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84% of Recruiters Stated They Do NOT Have the Tools They Need to do Their Job Well
I was reading through a recent study named "Recruitment & Retention: Two Sides of the Same Coin" conducted by Aptitude Research which had some great data. One data point in particular jumped out at me, "84% of recruiters...stated they do not...
Dysfunction and Arguments Between Recruiters and Hiring Managers
Do recruiters and hiring managers align on what qualifications are needed for job roles? Usually not. What is considered "alignment" usually amounts to updating a job description and a high-level conversation. Inevitably the hiring process breaks...
SmartRank Recognized as an HR Tech Award Winner for Talent Acquisition Best Innovative or Emerging Tech Solution
SmartRank was honored to be recognized as an HR Tech Award Winner for Talent Acquisition Best Innovative or Emerging Tech Solution. On behalf of our entire team here at SmartRank, we wanted to say thank you to Ben Eubanks, George Rogers, and the...
Are You Working for Your ATS…Or is Your ATS Working for You?
Software should make our lives easier, not harder. There is a concept called “opinionated” vs. “unopinionated” software. Here’s the very high-level definitions for both: Unopinionated software - highly configurable but generally more manual task...
Does Anyone Else Think that an 18-Month New-Hire Failure Rate of 46% is a Problem?
“What in the hell is going on in recruiting” is the subtitle of a blog post put out by Visier. The actual title is “6 Reasons Recruiting Doesn't Measure New Hire Failure Rates (But Should)” and calls out a very disturbing statistic that has been...
Finding Talent is Already Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack…But is Your Haystack Getting Bigger?
If you look at labor force statistics, they are confusing. Supposedly we’re sitting at 3.5% unemployment, 62.5% labor force participation rate, 225k jobs cut in the tech sector alone over the past 15 months, and inflation has made everything from...
