Lama Abu Ras, SHRM-ACHRM’s Post

POLL RESULTS are in 📢! In our poll last week we asked the question "IT Contract Workers…If you are happy in your current job, will you ever look at job postings ❓ Over half of those polled agree you should always been looking. #job #jobalert #itconsulting #opentoopportunities

Why is it that recruiters / hiring managers will call you (candidate) regarding a job application that you’ve submitted then proceed to go through your CV with them and before ending the call they’ll ask for your desired salary, once you tell them they’ll tell you they’re offering X amount (less than your desired). You respond by saying you are not interested and they tell you “but you are unemployed”. Does it mean just because one is unemployed they cannot know their value and must settle for anything that comes their way?

😑 My biggest pet peeve as a recruiter 😑 Me: "What is your current salary package? " Candidate: "I'd rather not share this" Me: Explains the benefit of sharing this "We want to work with you to get an increase on what you're currently earning" Candidate: "Sorry, still I don't feel comfortable sharing" Me: "Okay, what are your salary expecations?" Candidate: "I don't want to share this, let's discuss this towards the end of the process" We are external recruiters with extensive knowledge of the markets we operate in, and our goal is to help you find your next dream job! To do this effectively, we need all the relevant information to work to the best of our abilities. Without details about your current package or expected salary, how can we ensure we're delivering the best results for you? Please provide all necessary information so we can make your job search as efficient and successful as possible.

Attention all job seekers! Before applying to any job, it's important to read the job description carefully. One thing to look out for is the compensation being offered versus the level of experience required. It's not uncommon for job descriptions to imply entry-level compensation while expecting expertise equivalent to several years of experience in return. Make sure to weigh all the factors before applying to any job.

Happy Sunday to all! #careersearch tip of the day, from both my leadership/hiring manager and #jobseeker seats: As to help respect time involved for TA teams, Hiring teams, and candidates, can we please improve the experience around sharing and requesting salary information? What do I mean you ask? Two fold: 1️⃣ For every open role posted, please include realistic range for the band midpoint, or at least the hiring target band range for where company has budgeted the role at. 2️⃣ Regardless of ATS used, if you request salary range from candidate, don’t build the application UI flow with fixed parameters in the salary range or salary target desired fields. It’s not helpful to anyone to have this be a fixed field vs open character field. ⤵️ ➡️ With a fixed field, the only outcomes have candidates underselling or overselling themselves, thus why a range would benefit equally across the process, thus ensuring fair candidate expectations are shared, while companies extending fair market for the role. 🎬 I know this topic has been shared time and time again, yet we still see strong % of roles without target compensation listed, while strong % of application UI flows without flexibility to enter range. #Rebuilding_TA_Candidate_Partnerships

" Hard to get the candidate nowadays" 😫 " What actually jobseeker want?" 😝 This is what recruiter will ask everyday, now the jobseeker not only looking for better salary, better benefit but they also looking for branding, culture and direction of the company. 😄 Here to share some tips for speed up the hiring😎 : #hiring #Ajobthing #ultimatehiring #instantjobad #companyculture

🤦♂️ The best response I got today was to some old-fashioned cold outreach from a job seeker. Paraphrased to protect the innocent. –There is no reason to talk with you unless this job will pay me more than $23/hr. – But The job he was contacted about pays over $28/hr. Offers relocation offset well above the current market trend Offers a larger client base, and nearly doubles the available work It would remove the seasonality he is currently dealing with and Is offering professional offsite paid training immediately (resulting in a pay increase upon successful completion). But he blocked me so, he doesn't get to be considered. Arrogance comes at a cost. Don't immediately disengage when a recruiter contacts you. It might cost you a pretty penny. And that cost was over $12,000 a year in this instance.

To maximize the effectiveness of your job postings, at a minimum, include a pay range. 💰 In fact, research from Indeed indicates that job ads without pay details experience a 65% drop-off rate in click-throughs and applications. This transparency helps potential applicants understand the compensation they can expect and makes your job postings more attractive.

Every job posting should list these 3 things... 1. Salary range 2. Start date  3. Work arrangement (remote, hybrid, office-based) That's how you hire people. People don’t want to go through multiples interviews only to find out the salary is too low. People don’t want 100% office-based jobs if they want a hybrid role. And people don’t want to apply to jobs that start in 6 months time. Employers have so many demands. They want to know your life story and why you took a career break 2 years ago. Cool, if you want to interrogate me then you can tell me the salary. If you’re writing job descriptions:  Be transparent. Stop wasting everyone’s time. What else should be in job descriptions? Comment below ⬇️ (Repost ♻️ so we get better job descriptions)

Can positions be accurately labeled when location info is missed? Answers: https://lnkd.in/gPyzxVuT JobListings #JobSearch #RemoteWork #LocationErrors #HiringTips #JobApply Understanding the Problem: When Job Listings Can't Properly Label a Position's Location When job seeke...