Recruiting Terms
An internal document or form that specifies the need for a hire that usually includes the position title, minimum qualifications and budget. It is usually sent alongside the job description.
Requisition
Among his many talents recruiting may have been one of his strongest as his unconventional recruitment strategies helped to build a talented and innovative team at Apple, which was instrumental in the company's success.
Steve Jobs
ABC - a motivational recruiting mantra also used in sales
Always Be Closing
Indeed
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" is a quote attributed to this Chinese philosopher.
Confucius
A type of search that is used to help find results faster and with more precision using operators such as AND, OR, and NOT.
Boolean
This American entrepreneur who created a brand and empire was a skilled recruiter who assembled a talented team of animators, artists and writers who helped to bring his vision of a mouse to life.
Walt Disney
TA - a term used for the process of finding and recruiting workers for any organization that typically involves sourcing, interviewing and hiring.
Talent Acquisition
Launched in 2003, the mission of this business-oriented media platform is simple - connect the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful.
60% of job seekers quit an application in the middle of filling it out online due to this reason.
It's too long (length or complexity)
Someone who an employer is considering for a certain position, but who has not applied for an open position and who is not actively seeking a position is known as what type of candidate.
Passive
After the attack on Fort Sumter in the Civil War this 16th President called for 75,000 strong to volunteer for 3 months to suppress the rebellion at a time when the US Army only had 16,000 soldiers.
Abraham Lincoln
ATS - our every day recruiting tool
Applicant Tracking System
According to this anonymous company review website the average job-seeker reads at least six reviews when forming an opinion on a company, and almost 70% of candidates will not accept a position with a company if they have a bad reputation.
Glassdoor
By 2025 this generation is estimated to make up 75% of the workforce.
Millennials (or Generation Y)
This type of interview seeks to predict a candidate's suitability for a role based on their past experiences and how they have acted in specific situations.
Behavioral
Known for his rigorous interview process that helped Standard Oil become one of the most successful businesses of its time this first billionaire in world history is still studied by business leaders today for his recruitment strategies.
John D. Rockefeller
EVP - part of an employer's branding strategy that represents everything of value that the employer has to offer its employees.
Employee Value Proposition
It advertises itself as "the #1 way college students find jobs". It is regularly used by university career centers, and it allows employers to connect specifically with students and alumni of universities.
Handshake
This bandanna-clad fictional character became one of the most successful recruitment tools in American history and the most iconic image of working women in the World War II era helping to recruit more than 2 million women into the workforce.
Rosie the Riveter
Not as gruesome as it sounds, this term refers to an external recruiter who is focused on placing candidates into senior level roles.
Headhunter
The first known "employee referral" program was founded by this Roman general and statesman who offered up to one-third of a soldier's annual salary for referrals into the military around the year 55 B.C.
Julius Caesar
AIRS - a platform with training courses from industry experts on the latest recruitment techniques and sourcing strategies.
Advanced Internet Recruitment Strategies
Established in 1999 it was the first public job search website on the internet, the first public resume database in the world and the first to have job alerts. It is still around with postings today, but it is scary to say that it continues to lose users to more popular job boards.
Monster
Most organizations agree that this source is their top source of hires. An internal program is usually built to encourage it as this source reduces time-to-hire, eliminates hiring costs and improves quality of hires.
Employee Referrals