How to Prevent Candidates from Reneging After Accepting an Offer
Mar 24, 2025
In today’s hiring landscape, securing an offer acceptance doesn’t mean your job is done. With 60% of Gen Z candidates continuing to passively search for roles after accepting an offer and a number of employers reporting that candidates are reneging on offers, employers must think strategically about how to reduce post-offer fallout—and it starts well before a candidate’s first day.
Creative Sourcing Strategies: Actionable Advice for Tackling Hard-to-Fill Roles and Programs
Mar 13, 2025
Every recruiter knows the frustration of a hard-to-fill role. Unlike high-demand positions where you’re choosing between dozens of qualified candidates, these roles either receive very few applicants or an overwhelming number of unqualified ones. Whether it’s a niche skill set, lack of candidate awareness, or low interest, the question remains the same: What do you do when you have a role you just can’t fill?
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How COVID Has Shifted the Importance of Professional Development to Gen Z
For Gen Z college students, the importance of learning and growth doesn’t stop after graduation. In fact, a RippleMatch survey from 2018 found that professional development was the top priority for Gen Z job-seekers at the time. But as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge both educational and professional norms, has Gen Z candidates’ focus on professional development during the job search changed?
What Gen Z Expects From Candidate Experience in the Era of COVID-19
As the competition for entry-level talent continues to intensify and the pandemic ebbs and flows, candidate experience can be the difference between hiring your next superstar or losing out to a competitor. Our latest report focusing on what Gen Z wants at work uncovers new insights on this generation’s top priorities during the interview and hiring process — including where they are looking for jobs, how they prefer to communicate with prospective employers, and what main factors contribute to a positive candidate experience.
Rockstar Recruiter Spotlight: Rachel Graham, University and Diversity Recruiter at Lenovo
Rachel Graham represents the best in talent acquisition, and is what all Campus Recruiters aspire to be – a jack of all trades. As a University Recruiter for Lenovo, she recruits for early-career roles, rotational programs, and internships in all career areas. She also assists in running their summer internship program, works with the social media team to share relevant content with employees, and works with the business to support diverse hiring.
D&I Champion Spotlight: Ed Veloz, Head of Diversity Sourcing at TD
Eduardo Veloz is a powerful advocate for diversifying talent in the finance space. Ed’s resume features a wide range of recruitment roles at some really recognizable financial institutions including Citi, Morgan Stanley, Dow Jones, TD Securities, and TD Bank, where he is currently the Head of Diversity Sourcing. His team is responsible for building diverse candidate pipelines, and supporting recruiters and hiring managers as they embed diversity efforts into each phase of the hiring process.
The Top Reasons Early Career Candidates Are Willing to Relocate For A Job
Over the past several years, job candidates have been increasingly less likely to move in order to accept a new job. In fact, the percentage of job seekers relocating for a job in 2019 was only 10%, the lowest it had ever been. And with the COVID-19 pandemic normalizing remote work and shifting job seekers’ priorities, recruiters may be facing additional challenges in attracting job candidates who are willing to relocate for a job with an on-site requirement.
For Gen Z, The Future of Work is Flexibility
Nearly two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the workplace is continuing to evolve, especially when it comes to remote vs. on-site environments. While some companies have fully returned to an office setting, others have implemented hybrid schedules or instituted indefinite or permanent work-from-home policies.
Compensation is a Top Priority for the COVID-Era Gen Z Job Seeker
Changing priorities for Gen Z since the beginning of the pandemic have caused students to focus on compensation during their job search. In our latest report on what current Gen Z candidates are looking for in the workplace, we found that compensation was a major factor in everything from the overall reasons students would choose a job, to why they would renege on a job offer, to why they’d consider relocating for a job. Here are some of the key insights we uncovered related to compensation and the Gen Z job seeker.
What Generation Z Wants at Work in the Era of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about massive changes in the way we live and work. But what does that mean for the newest generation of employees, who are just entering the workforce for the first time?
Program Innovator Spotlight: Miriam Menon, University Relations Lead, Getinge
Our team at RippleMatch is thrilled to highlight Miriam Menon, The University Relations Lead at Getinge, as an exceptional Program Innovator in our Campus Recruiting Community! Miriam has attended numerous RippleMatch events and webinars, where she continuously makes an impression. She is always the first to speak up, pose a thoughtful question, or raise a point that makes all of us think. When we ask for feedback or suggestions from members of our community, Miriam is happy to engage with us and make OUR programming better and more relevant–which isn’t surprising, since she’s done that with all of the Campus Recruiting programs she’s worked on.
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