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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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.
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.
RippleMatch Passes Bias Audit Unanimously
Unconscious bias during the hiring process is a real threat to building a more diverse and inclusive workforce. That’s because unchecked biases in both human and technology-assisted decision-making can disproportionately hurt underrepresented groups. In an effort to help employers combat bias in hiring, we are committed to ensuring our products limit both human and algorithmic bias to the greatest extent possible.
11 Professional Organizations to Partner With to Recruit More Women in STEM
Despite accounting for around half of the employed U.S. workforce, women today make up only about one third (34%) of the workforce in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Entry-level recruiters and their companies can play a pivotal role in inviting more promising female talent into STEM and providing opportunities for advancement and success throughout their careers. One way to do so is to partner with professional organizations aimed at supporting women in these high-demand fields. By connecting with these organizations, companies today can gain access to a diverse and untapped candidate pool, attend recruitment events and job fairs, and sponsor events to demonstrate their commitment to D&I.
5 Cost-Effective Ways to Hire Your Next Class of Interns
Internship programs are a highly cost-effective method for recruiting full-time talent — which is especially crucial during an economic downturn like the one we are currently experiencing. In fact, recent employment data shows that internship programs serve as strong pipeline of talent for entry-level roles, with 75.5% of interns from 2020-21 returning to work at their company full-time. Plus, interns are more likely than non-interns to stick around, saving you in recruiting and onboarding costs. The data shows that the 1-year retention rate for interns turned full-timers is nearly 70%, compared to 36% of non-interns, and the 5-year retention rate for interns turned full-timers is nearly 41.5%, compared to 26% of non-interns. But how do you take a step back and source your new cohort of interns in a cost-effective way, as well? Try incorporating some of these strategies below into your next recruitment cycle.
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.
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