Tag: candidates
Will the real candidate please stand up?
As long as the candidate stays honest from there on out, no harm, no foul, right? Not quite. In most hiring scenarios, the...
Where’s My New Hire? How to Handle a Ghosting Candidate on Day 1
“Ghosts seem harder to please than we are; it is as though they haunted for haunting’s sake — much as we relive, brood and smolder...
Candidates should be the center of the hiring process. Kick tires on Pounse.
Couple of funny things as we wind up some articles from HR Tech in Vegas in September: On the first morning, I was low-level hungover and...
What AI can do around Candidate Rediscovery
Quick definition to begin: candidate rediscovery is the process of finding previous applicants — who didn’t get the job they...
10 Things Candidates Do to Create a Big First Impression
Whether it takes 7 seconds or 17 minutes to make a first impression, people always seem astonished at what idiosyncrasy causes the gut...
How Candidates REALLY Feel About the Job Search
I don’t think any of us would be surprised how much the average person hates looking for a job. A recent survey by Hired found 83 percent...
Every Recruiter Should Walk a Mile in a Candidate’s Shoes
Every recruiter should walk a mile in a candidate’s shoes. Chances are they have. Chances are even better that at least one of those...
One Big Thing That Recruiters Really Looked For This Year
It’s a term I hear a lot even if it isn’t always clear what it means, so don’t feel bad if you’re also a...
“Do Not Reply to This Email” — How to Improve the Candidate Rejection Process
I received a survey recently from Greenhouse software. This is after receiving the proverbial Dear John rejection letter following an...
Is This REALLY the Most Important Quality For Job Seekers to Have?
I’ll admit that I’m as big a sucker for click-bait headlines as anyone, but this one I saw recently actually made me think I...