Tag: optimized recruiting

The most recent issue of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce e-newsletter includes an interview with Gayle Norton in which she makes a very strong case for why Talent Acquisition needs to encompass so much more than what organizations have typically labeled “recruitment”.  Her recommendations are especially pertinent for any organization that needs to get ahead of competitors […]

This past month, Recruiting Trends ran a two-part series authored by Carl Kutsmode on measurement and the best – and worst – ways to go about evaluating the effectiveness of your talent acquisition function. The articles examined data from a recent TalentRISE and Illinois Institute of Technology survey.  When asked about  measurement methods, respondents’ answers ran the […]

TalentRISE recently successfully completed a consulting project to help a client develop a roadmap for a global Talent Acquisition Strategy. Our Client’s Profile A multi-billion manufacturer of an iconic American brand Operates globally but lacked a standardized enterprise-wide talent acquisition process and global technology platform that would enable the organization to deal with labor shortages […]

Are Talent Acquisition Departments wishing for something they already have? That’s certainly something that an article, recently published on the ERE.net website, speculates. Using data drawn from our recent survey, our article analyzes the answers when we asked survey respondents one particularly revealing question: “If you had unlimited resources and dollars to invest, what would you invest […]

A new survey by TalentRISE and The Center for Research and Service at Illinois Institute of Technology finds that companies are responding to a shrinking supply of labor by investing in more dedicated recruitment resources, better technologies and tools and providing job candidates with an enhanced experience. View the Executive Summary here. Executive Summary TalentRISE 2014 […]

Onboarding not Working? Learn from your Offboarding Practices. A feature article in this month’s Workforce Solutions Review (a publication of IHRIM, the International Human Resource Information Management association) by Gayle Norton discusses how lessons learned from exit interviews can inform and improve onboarding programs. Interested in learning more about how to promote employee engagement, retention and productivity? […]

Good conferences always offer great opportunities to stay on top of challenges, best practices, and future trends. The best conferences also offer new take-away ideas to implement within our own organizations. The recent ERE conference held in Chicago in late September delivered the goods on both fronts. As the moderators of an almost-two-hour-long Think Tank session […]

The latest issue of the Chicago Chapter of ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives) newsletter includes an article on how to get the most out of working with an external executive search provider. The eight tips range from budget-setting to background checking – and all are key to ensuring you get the maximum impact from […]

The shortage of qualified nurses in many parts of the country poses hiring issues, especially for medical practices outside of metropolitan areas or those competing for talent with hospitals and/or other institutions such as assisted living facilities. As a result, many care providers are transforming their talent acquisition approach to ensure that they hire nurses with […]

We’re the first to admit that job fairs have gained a tarnished, “old-school” reputation in recent years. For most of us in the recruiting business, these mass hiring sessions conjure up visions of cattle calls in dingy hotel ballrooms. Using a shotgun online and traditional advertising and job posting approach, these events notoriously attract a […]