CareerPlug Hiring Resources
Need some insight from your favorite Hiring Experts? Take a deep dive into our resource center for blogs, case studies, and research reports created to help you make the right hires.
How to Make the Right Hires When You Don’t Have Many Applicants
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If you’re a business owner, then you’ve faced many challenges over the last couple of years. Recruitment and retention have been big concerns in every industry,…
How to Send a Polite Rejection to Candidates (Plus Free Rejection Letter Templates)
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The ultimate goal of every hiring process is to find the right person for your team. In the best case scenario, you will have several…
What’s the Best Applicant Tracking System for Franchises?
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Recruiting and retention are two big challenges faced by all business owners, including franchisees. Most franchisees rely on playbooks from the franchisor for many aspects…
CareerPlug 2021 Year in Review
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2021 came and went before most of us were finished processing 2020. Along with it, interesting trends in the labor market continued. “Now Hiring” signs…
How to Hire 101
See allNeed to make the right hires but not sure where to begin? Check out these articles to get started or to brush up on the basics.
How to Build a Great Hiring Process Step by Step
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Here’s the dream hiring scenario: you have an open position and a perfect candidate walks through the door and charms you with their obvious talent…
The Ultimate Guide to Conducting Job Interviews
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Interviews are the heart of the recruitment process. They are the gateway to what could be lifelong employees, great coworkers, and amazing growth opportunities for…
Ask a Hiring Expert: Building a Compelling Careers Page
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Your careers page's is the hub of your employer brand. A strong careers site compels job seekers to apply while a weak one…
Ask a Hiring Expert: How to Write a Job Posting (And Free Template)
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Your job posting is your first official gatekeeper. Consider the fact that job seekers may not even get to your company’s careers page—they may go…
Recruiting Strategy
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7 Ways to Hire Faster in a Candidate’s Market
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As businesses reopen their doors and resume normal operations this year, many have found themselves struggling with a common problem – fewer applicants than they…
How Would You Grade Your Hiring Process?
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As hiring experts, we know how important it is to make good hiring decisions. Without the right people in the right roles, your business can’t…
How to Hire Outside Sales Representatives (Webinar)
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An outside sales representative can bring new growth and opportunities for your business, but knowing the right hiring strategies is key to finding your next…
If You Want More Applicants in 2021, Change the Way You Hire
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As rapid and widespread COVID-19 vaccinations usher us into a post-pandemic economy, business owners in many industries now find themselves facing an unexpected labor shortage. …
Hiring Research
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2021 Candidate Experience Report
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Does candidate experience matter? As small business owners face a post-pandemic shortage of applicants to their open roles, it will be more important than ever…
2021 Recruiting Metrics Report: Benchmark Data by Industry
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In CareerPlug’s 2021 Recruiting Metrics Report, we analyzed our hiring data to shed light on hiring metrics and trends for small businesses across various industries….
2021 Hiring Trends Report
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2020 has been a year unlike any other. Unless you’ve been living under a rock – in which case, we envy you! – you’re familiar…
COVID-19 Employment Report: Measuring the Impact on Workers
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In May 2020, CareerPlug surveyed 500 American workers across a range of industries to better understand how their employment and income have been affected by…
Webinars
See allWe host discussions with business leaders in a variety of industries on topics relevant to small business owners.
How to Hire Outside Sales Representatives (Webinar)
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An outside sales representative can bring new growth and opportunities for your business, but knowing the right hiring strategies is key to finding your next…
Remote Hiring: Creating Exceptional Experiences (Webinar with BenchmarkONE)
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COVID-19 has changed the way we do business. Many small businesses are adjusting the way they sell, the way their employees work, and the way…
Where Do We Go from Here? Hiring and Recruiting After COVID-19 (Webinar with Talent.com)
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There is no question that COVID-19 has impacted the way businesses hire and recruit in 2020. Have you taken the opportunity to evaluate who you…
Fitness Hiring: How to Convert Your Customers into Hires (Webinar with F45 and Mindbody)
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CareerPlug teamed up with F45 Training and Mindbody to take a deep dive into recruiting for the fitness industry. In this webinar recorded in August…
