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How to speed up your interview process and win top talent

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In many cases, candidates are interviewing for several jobs at once, comparing their experience with you against other employers. Your interview process needs to vet your candidates and also woo them into choosing your company over their other opportunities. How long should interview processes be? Flexibility.

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Top recruiting mistakes you want to avoid

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No external advertising and brand management strategy. To identify and reach your desirable job candidates, you must advertise strategically and conduct targeted, proactive outreach. Leverage social media, particularly LinkedIn, which can be a powerful research and recruiting tool and platform for targeted job advertisements.

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Fully remote recruiting and hiring: overview and best practices

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But conducting online interviews and following an all-remote hiring process – where you meet job candidates and get to know them in a virtual-only context – may be less familiar and more daunting. Self-recorded video interviews. As a business leader, you may be quite comfortable video conferencing with colleagues and vendors.

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How to hire and train salespeople

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You can draw out evidence of these skills during interviews by asking candidates to walk you through past negotiations (both wins and losses) and by asking how they would handle hypothetical negotiations. Although the hiring process begins by first advertising your job opening, don’t stop there. Process for hiring salespeople.

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11 candidate experience best practices to implement this year

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If your recruiting and interviewing practices are inconvenient or frustrating, candidates will likely give up on your company. Make sure what you’re advertising sets proper expectations for prospective employees. For example: Combine interviews so your candidate can speak with multiple managers simultaneously.

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The high cost of a bad hire – and how to avoid it

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Consider these results of a 2017 CareerBuilder survey : The average cost of one bad hire is nearly $15,000, factoring in the recruiting, interviewing and selection process; training; and salary. Common qualities associated with bad hires include people who: Misrepresent their skills or knowledge during the recruiting and interview phases.

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Should you hire more employees? 5 things to consider first

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Each job candidate brought into the office is usually interviewed by at least three people, often your top performers or members of the team you’re hiring for – which is already stretched to do its work. Benefits of promoting from within include: Lower hiring costs, including advertising and interview time.

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