[Blog] Best Practices for Recruiting
Today, we’re going to talk about some best practices! This list is hardly comprehensive, but it should help to elevate your recruiting team’s performance. Recruitment Strategy Clear targets inform strategy. Establish measurable goals for your recruitment team (ie. Time-to-fill, time-to-hire, time-to-first contact with candidate). Preparation Set clear expectations with hiring managers and interviewers prior to […]
[Blog] Don’t Fear the Career Gap
For both candidates and employers, career gaps can be a point of tension. However, career gaps often come with very justifiable reasons, and they are losing their stigma as time goes on. Generational changes are one of the reasons for a change in attitude towards career gaps. Many Gen Z professionals see time off as […]
[Blog] The Expansion of Predictive Analytics
When you think about using data to predict future behavior or outcomes, industries like marketing or supply chain may come to mind. Marketers collect consumer data to retain customers and target new individuals. Data is used in supply chain to manage inventory and avoid erroneous costs. This use of data, better know as predictive analytics, […]
[Blog] Your Job Postings Matter
The Job Posting Problem The average human attention span is 8.25 seconds – less than a goldfish! In a saturated job market with an unlikelihood that candidates will read your entire job advertisement, many employers have failed to improve the language and structure of their ads. Candidates are probably just skimming, so what’s it matter? […]
[Blog] March 2023 Recap
We had an exciting March at Ascend! To view the latest updates, please click the link below. Ascend Newsletter March 2023 (canva.com) We’re looking forward to serving our human and community services, education, and juvenile justice clients in April.
[Blog] Hiring for Potential vs. Hiring for Experience
When the labor market is tight, do you hold out for the candidate with the perfect experience or do you embrace the power of potential? Learning to hire for potential opens up the candidate pool significantly. Additionally, just because someone has relevant experience does not mean they will be successful in your organization. It comes […]