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As your business looks to grow, your success depends on hiring the right talent. In today’s challenging hiring environment, finding qualified candidates, competing with other employers, and filling open roles […]
April 6, 2024
When it comes to recruiting across multiple generations, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. And with five generations in the workforce — Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z […]
March 23, 2024
Lever is excited to bring together a new quarterly feature blog that highlights responses from some of our expert HR service and technology partners. We asked each partner the following […]
March 5, 2024
It’s no secret the tight labor market continues to impact organizations in the United States and internationally. The Great Resignation is in the rearview mirror. However, the job market in […]
October 26, 2023
Inbound and outbound recruiting go hand in hand for talent acquisition teams today: Neither technique is the “right” one to use. Rather, it’s essential your recruiting org utilize both to […]
July 18, 2023
To help you and your talent acquisition team provide a consistently positive recruitment experience for candidates you engage and interview, we asked a dozen-plus recruiting and HR leaders to share […]
June 15, 2023
Big news! Employ is thrilled to receive the 2023 ADP Marketplace Partner Award for Best Marketing and PR. This award recognizes the ADP Marketplace Partner that produces exceptional marketing assets, […]
May 3, 2023
Where are job seekers most frequently discovering your open positions? You may be surprised to learn it’s actually on your career site. According to Employ data, two-thirds of candidates are […]
April 27, 2023
It should go without saying that we, the business community at large, should be well past the point of having to pitch the benefits of a diverse workforce to executives. […]
April 10, 2023
Times have been tough. Between an impending economic downturn and tightening headcount, talent teams have had to turn to industry thought leaders to understand what’s next. And while TA leaders […]
December 12, 2022
Nate Smith, Co-founder of Lever, will be transitioning from his role leading the Lever team. While I will miss working more closely with Nate, I am excited to continue working […]
November 2, 2022
The best software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers work tirelessly to build best-in-class products for their target audiences (e.g., marketing professionals, sales teams). In Lever’s case, our aim is to build the premier […]
July 26, 2022
When you find yourself at the highest talent maturity level — and achieve your pipeline, DEI, and hiring goals with great ease and efficiency — you understand the need to […]
June 28, 2022
It’s not just smaller talent acquisition teams that struggle with growing their talent maturity levels today. Even sizable TA orgs face daily challenges that deter them from advancing their distinct […]
June 28, 2022
Many talent acquisition leaders grapple with how to best execute their respective TA programs as well as continually improve and grow their recruiting and hiring processes. That begs the question: […]
June 28, 2022
When was the last time you hired a senior executive only to watch them churn and leave your organization in a year or less? Executive recruitment is no easy task. […]
May 17, 2022
One of the core ways your organization can nurture and retain top talent is by implementing a well-coordinated, highly structured new employee onboarding process. By thinking far ahead of your […]
May 10, 2022
There are certain advantages and disadvantages to fully remote work and team members working in the office all the time. That’s why the “middle-ground” approach — building a hybrid workplace […]
April 26, 2022
Internal mobility may seem like a relatively new concept, but attracting and retaining top talent certainly isn’t. In fact, studies are finding that a company’s ability to keep its best […]
April 11, 2022
Lots of love, care, and attention to detail go into building our talent acquisition suite. While we construct (and regularly enhance) our ATS + CRM solution to aid our customers […]
April 6, 2022
The benefits of a diverse workplace are well known, yet it’s no secret that the tech industry has had a long-standing, problematic relationship with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Leadership […]
March 7, 2022
Just as your talent acquisition team requests and receives feedback from candidates you engage and interview, your hiring managers regularly collect constructive employee feedback so they can learn and grow […]
December 20, 2021
Future hiring trends are moving in the direction of traditional customer service. Considering prospective hires’ concerns, meeting their expectations, providing a memorable candidate experience, and — ultimately — building long-term […]
December 1, 2021
Talent relationship management (TRM) offers more flexibility and transparency for your hiring team than the traditional options. It gives you one place to store information about candidates through the hiring […]
November 29, 2021
Diversity recruitment has become a hot topic for many hiring teams. And yet, our own study found 44% of companies find it difficult to prioritize DEI among other business goals. […]
November 19, 2021
Human resources and hiring teams are tasked with recruiting only the best for your organization — from recruiting and hiring to onboarding and more, there’s a lot going on behind […]
November 17, 2021
Employee attrition is on the rise and putting pressure on already-burdened talent acquisition and HR professionals who are working in tandem to hire and retain top talent. Losing employees via […]
November 1, 2021
Not every applicant tracking system (ATS) is the same. Some are clearly better than others. The best ATS software help organizations of all kinds — not just Fortune 500 companies, […]
October 12, 2021
In this quarter’s Lever release, we’ve upgraded our Candidate Opportunities for better visibility on source of hire, enhanced our reporting, and added many integrations to help recruiters move faster as […]
January 22, 2021
