Talent Acquisition

Topics include: attracting employees, company branding, effective job postings, acquiring job candidates, interviewing, hiring practices, onboarding, employee referral programs, talent sourcing, the engagement cycle, and more.

Featured Talent Acquisition Guides

Write a Job Description that Stands Out
Write a job description that attracts the right people, those who will be as committed as you are to taking your business to the next level.
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How to Comply With Hiring Laws and Reduce Legal Risk
Smart employers know that complying with hiring laws not only protects you from litigation, but it also helps you build a better workforce.
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How to Find Qualified Candidates in a Sea of Applicants
Do you need to find qualified candidates quickly? Here are a few tips to help you sort through your applications and land your next hire.
Job seeker, laying on her couch staring at her phone, wondering what led to job ghosting.
Why Job Ghosting Candidates is Bad for Business
Don’t let your hiring process become a ghost story: Job ghosting applicants may be on the rise, but it’s bad for business and your brand, and easy to avoid.
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9 Common IT Hiring Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
If you’re looking to attract top tech talent, you’ll need to avoid these 9 common IT hiring mistakes in order to find the right fit.
A hiring manager utilizes tips for hiring millennials.
Recruiting Millennials: Strategies for Finding and Hiring Gen Y
Millennials are becoming the largest generation in the workforce. These tips for hiring millennials will help you build your team.

All Talent Acquisition Guides

Military Spouse Jobs and Your Recruitment Strategy
Are military spouse jobs a part of your recruitment strategy? Military spouses often have the adaptability and skills to become your best employees.
Why small businesses should always be hiring—even when they don’t think they need to

Small businesses can’t afford to be caught off guard with a hiring gap or shortage. The smaller a business is, the bigger the impact when you don’t have someone to do key tasks. That’s why it’s important to have a strategy where you’re essentially “always hiring”—or at least in a position where you can do so at a moment’s notice. We asked hiring experts for their advice on how to set this up in the most efficient and effective way.

5 Steps to Make Your Business Recession-Proof
Want to make your business recession-proof? These 5 steps will help you protect your business from the next economic downturn.
How to Close the Job Skills Gap With Your Hiring Process
These five steps can help you close the job skills gap at your organization so you have the right team in place to be successful.
How to Use AI Recruitment in Your Hiring Process
These five AI recruitment strategies can help you streamline your hiring practices and improve the quality of new hires more efficiently.
Tech Recruiter Tips: How to Hire Top Candidates
Here are expert-recommended tips every tech recruiter needs to know to recruit and retain the tech talent they need to be successful.
You don’t have to be a tech giant to recruit like one

Even if you don’t have the recruiting power of an Amazon, Microsoft or Facebook, you can take inspiration from these tech giants when you’re trying to attract the best tech talent. Here are some ways to tailor their winning strategies to your hiring needs, whether you’re a tech firm or just need top tech talent.

How to use text for better recruiting

How much faster could you fill job reqs if all stakeholders responded to your communications in minutes? It would be a game-changer, right?
That’s why texting—especially with candidates—is a revolutionizing the recruiting industry. Here’s advice on the do’s and don’ts of texting with candidates.

Need some help recruiting for a small business?

5 Tips to Prepare for Peak Hiring Season
Jobs are posted and filled every day, but some months are busier than others. Get prepared for the January-February peak hiring season today!
How Video Can Help Humanize Your Recruiting

Job seekers expect their digital job search to feel like the rest of their online experience: and that means they want to see plenty of video. If you haven’t added video to your 2019 recruitment strategy, here are some good reasons why you should, and a few tips for how to get started.

Recruiting trends 2019: What large companies need to know

You’ve got your budget set, your KPIs nailed down, and even a list of some of the reqs that you can’t fill until Q4 is up. Now take a look at the trends we think will be important to large businesses in 2019. Yes, AI is on there, but we’ve spotted a few new things that are also worth considering.

How to Build a Recruitment Marketing Strategy
Promote your employer brand and attract potential candidates with an effective recruitment marketing strategy.
Where’s the Human Element in Recruiting?

The next generation of HR technology will leverage data and automation to improve sourcing efficiencies. Yet a successful placement requires a deeper understanding of the candidate, says Monster CEO Scott Gutz. He offers his insights on we can infuse recruiting with a more human touch.

This Top Nursing School Knows What Young Nurses Want and How to Engage Them

As dean of the Lienhard School of Nursing, Harriet Feldman has cultivated a growing pipeline of graduates who are quickly scooped up by employers. She shares what today’s new nursing grads look for in their first job.

Employer Branding Plays a Lead Role in These Healthcare Stories for Good Reason

These healthcare staffing companies have tapped into the power of a clearly-defined employer branding that enables them to woo healthcare candidates who are often difficult to attract.

System Administrator Interview Questions to Ask
These system administrator interview questions will help you efficiently attract and recruit top talent.