Why Is an Applicant Tracking System Needed for Small Businesses? Recruiting for small businesses can be challenging. With limited resources, time, and budget, finding and hiring the right talent can...
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Why Is an Applicant Tracking System Needed for Small Businesses? Recruiting for small businesses can be challenging. With limited resources, time, and budget, finding and hiring the right talent can...
Read MoreWith “The Great Resignation” coupled with talent shortages globally, competition between companies to secure the best talent has intensified. Recruitment is critical for every company, but for startups, it can...
Read MoreEver wonder how recruiters sort through thousands of job applications for every single job posting? It would require thousands of manhours to read and evaluate each resume manually. That’s why...
Read MoreHR managers play a crucial role in attracting and retaining top talent. As the first point of contact in the hiring process, they must represent their organization’s culture and values...
Read MoreIn today’s fast-paced recruitment landscape, many professionals still rely on traditional tools like Outlook and Excel. While these tools have served their purpose, they often fall short when it comes...
Read MoreThe Importance of a Well-Crafted Job Posting A job posting is more than just a list of duties—it’s the first point of contact between an employer and potential candidates. A...
Read MoreHiring the right candidate is crucial for the success of any business. Yet, many staffing firms and recruiters struggle to identify, attract, and hire top talent effectively. The process is...
Read MoreOrganizations in every industry constantly seek ways to optimize their return on investment (ROI) and streamline operations around hiring. One of the most effective strategies for achieving these goals is...
Read MoreWhen it comes to staffing agency software, seamless collaboration between HR and recruitment teams is crucial for success of the platform and the team it empowers. One key solution to...
Read MoreFinding the right talent swiftly and efficiently is crucial for the success of any staffing agency. Manually managing the complexities of multiple jobs and hundreds of candidates can hamper your...
Read MoreWhy Is an Applicant Tracking System Needed for Small Businesses? Recruiting for small businesses can be challenging. With limited resources, time, and budget, finding and hiring the right talent can…
With “The Great Resignation” coupled with talent shortages globally, competition between companies to secure the best talent has intensified. Recruitment is critical for every company, but for startups, it can…
Ever wonder how recruiters sort through thousands of job applications for every single job posting? It would require thousands of manhours to read and evaluate each resume manually. That’s why…
HR managers play a crucial role in attracting and retaining top talent. As the first point of contact in the hiring process, they must represent their organization’s culture and values…
In today’s fast-paced recruitment landscape, many professionals still rely on traditional tools like Outlook and Excel. While these tools have served their purpose, they often fall short when it comes…
The Importance of a Well-Crafted Job Posting A job posting is more than just a list of duties—it’s the first point of contact between an employer and potential candidates. A…
Hiring the right candidate is crucial for the success of any business. Yet, many staffing firms and recruiters struggle to identify, attract, and hire top talent effectively. The process is…
Organizations in every industry constantly seek ways to optimize their return on investment (ROI) and streamline operations around hiring. One of the most effective strategies for achieving these goals is…
When it comes to staffing agency software, seamless collaboration between HR and recruitment teams is crucial for success of the platform and the team it empowers. One key solution to…
Finding the right talent swiftly and efficiently is crucial for the success of any staffing agency. Manually managing the complexities of multiple jobs and hundreds of candidates can hamper your…
Business growth is often considered a sign of success. However, with expansion comes the challenge of effectively managing the increased need for more workers to handle heavier productivity loads. As…
Technology is pivotal for enhancing efficiency and expanding the reach of hiring processes. One of the transformative tools in this domain is mobile applicant tracking system (ATS) apps. These applications…
A company’s website is a powerful tool for showcasing its products or services and attracting top talent. Recruiters who recognize the importance of a well-crafted online presence can leverage their…
Staffing and recruiting agencies continually seek innovative solutions to streamline operations and find the best talent for their clients. Staffing and recruiting software has become an invaluable tool in this…
Deloitte calls contingent workers “the cornerstone of today’s workforce.” They define these professionals as workers, not on the company payroll but providing services as needed, including subcontractors supplying workers, such…
Finding and hiring the right talent for your organization is a critical task that can significantly impact its success. In today’s fiercely competitive job markets, companies rely on staffing and…
Data-driven hiring starts with better staffing and recruiting software. These sophisticated platforms have ushered in a new era of data-driven hiring practices that benefit employers, job seekers, and staffing agencies.…