Lever, the leader in talent sourcing and relationship management software, released the Lever 2020 State of Recruiting Report to see what recruiters and talent acquisition professionals alike were doing at […]
August 4, 2020
The supply chain is the circulatory system of any business. It is the process through which time, labor, and materials are transformed into a finished and market-ready product. It’s complex, […]
February 2, 2020
Test engineers are the unsung heroes who keep the wheels turning at any generative company. A quality product that does what it says on the box maintains a returning customer […]
February 2, 2020
As technological innovations and the digitization of info continue to pervade the business world, it’s become especially important for companies to rely on their network engineers. Network engineers are technology […]
January 27, 2020
Data engineers are currently some of the most highly sought after software developers. According to a recent article on LinkedIn, the role made the list of fastest-growing jobs in every […]
December 10, 2019
Whether you’ve worked in recruiting industry for a month or a decade, you’ve likely become familiar with at least one of the esteemed talent acquisition leaders below. We are big […]
December 10, 2019
One of the most critical roles that a company can hire for is the role of Program Manager. Why? Because good program managers supervise and organize activities while ensuring that […]
December 9, 2019
Regardless of the role for which you’re hiring, there are always typical interview questions you can use across the board to gather info on each candidate with whom you speak. […]
November 11, 2019
Finding a top-quality software engineer is like looking for a needle in a haystack. With technical acumen being a must for your software engineer hires, it’s important that you go […]
November 5, 2019
HR managers are important members of your company. They deal with all the nitty-gritty details related to your people and ensure paychecks get paid, employees have health benefits, and that […]
November 1, 2019
Biotech is a fast-growing industry. When it comes to recruiting employees for open roles at your biotech company, you’ll want to ask the right questions to assess their true aptitude. […]
October 1, 2019
When recruiting for biotech roles at your company, some industry and role-specific interview questions will need to be asked to determine if candidates are actually qualified for your open positions. […]
September 30, 2019
Lever has added an enhanced DocuSign integration, providing e-signature capabilities to multiple stops along the talent pipeline process. The enhanced Lever and DocuSign integration will help companies accelerate the completion of […]
May 7, 2019
Figuring out how to create a good job description can be tricky, especially if you created the role you are hiring for only just recently. If you’re not sure where […]
May 1, 2019
In any organization, who you hire plays a key role. This rings most true in the case of startup businesses, especially in the early stages. Startups face the additional challenge […]
April 9, 2019
According to human resources technology expert and business advisor Josh Bersin, HR and talent teams have an average of 11 HR systems of record in place today. It’s clear HR […]
April 5, 2019
As a recruiter, your job is always going to be sourcing top quality candidates for open positions at your company. Every new hire made should be the best you can […]
February 15, 2019
The best recruiting CRM solutions on the market today are actually talent acquisition suites. More specifically, they’re ones with both powerful applicant tracking system features as well as candidate relationship […]
February 15, 2019
Interviewing candidates for your various roles is already tricky. But what do you do when you have to interview experts in recruiting?
December 31, 2018
When interviewing candidates, you’ll come across several different interview styles and questions to take into consideration. Your goal should always be to find the candidates who meet the requirements of […]
December 26, 2018
Finding employees with the right skills for your job is hard, but finding highly skilled and highly motivated new hires is even harder.
December 13, 2018
Good performance reviews require good dialogue between the interviewer and interviewee.
December 11, 2018
When interviewing candidates, you’re assessing them for a myriad of skills and traits. To start designing an effective interview, you can use these behavioral interview question examples to build out […]
December 5, 2018
You’ve sourced some great candidates, but now it’s time to give them a phone or pre-interview to validate that they’d be a good fit for your role.
December 1, 2018
When hiring senior leaders or executives (CEO, CMO, CFO, COO, VPs and more) your interview should focus on strategic, leadership, and management-level interview questions. Executive interviews are often more difficult […]
November 29, 2018
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Exit interviews help you learn why your current employees are leaving and how you can improve your workplace. The feedback your organization can gain from exit interviews (or exit surveys) […]
November 14, 2018
Many of your interview questions can be reused when evaluating external candidates for various roles, but how are you adjusting your interview format for internal candidates? Recruiting and interviewing internal […]
October 24, 2018
When it comes to interviewing, there are several different strategies and interview question types that can gauge candidate readiness and fit (examples of cultural fit interview questions). That being said, […]
October 19, 2018
Interviewing candidates for entry-level and individual contributor roles is already challenging enough, but interviewing for managers and potential leaders within your organization requires even more rigor to ensure you make […]
October 11, 2018
Every company is different, so it’s only right for companies to have interview questions that are as unique as well.
September 4, 2018
Even the “best” businesses experience a high turnover rate every now and then. From fast-growing startups (a.k.a. “scaleups”) to well-known Fortune 500 companies, many organizations occasionally see high employee turnover […]
November 2, 2017