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Automate your Resume Screening by Tenfold

Identifying the right candidate is the highest cost component in a recruitment business. Recruiters and HR managers find it difficult when they have numerous clients looking for multiple job openings. Today, Recruiters and Hiring Managers find matching resumes from job portals and email inbox that are flooded with unqualified resumes. Breaking down these resumes into potential candidate(s) that suit the requirement is an immense task and time consuming. Statistics show that recruiters spend more time on screening resumes to find the top applicants than reaching them and conducting interviews, etc. Recruiters always ensure that they target the right candidates. In today's world, time is valued and cannot be wasted as recruiters have very limited time. There are various resume parsing tools available across the Internet but one need to be experienced in choosing the right resume parsing software . A resume parsing software that can help recruiters parse resumes from almost any

Automate key recruiting processes and increase hiring efficiency

With skill shortage always on the higher side, the war for talent is much fiercer than ever. Typically, recruiters have a list of key recruiting tasks to do on a daily basis. Recruiters feel that the initial recruitment phase consumes most of their time and it hinders the other daily activities. Recruiters say that candidate sourcing, resume parsing , resume screening, and candidate background check consumes more than 50% of their time. In a typical scenario, recruiters spend about four to five hours a day on candidate sourcing. During times of talent crunch, they slog a couple of hours or more to source candidates. After sourcing candidates, recruiters again spend a great deal of time to import resumes to the database. Recruiters extract the resumes manually from various sources. They manually copy and paste the resume data from different resume sources to their database. This is a laborious task, which is also prone for typos. Screening resumes is an important recruiting task a

Why candidate background search is important?

For a recruiter / hiring manager, it is very crucial to make the right hiring decision. It is because a bad hire can cost you so dearly in terms of investment of time and resources. Moreover, it can also have a negative impact on the productivity, employee morale, growth of the organization and credibility among the customers, etc. To avoid such hiring risks, every recruiter / hiring manager need to go that extra mile to perform a background search on the candidate. In addition to stringent screening processes, you need to research on a candidate from various sources that are available on the Internet. What are the sources? With the explosion of social media, the Internet is flooded with lots of tools and applications through which candidates can interact with a group of people, community, organization, etc. You can find the candidate details from social networking sites, blogs, forums, personal websites, alumni associations, etc. References and comments from superiors, peers, and cust

How to quickly screen thousands of resumes and find the best talent?

Screening resumes is an inevitable process that has gained a lot more significance since recession. The global recruiting scenario has hardly changed with job cuts still happening around, pushing the unemployment rate to 9.5% - the highest since 1983. So why should resume screening become all the more important? The reason is, job cuts have lead to tens and thousands of resumes floating around in the job market targeting for a job. But the irony is that there are only a very few job openings as the employers are now very cautious with respect to hiring; they need only the “Best Talent.” It is the recruiter’s responsibility to carefully screen the resumes and find the best talent for their clients. With stiff competition all around and stringent time constraints, the recruiters need to manually wade through huge stacks of resumes to pick the right candidates. This eventually takes a lot of time and resources. There is a possibility that you might also miss a potential candidate. So, ho

Why screening resumes is very important during a recession?

Despite massive job cuts, companies are still hiring people but the whole equation has changed. Earlier, there were more number of job postings and less resume postings but now it is the other way. The recession has lead to less job postings and more and more number of resume postings. The employers’ requirement is very simple – they just need the “VERY BEST PEOPLE” to help them tide over the ongoing economic crisis. Now, the onus is on the recruiters to screen loads and loads of resumes and pick the right ones as quickly as possible. Manually screening each and every resume is a tedious and time-consuming task. Also, there is every chance that you might miss a potential candidate or even worse lose an important client. This is where an automation tool like ResumeGrabber can give you the winning edge. ResumeGrabber automates resume data entry and screening. It imports resumes from the Internet, email and PC folders, and allows you to quickly screen them using keywords. It then exports

