Q: As a CEO at a startup, one of the biggest areas we're struggling with is talent acquisition. How do you best recommend attracting the best employees and retaining them? A: I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but the way people shop and buy has changed. That’s why outbound marketing (think interruptive ads and billboards) and outbound sales (think cold calling and buying lists of…
In a world connected by smartphones and social media, attracting and recruiting talent is constantly changing. Companies realize that merely posting an opening on leading job boards won’t cut it anymore. They need to turn to their employees, who are credible voices for the employer brand to develop and maintain a strong social media presence. The growing popularity of outlets like Facebook and…
College interns can be an effective source of labor as well as prospective employees for smaller businesses. According to Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter, approximately 75 percent of college students participate in an internship or co-op program. With more than 20 million college students, that means that more than 15 million students are available each year to work as interns. That is a lot…
Google wants to make it easier for G Suite customers to find and hire the right talent. Hire, a new recruiting app for small and mid-sized businesses, integrates with G Suite apps like Gmail and Google Calendar, and promises to help you "identify talent, build strong candidate relationships, and efficiently manage the interview process end-to-end," Google Cloud Project Manager Berit Johnson…
It's impossible to overemphasize the impact the hiring process can have. When it's poorly executed, bad hires and poor employee retention will be the result. And, as much as technology has sped up the process in recent years, human actions still cause bottlenecks. In fact, a Jobvite survey of 831 U.S. recruiters, released in September, found that 56 percent of respondents said that just the…
The year 2016 witnessed colossal changes in terms of business, social and political landscape, not only in India but globally. However, internationally, events such as US elections and Brexit and national events such as demonetization and GST bill haven’t really been able to shake the resolve of industry stakeholders in their march towards technological innovation, automation and the consolidation…
