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4 Predictions for HR and Talent Acquisition in 2019

December 11, 2018

It seems like the recruiting industry was in a constant state of change throughout 2018. In the last 12 months, we faced a historically tight labor market, the initial impacts of Google’s entry into the talent acquisition space and geari ...

The Missing Pieces of the Hiring-Strategy Puzzle

November 13, 2018

Think of hiring like solving a puzzle. Employers can only determine their hiring strategies after they put together numerous pieces of information that provide them with a full picture. First, they must look inward. What areas of the bu ...

Our Essential Guide to Better Recruiting

November 1, 2018

For the first time ever, there are more job openings (7 million) than Americans (6.5 million) actively looking for work. Competition for talent is fierce, and power has shifted from employers to candidates. So, what do employers need to do bette ...

3 Big Takeaways from the 2018 HR Technology Conference

October 8, 2018

It’s the most wonderful time of year at iCIMS! Thirty-four employees have just returned from the 2018 HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. From September 11 through September 14, iCIMS had a major presence in the HR Tech exhibition hall – but i ...

How GDPR Affects Your Talent Acquisition Platform

If you’ve noticed that every online provider has been updating their privacy policy lately, from social media sites to news outlets and retailers, it’s likely a response to the European Union’s (EU) new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR ...

How Could Blockchain Affect the Recruitment Industry?

Can you imagine a world where job candidates could only provide employers with one verifiable set of records, enabling recruiters to easily access their entire work history? While this may sound like the premise of a new sci-fi film, blockchain techn ...

Text Recruiting and the Revolution of Reaching Out

Why aren’t your job candidates getting back to you? In all likelihood, it’s because your proven methods of communication aren’t working as well as they used to.This is a big problem for two reasons. First, when communication is off, candidates ...

GDPR Compliance: Keep Your Eyes Out for Continuing Guidance

As the General Data Protection Regulation’s May 25, 2018 compliance date draws closer, GDPR-related activity continues in the various EU Member States.EU Member States are continuing their work on the national legislation needed to exercise the dis ...

How Google Begins and Ends the War for Talent

The average member of the workforce is well aware that today’s job hunt looks very different than it did just a few years ago. Now, virtually all applications must be completed online, and there’s usually an opportunity to populate applications ...

Preparing for the GDPR Outside of the EU

The new head of the Article 29 Working Party, consisting of representatives of the European Union’s data protection authorities, has indicated that the Working Party does not have plans to issue additional guidance on the extraterritorial reach of ...