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What is a CRM?

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What is a CRM? CRM, or customer relationship management, a software tool that manages, analyzes, and improves interactions with current and potential customers. The main purpose of a CRM is to strengthen business relationships, streamline processes, and boost profitability by organizing all customer information, such as contact details, communication history, sales opportunities, and support issues, in a centralized, easily accessible system. This proves highly useful, especially when there are many people to keep track of. Modern CRM software can track every …
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Spot AI Resumes: 10 Ways

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AI Resumes Are Running Amok. Tired of corporate “Mad Libs”? We feel ya. AI-generated or AI-spun resumes are becoming increasingly common, especially as job seekers try to “game” ATS screeners. As job applicants race to pass AI-screening ATS systems, they use AI themselves to insert keywords and phrases to get to the phone call round of the job hunting process. Unfortunately, this problem is self-propagating, with more frequent AI usage on the rise. While not all AI-generated resumes should disqualify …
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Boost Retention: 10 Ways

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10 Ways to Boost Employee Retention What’s the number one way to maximize your recruitment strategy? If you already have talented people within your ranks, your first step should be to look within your organization. Retaining existing employees costs the least and keeps knowledge within your organization, making it a win-win for employers and employees. Today we’ll share the top 10 ways to boost employee retention and keep valuable employees in your company. 10 Ways to Increase Employee Retention Rates …
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Skills-Based Hiring: What’s Changing

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Why Skills-First Hiring is a Game Changer for Business Performance in 2025 The world of work is evolving rapidly. With quickly evolving technology, the welcome adoption of artificial intelligence, and increasing rates of “junk” job applications due to automation, organizations are experiencing more challenges than ever. Today’s businesses are facing talent shortages, shifting employee expectations, and the rise of AI-driven roles are putting traditional hiring methods to the test. The solution? Enter skills-first hiring—an approach that prioritizes a candidate’s capabilities over …
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Upskilling for Job Gaps: 2025 Stats

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The Search for Qualified Talent Sparks a Need With finding the most qualified talent on top of mind for organizations, hiring from outside is a common solution to fill open roles. But hiring managers are encountering increasing difficulties each time they post a new job position online. A flood of AI applications and underqualified candidates make it difficult for managers to find the truly qualified candidates.  On top of this, hiring from without takes time and costs money, two commodities …
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Top 5 Job Skills in 2025

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The Top 5 Most In-Demand Job Skills of 2025 The job market in 2025 is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by rapid technological advancements, shifting workforce demographics, and changing employer priorities. As degrees become less of a differentiator and skills-based hiring takes center stage, professionals who develop and showcase the right competencies will have a clear edge. Here are the top five most in-demand job skills for 2025 that every job seeker should prioritize. 1. AI Literacy and Machine Learning …
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Ghosting Candidates: 41% Recruiter Issue

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41% of Recruiters Report “Candidate Ghosting” as a Serious Problem 2025 has proven to be a challenging year for recruitment, though its difficulties are not insurmountable. With proactive talent sourcing, effective branding and promotion, and proper candidate screening practices, common problems can be mitigated. Today’s topic is job seekers ghosting during the recruitment process, a problem that plagues almost half of today’s recruiters. What is Candidate Ghosting? Candidate ghosting is when job seekers abruptly cease communication with employers during the …
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Employee Attrition: 3 Preventable Reasons

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More than One Third of Quits Are Preventable Did you know that one-third of voluntary quits happen due to completely preventable issues? Figuring out the top reasons why employees leave on their own volition can help employers know what to avoid. In turn, they can create the very best work environment where employee turnover rates are minimized as much as possible. Specifically, you can attribute one-third of voluntary exits to three core issues: Taking data from organizations like Work Institute …
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Elevate Your Company Brand: 5 Ways

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5 Ways to Instantly Elevate Your Company Brand A positive brand image is a company’s lifeline in the digital age. In every facet of running a business, reputation and image mean everything, whether you want to recruit new talent or generate more revenue. In fact, improving brand image is one of the top HR Trends through augmenting the candidate experience and company culture on a holistic scale. Therefore, building a reputation built on great brand values is part of a …
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Leadership Development Plan: Build Superstars

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How to Build Future Superstar Leaders It’s no secret that raising existing employee through leadership training is the most cost effective way to obtain strong leaders, especially if you want someone to carry legacy knowledge for years to come. However, this plan requires a solid leadership develop program and a conscious effort to mentoring and raising team members to become future effective leaders. Mitch Golob, president and founder of Corporate Navigators, reflects on the value of building strong leadership within …
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The Top 10 HR Trends of 2025

The top 10 HR Trends of 2025

Top 10 HR Trends What HR Trends are shaping the workforce in 2025? At Corporate Navigators, we did some research to discover the common changes sweeping the professional world. As employer and candidate expectations continue to evolve, you can be sure that these trends will continue to change throughout the year. 1. Skills-Based Hiring Dominance While college education still has value, more employers want to hire based on skills than a diploma. Therefore, prioritizing capabilities over credentials is accelerating, with …
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Deepfake Job Candidates

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Fake Job Candidates: A Growing Threat in Recruitment How easy is it for a company to mistakenly hire a North Korean spy among its sea of job applicants? Well, according to the FBI, easier than you think. Hiring a fake candidate has happened to more than 300 companies, including Fortune 500 ones. With deepfake technology, artificial intelligence, and other deceptive measures like IP Spoofing, fake candidates can pass job interviews when the interviewer isn’t aware of common red flags. The …
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Poor Candidate Experience Costs