We live in an increasingly smartphone-obsessed world. Globally, the number of smartphone users tops 5.25 billion. From texting to movie watching, banking to surfing social, we use our cell phones…
Staffing managers have a difficult job; they must ensure their companies have the right people in the right seats 100% of the time. It’s a complex effort that requires treadmilling the…
Artificial intelligence (AI) software has been in the news a lot lately. AI is already revolutionizing many industries, and it’s just getting started. AI software is certainly impacting staffing agencies.…
Automation has taken almost every industry by storm over the past few decades, from manufacturing and engineering to healthcare, information technology, and everything in between. It’s safe to say that…
Data-driven hiring has become an essential component of the recruitment process. Recruiting analytics can provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of recruitment strategies, the quality of candidates, and the overall…
Recruiting marketing is a hot topic among staffing firms looking for new ways to attract top talent. Recruiting marketing is a process of using marketing techniques to attract, engage, and…
One of the most significant changes to hit the staffing world in the past decade is the rise and growth of applicant tracking software. These tools are designed to help…
Every organization has unique processes, but each one thrives by sourcing and hiring talent with the skills and experience to make a positive impact. With hundreds—and sometimes thousands—of resumes submitted,…
The latest and best recruiting, sales, and customer service software combines modern applicant tracking features with powerful analytics, easy search, storage features, and more. These tools are one part customer…
Exelare is proud to offer a state-of-the-art software tool to help your recruiting process. Candidate sourcing software helps recruiters and managers find and identify potential candidates. This blog will cover…
November and December can be traditionally slow times for hiring. But recruiting needs can shoot off like a cannon in January. This fact suggests that your recruiting team should continue…
Is your applicant tracking system (ATS) in dire need of an upgrade? You don’t have an ATS? Both of these situations hopelessly handicap you in a job market that is…
In the game known as recruiting, without email marketing you may be falling behind. The days of posting a job listing and waiting for candidates to apply are now over.…
We tend to think of “ghosting” as it relates to online dating and social media. The term refers to the act of severing all ties and communication with someone suddenly,…
Employee turnover is at an unprecedented high. Global consulting firm Gartner predicts employee turnover will increase by almost 20% above the national average this year. That’s 37.4 million Americans predicted to quit…
A reporting dashboard puts you in the driver’s seat. These smart software tools give managers and owners a level of transparency and scrutiny that can improve the performance of your…
No one likes to lose. No one wants to be the one to tell people they lost, either. Telling a candidate they didn’t get the job is one of the…
Did the pandemic get your recruiting team down? Try a team-building event to increase morale and productivity. Every company benefits from team builders, they help people communicate and create stronger…
Today, the early recruiter gets the worm. By this, we mean that waiting on a candidate to apply for a job doesn’t work. Instead, the recruiter must develop call lists…
How to Re-Engage Candidates Your applicant tracking system (ATS) has mass activity automation that lets you reach piles of candidates with a message. But is that really the best way…
Finding great talent for your business is one of the most important things you can do to be successful – and profitable. But you can’t expect top talent to find…
Mobile functionality on your ATS can help you hire. Why? Because most of us live on our smartphones and are less likely to be tied to our desks. An ATS…
These days employers are looking for different types of talent beyond the traditional resource. If the employee is a great multitasker that can wear a lot of hats, they offer…
A background check is one thing but a social media check takes things to a whole new level. Recruiting teams and hiring managers should take time to review the social…
You have a lot of seats on the bus to fill. This requires the intense focus of a high-volume recruiting effort. To reach your hiring goals, you must have the…
The reality of today’s candidate-driven market is that the new employee you’re trying to find is already employed. The job market today won’t allow you to post an ad and…
Candidate sourcing is so time-consuming, it has developed a job title all its own. In the past, recruiters handled the sourcing, interviewing, and closing; and in some companies, they still…
In April 2021, four million workers left their jobs, and 95% considered it. That represents opportunities for recruiters searching for qualified yet passive candidates on LinkedIn. LinkedIn has 774 million members, making it…
Promoting from within is a good sign of a healthy organization. Businesses that promote leaders from an internal pool of employees are the organizations that invest in their teams. To…
Recruiters have a very difficult job. That’s because finding the right hire is a constant process of building relationships with the right people to get to their hiring goals. Depending…
