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	<description>What we are learning as an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) vendor.</description>
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		<title>Sometimes It’s Not “What” You Know, But “Who” You Know!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I review open jobs in this tough economy, they seem to be more specialized and require narrower experience and education, making identifying and hiring qualified talent even more difficult. As part of a Talent Acquisition team, Human resource Department &#8230; <a href="http://blog.applicantstack.com/2011/sometimes-it%e2%80%99s-not-%e2%80%9cwhat%e2%80%9d-you-know-but-%e2%80%9cwho%e2%80%9d-you-know">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Agility in Staffing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The nature of the global workforce has rapidly changed.  The idea of getting a job from one company, working their for 30 years, and then retiring is long gone.  Companies need to scale their workforce up and down in order &#8230; <a href="http://blog.applicantstack.com/2011/the-importance-of-agility-in-staffing">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“The Fish that Got Away”—Is your employment application process keeping people on the line?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As recruiters, we hire all types of individuals from entry level to executives, interns to experienced professionals, internal employees and external applicants, and fulltime to temporary workers.  How do we capture the appropriate information that will assist us to make &#8230; <a href="http://blog.applicantstack.com/2011/%e2%80%9cthe-fish-that-got-away%e2%80%9d%e2%80%94is-your-employment-application-process-keeping-people-on-the-line">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Online Jobs Ads Increase In Healthcare and Technical Positions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online advertising for vacancies in Health Care and Technical occupations were the only bright spots in an otherwise disappointing job climate, according to information released by the Conference Board for the month of August. Overall, 2011 is advertised job vacancies &#8230; <a href="http://blog.applicantstack.com/2011/online-jobs-ads-increase-in-healthcare-and-technical-positions">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SHRM Report Indicates Increased Recruiting Difficulty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Society for Human Resource Management&#8217;s (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment®, (LINE®), the challenges facing employment and recruiting are increasing. In September, the hiring rate is expected to decline -9.6% in manufacturing and -15.3% in the service &#8230; <a href="http://blog.applicantstack.com/2011/shrm-report-indicates-increased-recruiting-difficulty">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can a Small to Mid Size Company Like Yours Afford an Applicant Tracking System? How to Sell Your CEO!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does your desk or office look like this? Are the resumes you’ve received waiting for your attention or have you already reviewed and separated them with sticky notes by name, date received, or function? How to organize resumes your company &#8230; <a href="http://blog.applicantstack.com/2011/can-a-small-to-mid-size-company-like-yours-afford-an-applicant-tracking-system-how-to-sell-your-ceo-2">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Indeed vs SimplyHired: A comparison of traffic volume</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year ApplicantStack partnered with Indeed and SimplyHired, the two most popular free job search engines on the web, to allow ApplicantStack customers to automatically feed their posted jobs to Indeed and SimplyHired.  Since ApplicantStack automatically tracks of the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.applicantstack.com/2011/indeed-vs-simplyhired-a-comparison-of-traffic-volume">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Contracts—Good for Companies, Bad for Customers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are receiving inquiries from frustrated customers who would like to switch applicant tracking vendors but would have to buy out the months they have left on their current contract and face the possibility of losing all of their applicant &#8230; <a href="http://blog.applicantstack.com/2011/contracts%e2%80%94good-for-companies-bad-for-customers">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hey! Where&#8217;s the Computer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last time I wrote about cloud computing I made the point that using the internet (the cloud) for things such as voice communication (telephone) was more efficient than using a land-line phone. But wait. The cloud is more than just &#8230; <a href="http://blog.applicantstack.com/2011/hey-wheres-the-computer-2">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What are Applicants Saying About Your Company?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What are Applicants Saying About Your Company? As a company, I’m sure you are working hard to create positive relationships with all of your customers.  We all know how important it is for future business and possible referrals.  You might &#8230; <a href="http://blog.applicantstack.com/2011/what-are-applicants-saying-about-your-company">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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