#RedBranchWeekly: Bowling, Being a Weirdo and American Idol

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This week, it’s all about the candidates. From the mobile app that makes the interviewing process less stressful to what candidates really think about your hiring process; Red Branch Media and its clients have you covered. So take a look at some of our highlights from this week, and let us know what you think about them in the comments! Don’t forget to share this post with your friends on your social network site of choice.

This week in the #RedBranchWeekly:

• Earn a Strike with Better Workplace Alignment  –  ClearCompany
• Keep Your Candidates Appy –  GreenJobInterview
• The “Other” Worker –  Herd Wisdom
• Employee Feedback: Are You Suffering From American Idol Syndrome?  –  HR Acuity
• What Your Candidates Really Think About Your Hiring Process –  Recruiterbox
• RelinkLabs Appoints Dave Mendoza as Special Product Advisor, Expands Product Roadmap Company Aims to Provide Talent Intelligence  –  RelinkLabs
• 3 Ways an ATS Will Change Your Recruiting Department  –  Visibility Software

Earn a Strike with Better Workplace Alignment

When a workforce is disjointed, it shows. There are several methods and tools that leaders can implement to help get their workforce not only working together, but also working toward a common goal. Read more…

Keep Your Candidates Appy

From counting calories to dating, there’s an app for that. We rely more and more on our favorite apps to make just about every facet of our lives easier. Apps that assist in the job hunt are wildly popular, and we’ve just taken it a step further with apps for the screening and interviewing process. Read the full release here…

The “Other” Worker

When is the last time you evaluated your performance review process, your career planning programs, your succession planning or your mentoring programs? Who are they aimed at and how successful or effective are they?
What you need is feedback and input from your workforce. Read more…

Employee Feedback: Are You Suffering From American Idol Syndrome?

You know that moment of truth on American Idol when the awful, tone-deaf singers find out just how bad they are? You can tell that up until that moment they were completely convinced of their own talent because they either never solicited feedback or the feedback they got wasn’t completely honest. The “ignorance is bliss” policy is probably fine for those aspiring, yet terrible singers. The only potential damage is to the operator of the car next to them at the stoplight. In business however, ignorance is not bliss and can cause serious damage. Read more…

What Your Candidates Really Think About Your Hiring Process

The hectic, day-to-day of recruiting can leave you with more than enough excuses to forget about the candidate experience, but the outcome will never be as good as a real match. When you’re evaluating your processes, keep the candidate in mind…  Read more…

RelinkLabs Appoints Dave Mendoza as Special Product Advisor, Expands Product Roadmap Company Aims to Provide Talent Intelligence

RelinkLabs, a Scandinavia-based talent sourcing leader, has appointed global thought leader and award winning talent strategist Dave Mendoza to oversee predictive talent engine launch.

Read the full release…

3 Ways an ATS Will Change Your Recruiting Department

Check out what recruiters are experiencing when they ditch the spreadsheets and start using the right Applicant Tracking Software. Read more…

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Maren Hogan

Maren Hogan is CEO of Red Branch and general Bad@$$

Maren Hogan is a seasoned marketer and community builder in the HR and Recruiting industry. Maren started Red Branch Media and, before she hired all the smiling faces you see below, she ran it on her own. In marketing for over 15 years, she has deep experience in strategic campaigns and a long-term, results-based operational approach.