Small Businesses Can Win Big With Forrester-Validated Performance

Small Businesses Can Win Big With Forrester-Validated PerformanceSmall Businesses Can Win Big With Forrester-Validated PerformanceAs the owner of a small- or medium-sized business, saving time and money are among your top priorities, especially when it comes to hiring. Thats why we designed Simply Post, an easy and cost-effective way to advertise your open job postings. It is simply the fruchtwein efficient and low cost way to hire your next employee.In the beginning of the year, Simply Hired released a Total Economic Report by Forrester Research that highlighted Simply Hireds core value aussage as a lower cost and faster time-to-fill solution for employers to find great candidates. Even though the report was conducted on enterprise businesses with hundreds of hires, and your hiring needs are much smaller, we are delighted to share how these results are applicable to your business.What were the findings?Simply Hired is the lowest-cost solutionSimply Hired delivered new hires at the l owest cost of all the vendors studied, at less than one-half the cost of the leading job boards. The Simply Post option for small businesses is also cost-effective compared to job boards. Because all sponsored jobs on Simply Hired take advantage of our efficient keyword-matching technology, we are able to offer a single posting product that undercuts similar products. We pass the savings from our technological efficiency to you, the customer.Simply Hireds improvements grow over timeIntroducing Simply Hired into an enterprise hiring campaign delivered a year-over-year reduction in costs compared to the baseline (job board) campaign. We were able to produce these results because Simply Hireds candidate-matching technology continuously grows more accurate as we match candidate searches to relevant jobs. Jobs posted with Simply Post utilizes this technology to show your jobs to the most relevant searches on our website. Even if you only sponsor your job for 30 days, our technology will continue to improve matching your job listing with qualified candidates from the day the job is posted.Simply Hireds faster time-to-fill performanceSpeedy time-to-fill is estimated to play a positive role in 100 percent of hiring campaigns. We fill faster because we display your jobs to qualified candidates, which means you spend less time evaluating unqualified candidates. Since time and resources are often stretched for small companies, the savings gained by a faster time-to-fill can have a real impact on the bottom line.If youre looking to hire 1 or 10 employees, blue- or white-collar professionals, the benefits gained by our largest customers can also help small businesses retain a competitive edge. Theres a lot of detail in this report, and it validates our promise to deliver quality candidates efficiently, at low cost.Whether your organization is a large enterprise or a two-person start-up, with Simply Hired as a recruiting partner you can spend less time evaluating candidates and more time on the business you love.Read Related ArticlesForrester Validates Simply Hireds Online Recruitment SolutionMake the Most of Your Job Advertising Budget

Creative Careers for Artists and Innovators

Creative Careers for Artists and InnovatorsCreative Careers for Artists and InnovatorsAre you creative? Maybe you have artistic talent and love to paint, take photographs or write. Maybe you arent creative in that sense, but instead, enjoy coming up with new ways of doing things. However you express your creativity- whether youre an artist or an innovator- here are 11 jobs that may be perfect for you. 1) Graphic Designer Graphic designers use their artistic abilities to communicate messages visually. They design websites, magazines, video games, packaging, promotional displays, and marketing materials. Advertising agencies, design firms, and publishing companies employ them. 2) Landscape Architect Open spaces, including parks, shopping centers, school campuses, parkways and meerbusen courses, must be both aesthetically pleasing and functional. That is why the landscape architects, whose job it is to design them, must be artistically talented as well as technically skilled. A land scape architect prepares plans, often using computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) software, analyzes environmental reports and chooses appropriate materials for the projects on which they are working. 3) Computer and Information Systems Manager It is not traditional artistic talents that computer and information systems managers must draw upon for their jobs. They must instead think creatively when helping organizations develop and meet computer-related goals. After evaluating an entitys computer needs, they figure out creative ways to use hardware, software, and personnel to fill those needs. 4) Public Relations Specialist If youve ever struggled to find the right words to get your point across, you know what public relations specialists face every day. This job consists of using creativity, strong communication skills, and good judgment to convey information to the public. Not only must public relations specialists know how to write well, but they must also know how to use the proper language to elicit the reaction they want from their audiences. 5) Marketing Manager Marketing managers develop marketing strategies for companies, which includes deciding how to promote and advertise products and services. This part of the job requires a great deal of creativity. Marketing managers also need strong communication, analytical, decision-making and organizational skills. 6) Photographer Recording events and telling stories through images requires much more than the ability to use a camera. Photographers need the artistic talent that allows them to use light, color, and shadows effectively. Post-production work which involves manipulating images with photo editing software also requires artistic ability. 7) Software Developer Sure software developers are computer science geniuses, but they are also extremely creative. If they werent, how could they figure out how to make our computers, tablets, smartphones, and e-readers do the things that make them so indispensable to us. As the name implies, they develop software applications as well as operating systems. 8) Biochemist and Biophysicist Biochemists and biophysicists are engaged in the study of living organisms and their relationship to the environment. Many are researchers who conduct various experiments. Coming up with interesting and useful topics to research requires not only scientific knowledge but creativity as well. 9) Chef or Head Cook Chefs and head cooks are artists whose medium is food rather than paint, clay or marble. They develop recipes and create menus. They make decisions regarding not only how food will taste, but also how it will look. In addition to creativity, chefs and head cooks must have good communication and time management skills. 10) Teacher Teachers help students learn and apply concepts in a variety of subjects. Being able to reach all students, each with different learning styles and abilities requires a great deal of creativity. Its hard to imagine many jobs that require more. To be successful as a teacher, one must also be patient and resourceful and have excellent communication skills. 11) Cosmetologist, Hairdressers and Related Workers Cosmetologists, hairdressers, barbers, nail technicians, and skin care specialists enhance their clients physical appearances by tending to their hair and beauty needs. They cut, style and color hair apply makeup and manicure nails. They use their creative abilities for most aspects of their jobs. Cosmetologists, hairdressers and those in related fields must also have excellent customer service, time management, and listening skills.

7 Steps for Choosing and Using Job References

7 Steps for Choosing and Using Job References 7 Steps for Choosing and Using Job References