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TalentEgg’s 2013 On-Campus Recruiting Report

By on June 3, 2013 in Career fairs, Information sessions, On-campus, Swag, What students want

Planning your on-campus recruiting initiatives for the fall? TalentEgg’s new On-Campus Recruiting Report features survey results from top Canadian post-secondary students and recent graduates about their on-campus recruitment habits and preferences that will help you make the most of the increasingly limited time and resources at your disposal. We asked students and recent graduates to [...]

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The relationship between recruitment and retention at TD Business Banking

By on April 1, 2013 in Case studies, Job boards, On-campus, Online

Over the last four years, Nancy Moulday has recruited, hired and onboarded 600 new TD Business Banking associates, and boasts a retention rate that would make any campus recruiter green with envy: 98.6%.

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How student leaders choose where to work: Exploration

By on February 12, 2013 in Campus career website, Employer branding, Information sessions, Job boards, On-campus, Online, Optimizing for Gen Y, Social networks: Twitter, What students want

Phase 1: Exploration How students find jobs may seem simple enough – they just go online, apply and either get hired or they don’t, right? Well, sure, that’s how some students find jobs – but not our fascinating group of Engaged Leaders. They go through three distinct phases – Exploration, Connection and Decision – before ultimately accepting [...]

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What every campus recruiter should know about graduating students

By on January 29, 2013 in Job boards, On-campus, Online, What students want

As employers recruiting on campus, you have a lot to work around: class schedules and part-time jobs, not to mention other employers competing for the same talent. Even once you offer employment to a graduating student, there’s still salary expectations, retention, post-graduate education and even travel plans to contend with sometimes. A recent survey of [...]

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How to become a campus recruiting leader in 2013

By on January 8, 2013 in Awards and Conference, Case studies, Employer branding, On-campus, Online

It’s a brand new year and that means many of us will make some New Year’s resolutions around our work and careers, hoping to advance or at least grow professionally in one way or another. Accenture‘s Campus Recruiting Lead and Canadian Diversity Recruiting Lead, Lisa Kramer, says she has recently seen more opportunities for senior [...]

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Exploration, Connection, Decision: How Student Leaders Choose Where To Work

How student leaders choose where to work: Introduction

By on December 11, 2012 in On-campus, Online, What students want

If you asked many new grads how they chose which employer to start their careers with, they’d probably tell you that they waited until the last minute (i.e., April) and frantically applied to any employer that was hiring for roles they were somewhat qualified for. As we’ve discovered through our award-winning Student Voice initiative, which [...]

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The 3 types of students and how they approach their careers

By on December 5, 2012 in Case studies, On-campus, What students want

Historically, employers have looked at students in terms of their programs and which year of school they’re in. Through that lens, campus recruitment activities traditionally target students by program, year and school, assuming that all students who fall into that group should be provided the same campus recruitment information. But it turns out that not [...]

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How to take student relationships from on-campus to online

By on September 11, 2012 in Career fairs, Employer branding, Information sessions, On-campus, Social networks: Twitter

You’ll meet thousands of students on-campus during the campus recruitment period this fall, have some really meaningful conversations about your organization…and then what? It’s essential that you are able to transfer those encounters with students to ongoing engagement with you and your organization online so you can leverage those relationships throughout the year. Ask students [...]

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Poll results: Have you ever attended a career fair on your campus?

By on July 12, 2011 in Career fairs, On-campus, What students want

Our survey of campus recruitment professionals showed that 75% of them will attend zero-to-5 on-campus career fairs this year, and perhaps one of the reasons for that is employers are realizing that the majority of students do not attend them. The results of a recent TalentEgg homepage poll show that while two thirds of students [...]

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Gen Y Recruitment Insider: Behind the scenes with Nancy Moulday at TD Business Banking

By on July 6, 2011 in Case studies, Job boards, On-campus, Recruitment industry events

Did you miss our Gen Y Recruitment Insider event last week? Don’t worry. We’ve summarized the top tips from our first two Gen Y Recruitment Insider presentations. Check out the main messages from Nancy Moulday’s presentation, where she shared some of the most successful tried, tested and true recruitment strategies – as well as the [...]

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