RippleMatch Product Pulse Newsletter: July Edition
Jul 31, 2024
Welcome to the RippleMatch Product Pulse, your monthly hub to learn about the products & features we’ve released to help you make the most of our platform.
Highlights this month include:
Highlights this month include:
- Interview Scheduling: Easily coordinate interviews within RippleMatch.
- Candidate Activity Feed: Get visibility into each candidate's journey in your hiring process.
- AI Chat Filter: Quickly find the best candidates for you with natural language prompts.
- Updates to our Communities product: New Themes and Templates that help you save time and own your brand identity.
Learn more about these features and other recent releases below!
3 Impactful Ways University Recruitment Teams Can Prepare For The 2024 Fall Season
Jul 19, 2024
The landscape of recruitment is always changing – are you ready for the latest challenges fall recruitment has for you? To help you prepare, we’ve identified 4 key areas to focus on to ensure you have a smooth and successful season, informed by recent data collected from hundreds of recruiters, thousands of Gen Z candidates, and thousands of data points pulled from user behavior on the RippleMatch platform.
For a more in-depth analysis at each of these areas, you can download our full Fall Readiness Guide here!
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Retaining Gen Z Hires: Why You Need to Embrace Flexible Work Arrangements and Promote Quickly
It’s one thing to get top talent in the door in this competitive market, but it’s another thing to have the policies and culture in place to keep them happy at your company for the long-term. One way to retain candidates is to appeal to how they want to work — such as whether they prefer hybrid, fully in-person, or fully remote work settings — as well as how they hope to be rewarded at work and grow within a company. If hires are not satisfied with their work schedules, and don’t see or experience the opportunity for upwards ability, they will be tempted to look elsewhere. But what exactly do today’s interns or full-time job seekers want? And what are their expectations in the workplace in terms of tenure and promotions?
Majority of Gen Z Candidates Would Renege on an Offer if a ‘Better’ One Came Along
Reneges have been the hot topic of conversation. Your peers are swapping stories of how candidates who appeared excited are suddenly backing out of offer letters before their start dates at rapid rates, and your company is asking you how they can ensure your hires don't do the same. But what does the landscape of reneges truly look like? And how do Gen Z candidates today feel about rescinding offers?
It’s True: Gen Z Candidates Today Are Weighing Multiple Job Offers
Widespread job loss due to the pandemic in 2020, followed by record-high ‘quit rates’ in 2021, has allowed candidates to continue to drive the labor market. Companies looking to fill open roles are in tight competition for top talent, and have had to revisit their tried and true strategies for attracting candidates to remain in the game. But how many opportunities and offers are Gen Z juggling today, and how many salaries and benefits are they pinning against each other as they decide where they want to kick-start their careers?
The State of the Gen Z Job Search in 2022
Two years after the start of the pandemic we remain in a candidate-driven market, and recruiters are still battling for Gen Z’s attention as early career talent is inundated with job opportunities from companies big and small. And you can rest assured that today’s candidates have caught on that they are a highly sought-after group, and have expressed clear preferences for workplace policies and cultures that organizations would be wise to embrace if they are looking to remain competitive in today’s market, such as flexible work settings.
Outstanding Leader Spotlight: Kathy Bowman
RippleMatch is proud to recognize Kathy Bowman, the Talent Acquisition Manager of Program Management at Catalina, as an Outstanding Leader in the Campus Recruiting Community!
RippleMatch at NACE22: See You This June in Portland
RippleMatch is proud to be making its way to Portland this summer to participate in NACE22, the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ annual conference for college career services and corporate recruiting professionals. As sponsors of the conference, you’ll spot us everywhere from manning our booth in the Expo Hall, to taking the stage to present our latest benchmarking data on Gen Z. We are very excited to see you there!
8 Common Misconceptions About Early Career Hiring
You may have heard that early career talent is becoming an increasingly crucial talent pool, but who exactly are these candidates, and do you really need to tailor your recruiting strategies to interest them in your company?
7 Unique Challenges to Crafting an Early Career Hiring Strategy
While recruiting for any role at a company can be tough in today’s tight labor market, early career hiring has its own unique set of challenges. The way that you attract, evaluate, and ultimately hire entry-level employees will likely differ from your approach to recruiting more experienced professionals. As you develop your early career hiring strategy, here are some of the main challenges you may encounter (and some of our recommended solutions).
Program Innovator Spotlight: Ashley Wodarek, Senior Campus Recruiter, MKS Instruments
RippleMatch is proud to spotlight Ashely Wodarek as a Program Innovator! Ashley Wodarek is currently a Senior Campus Recruiter at MKS Instruments leading the recruitment and program design for its Graduate Internship Program on a global scale (North America, EMEA, and APAC regions). This is far from Ashley’s first award in the early career talent space —-she has been a consistent achiever and role model since the start of her career, and was nominated by a colleague as a RippleMatch Program Innovator.
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