iRecruit Customer Newsletter November 2021

In this issue:

Important Job Board Updates
Getting Hiring Managers Engaged in iRecruit
Introduction to the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (Video)
Three Rules for Texting Job Applicants
Correcting Mistakes on New Hire Forms
Achieve Faster Background Screening Turnaround Times
12 Tips for New iRecruit Users
Upcoming iRecruit Training Sessions
iRecruit Recent Updates
iRecruit Knowledgebase #ICYMI
What We’re Reading

Important Job Board Updates

Indeed is encouraging you to put your salary into the job description, or into the salary fields available via the requisition form to improve salary transparency. (Read More)

ZipRecruiter’s Traffic Boost will have a new fee effective 01/03/2022. The new distribution fee will be $299 for the 30 day ZipRecruiter TrafficBoost.

Getting Hiring Managers Engaged in iRecruit

An iRecruit account can include Administrators, Recruiters, and Hiring Managers. These three different roles are available within the account. Recruiter is a secondary role to the Admin. Recruiters can do everything, but they cannot make Administrative changes. Hiring Manager is the most restricted role, limited to see ONLY applicants and candidates who submit applications for their assigned positions.

Introduction to the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (Video)

Did you know 10-15% of new hires may make your company eligible for a federal tax credit? If they fall under one of ten target groups who typically face barriers to finding employment, you may be eligible for a tax credit of up to $2,400. iRecruit, can provide this integrated Work Opportunity Tax Credit screening service to identify qualified individuals.

Three Rules for Texting Job Applicants

Texting is available to incorporate texting into your recruiting tools. iRecruit users can have a faster time to fill by using texting. 98% of text messages are opened and read versus just 20% for emails. AND, according to SMS Comparison‘s 2021 report 95% of text messages are read and responded to within 3 minutes of being received.

Correcting Mistakes on New Hire Forms

Occasionally, a new hire or applicant will be assigned forms, and will make a mistake on an important form, and will want to correct it as quickly as possible. It might be as simple as entering today’s date instead of a birth date for example. Did you know you can reassign forms back to candidate to make corrections?

Achieve Faster Background Screening Turnaround Times

Verified First’s seamless integration with iRecruit provides clients with a turn-key experience and enables them to process comprehensive screens in one, convenient place. With a dedicated support team, a user-friendly browser extension, and unbeatable turnaround times, Verified First puts you first.

12 Tips for New iRecruit Users

Are you new to iRecruit? Whether you are an Administrator, Recruiter or Hiring Manager, here are 12 simple things you should do to get to know your account.

Upcoming iRecruit Training Sessions

11/11/2021: Work Opportunity Tax Credits
11/16/2021: iRecruit Reports
11/22/2021: Bring your questions to the General Open Session on Zoom

Plus check out all the upcoming training sessions.

iRecruit Recent Updates

New Data Manager for Sage available (update next time your run) this adds the Veteran identified field from the VEVRAA form.
Requisition Costs Tab removed, no longer used.
Texting. Text applicants from your dashboard or applicant profile page.
New Checklist feature coming soon! Create checklists for your hiring to make sure all the bases are covered