Candidate Experience

12 Ways to Get Ready for Hiring in 2023

Guest Blog by Terkel.io From fostering remote engagement to crafting optimized job listings, here are 12 responses to the questions, “Hiring leaders, can you provide strategies you are following to help best prepare for hiring in 2023? Why should others follow this tip for hiring preparation in the new year?” Focus on Fostering Remote Engagement…

Here’s Why Ghosting Candidates Is So Spooky

It’s a frightening recruiting environment out there. Employers are still seeing significant challenges in finding qualified candidates in today’s tight labor market. The difficult hiring landscape has emphasized the importance of strong hiring programs and even stronger hiring teams. No matter the size of the company, employers are feeling the squeeze to quickly find and…

Why Leaders Should Care About Candidate, Recruiter, and Hiring Manager Experiences

As a leader in your organization, you know that recruiting teams are facing challenges in finding and engaging quality talent. And you know that the ability to attract talent is a strategic imperative for your business. But ensuring that all stakeholders within recruiting have a positive experience may be new to you. It’s called the…

When to Know If The ATS is No Longer Enough

This blog on how to assess your talent acquisition technology was originally published in January of 2022. It was republished with updated data and trends in October of 2022. In September, the unemployment rate was 3.5%, or roughly 5.8 billion people. The number of open positions, however, is currently around 10 million and continues to…

12 Things to Include In Your Candidate Experience Survey

What is one item to include in your candidate experience survey?To help you determine what to include in your candidate experience surveys, we asked experienced recruiters and hiring managers this question for their best insights. From determining how they feel about your company’s mission and values to asking if the candidate felt comfortable asking questions,…

Three Ways Data-Driven Recruiting Leads to Talent Acquisition Success

In a hectic job market that’s always changing, talent teams must prioritize learning about the candidate experience and find ways to improve it. As candidate expectations continue to grow, workers will remain in the driver’s seat and employers must respond accordingly. The most strategic, dialed-in recruiters have turned to data-driven recruiting for insights about the…

Five Key Insights from Today’s Job Seekers

In a labor market that’s constantly changing for both candidates and employers, it’s important to stay current on the latest talent acquisition insights. With millions of jobs available, job seekers feel empowered to secure new jobs with better wages and benefits. Worker confidence is at an all-time high, with more than 32% of workers feeling…

Three Ways a Great Candidate Experience Delivers Recruiting Results

When you think of the candidate experience, what comes to mind? Does it include accurate job descriptions? An easy application process? Easy to schedule interviews? What about prompt feedback and communication at each stage of the process? Really, the candidate experience includes all the feelings, impressions, interactions, and activities a job seeker encounters and considers…

Improving Connections with Candidates and Hiring Managers

Since The Great Reshuffle, the job market now favors both candidates and current employees within an organization — and the companies that offer the most attractive culture and experiences for candidates will win and retain top employees. Communication between recruiters, talent acquisition (TA) leaders, and hiring managers is essential to building a strong employer brand,…

Why the Candidate, Recruiter, and Hiring Manager Experiences are Essential

Recruiting teams around the world are feeling the burn right now as they flex all the muscles available to acquire the right talent as quickly as possible. When about half of the recruiters see competition from other organizations’ recruitment teams as their biggest challenge, it goes without saying that going above and beyond to elevate…