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DEI hiring initiatives

Navigating DEI Hiring in 2024: Insights from Spark Hire and Checkr

Interested in listening to the full episode of our latest podcast: Aligning DEI with Your Hiring Strategies in 2024? Click below and…
Team collaboration

A Complete Guide: Expert Tips to Boost Your Speed to Hire

HR technology such as video interview software and applicant tracking systems enable hiring teams to make more collaborative, data-driven, and faster hiring…
Expert Tips to Improve Your Speed to Hire

Expert Tips to Boost Your Speed to Hire in 3 Easy Steps

Speed to hire, or your hiring velocity, is critical to effectively growing your team with high-quality hires. Creating a structured interview process…

Distributed Hiring

The Role of Candidate Assessments and ATS Integration in Distributed Hiring

Fair and Accurate Candidate Assessments Fair and accurate candidate assessments are essential for fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the…

Hiring for Remote Teams: Best Practices for Business Owners

Remote work has become increasingly popular because of its opportunities for flexibility, better productivity, and improved work-life balance. In this…

Hiring Managers

Team collaboration

A Complete Guide: Expert Tips to Boost Your Speed to Hire

HR technology such as video interview software and applicant tracking systems enable hiring teams to make more collaborative, data-driven, and…
Hiring manager HR evaluating candidate resume in job interview

Hiring for Government Jobs with Improved Speed and Quality

Government agencies are under pressure to hire quickly and accurately. Unfortunately, the process of hiring for government jobs is often…

Empowering Hiring Managers as an Extension of Talent Acquisition

Throughout Season 1 of The Speed to Hire Show, we explored why hiring managers need to be activated as an…

Enhancing DEI Initiatives with Video Interview Platforms

Video interview platforms act as powerful agents to transform the way companies approach hiring and promoting goals regarding DEI initiatives.…

4 Tips for Using Your Website to Promote Job Applications

One of the most important hiring tools you have at your disposal is your organization’s website. If your applicants don’t…

Interviewing

A Complete Guide: Expert Tips to Boost Your Speed to Hire

HR technology such as video interview software and applicant tracking systems enable hiring teams to make more collaborative, data-driven, and faster hiring decisions. But even the…

Enhancing DEI Initiatives with Video Interview Platforms

Video interview platforms act as powerful agents to transform the way companies approach hiring and promoting goals regarding DEI initiatives. Keep reading to explore how video…

Expert Tips to Boost Your Speed to Hire in 3 Easy Steps

Speed to hire, or your hiring velocity, is critical to effectively growing your team with high-quality hires. Creating a structured interview process for your hiring team…
Hiring team planning an employee referral program

Revolutionize Your Hiring Process with an Employee Referral Program

The value of employee networks Employee networks are gold mines waiting to be tapped. Your current employees have extensive professional and personal connections that can lead…

Screen Candidates

Team collaboration

A Complete Guide: Expert Tips to Boost Your Speed to Hire

HR technology such as video interview software and applicant tracking systems enable hiring teams to make more collaborative, data-driven, and…
Video Interview - DE&I Initiatives

Enhancing DEI Initiatives with Video Interview Platforms

Video interview platforms act as powerful agents to transform the way companies approach hiring and promoting goals regarding DEI initiatives.…
Expert Tips to Improve Your Speed to Hire

Expert Tips to Boost Your Speed to Hire in 3 Easy Steps

Speed to hire, or your hiring velocity, is critical to effectively growing your team with high-quality hires. Creating a structured…

Expert Tips to Boost Your Speed to Hire in 3 Easy Steps

Speed to hire, or your hiring velocity, is critical to effectively growing your team with high-quality hires. Creating a structured interview process for your hiring team and empowering them with the most innovative and efficient hiring tools can cut your time to hire in half while boosting your quality of hire. HR technology such as…

4 Best Practices for Hiring for Seasonal Roles Year-Round

Seasonal hiring is common for businesses that want to keep up with the demands of their busiest times. However, talent acquisition can bring other challenges to your already swamped business. Here, we’ll cover best practices for seasonal hiring to ensure you can find the talent to support your organization during your time of need. With…

Time to Hire

Why Lean Talent Acquisition Teams Need to Connect Recruiting Strategies to Business Objectives

Reframe Your Recruiting Strategy: Focus on Business Objectives Rather than ROI Far too many organizations make the critical error of focusing strictly on ROI rather than…

Maximizing ROI: The Benefits of Consolidating Talent Acquisition Tools

The Challenge of Talent Acquisition Tool Proliferation Consider the average scenario at a growing company—disjointed tools abound. A mix of job boards, interview scheduling tools, task…

Transforming K-12 Hiring: The Benefits of an ATS for Talent Acquisition in Education

Centralized Application Management An ATS serves as a centralized hub for managing job applications. It allows hiring teams in K-12 schools to collect, organize, and review…
Automated reference checks software

Streamline Your Hiring: A Guide to Automated Reference Checks and Reference Surveys

The Importance of Reference Checks Reference checks are a vital step in the hiring process as they provide insights into a candidate's past job performance, work habits, and overall suitability for a role. However, the traditional method of contacting references via a myriad of phone calls or emails can be time-consuming and often ineffective, not…