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- Brainfood’s Chatbot (Edit)by Talkpush will, ultimately, share work opportunities for recruiters and HR. “If you have WhatsApp already installed on your phone, simply message ‘hello’ on +1 501-380-7313 to activate the service.
- Campus and Event Recruiting Tools (Edit)by GR8 People. Employers can create virtual events to engage new hires and experienced job seekers free through June
- Carri (by Harri) (Edit)Employers communicate with their displaced/furloughed hospitality workers. Carri is a personalized, SMS driven communication tool to keep in touch with laid-off team members aiding their eventual return. Free for hospitality businesses for the duration.
- College Grad Job Search and Tips (Edit)by Muse. New hires graduating (or furloughed) can search for jobs by location.
- Coronavirus HR Comms & Resources Guide (Edit)by Lars Schmidt, Amplify. Scroll to “Companies that are Hiring.”
- COVID-19 Recruitment Grant (Edit)“Any governmental agency, NGO, healthcare system, or organization in the U.S. or Canada that needs to urgently recruit staff to slow and/or treat the COVID-19 pandemic can visit Appcast’s project landing page to learn more about the program and apply for no-cost recruitment advertising to put toward finding and hiring critical staff.Applications for COVID-19 recruitment grants are being reviewed on a daily basis to understand what challenges companies are facing. So far they have awarded grants to 30+ organizations.” [Source: Rally Forward Virtual Conference Chris Forman, Appcast]
- COVID-19 Recruitment Grant (Edit)A similar pool of funds has been “established up to $150,000 to be applied as grants to any qualified organization that urgently requires a boost to their workforce in support of fighting COVID-19. This grant will cover the cost of a recruitment advertising campaign.”
- HelpOneBillion (Edit)by Phenom was created for recently laid-off and furloughed job seekers, connecting them to a curated network of over 500,000 essential jobs from 100 companies hiring now.
- Hire Up (Edit)by CareerPlug is “an initiative to give back by helping businesses rebuild and displaced job seekers find work. They’re providing two months of free access to their hiring software for all new clients.”
- HireAway COVID (Edit)by Mitchell Martin, Dice, TTL, Sixcel and Ascen, a coalition of technology suppliers to help encourage the hiring of those laid off. Jobs and resumes.
- Hiring Again (Edit)by Bayard Advertising is a free job board for people laid off as a result of COVID-19.
- HiringSolved (Edit)is “providing free access for TA teams hiring frontline responders for the remainder of 2020.”
- Hourly Recruiting Community (Edit)by FountainThe company has launched “a forum open to all recruiters, hiring managers, and TA leaders who focus on high volume and hourly recruiting to ask questions, share best practices, and have meaningful conversations as we all adapt to these new ways of operating.” They are also offering their video interview capabilities for no additional cost until June 30th. [Source: Rally Forward Virtual Conference Keith Ryu, Fountain]
- LinkedIn (Edit)is making free postings available to, “companies recruiting healthcare professionals and certain essential workers. In addition, they’re also providing complimentary sourcing and phone screening services for COVID-19 healthcare and disaster relief recruitment.”
- Monster (Edit)is also “offering free job postings for healthcare companies with COVID-19 staffing needs until April 30.”
- People+ Work Connect (Edit)by Accenture is a free, online employer-to-employer platform that enables companies to identify and fill jobs in locations where there is need. It eliminates multiple friction points that can extend the time that it takes to fill these roles.
- Social Talent (Edit)is offering free training to recruiters for upskilling during the crisis.
- Starred (Edit)is offering all HR & TA teams free access to their feedback software to improve their candidates’ and employees’ experience.
- TA Professionals (Edit)by Entelo. Focus on a TA professional database. Candidates can set a profile. Employers can register for access to the profiles. Free for the duration.
- Talent Exchange (Edit)by Eightfold.ai All Furloughed and laid-off workers. Matches people with jobs in companies that are hiring. Organizations can communicate with furloughed team members. Jobs matched by experience. Candidates sign up in 5 minutes (individual signups not yet operational). Partners with FMI and supported by McKinsey & Company. Free.
