Ashton Tweed Connection Vol. 1 No. 2

September 9, 2014

Ashton Tweed: News for the Life Sciences Industry.

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Integrated Approach Includes Social Media

HR managers and recruiters are using an integrated approach to source talent by leveraging multiple channels. Job seekers who know this are active, visible, and known via traditional and social networking channels. Read more…

The Right Formula

Employers are always looking for the perfect formula for hiring the right people for their jobs. They talk amongst themselves and continually tweak their hiring practices in order to build teams that benefit their companies the best. Listed are nine such hiring practices that may help you find the right people for your team. Read more…

Forward Looking Companies Plan for Future Jobs

Keeping up with the 2014 recruitment trends will help you strengthen your hiring process giving you the best opportunities for finding and hiring the best employees for your team. Forward-looking companies look to hire talent for jobs the companies plan to develop in the future. These companies also use big data to make informed strategic business decisions and demonstrate the ROI of recruitment activity. Read more…

Job-Hunting Strategies

If you are unemployed, your chances significantly improve for being hired quickly and in a job you want by creating a successful job-hunting strategy. Your strategy will help you get up in the morning and look for jobs and help you keep looking until you are hired. Job strategies differ among individuals but all of them should keep you disciplined while searching, confident while being told no and successful in helping you land the job you want. Read more…

Flexible Companies Foster Better Work Environments Employers are beginning to invest more in training and development in order to attract and retain their top talent.

Interim Executives — a Great Investment for Many Today’s interim hires are a new breed of insourced leadership. Not only do they deliver on advice regarding what to do but they then take the steps necessary to execute their proposed plans.

Today in Labor News Labor news is a mix of bad and good. Job growth was below expectation, but July marked the sixth straight month employment expanded by more than 200,000, a signal of strength last seen in 1997.

The Over-Qualified Candidate There are many positive reasons why recruiters and hiring managers should hire those who are perceived to be overqualified. Recent research shows that the overqualified, if hired, get higher performance appraisal ratings and perform better than average hires. Read more…

Recruitment Metrics Best-in-class employers incorporate recruiting metrics into their recruiting processes. These companies use recruiting metrics to improve workforce planning and drive financial return on human capital investment.