Week of June 3rd, 2024
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RecOps Conference - Call for Speakers
If you are new to this newsletter, you wouldn’t have seen the most recent update on the RecOps Conference later this year. We’re currently in the process of seeing who would be interested in speaking (thank you to the four folks who have already applied and shown interest). As a refresher, we’re still working on locking down the dates and location but we are looking for RecOps professionals to lend their expertise in making the first-ever in-person RecOps Conference experience the best yet!
Please submit your interest to speak by August 1st. Speakers will receive a 50% discount on registration and in addition, other attendees at your company will receive a 10% discount on registration costs.
Three Musicians for JDs
Every company approaches job descriptions differently. Here are a few ways to consider the pros and cons and who gets to use them if you are helping with employer branding. Note: others might have different thoughts about this, and that is ok.
The KISS Job Description
This job description aims to get the information out there. It is straightforward and simple, and it contains minimal to no flowery language.
Pro: Candidates know what they need to know to apply.
Con: Candidates might not necessarily be “excited.”
Who can use? Governments and, surprisingly, companies that sell themselves. If you are at an extremely hot company that everyone knows, most candidates are likely not reading your JD to see how eloquent it is.
The Eminem Job Description
This style of job description is an exercise in exhilarating and titillating details. They demonstrate an adoration for the full lexicon of the language, invoking imagery of the role and the company of the highest order.
Pro: The words excite and move the candidates to apply.
Con: Falling in love with the words to the point that candidates don’t know what is needed to do the job or they don’t care about the story.
Who can use it? Pre-Seed, Series A, and Series B companies where you need to build the brand while also ensuring that you’ve laid out all the details that could help filter in high-quality candidates. Additionally, this could also be used by companies who have gone through a rebrand and rename so that the market understands them.
The Taylor Swift or Jimmy Eat World Description
Let’s call this the middle. There are the occasional flourishes and innuendo, but the message is loud and clear.
Pro: Candidates get the energy, and you get high-quality applications.
Con: It can be hard to maintain the balance since without a single writer or core philosophy, some JDs will be a hit and others will fall flat.
Who can use? Technically, every company. Usually, you’ll see it in established companies that have had time to work out their core principles and how they would like those conveyed. They might even be using tools that help keep a consistent brand voice.
Employer Branding
RecOps - Your Friendly RecOps GPT is now available to all users!
If you missed the announcement, OpenAI recently made the GPT store available to all free users. This means you can now use RecOps, the GPT! It has handled tens of thousands of prompts. Thank you to all those who are using it and helping it learn.
Link: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-PDEG1n7fb-recops
Articles / Industry News
Articles/Graphics/Podcasts/Posts On Our Radar
Fosway’s 2024 Talent Acquisition 9-Grid (Article)
Screenloop’s Candidate Experience: Tips You Can Implement Right Away! (Video)
Cronofy’s Candidate Expectations and Preferences (Report)
iCIMS’ The New Automation Mindset: AI + Automation + Integration (Video)
Alex Lahmeyer’s Reverse Interview Guide for LGBTQ+ Job Seekers (Ebook/Article)
Industry News (sorted alphabetically with space in the RecOps community in parenthesis)
Ashby (AiO) - Series C Announcement, Highlight if an interviewer has already interviewed the candidate, Trends Report, Integration: Endorsed / Camino
Atlas Technologies (Recruitment Platform) - Should Recruiters Use AI Resume Screening
CandorIQ (Headcount/Compensation) - Candidate Offer Capability
Collabwork (Community Hiring Platform) - Online branding 101
Jobsync (Hiring Ops) - Do's and Don'ts to boost your organic candidate traffic
Poetry (Recruiter Enablement) - 62 Recruiter Practical Enablement Tactics, Poet’s Corner
Praisidio (Analytics) - Democratizing People Analytics: How Praisidio Addresses Key HR Challenges, SOC II Compliance
Recruit CRM (AiO) - A talent acquisition expert's journey to leadership
Starred (Hiring Experience Platform) - Launch of Starred.com
Permanent Articles
Job Search
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Talent Acquisition Global Operations Program Manager
Cox Enterprises - Talent Acquisition Technology Operations Manager
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
If you are a RecOps professional looking for work, take an opportunity to complete the quick questionnaire and you’ll be featured here next week.
Here is a Google Sheet View for a list of people who were previously featured and are still looking.
Events
Week of June 10th
Week of June 20th
JobSync - Strategies for Securing Initial Funding and Hiring Your First RecOps Expert with James Colino and Nona Renfro
🎉 Reminders and Disclaimers 🎉
If you’d like to contribute a job, an article (one you found or wrote), or you are a company and have a product update you want featured, contact Jeremy Lyons.
Please use this form if you or someone you know would like to be featured in our #YourNextHire section. The only condition is you are a RecOps professional.
Disclaimer #1: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and they do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company. Assumptions made in the analysis do not reflect the position of any entity other than the author. As critically thinking professionals, these views are always subject to change, revision, and rethinking at any time. They are not to be held in perpetuity.
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Until next week, Regulators 😊