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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Outstanding Leader Spotlight: Jenny Hofler—Director, Early Career Talent Programs, Global TA, MetLife
Jenny Hofler is an outstanding leader wherever she goes, whether that’s in her role as Director of Early Career Talent Programs, Global TA at MetLife, or as a powerful thought leader on LinkedIn and at recruitment events. She is a self-described passionate advocate of early-in-career-talent, especially the intern and analyst population, who are vital to the success of her company. She is currently responsible for MetLife’s University Recruiting initiatives from a Talent Acquisition perspective, and the program management and delivery of the MetLife Technical University (MTU) 10-week Summer Internship Program. She has worked in the campus recruiting space for over a decade, and has found the career to be extremely rewarding. Jenny especially loves supporting candidates in their career journeys and building and sustaining relationships.
20 Talent Professionals Share Why They're Thankful To Work in Campus Recruiting
Early career hiring wouldn't be the same without the hardworking talent professionals helping students land awesome opportunities. And we are so grateful for the early career recruiting teams who have decided to invest in the future of talent by partnering with RippleMatch. That’s why we designated November as Customer Appreciation Month.
The Top Schools to Find Great Technical Talent
It’s a challenge many organizations face: finding and hiring top tech talent. In a competitive job market where candidates have numerous options, it can be even more difficult to fill your highest-priority roles. If you’re struggling to find great technical talent at the early career level, it’s important that you re-evaluate your recruitment methods to determine if you’re missing opportunities to connect with great candidates.
D&I Champion Spotlight : William Chichester III, Peloton
William, the Global Head of Early Career Talent at Peloton, is incredibly passionate about diversity within early career recruitment. His commitment to D&I extends beyond university recruiting and into his own team, life, and extracurricular pursuits. A University of Virginia alumni, he was a first generation college student who began achieving big goals and setting the foundation for a successful career early on. William lived on The Lawn at UVA, an honor reserved for just 100 students from an undergrad population of over 13,000. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., 100 Black Men of America, and an alumni spokesman of the Sallie Mae Fund’s Kids2College Program.
Creative Sourcing Strategies: Actionable Advice for Tackling Hard-to-Fill Roles and Programs
Almost every recruiter is faced with the challenge of filling challenging positions or programs. Unlike those positions where you have dozens of qualified applicants and your biggest struggle is deciding who to advance among a number of great candidates, these roles might receive few applicants each season. Or perhaps you receive hundreds of applications, but very few candidates fit the requirements of the role. What do you do when you have a role you just can’t fill?
Celebrating Success in Campus Recruiting
Campus recruiting is hard. Whether you’re an individual recruiter on a large team, or a one-person department doing everything from sourcing to managing an entire internship program, every day brings new challenges. Add in a global pandemic and a sudden shift to virtual recruiting, and it’s clear that the talent professionals who’ve weathered the storm are nothing short of rockstars.
38 Recruiters Share What They Love About Working in Campus Recruitment
We’re thrilled to recognize hard-working early career talent acquisition professionals during Campus Recruiter Appreciation Week! Campus recruiters play an integral role in their organizations, finding top talent for internships and early-career positions. They also make a huge difference in students’ lives, helping them begin a new phase by getting them started in their careers.
Increasing Student Engagement and Building Employer Brand During Another Virtual Recruitment Season
Catching students’ attention, getting them interested in your company, and keeping them engaged are key concerns of many campus recruitment teams. These challenges have been exacerbated by the move to virtual recruitment over the last two years. With virtual recruitment continuing this fall, recruiters are struggling to get their brand out there and connect with students without being able to physically visit campuses.
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