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!
All Articles
7 Hiring Metrics You Should Be Tracking at the Entry Level
Hiring any new team member is an investment. But hiring entry-level employees who often require additional training and adjustment periods is its own category, and there are specific entry-level hiring metrics that every talent team should be tracking.
The Gender Pay Gap Starts at the Entry Level and Affects Graduates From All Universities, Data Shows
We’ve all heard the statistic – on average, women earn 80% of what men earn annually.
Only 6% of Gen Z Job Seekers Feel Prepared to Negotiate for Better Compensation
Negotiating for a higher salary can make even the most seasoned professionals feel uncomfortable. So it’s no wonder that most entry-level candidates feel unprepared to negotiate for a better compensation package when evaluating a job offer.
5 Ways to Increase Your Job Offer Acceptance Rates
In today's labor market, even entry-level candidates receive several job offers. These days, extending a job offer to a candidate is not a guarantee that they will accept it. In fact, a recent study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) indicated that job offer acceptance rates for recent graduates fell from 68.2% in 2017 to 66.9% in 2018. Increasing your job offer acceptance rate starts at the very beginning of the candidate experience, and there are several things you can do to lead to an accepted offer. Start with these steps to increase your offer acceptance rates.
6 Professional Development Programs To Offer Your Gen Z Employees
Professional development is one of the major perks and benefits that today’s young employees are looking for when searching for a job. In fact, Gen Z employees value professional development opportunities even more than other factors like compensation and company prestige, making learning & development programs an essential component to attracting and retaining Gen Z talent. But with so many types of programs to choose from, where do you begin? We recommend implementing a variety of professional development programs that combine formal and informal learning, as well as options that can be completed on the employees’ own time or as part of the regular workday. Take your professional development programs to the next level with these six suggestions, tailored to the needs of Gen Z.
6 Unique Ways to Source Top Entry-Level Talent
Summer may be coming to an end, but peak campus recruitment season for most companies is just beginning. There is a lot of advice out there about how to recruit new employees on college campuses, including career fairs, coffee chats, and student referrals. But what about some fresh ideas for finding standout entry-level talent? Here are some new strategies you might want to incorporate into your fall recruitment plan for college students and recent graduates.
10 Companies With Great Perks and Benefits
With the job market more competitive than ever, many companies are working extra hard to recruit the most talented candidates for their entry-level positions. While much of this has to do with campus recruiting strategies and creating a positive candidate experience, companies with a certain slate of perks and benefits have the added advantage of attracting top Gen Z talent.
13 Interview Questions To Ask Entry-Level Candidates
Regardless of a candidate’s experience level, the interview is an important part of the hiring process. But when hiring entry-level candidates with little to no professional experience, the interview becomes a driving factor in determining if a candidate is right for the job, especially if it’s a non-technical position. While many candidates will have internship experience, an academic track record, and extracurricular involvement at their college or university, the lack of full-time experience makes it tricky to use the standard slate of interview questions. Instead of relying on questions that probe a candidate’s work experience to predict how they will perform in a role, the interviewer has to get creative with questions to assess a candidate’s motivations, communication skills, approach to problem-solving, and potential.
4 Tips for Recruiting at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Every year, thousands of college students graduate from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with the hopes of diving headfirst into some of the nation’s leading industries. According to the U.S. Department of Education, there are over 220,000 students enrolled at HBCUs from 107 institutions, around half of which are made up of public colleges and universities. It is reported that today, of all Black and African American students who earn bachelor’s degrees, 22 percent of them come out of HBCUs.
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