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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How to Recruit Gen Z for Careers in Insurance
Despite living in a period of economic uncertainty and under the threat of a looming recession, today's job market remains highly competitive. At the same time, it’s become clearer than ever that for companies to succeed through times of economic turmoil and come out the other side even stronger, they need to be continuously investing in their future leaders: Gen Z.
The Top Community Colleges to Recruit From
When recruiting early-career talent, many employers tend to overlook community colleges as great sources for early career candidates. But community colleges can be an excellent place to find intern and entry-level talent with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and experiences. In fact, some ground-breaking professionals have attended community colleges, including co-founder of Apple Steve Wozniak, legendary film director Clint Eastwood, former NASA astronaut Eileen Brooks, and co-founder & CEO of Costco, Jim Sinegal. With more than 9 million students attending community colleges today, employers seeking talent there will have access to a massive pool of capable students. To get started, here are some of the impressive community colleges to recruit from:
Gen Z Employees Want to Come into the Office
The pandemic changed the landscape for remote work, and Gen Z was the first generation to fully embrace remote positions as the norm. In fact, since much of their education was disrupted by the pandemic (which resulted in a largely virtual education environment for at least a few semesters), embracing remote work has been a natural transition for Gen Z to make.
Gen Z Candidates Still Likely to Renege on Offers
After going through the process of finding the ideal candidate for a position and supporting them through the interview and hiring process, the last thing recruitment teams want to do is hear that the candidate backed out the offer for another opportunity. Not only does this create more work for recruiters, but it costs the company more money in the long run.
The Top 20 Public Universities to Recruit Candidates From
When it comes to recruiting talent, the pool at public universities continues to grow. There are about 8 million students enrolled in public 4-year colleges, accounting for roughly 43% of all college students in the United States, which are home to a diverse slate of candidates. In fact, nearly 80% of Hispanic and Latinx students, 70% of Black students, and 77% of American Indian or Alaska Native students attend public universities. With so many potential candidates from a variety of backgrounds, it is important to target the right schools when creating a campus recruiting strategy.
Events Product Update: Candidate Check-Ins, Mobile Optimization, International Events & Candidates
In this Product Update Blog, you’ll learn about the latest updates to RippleMatch’s Events product, which include a smoother in-person candidate check-in experience, optimizations to the mobile experience, better functionalities to accommodate international candidates, and more.
The Top 5 Women's Colleges With the Best STEM Programs
Despite earning nearly 60% of the Bachelor’s degrees awarded by U.S. institutions, female graduates still lag behind men when it comes to STEM degrees. Women make up less than half of Bachelor’s degrees in STEM, and that percentage drops further for degrees like computer and information sciences and engineering. After graduation, women fill half of all U.S. jobs, but hold only 27% of STEM positions.
5 Ways Top Early Career Hiring Teams Are Recruiting and Retaining Black Talent in 2023
As companies continue to prioritize diversity in the workforce and open their doors to talent from a variety of backgrounds, it's become increasingly clear that applying a one-size-fits-all recruitment strategy will not help them reach their goals to build a more inclusive work environment. In fact, Gen Z’s preferences when it comes to selecting their future employer differ by gender, race, and ethnicity — such as disparities within how they prefer to work (in-person, remote, or hybrid), to what they would deem a negative candidate experience.
Early Career Hiring Projections for 2023
An investment in early career talent is a long-term investment in the success of any company — but in times of economic turmoil, that message can be hard to communicate to leadership. While stories of widespread layoffs at companies big and small have saturated the news lately, how does that narrative translate to the youngest members of the workforce?
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