Hiring

 by Maddy

Recruiting & Job Board News You Can Use

GDPR

You’re either hyper-aware of GDPR or you feel like you vaguely recollect hearing it but don’t have a clue what it’s about. GDPR is a new set of privacy laws set to roll out across the European Union, but will also affect anyone doing business in the EU as well.

 

Generally speaking, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is designed to “give citizens back control over of their personal data, and to simplify the regulatory environment for business”.

 

Striving to be compliant with GDPR is a complex process for some companies. Facebook, for example, has had to dedicate resources to creating a new privacy control centre for users. Algorithms used to power Facebook’s advertising publishing have been subject to much scrutiny in recent months and years, and the company has been taking steps to try and prevent political interference. There have also been concerns about whether Facebook’s tools allow or encourage discrimination in recruitment advertising.

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Summer Recruiting & Job Board News

Lots of interesting things are happening this summer in the world of recruiting and job boards! Here are some highlights:

 

Is Facebook Jobs Turning into an Aggregator?

Joel Cheesman writes on ERE about the potential increase in visibility of Facebook Jobs-jobs. Facebook’s Marketplace will now link to Facebook Jobs, whereas before it was only really being found by those who knew to go to it directly. The speculation is that Facebook will soon start to pull in (or aggregate, if you will) advertisements from non-Facebook sources into Marketplace. So what does that mean for Facebook Jobs?

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How a Job Board Can Help Revitalize Your Local Economy

Chambers of commerce and local governments representing and working with businesses outside of big cities have generally witnessed a slower economic recovery than those of their urban-dwelling neighbours. Many chambers are launching and implementing economic development projects to encourage the development and retention of local businesses and workers.

 

But industries have changed due to automation, globalization, and the rise of service and technology sectors, making it difficult to retain the young talent they raised and educated and attract new workers and residents.

 

So, how can chambers of commerce help local economies evolve?

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How Niche Job Boards Solve Big Problems

Niche job boards can solve a lot of problems for recruiters, and there are many different types of recruiters. Most of them have to really hustle and work hard to do their jobs, and while new technologies are opening up all kinds of doors and possibilities for the future, it can be overwhelming. Some people who need to hire employees aren’t recruiters at all – they’re primarily business owners and office managers who are also responsible for recruiting and hiring.

 

Hiring feels like an aberration of some kind. It’s a disruption to an employer because it means that somebody has quit, retired, or been fired. Or it means their business is growing and they need more hands on deck to get the work done or even just to keep their heads above water.

 

Often, it’s a big hassle that needs to be dealt with in a rush.

 

And yet, without the right people to fill those gaps and come on board, businesses can really struggle. Niche job boards can help solve these problems for employers and recruiters.

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Back to Basics: The Importance of Quality Job Posts

How can you, as a recruiter or job board owner, make hiring easier and more effective?

 

There are so many factors that you might consider – your job board’s design, an employer’s brand, candidate experience, SEO – but the answer to that question really begins with what is perhaps the most important element of the recruiting process: the humble job post.

 

Those other things matter, but without good job posts, you run the risk of leading a horse to water without it taking a drink. To use another animal-based metaphor, you’re fishing without bait.

 

Where Most Job Posts Go Wrong

 

Job descriptions are important. Depending on the employer’s size, the type of work and the kind of contract involved, it can be very important to define a job description for both the new hire and the employer. A company’s HR department may need to keep job descriptions on file in their records for multiple purposes, but it does not follow that that description is the one that must be used to advertise a new job opening.

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Where does AI belong in recruiting?

Previously on the blog we’ve talked about whether we are all doomed to be replaced by robots and how the prevalence of automation may impact jobs and the recruiting industry.

 

As these technologies continue to be developed, experts are still debating what the full impact that automation and artificial intelligence will be on jobs and economies around the world. Without a crystal ball in hand, we can at least begin to think about how AI may be used in recruiting.

 

One area ripe for artificial intelligence-powered automation is the more routine work and tasks that recruiters perform, which they are sometimes guilty of neglecting. Writing for HRtechnologist.com, Rhucha Kulkarni suggests AI could help improve the candidate experience:

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The Politics of Hiring

Some people don’t like talking about politics. (I do, but I also like pineapple on pizza, but I’m told that is also controversial.)

Right now it’s hard to avoid news headlines proclaiming all sorts of things about jobs, trade, and the economy. The new U.S. president has been the cause of much of it, and the recruiting and technology industries are particularly impacted by his recent executive order and how it affects immigrants, refugees, and foreign workers.

Last Monday I was heartened to see Betakit – a website dedicated to startups and technology in Canada – had published a page titled, An Open Letter From the Canadian Tech Community: Diversity is Our Strength.

The letter is signed by Canadians working in tech and illustrates some of the reasons why the president’s policy affects that industry:

Many Canadian tech entrepreneurs are immigrants, are the children of immigrants, employ and have been employed by immigrants.

As connected economies, decisions by the United States can directly impact every business north of the border. The recently signed Executive Order to block entry of citizens from seven countries has already impacted several in our community. As a community, we are all affected.

 

In a similar vein, Vanity Fair’s Maya Kosoff talks about how some Silicon Valley leaders are reacting:

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The Simply Hired Shutdown: News and Next Steps

You’ve likely already heard the news that job aggregator Simply Hired is shutting down on June 26th. A letter was sent to their customers and publishing partners, informing them of the shutdown.

The Simply Hired shutdown will impact those whose job sites are hosted by Simply Hired, and anyone using Simply Hired’s job widgets, API, and data feeds. Simply Hired staff also “face an uncertain future”, and many assume they will be laid off. It has since been reported through “a trusted source” that Recruit (Indeed’s parent company) has acquired Simply Hired.

 

Simply Hired Shutdown Timeline and News Round-Up

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5 Ways to Strengthen your Candidate Recruitment – Guest Post

Careerleaf was originally founded from a belief that there was a better way to connect talent with employers through technology. Even with the progress we’ve made through the years, our journey is far from over; in fact, it will never end. Philosophically, we believe that our products (as well as our team) can always be improved upon.

 

So in the spirit of continuously bettering the recruitment process, Wayne Fleming, recruitment and HR consultant from Flexi Personnel, is making a guest contribution to our blog this week on how to strengthen one’s candidate recruitment.

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Enhancing Recruitment Marketing with SEO

I can still recall, quite vividly, the days when my whole household had one cellphone, and it was carried by the family member who could justify the greatest need for it.

 

In 2007, I reluctantly purchased my first cellphone that I didn’t share with a family member. I was 22 at the time and being a late adopter was a point of pride – I wanted to see how long I could hold out before being swallowed by the mobile revolution. Tell that to my parents, and they’d laugh thinking about the technology they had when they were 22. Tell that to one of my cousins in high school, and well, they’d probably laugh as well – who waits till they’re 22 until getting their very own phone?

 

Fast forward to today, and I’m more likely to leave my house without my wallet than my cellphone – a sentiment that I believe is quite significant in terms of how the Internet and proliferation of mobile devices has truly changed our society.

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