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.
The Hiring Expert’s Guide to Recruiting Insurance Agents
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With the steady growth of the insurance industry, insurance agents are in high demand, and recruiting insurance agents can be a challenge. Though it can…
Webinar: Why Interview Ghosting is So Common and How to Prevent It
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You need your open role filled fast, so it’s hard not to get excited when a qualified candidate sends in an application. You get your…
Fitness Industry Hiring: How to Recruit Personal Trainers
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Anyone that has ever followed a health regimen will tell you this: It isn’t easy! And fitness businesses that are trying to recruit personal trainers…
7 Ways to Recruit and Retain Gen Z Employees
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The babies of Generation Z are growing up quickly. With most of them now hovering between 20-25 years old, they are beginning to shape the…
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.
The Essential Guide to 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…
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: How to Write a Job Posting (And Free Templates)
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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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How to Hire Seasonal Employees
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For industries like retail, increased demand for seasonal employees in Q4 is a holiday tradition as cherished as pumpkin pie. But in recent years, the…
Need Higher Quality Candidates? Try These 6 Recruitment Strategies
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At CareerPlug, we like to keep our finger on the pulse of recruitment trends – the good, the bad, and the ugly. One piece of…
How to Create An Effective Employee Referral Program
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In our annual Recruiting Metrics Report, we found that one the best sources of high-quality applicants wasn’t job boards – it’s referrals. This may sound…
The 8 Best Untapped Sources for Quality Applicants
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If you’ve read our 2022 Recruiting Metrics Report, you learned that custom sources are a ridiculously underrated source of high-quality applicants. We define “custom sources”…
Hiring Research
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2022 Toxic Work Environment Report
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Toxic work environments – this term was first used to describe literally toxic workplaces where dangerous working conditions and chemical hazards put employees at physical…
2022 Recruiting Metrics Report: Benchmark Data by Industry
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In CareerPlug’s third annual Recruiting Metrics Report, we continue to analyze our hiring data to shed light on hiring metrics and trends for small businesses…
2022 Hourly Workers Compensation Expectations Report
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CareerPlug is on a mission to help employers hire and develop the right people. As a part of this mission, we conduct original research throughout…
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…
Webinars
See allWe host discussions with business leaders in a variety of industries on topics relevant to small business owners.
How to Stop Candidates From Ghosting (Webinar with Core Matters)
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Competition for candidates remains fierce, and employers are finding it hard to keep up and recruit the talent they’re after. Candidate “ghosting” has become an…
How to Attract Passive Candidates (Webinar with Core Matters)
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What is Passive Recruiting? Passive recruiting refers to the candidates who aren’t actively pursuing a new job, but could be the perfect fit for your…
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…