What do job seekers want? What matters enough to candidates that they accept your job over one from a competitor? The 2021 Exelare Jobvite survey sheds some light on what matters to…
You may have heard about predictive analytics but wonder how it can be used during the hiring process. Predictive analytics can help you glean insight into the effectiveness of your…
It’s always difficult to find the best talent but the right software can help. Today’s applicant tracking systems (ATS) can help you find that needle in the application haystack, improve…
These days, finding the right candidate is about who you know. While your job ad may generate resumes, the best candidates are often the passive, hidden talent, that only an…
If your recruiting team is using an Excel spreadsheet or maybe a customer relationship management (CRM) platform to handle their sourcing, interviewing, and hiring processes, you are operating under a…
Identifying the right candidate for the job is the definition of good recruiting. Today’s top candidates do not simply show up. Instead, they require work to define the right fit…
Applicant tracking systems (ATS) are growing more sophisticated. While they can’t take on all of the recruiting functions for your organization, they can automate tasks so that your teams are…
Recruiting is a role where you improve the longer you work in a specific position. As recruiters get better at their job, the time to hire process reduces, and efficiencies…
Niche recruiting is a precise process. Specialization can save time wasted reviewing piles of unqualified resumes. Niche recruiting is less about the job board and more about precision targeting of the best…
Not everyone can make it as a recruiter. It’s a hard job even when the economy is terrible, and people are begging for jobs. There’s no trick to finding the…
Every recruiter knows the best candidates are already employed. It doesn’t matter what the unemployment roster looks like; the best talent is highly sought after and rarely easily available. That…
Recruiters spend too much time sourcing. There, we said it. Finding the right talent, particularly for highly technical roles, is time-consuming and tedious. But today, recruiters spend about one-third of their…
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of recruiting firms around the country. They all create a lot of noise for talented candidates, some of which get several emails and phone…
times of low unemployment, building a robust, collaborative recruiting team is particularly important. That team is the front line in your efforts to successfully attract top talent to your organization.…
The studies show more than a quarter of candidates end up backing out of a job offer, many times after they had already committed to the position. It’s a frustrating…
If you’re a recruiter, time is not on your side. Clients are clamoring for new talent now, and your managers are adding to the pressure. But recruiting is incredibly labor-intensive,…
Recruiters are continually hunting for job candidates. There are a variety of techniques to fill job orders. One of them is the dreaded cold call. Many times, staffing agencies tie a key…
Key performance indicators, or KPIs, are standard metrics that can track everything from sales to recruiting. KPIs apply a standardized methodology to track activity. No matter the KPI, they can help…
Today, most recruiters are in the thick of a war for talent that keeps them busy and in demand. There’s a lot of pressure to fill roles, and a lot…
Defining the Job and Not the Person is more important: Sourcing the best candidates must start with a compelling vision of what the job entails. Don’t rely on a traditional…
In a 4% labor market, we are all candidate starved. Last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported there were 7.4 million job openings with a hire rate of 5.9…
Recruiters need a variety of skills in today’s market to find candidates. Unemployment is at a 50-year low, so the process of finding the right talent is, literally, like finding…
The candidate search and hiring process is very different today than it was a decade ago. With record levels of unemployment, it has become a candidate-driven market. Staffing industry leaders…
Five Tips for Sourcing Efficiency “Businesses have never done as much hiring as they do today. They’ve never spent as much money doing it. And they’ve never done a worse…
There is no doubt that the healthcare sector will remain an important part of the U.S. economy for years to come. It’s not just that health care is, for obvious…
Mastering the recruitment funnel can be a challenging experience until you understand the components that go into it. Candidate sourcing is all about proactively finding candidates through multiple tools and…
Why Is an Applicant Tracking System Needed for Small Businesses? Recruiting for small businesses can be challenging. With limited resources, time, and budget, finding and hiring the right talent can…
With “The Great Resignation” coupled with talent shortages globally, competition between companies to secure the best talent has intensified. Recruitment is critical for every company, but for startups, it can…
Ever wonder how recruiters sort through thousands of job applications for every single job posting? It would require thousands of manhours to read and evaluate each resume manually. That’s why…
HR managers play a crucial role in attracting and retaining top talent. As the first point of contact in the hiring process, they must represent their organization’s culture and values…