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Melissa Dobbins
- Feb 9
- 5 min
Inclusive benefits: fueling the competitive edge and DEI in hiring
“How can we create more inclusive benefits packages?” It’s a common question, especially now as competition to attract, engage, and retain talent has become near frenzy in many industries and disciplines. Organizations are looking for every opportunity to increase their competitive edge as they scramble to attract and hire talent. For some, it’s ‘too good to pass up’ salaries, for others it’s the prestige of the brand or the impeccable reputation for employee experience. But
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Gabe Gurman
- Feb 9
- 1 min
Product Update: Mobile for Employers
“You know, there are times I am lying in bed and just as I’m falling to sleep, I realize I forgot to review the latest candidates. It would be so amazing if I could just review them from my phone rather than get up and go to my computer.” We agree! Candidates can apply on their phone, so why shouldn’t hiring teams be able to review those candidates on theirs? We are very pleased to introduce our new employer mobile application which is now available on the Apple app store and
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Melissa Dobbins
- Feb 2
- 4 min
The trick to building healthy sourcing relationships
Have you ever met a person for the first time and all they do is talk about themselves? Perhaps you try to inject a little about yourself into the conversation but are rewarded with barely an acknowledgement before returning to the endless ‘me’ monologue. If you have, did you enjoy the experience? Probably not. No matter how amazing the person or their experiences, when the conversation is all about them, it’s not that engaging. Not only is it likely boring after a while, it
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Melissa Dobbins
- Jan 21
- 3 min
The strategy for achieving DEI goals – lessons from resolutions
I’ve made many New Year’s resolutions and life goals over the years. From the very lofty “this is the year I get in shape” or “this is the year I will find a publisher for my novel”, to the modest “eat less cookies” or “drink more water”. And I have failed at many New Year’s resolutions and life goals over the years. But… there have been a few times I succeeded! It wasn’t because they were easy (“drink more water” has made my list for multiple years now thanks to multiple fai
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Melissa Dobbins
- Jan 19
- 5 min
A Tale of an ATS implementation gone right – lessons learned
‘Applicant Tracking System (ATS) implementation’. It is a phrase that is not often said with excitement or enthusiasm (unless by an ATS provider). Implementation stories are commonly haunted by never-ending projects, swelling costs, and adoption struggles that all culminate in a hodge-podge of concessions and less-then-ideal design that results in a ‘good enough’ solution that is anything but ‘good enough’. Is this common painful experience the fault of the ATS or ATS vendor?
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Gabe Gurman
- Jan 18
- 1 min
Product Update: New visualization for Assessments
Ease of use. It’s a term touted by many technology vendors yet perfected by so few. At career.place, we have always prioritized “ease of use” in every corner of our solution, whether it’s for recruiters or hiring managers or candidates applying to their jobs. And how do we know what makes something ‘easy to use’? It’s simple – we listen. What better way to improve ease of use than by continually collecting feedback from our own users. Our new visualization for selecting the ‘
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Melissa Dobbins
- Jan 12
- 5 min
The Secret to Successful Check-ins: Project/Team Status Updates
Check-in meetings are a fundamental tool for managers to ensure that their programs and teams are healthy, productive, and on track. When it comes to any project or initiative – from launching a new applicant tracking system, to candidate screening process improvements to drive diversity – a well-run check-in matters. It can be the difference between success, by keeping the team informed and engaged while rooting out problems before they can take hold, and complete and surpri
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Melissa Dobbins
- Jan 5
- 4 min
Managing Risk to Manage Change
Change is good. Change is what allows us to continuously improve, grow, progress. Change is what turns okay into fantastic and antiquated into fresh. Change is what keeps us current, competitive, engaging, and exciting. Change is what allows us to become more diverse and inclusive, more efficient and productive, and more engaging and attractive to the next generation of employees. But change is hard. It means learning or doing something that you haven’t done before, or potent
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Melissa Dobbins
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
The tale of a journey to achieving a lofty goal
For my 40th birthday, my parents gave me an interesting gift – a treadmill. After getting over the initial assumptive implication… “Hey! What are you implying?”, I was determined not to let this generous gift be reduced to a large clothing rack. I started by walking. It was nice. I could exercise in the oppressive Texas summer heat in the comfort of air conditioning. It was an improvement over my previous routine. But it wasn’t challenging, and it didn’t get me out of my rout
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Melissa Dobbins
- Dec 8, 2021
- 4 min
Setting effective diversity, equity, and inclusion goals for the new year
Once again, the year is coming to a close. It’s a time of frenzied tasks; finishing the year’s commitments, spending the last of the budget, completing reviews, bonus allocations, and holiday party plans. And, it’s the time to reflect on the year – what went well, what did not, and what will be done differently in the plans for the fresh new year on our doorstep. Thinking back on when 2021 was a fresh new year full of opportunity and big plans, what did you have planned? What
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Melissa Dobbins
- Dec 1, 2021
- 5 min
Tips to generating great feedback questions
Great processes require constant reflection and adjustment which is driven by feedback. Feedback, in turn, requires great questions, as covered in the great feedback blog. Questions are like recipes. There are the foundational elements that are required to make the dish – the flour , eggs, sugar, and butter. Then there are the secret ingredients and special touches that turns that basic bread or cookie into something truly special and leaves a lasting impression. Great questi
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