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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8 Professional Organizations to Partner With to Recruit Hispanic and Latinx Talent
The Hispanic and Latinx population is underrepresented in many industries — especially in STEM fields — which means that finding qualified and engaged talent can be challenging. In fact, while Hispanic workers make up 17% of the workforce overall, just 8% work in science, tech, math, or engineering. Plus, a smaller share of Hispanic college students are graduating with STEM degrees than the overall population of those in higher education. And it’s not just STEM. Hispanic and Latinx workers are also underrepresented in most high-growth fields today.
6 Alternatives to the Grace Hopper Celebration and Conference
Every fall, many employers head to the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC), the largest annual conference for women in computing, to showcase their commitment to female talent in tech and recruit top Gen Z candidates. But this large event is expensive, and it can be extremely hard for lesser-known companies (or those that are less known in the tech space) to compete with brand name companies in a loud expo hall. Fortunately, there are plenty of alternatives to reach early-career women in tech, including recruitment strategies that can be used throughout the entire year.
14 Professional Organizations to Partner With to Recruit Black Talent
As organizations continue to focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, many are seeking partnerships with professional organizations that represent and support candidates from different backgrounds, such as Black professionals. By partnering with these organizations, they can gain access to a diverse candidate pool, attend the recruitment events and job fairs that the group hosts both virtually and in-person, and sponsor events to demonstrate their commitment to D&I.
50 Talent Professionals Share Why They Love Working in Early Career Recruitment
‘Tis the season — to recognize hard-working talent acquisition professionals and early career recruiters! That’s why RippleMatch has deemed this time of year ‘Talent Appreciation Season’, and is excited to celebrate those in the field that play an integral role in their organizations, and make a huge difference in students’ lives.
How to Navigate Early Career Hiring in a Recession
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, talent teams experienced a hot market with candidates in the drivers’ seat — one so competitive that it had been referred to as ‘the war on talent’. But an economic cooldown at the tail end of 2022 has shifted companies’ focus from fighting for top talent to planning for worst-case scenarios by tightening budgets and instituting hiring freezes and layoffs.
5 Ways to Foster an Inclusive, Multi-Generational Workplace
Currently, there is a grand total of five generations in the workforce — with Millennials making up the majority of the current workforce, and members of Gen X holding 51% of leadership roles. By 2025, Gen Z will comprise nearly 30% of the workforce. In order to have a harmonious work environment, it is essential that talent leaders make a conscious effort to create a workplace that is inclusive of workers of all ages.
Representation Matters to Gen Zers Looking for Work
Generation Z has been vocal about the need for organizations to do better regarding diversity and inclusion. As the most diverse generation in U.S. history, they're often the ones who are on the front lines of the fight for social justice, and it is evident that the workplace is no exception.
3 Ways Talent Teams Can Supercharge Their D&I Efforts
While many organizations are taking steps toward diversifying their workforce and making the labor market more inclusive for all through formal and informal policies, there is still much more progress to be made to better support traditionally underrepresented talent. And as more members of Gen Z — the most diverse generation to date — continue to enter the workforce wanting to see themselves better represented at all levels of a company, the need to improve D&I policies will only continue to grow. In fact, we found that 75% of internship and job candidates would reconsider applying to a company if they were not satisfied with its D&I efforts.
The Biggest Branding Challenges Companies Are Facing Today
Most companies are aware that building a strong employer brand is critical for educating potential employees on what their organization does and values, and for existing employees who are helping to shape the community they have built and are looking to grow. But as we’ve shifted from a hot market to one marked by economic uncertainty and tightening budgets, organizations today are questioning whether it's the right time to amplify their branding efforts, or pull back on related expenses.
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