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The Hidden Costs of a Poor Candidate Experience Not too long ago, we published an article that explained why offering a positive candidate journey is so important. From initial contact to completing the job interview process to onboarding, the entire hiring process has a direct impact on both the candidate and the employer. While providing a positive candidate experience delivers benefits such as increased employee retention and loyalty, a negative candidate experience does the opposite. In fact, a negative candidate …
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Applicant Tracking System: 9 Steps

Developing a strong employer brand: Did you know that 95% of Gen Z checks a company’s brand reputation before deciding to work for them? This makes a solid brand reputation a must in the future of talent acquisition. Create a compelling image of your organization as an attractive workplace to draw in top talent. Implementing strategic sourcing: Use targeted sourcing channels to connect with a wider pool of potential candidates, including job boards, social media, and employee referrals. Hiring Corporate Navigators to source candidates and call into companies for even more information will provide even more candidate options. Leveraging technology: Technology can save you a lot of time with the basic tasks of recruiting that used to take up a lot of time, such as screening resumes, online profiles, and more. Utilize applicant tracking systems (ATS), AI-powered tools, and other recruitment technologies to streamline the hiring process and improve efficiency. Focusing on the candidate journey: An excellent candidate journey is critical to retaining candidates in the application/screening process and after they are hired. To do so, provide a positive experience for candidates throughout the hiring process, including clear communication, timely feedback, and a user-friendly application process. Use data-driven insights: With feedback, you can continue to improve on your practices. Employ analytics to make informed decisions, optimize recruitment processes, and improve the quality of hires. Review periodically to see what is effective and what you need to change in your strategy. Prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI): To Gen Z, the most diverse generation yet, diversity and inclusion are strong motivators to join a company. This means that using DEI initiatives to build diverse teams can lead to more candidate choices. Building talent pipelines: Develop relationships with potential candidates for future positions, even before they become available. Also known as candidate pipelines, this list of candidates is already vetted for their qualifications and interests, saving you time when a job posting opens. Personalizing outreach: In the talent acquisition process, engage prospects with personalized messaging to increase the effectiveness of recruitment efforts. This helps your talent pool feeling connected and valued. Collaborating internally: A great recruitment strategy doesn’t just focus on external hiring. Plenty of talent can be found within your company through upskilling or reskilling employees into different departments. In this way, you can work with various stakeholders, including hiring managers and team members, to identify the people internally who have the right skills and cultural fit for open positions.

A Step-by-Step Guide for Recruiters, Business Owners, and Leaders Hiring top talent is one of the biggest challenges for recruiters and business owners. With hundreds of applications flooding in for each job posting, manually reviewing resumes, scheduling interviews, and tracking candidates can be overwhelming. That’s where an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) comes in. An ATS helps streamline recruitment, automate tasks, and improve hiring efficiency so you can focus on finding the best talent for your company. It can also be …
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The 10 Best Soft Skills for Workplaces

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The Best Workplace Soft Skills for Professionals Hard skills and soft skills are two distinct categories of abilities that play important roles in the workplace. While hard skills (aka technical skills) are measurable, job-specific abilities, soft skills are interpersonal traits or behavioral characteristics that relate to a person’s ability to work effectively with others and adapt to various situations. Important soft skills include communication prowess, teamwork, adaptability, and problem-solving, which are transferable across different jobs and industries. If you need …
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What is an ATS?

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What is an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)? An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is software that helps organizations manage the recruitment process. It saves teams and hiring managers time by automating various stages of hiring, from posting job openings to processing applications, screening resumes, and managing communication with candidates. It functions similarly to a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) in that it organizes data and uses artificial intelligence (AI) as support, but is more recruitment-focused. These systems are designed to simplify and …
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Can You Rely on a Resume?

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Can You Rely on a Resume? Is the Classic Resume Losing Its Footing in the Modern Job Market? In the business world, your team is your greatest asset, and hiring the right people is paramount to success. You need more than just a warm body to fill a role too. You need the right person – someone whose skills, experience, and even personality align with your company’s needs and culture. But how do you find that perfect fit? The key …
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4-Day Work Week: Upcoming Trend?

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      Will Four-Day Workweeks Be The New Trend? The idea of a four-day workweek has been a hot topic in recent years, with various companies experimenting with the concept and some countries even considering national policies. What do trends look like in the United States right now, and can we expect to see the traditional five-day, 40-hour workweek go the way of the dinosaur? While 5 days have been ingrained in society for decades, shifts in work culture, …
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Candidate Retention Value

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Maximize Your Candidate Pipeline’s Potential As the search for qualified talent only becomes more competitive in the modern job market, building long-term relationships with high-quality candidates should be the cornerstone of your recruitment strategy. When you build a candidate pipeline, simply identifying people fit for future roles isn’t enough. Maintaining a relationship with them is also crucial for your organization’s long-term success and favorable employee retention rates. This concept, known as candidate retention, is becoming increasingly important as companies recognize …
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DeepSeek Disrupts the AI World

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DeepSeek: The Friendly Blue Whale Disrupts the World of AI Earlier in 2025, a new AI model from China emerged to compete with big names like ChatGPT. As professionals across all industries race to utilize the best of AI, we understood that this chatbot would also become an option for recruiters too. So, we wrote this article to update our followers and colleagues about this latest recruiting trend. DeepSeek: A New Chatbot to Compete with the Rest Who’d ever thought …
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