Week of December 11th, 2023

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KISSing under the Mistletoe by Jeremy Lyons

People probably should stop me from trying to make puns (I’m sure there is a GPT for that…) but in case it wasn’t obvious, this week we’re going to be talking about KISS. Contrary to the image, we aren’t talking about the band KISS but rather the KISS method. All RecOps folks should be familiar with this as it will help in their work.

What is the KISS Method?

KISS stands for Keep It Simple Silly (or if you want to be aggressive, Stupid). The idea, coincidentally enough, articulates the law of diminishing returns or Occam’s Razor in a simplified way because the more complex something becomes, the more likely you are to create more issues for yourself.

Why is the KISS Method important?

Everyone is hounded with constant inputs and distractions. So, if you need to convey information that is important and everyone should know, KISS helps that in the form of a TL;DR. The point is not that the rest of the information is unimportant (because usually the devil is always in the details) but the simpler you make the information to digest, the easier it is to get adoption.

When is the KISS Method important?

When distributing new information/ideas. When training new members of your team. When discussing big impacts on the company.

Where can I use the KISS Method?

In emails, documentation, training sessions, conversations, etc.

How can I use the KISS Method?

“You write your first draft with your heart, and you rewrite with your head.” ― James Ellison, Finding Forrester

Though a little bit harder to do in a conversation when you’re immediately put on the spot, when writing it is very easy. Write what you feel needs to say, then edit (you can even use a prompt like: I’m working on an email to my team to deliver important updates. I want to ensure that my message is clear and concise. Please review the following message and make the needed corrections.).

RecOpsGPT Update

Currently it is only available if you have a paid OpenAI account until OpenAI launches their app store (which is supposedly early next year).

We apologize that this is the case for the moment.

Articles / Industry News

Articles We’re Reading:

• Growth by Design Talent (Consulting) - 2023 Recruiting Productivity and Operating MetricsWhy? Adam Ward, Mike Joyner, and the team at Growth By Design Talent put together some of the best benchmarking survey results together that you can ever read and this is no different. Each of their carefully crafted takeaways is a heavy hitter.
• SeekOut (Sourcing) - A Guide to Boolean Search Strings for RecruitersWhy? Recruiters and sourcers use boolean search strings to find candidates. If you on a RecOps team are asked to help do enablement or you want to grow into a recruiter/sourcer role, it can help to know yourself. This is a great guide for learning.

Industry News (sorted alphabetically with space in the RecOps community in parenthesis)

• Ashby (ATS/Recruiting Analytics) - New feature: Connect questions on your forms to candidate fields
• Crosschq /TalentWall (Reference/Analytics) - Crosschq + Workday = Squeaky Clean Data
• iCIMS (ATS) - 10 days of iCIMS Insights Unwrapped
• ModernLoop (Scheduling) - 5 Signs Your RecOps Process Could Lead to Recruiter Burn Out
• Pinpoint Applicant Tracking System (ATS ) - Document e-signatures at any hiring workflow stage, 4 Steps to get team buy-in for a new recruiting system
• Poetry - the recruiter workspace for TA teams on Workday (and other ATSs) (Recruiting Enablement) - Closing the Gap: The Role of Recruiter Enablement
• Workday (HCM/ATS) - What’s Needed For Skills-Based Hiring to Take Hold and Transform an Organization

Podcast/YouTube

• The Recruiter Enablement channel is doing a series over the next four weeks with Jeremy around RecOps and Enablement
• Ashby - Offer Accepted Episode 16 - Boosting Offer Acceptance Rates with Active Listening Strategies with Reggie Williams
• Crosschq/TalentWall - Launched TimetoHire podcast (YouTube/Spotify/Apple)
• Gem - Leigh Miller on Benchmarking Outreach, DEI and Changing TA
• Workday - Growing a Blended Workforce: How HR Can Support Contingent Talent

Permanent Articles

• Recruiting Operations: Dictionary
• Recruiting Operations: Resources

Editor Note:?If you hear of any articles, feel free to share in the comments! They will be featured in the upcoming week's edition. If you would like to submit your own article, reach out to [email protected].

Job Search

• Airwallex - Director of Talent Acquisition and Strategy, Global
• Trane Technologies - Talent Acquisition Operations Manager
• Coinbase - Sr. TA Ops Program Manager
• HP - Operations Manager - Global Recruiting and Onboarding Organization

Editor Note:?We are not sponsored by nor affiliated with any of the above-listed companies so we have no financial incentive to share these roles. We are sharing these opportunities for the community and only post roles from the company's website. We encourage possible candidates to research each one as their inclusion does not mean we support the companies or their values. Here is the list to previously listed jobs, which may or may not be available

Additional Resource

• ChartHop's?PeopleOps Job Board
• ATS Specific Job BoardsiCIMS's?HR professionals job board?aggregates all the HR jobs across their customersWorkable’s job board aggregates all jobs for companies that use WorkableSmartRecruiters’ job board aggregates all jobs for companies that use SR
• Denys Dinkevych's?remote job board,?which aggregates jobs from all the major ATS
• Jobvyne - For the RecOps folks out there, here is the HR and Talent Acquisition job board
• TrueUp - Has a fantastic job board filled with information others don’t like the last time the company did a layoff, application experience based on the ATS, and more.

Editor Note:?If you hear of any roles, feel free to share in the comments! They will be featured in the upcoming week's edition. None of the resources shared above are sponsoring there placement.

Boolean Strings for Specific ATS Job Search

We’ve consolidated our list of boolean search strings for RecOps professionals to make them easier for everyone to use. Check out the list here. Again, thank you to Steve Levy for contributing so many wonderful strings and Gabi Preston-Phypers for QA help. Follow both of them for excellent boolean and sourcing content.

#YourNextHire?/ People Looking In the Community

Elliot Riggs

What I'm Looking to Do:

Over the course of my career, I have constantly sought ways to learn and improve myself and the teams and processes I am a part of. I have built out functions, dashboards, reporting, and programs within Talent Acquisition organizations. I have filled new roles and roles that had been open for years. I like solving problems and building things that make an impact. I am open to both IC and manager roles, as the most important thing to me is having interesting and impactful work to do.

Roles I'm Looking for:

Head of TA Ops/RecOps

Sr. Program Manager - TA Ops/RecOps

Here is a?Google Sheet View?for a list of people previously featured and still looking.

If you, or someone you know, is interested in being featured, use?this form and only submit for yourself.

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Until next week, Regulators ??