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  • Our 2025 Recruiting Trends Report is Here! So much has changed in the recruiting landscape in the past year, which makes it important to keep up with the latest trends to stay competitive in your talent search. Our 2025 Recruitment Trends Report contains curated recruiting data and insights from our…

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  • Corporate Navigators Releases 2025 Brochure After over twenty years in the Recruiting Research space, it’s inevitable that things change over time. Client needs and expectations plus the methods in which we acquire information are always evolving. Therefore, we thought it was a good time to update our company brochure to…

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  • The Future of Talent Sourcing: What to Expect in 2025 In 2025, the talent sourcing landscape is undergoing some significant transformations. New technology, shifting workforce dynamics, and evolving expectations influence significant changes in recruiting qualified candidates. Organizations must adapt to these trends to remain competitive in attracting, developing, and retaining…

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  • Human-Centric HR Sourcing: Balancing Technology with Empathy in a Digital Era In today’s recruitment landscape, HR sourcing has never been more integrated with tech. While automated tools and databases are extremely helpful in identifying qualified candidates, there is still something about recruitment that is undeniably bound to personal connection; something…

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  • The Corporate Navigators Guide to Candidate Sourcing Candidate sourcing is the proactive approach to identifying, attracting, and engaging potential candidates for current and future job openings. Unlike traditional recruiting methods where employers post job listings and wait for applications, candidate sourcing involves actively seeking out qualified individuals who may not…

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  • The Fed Decides to Hold Interest Rates Steady On March 19, 2025, the Federal Reserve decided to maintain interest rates at their current level of 4.25% to 4.5%. This reflects a cautious approach amidst economic uncertainty. In a press release, Chair Jerome Powell emphasized the complex interplay of factors influencing the…

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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…

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  • What does candidate sourcing look like? When companies leave themselves open to the wide world of job applications, it can lead to a variety of on and off-target results. With Corporate Navigators, we’ll identify and develop candidates, ensuring that the professionals identified are as on-target as possible. Here are our…

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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…

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  • Top 7 Mistakes Employers Make when Writing Job Descriptions “If you build it; they will come.” That famous line from Field of Dreams points to an ever-present truth: the right environment will attract the right people. Likewise, when it comes to job descriptions, writing them correctly matters… and the outcome…

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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.…

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  • An Exclusive Perspective on Candidate Psychology After spending over 25 years conducting recruiting research and candidate sourcing, our team has gained significant insights into what candidates want to know about future employers. During candidate sourcing, we spend a lot of time on the phone with potential fits for a client’s…

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  • Almost Half of Gen Z Landing Jobs through TikTok Is social media like TikTok the stomping grounds for young career seekers? The latest data from Zety® and other studies say yes. Zety®, a career service focused on helping individuals enhance their resumes and cover letters, has recently unveiled its 2025…

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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…

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  •  Identifying the City with the Most Remote Employees Recently, we discovered a remarkable article from Visual Capitalist. It provides a visual breakdown of remote workers across U.S. cities, shedding light on where most remote jobs are concentrated. From California to New York, various metro areas contain a significant amount of…

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  • DeepSeek: The Friendly Blue Whale Disrupts the World of AI Who’d ever thought that a friendly blue whale would rock the boat? A newcomer in the world of artificial intelligence has made quite the entrance, with large language model’s DeepSeek’s meteoric rise to prominence. Its low cost paired with functionality…

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  • Being in business for 25 years is no small feat, so we’re thrilled to celebrate this milestone with you all. To commemorate this occasion, we compiled 25 reasons why our clients have chosen our services and decided to return to us time and again for their recruitment research needs. 25…

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  • Introducing “Unfair Advantage” The “Unfair Advantage: The Candidate Pipeline Playbook” is a free resource we designed to help you build a stronger, more effective hiring experience. We will walk you through the candidate pipeline process so you can navigate your next recruitment steps with confidence. Whether you’re just starting to…

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  • The Impact of New DEI Executive Orders on Organizations in the U.S. On January 20, 2025, the new presidential administration enacted two executive orders related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. One of the key actions taken was revoking Executive Order (EO) 11246, a measure that the Johnson administration established in…

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  • Building and Managing a Candidate Pipeline A candidate pipeline is the process or system that recruiters and hiring managers use to track, manage, and move potential job candidates through the stages of a recruitment process. It’s a way of organizing and visualizing candidates as they progress through various steps from…

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  • Creating an Impeccable Candidate Journey Studies show that a positive candidate experience makes employees more than three times likely to be satisfied with their future job and feel connected at work. This makes treating them well from the job seeker stage an important part of your hiring process. By investing…

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  • How Corporate Navigators Began…and Where It’s Going 90 Days and A Dream: Corporate Navigators Celebrates 25 Years Twenty-five years ago, in November 1999, Mitch Golob quit his day job with only 90 days to launch his own recruitment research firm. This is his story. In the late 90s, Mitch was…

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  • What are the Fastest Growing Jobs in America? Employment projections for 2025 are closely linked to market demand, so knowing the fastest growing jobs in America can give you a better picture of what to expect. Over the past three years, the demand for engineers, AI experts, healthcare professionals, and…

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  • How to Manage a Candidate Pipeline: DIY vs. Third-Party Services Building a strong candidate pipeline is the foundation of an efficient and successful hiring process. This list of interested and qualified candidates, with whom you stay in touch over time, will be the first people you call in the event…

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  • 2024 Ends with Lower Unemployment Rate Great news for recruiters: A favorable jobs report! We rang in the new year on a positive note, according to our sources from SHRM and Yahoo Finance. In December 2024, the U.S. economy exceeded expectations with the addition of 256,000 jobs, significantly surpassing a…

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  • Who you have on board within your organization are easily your greatest assets. They have the potential to take your company to the next level… or not. This is why having an effective recruitment strategy in which you can identify qualified candidates with potential maximizes your chance at having a…

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