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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:
  • 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 Are Confident About Finding a Good Job or Internship This Fall — But Some More Than Others
Kate Beckman
While late 2021 and the start of 2022 saw a candidate-driven market, recent layoffs and an economic cool down could spell trouble for candidates this recruiting season. However, when we asked students in August about their internship and job searches heading into the fall, it was clear that an uncertain future had little effect on their confidence in finding a good position this year. But some are more confident than others.
What Female Gen Z Candidates Want to See in Your Company's DE&I Efforts
Kate Beckman
Gen Z cares about what your organization is doing to help build a more inclusive workforce. In fact, we found that three quarters of early career talent would reconsider applying to a role at a company if they were not satisfied with its DE&I efforts. When broken down by gender, it’s clear that women are even more concerned with their future employer's DE&I efforts, with 85% of female internship and entry-level candidates agreeing with this sentiment (compared to 68% of men). With that in mind, we sought to discover what exactly female candidates are considering when evaluating your DE&I efforts to help you better understand where their values lie.
Outstanding Leader - Nicole Furnia of ABB
Kate Beckman
RippleMatch is proud to recognize Nicole Furnia, the Director of University Relations, Early Career and Employer Branding - US & Americas at ABB, as an Outstanding Leader in the Campus Recruiting Community!
Grace Hopper Celebration: How to Make the Most of Your Time as an Early Career Recruitment Team
Kate Beckman
Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC), the largest annual conference for women in tech, is a great way for recruiters to connect with a large number of passionate candidates from across the globe, build their brand and grow a strong pipeline of female talent for in-demand roles, and make real progress on their Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) efforts. And that includes reaching thousands of early career professionals.
6 Ways to Supercharge Your Early Career Recruiting This Fall
Kate Beckman
The talent acquisition community has come a long way in just the past few years. In fall 2020, recruiters' main focus was how they could continue to connect with candidates as campuses remained closed, and travel restricted. One year later, talent teams found themselves trying to strike the right balance between in-person and virtual recruiting, and to meet the needs of a new generation of workers whose values have been reshaped by a global health crisis.
Rockstar Recruiter — Molly Waltner of Dell Technologies
Kate Beckman
RippleMatch is proud to recognize Molly Waltner, University Relations Recruiter at Dell Technologies, as a Rockstar Recruiter in the Campus Recruiting Community!
Early Career Talent Teams Talk Recruitment Challenges & Strategies for Fall 2022
Kate Beckman
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on talent acquisition teams was widespread. As campuses closed their doors to students, recruiters were forced to find new ways of connecting with candidates. Plus, with candidates in the driver’s seat, recruiters found themselves scrambling to gain the attention of early career professionals and competing with similar companies for the same pool of talent.
Rockstar Recruiter — Krystal McIntosh of Paylocity
Kate Beckman
RippleMatch is proud to recognize Krystal McIntosh, Early Career Talent Acquisition Partner at Paylocity, as a Rockstar Recruiter in the Campus Recruiting Community!
Fiction vs Fact of Gen Z: 6 Myths Surrounding the Newest Entrants of the Workforce (and the Truth Behind Them)
Kate Beckman
There’s a new cohort of workers hitting the labor market — Generation Z. They were born between 1997 and 2012, are considered the most diverse generation to date, never knew a world without smartphones, and are the most comfortable using gender-neutral pronouns. While in 2022 the youngest of Gen Z are just entering middle school, the oldest members (who are in their early 20s) have already spent some time in the workforce — either in-person or remotely. By 2025, this generation will comprise nearly 30% of the workforce.
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