or have serious difficulty seeing 5.9% are deaf or have serious difficulty hearing 3.7% have difficulties with instrumental activities of daily living (which may include using technology) Is your website, blog and other content accessible to ALL job seekers? With… Continue reading
Most of us take the ease of how we experience the world around us for granted. For an individual with disabilities, however, a task as simple as applying to a job on a staffing website can present frustrating challenges. As we’ve explained in earlier posts, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 have evolved to… Continue reading
Why should your staffing agency use programmatic job advertising? Yes – it’s a change from how your staffing agency and team of recruiters manage their monthly recruitment budget. However, there are pain points to your current process. Programmatic job advertising promises to bring these three benefits to each staffing agency that implements the tactic: No… Continue reading
Your staffing website may be beautifully designed. Load lightning-fast. Be optimized for mobile. And drive tremendous ROI for your agency. But is your website ADA-compliant? If not, you could be: alienating job seekers and other potential site visitors with disabilities missing out on a huge potential talent pool of 61 million disabled Americans exposing yourself… Continue reading
Your staffing or recruiting firm would never knowingly discriminate against any individual (especially a job seeker) with disabilities, but… Could your staffing technology (i.e., your website) be discriminating? When it comes to ADA compliance for staffing websites, there’s a lot to know. In an earlier blog post, we reviewed how these regulations and guidelines could… Continue reading
The following transcript was taken from InSights, a staffing and recruiting podcast from Haley Marketing Group dedicated to providing quick-hitting takeaways on Social Recruiting, Content Marketing, and Employer Branding. To listen to the episode, click play on the player above or visit the episode page [InSights] Is It Time to Break Up with Twitter? Brad Bialy:… Continue reading
What do Nike, Netflix and the NBA have in common? a. They’re all massive, billion-dollar organizations. b. They all begin with the letter “N.” c. They’ve all been sued for websites that are not ADA compliant. d. All of the above! Yep, the answer is “d.” Unfortunately, litigators are going after companies whose websites are… Continue reading
