Applicants in the modern job market expect timely and frequent communication. In a survey conducted by CareerBuilder, results showed that 84 percent of candidates expect an email confirmation that they received an application or resume, and 36 percent expect to...
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Stay up to date with our most recent news and updatesUnderstanding Contract-To-Hire and How It Works
In the world of work, talent acquisition takes on many forms beyond the typical direct, permanent-employee route. One of those alternative options is called contract-to-hire. This hiring arrangement brings an employee on board as a contractor for a predetermined...
Should Your Job Listings Include Salary Information?
Salary is one of the first details job seekers look for in a posting. Along with education and experience requirements, compensation immediately determines if someone will apply for the job or move on to the next one. Common practice has been for companies to put off...
ApplicantStack Achieves Gold Partnership Status with Indeed
We’re excited to announce our inclusion in Indeed’s ATS Partner Program as a Gold Partner. We work closely with Indeed to build reliable integrations, optimizing hiring processes for countless businesses across all industries. ApplicantStack + Indeed Integration...
4 Strategies to Integrate New Hires into Your Company
Your company’s investment into a new hire can be measured by man hours, money, and time spent away from other tasks. But your commitment can’t stop at the job offer. The way you integrate new hires can be just as important as the recruiting process. A retention...
5 Tips to Craft the Perfect Candidate Pitch
Finding the right person to fill an open role with your company can be a challenge. But even when you locate them, you might need to sell them on the organization. The latest generation of workers wants to feel like the company they work for aligns with their values...
Essential Best Hiring Practices To Attract and Retain Top Talent
Attracting, hiring and retaining top talent is not a game of chance — it’s all about strategy. In fact, there are right ways, wrong ways and optimal ways to go about hiring that can increase your chances of attracting the right people for your open roles. When...
Recruitment Metrics: Measuring Your Efforts
The job market is a dynamic, living thing that demands adaptability. For businesses of every size, intuition and personal connection are vital for finding ideal candidates. But they are only part of the hiring puzzle: analyzing recruitment metrics gives a more...
Recruiting Top Talent: A Guide to Successful Hiring
In most cases, and for most job openings, recruiters want to secure top industry talent for their open roles. Why? Beyond being the most qualified or suitable person for the position, top performers come packaged with an array of benefits that can give organizations a...
Using Paid Online Advertising for Recruitment Marketing
Connecting job seekers with hiring managers happens in a variety of ways. Word-of-mouth, networking, promoting from within, cold calling: these are all tried-and-true methods to find candidates for open positions. The speed of technological advancement has changed the...
Embracing ‘Boomerang’ Employees and Getting Top Talent Back
One of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is referred to as “the great resignation.” During this time, which began in 2021, employees resigned from their positions en masse. According to some estimates, more than 50 million employees voluntarily left their roles,...
9 Helpful Steps to Speed Up the Hiring Process
The ever-changing job market demands that businesses of all sizes adapt to find the best candidates in the hiring pool. Speed of hiring can make or break a job seeker’s experience with your company. According to The Society of Human Resource Management, it can take...