by Brooke Gleason | Applicants, Application, Hiring, Hiring Process, HR, Human Resources, Job Advertising, Keywords
Since the beginning of time (or job ad time), we have been accustomed to the hiring process being long, tedious, and nerve wracking. Typically HR has this idea hiring someone should be this long process that will scare the “bad ones” away. First, you...
by Brooke Gleason | Hiring, Hiring Process, HR, Human Resources, Job Advertising, Keywords, Non-Profit Hiring, Uncategorized
I have heard a number of complaints from hiring managers saying that they aren’t getting enough qualified applicants. I wonder if they ever put themselves in the shoes of the job seeker. After posting a job, have you ever tried these few experiments? Once you hit the...
by Brooke Gleason | ApplicantPro, Applicants, Hiring, Hiring Process, Non-Profit Hiring
In some earlier blog posts, we talked about putting yourself in your job seekers shoes and writing your job ad from their point of view. This can be a little bit of work but so worth it and a bit of fun in the end. You want to duplicate some of your best employees in...
by Brooke Gleason | ApplicantPro, Applicants, Application, Employee Engagement, Hiring, Hiring Process
Using job boards to expand your reach is of course, important. However, if you not using them in the correct ways you could be missing out some quality applicants. You want to look at the quality of applicants, not just quantity. Jobseekers are smart and not all...
by Kurtis Blackburn | Applicant Tracking, Applicant Tracking System, ApplicantPro, Applicants, Application, Employee Engagement, Hiring, Hiring Process, Hiring Software, HR, Human Resources, Interviewing Tips and Tricks, Job Advertising, Non-Profit Hiring, Onboarding, Recruiting, Recruiting Basics, Recruiting Insights
The easiest way to understand passive applicants is to think of your range of job candidates comprising a straight line. On one end of your line, you have your passive applicants which are called “passive” because they don’t invest any time or energy into hunting for...
