A report from KPMG has found that 77 per cent of business leaders have cited talent as their biggest challenge in 2023. The specific talent challenges being faced will range from attracting the right candidates, candidate drop off, and quick quitting. Creating a strategy to address these challenges is key to retaining your people, and growing your business. One facet … Read More
A letter from the CEO
As we start to wrap up 2022, I’m taking some time to pause and reflect. I’ve been considering how we, the team at Scout Talent, have lived our purpose over the last twelve months: to Connect People to Grow Companies, Careers and Communities. I’m proud to share that in 2022 over 1,503,882 candidates applied for jobs using our talent acquisition technology … Read More
Keeping Track of Your Recruitment Campaigns Is Now Easier Than Ever With :Recruit’s New Feature
Introducing :Recruit’s New Feature: Job Status Users of Scout Talent’s :Recruit recruitment software system, will be familiar with how to set candidate statuses. For non-users, the candidate status feature gives you insight into a particular candidate’s progress through the recruitment campaign process in terms of a specific vacancy. The candidate status feature enables you to set the status of your … Read More
New Scout Talent App helps you hire faster from your phone
We’re launching a new feature for all :Recruit users to take their talent acquisition process on the go and get great hiring results wherever they are. Rolling out in April 2022, the new Scout Talent App makes your recruitment process more accessible and reduces the time to hire, helping you drive growth for your organization no matter your location. You … Read More
How a best-of-breed platform can support high-volume retail recruitment
Managing recruitment in the retail industry is an ongoing challenge. HR teams in retail organizations are tasked with hiring a constant, high-volume flow of new retail workers while managing a turnover rate and seasonality that is simply not present in any other industry. In Canada, the retail industry has one of the youngest workforces, with more workers under 24 years … Read More
First rollout of :Recruit software updates will improve Jobs workflow
You may have heard about the exciting software updates coming to :Recruit. Starting this year, our recruitment CRM will be updated to a new, streamlined look and feel. These :Recruit software updates will be released in stages to allow you time to get comfortable with the improved appearance and functionality. The first set of pages that will be overhauled is … Read More
Simplified decision-making with :Recruit’s new LinkedIn look-up feature.
LinkedIn is one of the most popular and powerful tools when screening applicants for your job. An applicant’s LinkedIn profile can help you gain more insight into their experience, special skills and interests and determine whether they are the right fit for your role and team. How the LinkedIn Lookup Feature Works The new feature allows you to add a … Read More
Could hiring for potential help overcome the talent shortage?
We are experiencing a tight labor market. Very few people are unemployed, and businesses throughout the world are trying to find any talent they can from the increasingly limited number of job seekers currently available. In order to fill their existing roles, many organizations are being forced to look outside the box – to rethink how they find talent in … Read More
New “Save Application” feature encourages more applications per vacancy
We recently released a new feature in :Recruit that allows candidates to save their applications mid-completion prior to submitting them. This new feature is designed to increase the number of applications you receive per vacancy by allowing candidates to start applying for a role and save their responses until they’re ready to submit. This gives candidates the option to finish … Read More
How to use employer branding and L&D to win the salary wars
The war for talent has been influenced by candidates more than ever before, meaning employers are under more pressure to stay on the pulse with what candidates are looking for in this economic and social climate. While most would believe the main attracting factor is an above-market salary, offering this is not always achievable, nor is it what many candidates … Read More
