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Investing in the Future: How To Build Out an Early ID Strategy Without Overloading Your Team
Apr 01, 2025

In today’s fast-moving campus recruitment landscape, it can be difficult to think beyond the next month—let alone plan for next year. But if you want to ensure you have a continuous pipeline of top talent, investing in Early ID programs is essential. In fact, RippleMatch data finds that 60% of candidates say they go directly to a company's career page to check out available opportunities when searching for a job or internship. That means the early recognition you build early on can have a big impact in the kind of talent you can attract later on.

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.

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When It Comes to Workplace Benefits, Gen Z Wants Financial Security & Flexibility
Kate Beckman
In addition to competing on dollar amounts, companies today are reevaluating their benefits packages to ensure they remain attractive, relevant, and Gen-Z friendly. Following two years of the pandemic and a universal embrace of the remote-first culture, what exactly do the newest entrants into the workforce care about when it comes to work perks?
Majority of Gen Z Is Making Less $100K in Their First Roles
Kate Beckman
In today’s competitive labor market, we know companies are using every tool at their disposal to attract top talent. One of those age-old tactics is to offer candidates higher salaries. But how high are the numbers going?
Retaining Gen Z Hires: Why You Need to Embrace Flexible Work Arrangements and Promote Quickly
Kate Beckman
It’s one thing to get top talent in the door in this competitive market, but it’s another thing to have the policies and culture in place to keep them happy at your company for the long-term. One way to retain candidates is to appeal to how they want to work — such as whether they prefer hybrid, fully in-person, or fully remote work settings — as well as how they hope to be rewarded at work and grow within a company. If hires are not satisfied with their work schedules, and don’t see or experience the opportunity for upwards ability, they will be tempted to look elsewhere. But what exactly do today’s interns or full-time job seekers want? And what are their expectations in the workplace in terms of tenure and promotions?
Majority of Gen Z Candidates Would Renege on an Offer if a ‘Better’ One Came Along
Kate Beckman
Reneges have been the hot topic of conversation. Your peers are swapping stories of how candidates who appeared excited are suddenly backing out of offer letters before their start dates at rapid rates, and your company is asking you how they can ensure your hires don't do the same. But what does the landscape of reneges truly look like? And how do Gen Z candidates today feel about rescinding offers?
It’s True: Gen Z Candidates Today Are Weighing Multiple Job Offers
Kate Beckman
Widespread job loss due to the pandemic in 2020, followed by record-high ‘quit rates’ in 2021, has allowed candidates to continue to drive the labor market. Companies looking to fill open roles are in tight competition for top talent, and have had to revisit their tried and true strategies for attracting candidates to remain in the game. But how many opportunities and offers are Gen Z juggling today, and how many salaries and benefits are they pinning against each other as they decide where they want to kick-start their careers?
The State of the Gen Z Job Search in 2022
Kate Beckman
Two years after the start of the pandemic we remain in a candidate-driven market, and recruiters are still battling for Gen Z’s attention as early career talent is inundated with job opportunities from companies big and small. And you can rest assured that today’s candidates have caught on that they are a highly sought-after group, and have expressed clear preferences for workplace policies and cultures that organizations would be wise to embrace if they are looking to remain competitive in today’s market, such as flexible work settings.
Outstanding Leader Spotlight: Kathy Bowman
Kate Beckman
RippleMatch is proud to recognize Kathy Bowman, the Talent Acquisition Manager of Program Management at Catalina, as an Outstanding Leader in the Campus Recruiting Community!
RippleMatch at NACE22: See You This June in Portland
RippleMatch
RippleMatch is proud to be making its way to Portland this summer to participate in NACE22, the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ annual conference for college career services and corporate recruiting professionals. As sponsors of the conference, you’ll spot us everywhere from manning our booth in the Expo Hall, to taking the stage to present our latest benchmarking data on Gen Z. We are very excited to see you there!
8 Common Misconceptions About Early Career Hiring
RippleMatch
You may have heard that early career talent is becoming an increasingly crucial talent pool, but who exactly are these candidates, and do you really need to tailor your recruiting strategies to interest them in your company?
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