Category: IT HR News

Real Cost of Interviews in Recruiting [Infographic]

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Mobile Recruiting toolsSarah White partnered with Video Interviewing Provider Wowzer  and, surveyed recruiters, HR professionals, hiring managers and candidates, getting their thoughts on the interview process – the things that work, what doesn’t and what areas need to be addressed.

The finding give a clear idea of the hiring process and why recruiters are VERY busy!

  • Recruiters have 22 open positions and 3100+ resumes to review at any given time.
  • A position is open on average for 45 days.
  • It takes someone 5 1/2 hours per opening just to schedule phone screens.
  • Video calling/meeting services have been well adopted by recruiters, hiring mangers & job seekers outside of interview process.
These figures show how tools like software-as-a-service; online hiring and acquisition tools; and human resources management programs can save time, headaches and MONEY!

Infographic after the jump…

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Raymond James HCM Newsletter Oct 2012

Raymond James HCM Newsletter Oct 2012The Raymond James Human Capital Monthly Newsletter provides a comprehensive overview of sector-specific public company performance and relative trading multiples, recent M&A and financing transactions as well as other important events that have taken place in the sector.

From a business model perspective, it spans Human Capital companies across software/internet, outsourcing, transaction/data processing and staffing services.

You can read the Raymond James HCM Newsletter here…

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The Growing Value of Employer Brands [Infographic]

The Growing Value of Employer Brands

Bernard Hodes GroupTo highlight the increasing importance of Employer Brand Strategies, Bernard Hodes Group recently published a proprietary research report on The Growing Value of Employer Brands, and published a great infographic (after the jump).

 Highlights:

  • The responsibility for Employer Branding efforts lies most often with Human Resources (51%)
  • The most popular external resource for communicating Employer Brand is a company’s Career Site (78%)
  • For employees, the largest factor in considering an employer as attractive is Compensation (64%), while only 25% of employers share that opinion (Can you say disconnect?)
  • Employer Brand ROI expectations for employers include an increase in applicant quality (89%) and increase employee engagement (61%)

Lawsuit Questions “Essential Functions” of Job

Discrimination Lawsuit Against Alliant Energy Questions “Essential Functions” of Job

Human Resources Journal

From the HumanResourcesJournal:

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To prove that an employee has been discriminated based on a disability, a person must show a failure for providing reasonable accommodation. But that person must also show that he/she can perform essential functions of a job if reasonably accommodated.

These essential functions were the crux of a recent lawsuit from a woman who alleged that Alliant Energy Corporate Services violated the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). Continue reading →