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The importance of delivering a positive candidate experience at every turn cannot be understated. Sevenstep's Ben Cox explores. Featuring thoughts from SAP SuccessFactors' Chief Operating Officer & Head of Strategy, Marc Havercroft. Read more

Slowly but surely, companies are beginning to realize that their careers websites should be just as ‘consumer’ driven as the rest of their brand, only the consumers in this instance are potential future employees. Today’s in-demand candidate wants a careers site experience that transports them to the company and shows them exactly what it will be like to work there.Read more

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median age of a U.S. worker is 42.2 years old. But the workforce is trending grayer. People aged 55 and older make up less than a quarter of all workers, but they filled 49% of the 2.9 million jobs created in 2018. So how do organizations attract – and retain – this important cohort of candidates? It’s an issue facing many industries that are staring down a wave of upcoming retirements.Read more

The primary goals for any recruiting team are to improve the quality of hires coming into the organization, and to optimize the process of finding and securing quality talent. One of the key tools for doing that is the talent community. But, contrary to what many may assume, a talent community is not about getting more people to apply to jobs. Rather, it’s about nurturing a community of candidates – and building a strong affinity for your employer brand.Read more

Job searching takes soul searching. Recent or soon-to-be college grads have a lot to figure out – about themselves and about what their next move is going to be before they start applying to jobs. Here are the key pieces of career advice we share with college graduates as they make their way into the workforce.Read more

A year and a half ago, now Sevenstep President Amy Bush walked by my desk and said “Nikki, you like to travel, right?” [Definitely.] “You have a passport, right?” [Yep.] “Ok, we’re going to catch up soon.” A day or so later, my employer asked me if I’d consider moving from Boston to work...Read more

The world of Talent Acquisition (TA) is evolving at lightning speed and has been in a highly transitional growth phase over the past few years. Continued globalisation of programmes, shortage of skilled labour, shifting workforce demographics, and the continued proliferation or recruitment technology have all drastically reshaped the pressures on TA...Read more

It’s no wonder then that there are only a select few RPO providers that tout success in recruiting for this difficult category. Sevenstep has been recognized in the top 4 of the HRO Today’s Baker’s Dozen Best Health Care RPO providers three years running. Our clinical recruitment depth of expertise includes serving a Fortune 50 Managed Health Care Company where we fill over 3,000 Health Care roles a year. Experts like us in this space know how to identify and address the three main challenges to keep our clients ahead of the curve in this fiercely competitive recruiting climate...Read more

Here at Sevenstep, we get the opportunity to work with some very large, well-known brands on the transformation of their Talent Acquisition strategy. As their recruitment partner, we know intimately how hard these companies work at getting their employer brand to be as strong as their overall brand...Read more