Recruiting Opportunities during Recession

The economic turbulence has hit the recruitment industry very badly and it is growing worse day by day. Recently, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has reached the 25-year high of 8.1%. Over the past 12 months, millions of jobs have been lost and the job loses still continues. Although the current situation is of great concern to the recruiting fraternity, there is still a huge opportunity. The recession has resulted in a large number of resume postings in the internet, job boards, social networking sites, blogs, etc. It is now very important for the recruiters to identify the growth areas and build a resume database so that they can cash in on the opportunity when the economy bounces back. Now, the key for success is to act fast. You need to quickly screen and process resumes from a large resume pool. Manually processing each and every resume is tedious and it takes a lot of your time. This is where an automation tool like ResumeGrabber can become handy. ResumeGrabber automates resume

Automate Resume Screening to Select Qualified Candidates Quickly

Screening resumes can save the amount of time and money an organization spends interviewing marginally qualified, and, or suited, candidates (Cook, 1992). In the past decade, only a few have focused on the importance of screening resumes. Resume screening is particularly crucial when recruiting middle a nd senior level staff. Prior to screening resumes, the recruiter should have a list of standards and criteria against which they can compare resumes. Ideally the recruiters will have to develop a list of essential and desirable skills, knowledge, and work experience. With the advent of Internet, hund reds of emails clutter the recruiters’ Inbox everyday. The recruiters find it very difficult to apply a set of consistent standards across multiple candidates. If they can review all the resumes on the same day, it is possible to maintain the consistency in the standards. However, it is not practically possible to screen hundreds of resumes manually on the same day. Screening

Resume Screening Software – ResumeGrabber Pro

ResumeGrabber Pro is one of the popular screening software that comes handy for recruiters. The initial recruiting process involves searching and screening the resumes. This consumes plenty of manual hours. ResumeGrabber makes this boredom work into a breeze. If you search for resumes online, the search engine throws out millions of results. It is a tedious process to go through all the results and find out the resumes. ResumeGrabber contains Resume Validator that can filter resumes from the search engine results and display the resume details in a tabular form. This table, termed as ResumeGrabber Grid extracts the contact information, experience, keywords you have searched for and displays all the details in a spreadsheet format. Each row of the grid displays details of a candidate. The bottom panel of the grid displays the preview of resume of the selected row. This helps you to filter and sort the candidates and then the filtered information can be easily transfer

Pros & Cons of Resume Screening Software

Resume screening is a time-consuming process that involves a lot of manual effort. Using software for screening resumes reduces the time and effort. This can also save money, as extra manpower required is cut down. When resume screening is done by a software, the personal bias is avoided. The software treats all the resumes the same while searching for given information. The automatic filtering, sorting and saving resumes provides the competitive edge of quick retrieval of required information. On the other hand, there is a chance of missing a potential candidate just because the given keyword is not found in the person’s resume. The software is limited to do in the way it has been programmed. A personal approach to the style of the resume will be missing in this system. Moreover, a computer savvy person, who knows how exactly the software searches for information, can provide all the keywords appropriately in the resume and easily get it screened by the software.

Fast Track Resume Screening

Resume screening is the first step in recruiting process. The resume information gives you the idea about candidate’s work experience, skills and abilities. The initial assessment of resumes has to be done based on your organization standards. The best method is to prepare a checklist that covers the essential skills, knowledge, experience and other desired qualities relevant to the job. You can evaluate a resume against this checklist. The screening standards help you to identify, filter and eliminate the resumes. However, reviewing the resumes manually may consume more time and money. Nowadays millions of resumes are available online. In the advancement, lots of screening software are also available. Many organizations take advantage of the resume screening software that saves time and money. Such programs search the resumes for given information like skills, experience and other details. The resume screening software is fast, economical and reduces hassle. Anyway, t

Quickest Way to Screen resumes

I manually go through hundreds of resumes daily to screen the best ones for open job positions. This takes up a lot of my time and I sometimes miss out good resumes. Is there a way by which I can quickly screen resumes, so that I can spend more time interviewing and short-listing the best candidates? With the all-new ResumeGrabber Professional , you can screen resumes in no time. Just enter the resume keywords in a search box and click the ‘Grab’ button on ResumeGrabber toolbar. It will screen all resumes in your Outlook, system folders, Google and show up only those that matched your keywords. You no longer have to open each resume to find out whether it meets your requirement. You can now screen hundreds of resumes in minutes, which would have otherwise taken you hours to do. Download your 10-day trial version of ResumeGrabber at no cost and sprint your way to recruiting success.

