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How to Write a Job Description That Appeals to Gen Z Candidates
Nov 07, 2024

Generation Z is now the dominant entry-level cohort, reshaping early career recruitment with new expectations and behaviors. Unlike previous generations, Gen Z candidates often rely solely on the job description to decide whether to apply, with limited additional research into the company beforehand. Recent data collected by RippleMatch shows that 69% of Gen Z candidates read the full job description before applying, but don't seek out further details on the organization until later stages. This makes job descriptions critical real estate for communicating essential information, as they’re often the only impression a candidate will get before deciding to apply.

5 Ways to Increase Your Job Offer Acceptance Rates Among Gen Z
Nov 06, 2024

In today's recruitment landscape, winning over Gen Z candidates can be time-consuming and expensive. Between visiting campus, attending conferences, hosting virtual events, and posting on online platforms, recruitment teams are turning to multifaceted methods to build out their class of entry-level hires and interns. That means when teams do narrow down their applicant pool to the ones they want to extend offers to, maximizing that offer acceptance rate is key. Let's take a closer look at how teams can increase their offer acceptance rate among Gen Z candidates, backed by RippleMatch data collected on what candidates are looking for in the hiring process and workplace.

Looking for more effective ways to recruit Gen Z talent without burning through your recruitment budget? Learn more about how RippleMatch can help you recruit interns and entry-level talent here

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8 Professional Organizations to Partner With to Recruit Hispanic and Latinx Talent
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The Hispanic and Latinx population is underrepresented in many industries — especially in STEM fields — which means that finding qualified and engaged talent can be challenging. In fact, while Hispanic workers make up 17% of the workforce overall, just 8% work in science, tech, math, or engineering. Plus, a smaller share of Hispanic college students are graduating with STEM degrees than the overall population of those in higher education. And it’s not just STEM. Hispanic and Latinx workers are also underrepresented in most high-growth fields today.
6 Alternatives to the Grace Hopper Celebration and Conference
RippleMatch
Every fall, many employers head to the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC), the largest annual conference for women in computing, to showcase their commitment to female talent in tech and recruit top Gen Z candidates. But this large event is expensive, and it can be extremely hard for lesser-known companies (or those that are less known in the tech space) to compete with brand name companies in a loud expo hall. Fortunately, there are plenty of alternatives to reach early-career women in tech, including recruitment strategies that can be used throughout the entire year.
14 Professional Organizations to Partner With to Recruit Black Talent
RippleMatch
As organizations continue to focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, many are seeking partnerships with professional organizations that represent and support candidates from different backgrounds, such as Black professionals. By partnering with these organizations, they can gain access to a diverse candidate pool, attend the recruitment events and job fairs that the group hosts both virtually and in-person, and sponsor events to demonstrate their commitment to D&I.
5 Ways to Foster an Inclusive, Multi-Generational Workplace
RippleMatch
Currently, there is a grand total of five generations in the workforce — with Millennials making up the majority of the current workforce, and members of Gen X holding 51% of leadership roles. By 2025, Gen Z will comprise nearly 30% of the workforce. In order to have a harmonious work environment, it is essential that talent leaders make a conscious effort to create a workplace that is inclusive of workers of all ages.
Representation Matters to Gen Zers Looking for Work
RippleMatch
Generation Z has been vocal about the need for organizations to do better regarding diversity and inclusion. As the most diverse generation in U.S. history, they're often the ones who are on the front lines of the fight for social justice, and it is evident that the workplace is no exception.
3 Ways Talent Teams Can Supercharge Their D&I Efforts
RippleMatch
While many organizations are taking steps toward diversifying their workforce and making the labor market more inclusive for all through formal and informal policies, there is still much more progress to be made to better support traditionally underrepresented talent. And as more members of Gen Z — the most diverse generation to date — continue to enter the workforce wanting to see themselves better represented at all levels of a company, the need to improve D&I policies will only continue to grow. In fact, we found that 75% of internship and job candidates would reconsider applying to a company if they were not satisfied with its D&I efforts.
7 Ways to Foster Strong Recruitment Relationships With HBCUs
RippleMatch
As organizations continue to prioritize diversity in hiring, many are turning to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to reach more Black internship and job candidates. However, to successfully recruit future employees from HBCUs, you’ll need to employ different strategies than the ones you may be leaning on to reach students at Primarily White Institutions (PWIs). Specifically, you’ll need to focus more on building relationships with those schools and their students, and offering support to HBCUs.
The Future of Work — According to Gen Z
RippleMatch
Generation Z is entering the workforce in troves, and bringing along with them new preferences for ideal work environments in which they can thrive and grow.
5 Obstacles Talent Leaders Are Facing Today
RippleMatch
With the fall recruitment season just around the corner, RippleMatch recently hosted a weeklong customer conference titled Now & Next to see how talent leaders are balancing the recruiting demands of today with the challenges of the future. To conclude the weeklong event, we asked a panel of four talent leaders across different industries — Cindy Loggins, Head of Emerging Global Talent at eBay, Grace Williams, Director of Early Talent and Internal Mobility at Palo Alto Networks, Tracy Mendygral, Senior Recruiting Manager at McMaster-Carr, and Vicky Higaldo, Vice President and Senior Recruiting Manager - Early Talent National Lead at U.S. Bank — to talk about their short-term and long-term goals when it comes to early career candidates, as well as how they are tackling challenges head-on. These are some of the key obstacles they shared.
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