- TalentPipe.org (Edit)by CandidateID. Jobs for Talent Acquisition (Branding, Operations, Recruitment Marketing, Recruiting, Sourcing). TA professionals can sign up, tag skills and receive email alerts of job opportunities. Employers can register vacancies for free. Talentpipe matches. Talentpipe is also scrapping a few large boards.
- Top Entry Level Employers Hiring for 2020 (Edit)by CollegeGrad. List of Employers hiring college grads.
- Who’s freezing hiring (and Hiring) from Coronavirus (Edit)by David Chouinard, Candor. Long lists.
- 2020 Candidate Experience Report by Career Plug “In recent years, we’ve seen a positive trend emerging in recruitment strategies — a focus on candidate experience, which can be defined as the experience a candidate has with a potential employer throughout the hiring process, from job posting to job offer.We surveyed 250 people who’ve applied for jobs within the last year and analyzed their answers about their experience during the hiring process to answer one basic question: Does candidate experience actually matter?
The bottom line: yes. The experience a candidate has with a company’s hiring process ultimately impacts a candidate’s decision to accept or decline a job offer.”
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- GR8 People (Edit)GR8 People is offering a FREE Virtual Recruiting Event solution through June 30, 2020 for both clients and non clients alike. The solution’s intuitive tools give recruiters everything they need to manage their virtual recruiting events from candidate communications to pre-screening capabilities that move attendees through the hiring process. This includes template-based communications for registration, self-scheduling and reminders, plus the ability to instantly create branded landing pages for each event. Users will have access to on-demand training and tip sheets, as well as GR8 People’s customer support team. A dedicated representative will develop the event landing page template and registration form, as well as templates for related communications and notifications, resulting in a reusable model for all subsequent virtual recruiting events.Beyond free virtual event recruiting tools, GR8 People is working closely with current customers who find themselves pivoting to address the pandemic to solve internal and external hiring challenges.
- iCIMS (Edit)As our customers find themselves pivoting to address pandemic-related needs, iCIMS is working directly with them to come up with solutions- St. Jude Children’s Research hospital as an example called attention to the fact that they needed a better way to coordinate assignments for all COVID-19-related tasks. After just a few hours, one of iCIMS implementation managers had provisioned and configured a dedicated internal portal to help them accomplish just that. Another example is helping Festival Foods to launch a family and friends career portal. For weeks now, existing employees have been able to direct their networks to new job opportunities, fueling Festival Food’s ability to make fast hires.Separately, iCIMS launched a career site – Connecting Customers – to help displaced employees find job opportunities with iCIMS customers who are currently hiring.
In addition to helping people find work, the site is helping companies fill critical roles in response to the pandemic. Customers who have had to, unfortunately, furlough members of their workforce. have landing pages so that their affected employee base can work with other employers to bridge the gap until they’re able to come back to the office.
And working with select members of iCIMS partner ecosystem community – including Modern Hire, OutMatch, ConveyIQ by Entelo, VidCruiter, and HireVue – we provide a 90-day free offering of their video interviewing tools. Additional free resources include informative eBooks and infographics, live on our website to provide employers with how they can rapidly address their recruitment needs. [Source: Joe Essenfeld, iCIMS]
- Lever (Edit)“To help recruiting teams adapt quickly, we expanded and fast tracked our Zoom integration and made it freely available until May 31st. Our top priority is enabling our customers to provide continuity for their candidates and to maintain hiring efficiency. [Source: Rally Forward Virtual Conference: Nate Smith, Lever]
- Phenom (Edit)Phenom is producing new content and product features to help clients respond and adapt to COVID-19- From remote recruiting and productivity to employee engagement and wellness. Phenom has also created HelpOneBillion for recently laid-off and furloughed job seekers, connecting them to a curated network of over 500,000 essential jobs from 100 companies hiring now
- XOR (Edit)“For employers that are being forced to furlough or lay off employees — we are helping them to opt-in departing employees so they can receive text message updates when their jobs are activated and they are ready to be rehired. The offering is a free COVID-19 employee checkup survey and employee communications solution with alerts and updates. This will help employers and practitioners keep a pulse on their employees’ health and ensure they are taking the recommended action based on the latest CDC guidelines. [Source: Rally Forward Virtual Conference: Aida Fazylova, XOR]
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