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Technology?s role in recruitment

HRExecutive

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series on recruiting strategies and priorities for HR leaders—from HR’s top experts. A survey by Gartner late last year found that 70% of job candidates expressed dissatisfaction with the way in which the hiring organization kept them up to date during the recruitment process. Michele Mavi.

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How Recruiting Automation Can Improve Candidate Experience

Cornerstone On Demand

In a high-employment economy, there's a critical tangle in the modern recruiting experience that technology can help unravel: Job candidates want a simple and transparent application process with regular updates about their status—not frustrating silence. Large employers willing to examine their hiring systems are finding similar benefits.

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The New Skills Economy Needs A New, Skills-Based Resume

Cornerstone On Demand

This workforce shift poses a challenge to talent acquisition professionals who need to hire newly-skilled employees (and, in some cases, hire for entirely new positions). Fortunately, the same digital tools about to change jobs also promise to make filling them easier by transforming a traditional hiring vehicle: the resume.

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This Non-Profit Is Uncovering the Hidden Talent Pool of Immigrants

Cornerstone On Demand

can't really afford not to take advantage of the engineers, software developers, doctors and more who are bringing their skills here." Upwardly Global has relied on an Impact Grant from the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation to help build out their delivery of online training resources for job searchers.

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Here Are 3 Ways to Foster a Learning Mindset At Your Company

Cornerstone On Demand

As we see more changes in the workplace in the coming years, HR teams need to look for these skills in new hires and foster them among their existing teams. Today, my job is AVP of Learning and Organizational Effectiveness at Cornerstone OnDemand.

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How Big Data is Changing the Recruiting Game

Cornerstone On Demand

Big data — and its potential to help companies predict which employees are likely to flourish or flail, whether as new hires or future leaders — is all the rage among HR departments today. For some, the conversation is in its infancy, say experts who have been privy to these discussions ( "What, exactly, does big data mean?

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Why Addressing the Aging Workforce in Manufacturing Requires New Tactics

Cornerstone On Demand

is dealing with an aging population across the board, the manufacturing industry is at a disproportionate disadvantage —in 2012, the median age of employees was 44.7 As Baby Boomers reach retirement, the manufacturing industry is facing a skills dilemma. While the U.S. years old in manufacturing, compared to 42.3