Week of July 1st, 2024
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Fireworks
For many in the US, the 4th of July is all about the fireworks show. For those of us in the Rec/TA/Hiring/Recruitment Ops space, we see fireworks shows everyday with massive process overhauls, changes to our ATS that we now have to scramble to fix/understand, or unpredictable spikes in reschedule rates for high priority roles.
Here are some quick tips to avoid firework shows in our role:
Plan Ahead (scheduling) - The time around holidays will always lead to spikes in the reschedule rate. These can be avoided by either scheduling away from them (e.g. if not putting meetings or interviews the day before a break) or following up consistently with individuals to ensure their calendars are current.
Plan Ahead (people) - Learn about your stakeholders and what they need then show up to meetings with that. If they want an agenda, ensure that one is sent ahead. If they want time to review materials before meeting, send it ahead. This will avoid stressful situations because people will see you are making an effort to cater to their style.
Stay Calm, Carry On - People pick up on vibes so if you show up to a meeting with your stressed energy turned up to 11, that will put people on edge. If you can, try to build in buffers to catch your breath between meetings.
RecOps - Links
RecOps - The GPT we trained. It is available in the OpenAI store and free to use.
RecOps Conference - October 24th and 25th in Chicago. Speaker application.
Articles / Industry News
Articles/Graphics/Podcasts/Posts On Our Radar
eqtble’s Attrition by Manager - Not Only A Business Metric but a Recruiting One (article)
David Heller/Reimbi’s SHRM Survey Findings on Where Interviews are Happening (post)
Recruit CRM’s Forecasting the future of recruiting operations (video)
Jobsync’s The Talent Sync podcast The Application Process Gone Wild (podcast)
CoderPad’s Candidate Cheating vs. Candidate Experience in IT Recruitment (video)
Industry News (sorted alphabetically with space in the RecOps community in parenthesis)
Ashby (AiO) - Talent Digest, Feature update: Application review workflow improvements, Create projects via the Chrome extension, and filter by custom application questions
Brighthire (Interview Intelligence) - Interview Influence in Interview Rating, Partnership Announcement: HIGHER
candidate.fyi (Candidate Experience/Scheduling) - Internal Reports: Reschedules and Interviewing Capacity
Cronofy (Scheduling) - Candidate Expectations and Preferences
Greenhouse (ATS) - The Hire Up Newsletter
Lever (ATS) - Newest integrations
Metaview (Interview Transcription) - New Roles AI is Creating/Thoughts on Automation, New Feature: Identifying Rogue Interviewers
Recruit CRM (AiO) - Centralized Media Hub
TeamTailor (AiO) - Product Feature: Connect
Permanent Articles
Job Search
Ashby - Recruiting Operations Consultant (Note: this role will be unposted on July 5)
Here is the list of previously listed jobs, which may or may not be available.
Additional Resource
ATS Specific Job Boards
iCIMS's HR professionals job board aggregates all the HR jobs across their customers
Workable’s job board aggregates all jobs for companies that use Workable
SmartRecruiters’ job board aggregates all jobs for companies that use SR
Denys Dinkevych's remote job board, which aggregates jobs from all the major ATS
Drew Callin’s list of VC and PE job boards for their portfolios (pay attention to the comments too here since there are more)
TrueUp - Has a fantastic job board filled with information others don’t like the last time the company did a layoff, application experience based on the ATS, and more.
Boolean Strings for Specific ATS Job Search
We’ve consolidated our list of boolean search strings for RecOps professionals to make them easier for everyone. Check out the list here. Kaitlyn Elting also built a generator for you if you are worried about your attention to detail.
Thank you to Steve Levy for contributing so many wonderful strings and Gabi Preston-Phypers for QA help. Follow both of them for excellent boolean and sourcing content.
#YourNextHire / People Looking In the RecOps Community
What I'm Looking to Do:
Helping people is my jam. 🙂. I’m a forward-thinking, scrappy Talent Acquisition professional with 20+ years of global recruiting experience at various company sizes in multiple industries. I am passionate about innovative technology, data analysis, creative problem solving, process efficiency, impactful employer branding, and exceptional interview experience. Some of my biggest achievements were at Activision, where I staffed multiple high-profile video game projects (including three blockbuster Call of Duty titles) before leading the talent sourcing function, where I developed and implemented a service-level agreement to drive efficiency and accountability. In my most recent role as RecOps Manager with Epic Games, I led the creation of a TA org knowledge base developed with Notion, saving the team time and frustration trying to find information.
Roles I'm Looking for:
RecOps and Recruiter opportunities at all levels (contract or FT).
Remote is ideal, but flexible working hybrid or in-office depending on location (I’m based in the LA area).
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Here is a Google Sheet View for a list of people who were previously featured and are still looking.
Events
Week of July 9th
Week of July 15th
TeamOhana - Managing Headcount More Effectively to Meet Talent Needs and Financial Goals
Jobsync - Driving Excellence: Ford’s Kaizen Approach to TA Process Improvement
Brighthire and HIGHER - TA Tech Teardown
SelectSoftware Reviews - Trends and Best Practices for Buying HR Tech
Week of July 22nd
October 2024
🎉 Reminders and Disclaimers 🎉
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Until next week, Regulators 😊