As employers, we’ve all experienced that oddly miffed feeling that comes with finding a great candidate, extending a job offer and having the candidate react with reluctance, accept a counteroffer or take too long to respond.
Today’s tips focus on how to create a job offer they can refuse (we’re not the Mob!) but would never want to because it’s so well-tailored to address the candidate’s needs, wants and pain points. Continue reading “Making a Compelling Job Offer”
Your company’s public-facing application process is a huge part of how many qualified professionals you will successfully pull through your process.
If your application is time consuming, invasive and mute once the app is submitted, these are the qualities your applicants will associate with your company. If your application is simple, quick, polite and frequently responsive to applicants, they will associate those feelings with your company as an employer. Continue reading “Hiring Managers: Frustrating Online Applications Can Kill Recruiting”
In December 2013, LinkedIn surveyed 18,000 employed professionals in 26 countries to gather insights on jobs and careers. The results provide a fascinating snapshot of today’s global workforce.
Several insights popped out of the analysis: Continue reading “Getting Inside the Hearts and Minds of Your Employees”
Employee retention is a hot topic as we head out of the “Great Recession” and employment opportunities for your employees start to increase. It is more important now than ever to take steps to ensure that you retain the employees that are critical to your business. The costs to replace an employee varies by wage and role, from $3,000 to replace a $10/hour retail employee up to 6 to 9 times the annual salary for salaried employee. High turnover rates also have a negative impact on employee morale, productivity and revenue that push these costs even higher. Continue reading “Are You Appreciating Your Employees Enough?”
THE 2014 SCALE IS NOW AVAILABLE. The 2014 ACT-1 Group/AppleOne Standards for Compensation and Leadership Excellence report–also known as the SCALE–is now available and once again, it is more than a salary guide. We have always sought to go beyond a simple salary guide to bring you a resource packed with actionable ideas and information to help you achieve your management, recruiting and workforce goals. Continue reading “Announcing the Availability of Your 2014 SCALE Salary Guide from ACT-1 Group/AppleOne”
Jobvite released the results of their 2013 Social Recruiting Survey recently, and the results are eye-opening. To succeed in today’s war on talent, more and more recruiters are being to use a marketing or social approach for finding and cultivating top talent. In fact, the survey showed that 94% of all recruiters use or plan to use social media in their recruitment efforts in the next year.
Continue reading “How Is Your Company Using Social Recruiting?”
In your 2014 SCALE, talent branding is one of the core themes. It turns out that the ACT-1 Group is not the only company talking about building your Talent Brand. LinkedIn recently presented their top 5 recruiting investments for 2014, and investing in Talent Branding was #2 on their list. Continue reading “Build and Amplify Your Talent Brand Now”
With 2013 more than halfway completed, AppleOne has analyzed the current employment and economic landscape to bring you the latest information you need to stay ahead of your competition. We would like to announce that we have a FREE Q2 update to our Standards for Compensation and Leadership Excellence guide, also known as The SCALE. Continue reading “Are You Ready to Finish 2013 Ahead of Your Competitors?”
The 2013 AppleOne Standards for Compensation and Leadership Excellence report (also known as The SCALE) is now available. The SCALE was compiled from extensive research conducted with our branch locations, interviews with HR and labor experts, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and O*NET data, and ongoing client surveys. Our 2013 version of The SCALE provides you with the most current information on compensation and workforce trends. Continue reading “Announcing the 2013 SCALE – The Salary Guide From AppleOne”
In May, Janice Bryant Howroyd, CEO and Founder of the Act-1 Group, and others from the Act-1 Group were on hand at the Pentagon in Washington, DC as the Act-1 Group (parent company of AppleOne) was inducted into the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP). Continue reading “AppleOne Supports Hiring Military Spouses and Veterans”
