Category Archives: Recruitment Operations

Is the Cover Letter Dead? 37% of Recruiters Say Yes

Cover letters added value in the 1900s, but what about today? Cover letters emerged in the early 1900s as a way to collect additional information about work history. By the mid-20th century, requests for cover letters to accompany resumes were appearing in newspaper job classifieds. In the 1980s and 1990s, they became big business, with […]

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Recruitment Operations Statistics and Trends: A 2020 Benchmark Report

Recruitment operations is an emerging human resources function, meant to streamline hiring processes, cut costs and drive greater efficiency overall. It’s no surprise that measuring recruitment operations success comes down to data. Metrics tell the story of how your business acquires talent, the speed in which you’re able to do so, and the costs and […]

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6 Ways to Overcome Operational Hiring Challenges

Between learning about hiring manager expectations for a role, sourcing talent, scheduling interviews and keeping candidates engaged, it’s hard to find time to analyze your recruiting process for areas in need of improvement …

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How to Build a Recruitment Operations Team

What is Recruitment Operations? Recruitment operations is a talent acquisition function designed to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of an organization’s recruiting processes, policies, and technology. Responsibilities may include defining work processes and overseeing logistics like interview scheduling, offer processing and onboarding. Overall, this function drives ROI by measuring and maximizing an organization’s ability to […]

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The Ultimate Guide to Recruitment Operations

“Recruitment operations” has become somewhat of a buzzword in talent acquisition circles, and if you’re a recruiter, you’ll likely feel its effects sooner rather than later. But this emerging human resources function is still being defined, and its purpose and benefits vary depending on who you talk to. What exactly is recruitment operations? Why is [...]

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The Recruitment Process Checklist Every Recruiter Needs

Today’s employers are contending with a labor shortage and skills gaps, while racing to define what the future of work looks like. To efficiently and effectively identify, assess and hire talent, companies are investing in recruitment operations strategies to streamline their recruiting efforts, improve hiring processes, and speed things up. The question is: how? Adopting […]

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