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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6 Ways To Refresh Your Recruitment Marketing To Appeal To Generation Z
When shelter-in-place orders went into effect at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers were forced to pivot to a fully virtual recruitment strategy. Nearly a year later, many workplaces and universities have remained remote and job seekers’ priorities have changed. Now that we’re well into 2021, how well does your current approach to recruitment marketing address the needs of Gen Z candidates in the COVID-19 era?
7 Tips For Effectively Managing Gen Z Employees
With all the time and money invested in recruiting talented early career candidates, getting a signed offer letter is only half the battle. Retention is important too – especially to ensure that new graduates develop into future leaders at the company. So how can you effectively manage young employees and help them develop as rising professionals?
5 Ways To Make Professional Development A Part of Your Recruitment Strategy
Professional development matters, especially for Gen Z. In RippleMatch research, we’ve found that professional development ranks in the top of Gen Z’s list of priorities when searching for a job, and is one of the most influential factor when this generation considers accepting an internship or job offer. However, you don’t need to wait until you’ve already hired a candidate in order to get started on their professional development. One way to stand out to Gen Z talent while recruiting is to “show, don’t tell” your dedication to professional development. This approach is especially valuable in a time when many students lack professional resources due to remote learning, canceled internships, and limited in-person networking events. So instead of only showing up to virtual career fairs, incorporate these ideas to help potential candidates develop professionally while also expanding your employer brand.
24 Companies with Innovative and Award-Winning Accessibility Practices
Making your workplace accessible and friendly to potential and current employees with disabilities is not just the right thing to do—it will make your business stronger. A study conducted by Accenture, the American Association of People with Disabilities, and Disability: In found that organizations prioritizing accessibility had 28 percent higher revenue, and people with disabilities represent the third-largest market segment in the United States. By bringing in employees with different abilities and backgrounds, your business will make better products, understand your customers more, and will foster an open, strong community.
How to Identify and Remove Barriers to Diversity from Your College Recruitment Process
College recruitment teams know how important it is to curate diverse hiring pipelines. But sometimes, barriers to diversity – such as archaic role requirements or biased assessments – make their way into the hiring process, limiting the talent pool and unintentionally creating an uneven playing field.
5 Facts to Know about Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Over the last 10 years, the Hispanic and Latinx population in the U.S. has increased by almost 10 million. As these numbers continue to grow, universities across the country make room for more Hispanic and Latinx students, while also creating culturally-inclusive courses and campus organizations that advocate for minority students. Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or schools with 25% or more Hispanic and Latinx enrollment, are doing just that.
4 Tips For Recruiting at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) are not only educational centers for Hispanic and Latinx students – they’re cultural centers, too. These are schools with 25% or more Hispanic and Latinx enrollment, and offer curriculum and programs centered around students’ heritage. Students may choose these institutions because they’re located close to home, cost-friendly, or because they offer an inclusive experience that non-HSIs do not.
12 Hispanic-Serving Institutions With Strong Business Programs
Employment rates in the business and finance industry are expected to grow 7% in the next 8 years. Companies looking for talented entry-level candidates to fill their business roles should establish a presence at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), or colleges with 25% or more Hispanic and Latinx students, and emerging HSIs, schools with 15% to 24% Hispanic and Latinx population. With over 550 HSIs in the U.S., there are a lot of schools to choose from – so we made a list of 12 HSIs and emerging HSIs ranked in the top 100 schools for best business programs to connect with.
10 Hispanic-Serving Institutions with Strong Liberal Arts Programs
Colleges that take pride in their diverse learning environment also take pride in molding creative thinkers and educational leaders who are passionate about creating social change. These schools value the versatility of a liberal arts degree and encourage their students to explore the endless possibilities of a degree in sociology, history, creative arts, language, and more. Many employers value the critical thinking skills instilled by a liberal arts education, and seek out these students for their entry-level positions. If you’re an employer who is looking to hire talented liberal arts students, be sure you’re widening your search to include a range of schools, like Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
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