ResumeGrabber Pro – The Screening Tool for the Internet Era

How Recruiters Can Streamline Their Screening Process Using ResumeGrabber Pro If you are a recruiter seeking qualified skilled candidates, posting the job availability on the Internet today will yield more resumes from a wider array of candidates all over the world than the responses received from an advertisement posted in journals or publication a few years ago. With the advent of Internet, job seekers upload resumes in the corporate websites and via large job boards such as Monster, CareerBuilder and many more. These websites and job boards have increased the volume of online resume by many multiples over the past ten years. Therefore, recruiters are now faced with the task of screening many more resumes than in the past. Recruiters may receive qualified candidate resumes, but they also receive a large quantity of unqualified resumes as many applicants see landing a top position in one of the top firms as a number game. ResumeGrabber Pro seeks to normalize the pool of candidates t

Screen Resumes in Seconds

I manually go through hundreds of resumes daily to screen the best ones for open job positions. This takes up a lot of my time and I sometimes miss out good resumes. Is there a way by which I can quickly screen resumes, so that I can spend more time interviewing and short-listing the best candidates? With the all-new ResumeGrabber Professional , you can screen resumes in no time. Just enter the resume keywords in a search box and click the ‘Grab’ button on ResumeGrabber toolbar. It will screen all resumes in your Outlook, system folders, Google and show up only those that matched your keywords. You no longer have to open each resume to find out whether it meets your requirement. You can now screen hundreds of resumes in minutes, which would have otherwise taken you hours to do. Download your 10-day trial version of ResumeGrabber at no cost and sprint your way to recruiting success.

Instantly Screen and Transfer Resumes - Recruiter Tools

Source: eGrabber Newsletters I manually go through hundreds of resumes daily to screen the best ones for open job positions. This takes up a lot of my time and I sometimes miss out good resumes. Is there a way by which I can quickly screen resumes , so that I can spend more time interviewing and short-listing the best candidates? ResumeGrabber Pro 5.0 enables you to screen and sort hundreds of resumes by city, state, zip code and years of experience in no time.Just enter the resume keywords and click ‘Grab’ in ResumeGrabber toolbar. It will screen all resumes in your Outlook, system folders, Google and show up only those that matched your keywords.You no longer have to open each resume to find out whether it meets your requirement. You can now screen hundreds of resumes in minutes, which would have otherwise taken you hours to do. Download your 10-day trial version at no cost and see the magic work for you.

Resume Screening Software - A recruiter's essential

More than 60% of employers plan to increase the use of corporate websites as a recruitment tool in 2007, according to research by Cranfield School of Management in association with Personnel Today. One third of the survey respondents said the "Ease of use" for candidates was a very important reason for using corporate websites. Almost a third of candidates (32%) said having access to a larger pool was a major factor. Source: http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2006/09/12/37136/online-recruitment-expected-to-surge.html Now the major factor being, having access to a larger pool, the recruiters obviously have to automate the resume screening process. Assessing qualified resumes has always been a complex practice. ResumeGrabber was designed to make the recruiters job easy by highlighting the competency factors like skills, experience, knowledge preferences. This excellent feature has always helped the recruiters in comparing the candidates based on the criteria transparently.

ResumeGrabber - A perfect technology to integrate with your recruiting processes

The growth of Internet has increased the quest for online talent search. IT recruiters and hiring managers invest in technology to solve critical issues in their recruiting process. However, the real success of recruiting firms depends on the successful integration of technology with their existing recruiting processes. While looking for the available software solutions in the market, recruiting firms should evaluate whether such systems can handle the following manual processes: => Can it automatically extract resumes from any source? => Can it bring down your resumes screening time by half? => Can it completely eliminate manual resume data entry? => Can it automatically send email responses to screened candidates? Normally, recruiters spend a lot of time manually to accomplish the above tasks and there are not many solutions that address all these issues. Nevertheless, ResumeGrabber is one such software that helps recruiters increase recruiting productivity,