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Our free hiring guides are the easiest way to keep your team's hiring process on track. No matter what stage of the hiring process you're in, our library has you covered.

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Applicant Tracking Systems: The Complete Guide

An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is a type of recruiting and HR software that helps teams find, screen, organize, and hire new employees all in one place.

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Pants Optional: The Complete Hiring Toolkit for your Remote Team

Our toolkit has what you need to grow your remote dream team—from job descriptions and inclusivity tips to interview ideas and onboarding checklists.

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OFCCP Compliance Checklist

While no one loves an audit, it’s important to remember why OFCCP compliance matters to your org, and it’s even more important to get it right. This checklist will help you stay ready.

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What Is a Performance Management System? Essential Strategies & Examples

Unlock the keys to effective performance. Learn how to build a culture of growth and learning with a strong employee performance management cycle.

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EEO Categories, Explained: A Simple Guide for Employers

Keep the EEO-1 reporting process simple with a straightforward guide to the latest EEO categories, plus tips to help you understand each one.

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Employee Recognition: 8 Ways to Show Appreciation

Employees that feel valued tend to stick around. Show team members you care with eight simple yet effective employee recognition ideas.

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Building a Candidate Database: 5 Best Practices for Recruiters & Hiring Managers

Find out how to turn your candidate database into a powerful sourcing tool. Speed up hiring and get top-notch candidates with five easy strategies.

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The Top 28 Job Boards for Diversity Hiring

Diversity hiring doesn’t have to be so hard. If you're ready to take your recruitment strategy to the next level, these 28 job boards are a great place to start.

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Designing an Employee Feedback System: 5 Strategies to Make Feedback a Reality

A feedback rich culture doesn’t happen overnight. In this guide, we’ll explore five essential elements to account for when designing your employee feedback system.

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25+ Ready-to-Use Employee Check-In Questions

Use our simple employee check-in examples to boost engagement and performance. Apply our step-by-step templates for smooth and productive check-ins.

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How to Give Interview Feedback Unsuccessful Candidates Will Appreciate (+ Free Scripts)

Want to boost your employer brand and your karma? Give unsuccessful candidates the interview feedback they deserve. These simple scripts will get you started.

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The End of Burnout Culture: 6 Ways to Step Up When Motivation Is Down

Burnout culture is killing employee engagement. Explore ways to redefine work-life balance, reduce employee burnout, and boost productivity the right way.

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Termination Letters Done Right: 3 Sample Templates to Keep Firing Human

Need to terminate an employee? Firing someone is never fun, but you can still keep it human. Use these free samples to write your next employee termination letter.

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Talent Assessments Unlocked: Your Guide to Bringing in the Best

Still not using talent assessments? Data-driven assessments can reduce bias, predict performance, and accelerate your time-to-hire. Here’s how to do them right.

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Hiring Seasonal Employees: 5 No-Sweat Steps to Finding Your Ideal Teammates

Hiring seasonal employees? Whether you need more staff for your snow cone stand or additional data entry for the tax season, make it easy with this simple five-step guide.

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Create Your Recruitment Funnel in 7 Simple Steps

Need hires? With a well-planned recruitment funnel, you can attract and hire the right people at the right time — no matter what's happening in the talent market.

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Hiring a Content Manager Is a Big Deal, Here's How to Nail It

A content manager is an important hire for your brand. Learn what really goes into this role, plus practical tips to find and hire the right content pro for your business.

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From Hostile to Hopeful: Exactly How to Fix a Toxic Work Environment

Fixing a toxic work environment isn’t easy, but it is possible. This guide will help you build a more positive and productive team. No hazmat suit required.

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Don’t Believe the Hype: Hire an SEO Expert Who Can Do Exactly What You Need them To

Looking for the right SEO expert? In this step-by-step guide to hiring an SEO, we’ll help you navigate the hype and find the right person for your business.

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Create a Ready-for-Anything Recruitment Plan in 5 Simple Steps

Get simple steps for creating an agile recruitment plan that can adapt to whatever changes come next in your industry, talent pool, or you know…the world.

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In the Weeds with Gen Z: 8 Ways to Attract and Retain the Internet Generation

Hiring Gen Zers? It’s not as easy as it looks. We’re sharing expert strategies, tactics and proven tips to help you attract and retain high potential Gen Z candidates.

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The Employer’s DIY Guide to an Effective Employee Referral Program

Need better candidates faster? A strong employee referral program is the best place to start. And the good news is, it’s a whole lot easier to build than you might think!

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What Is a Structured Interview? The Complete Guide to Keeping It Inclusive & Candidate-friendly

Ready to make the move to a structured interview? Nice call! Follow these simple steps for a fair and candidate-friendly structured interview process.

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What Is Talent Acquisition? A Ghost-free Guide for Growing Companies

Ready to skip the ghosting and build an engaged pipeline of qualified talent? A talent acquisition strategy could be just the ticket! Here’s how to make it happen.

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Ready for Recruitment Compliance? The Can’t-Miss Quick Primer for Growing Businesses

Recruitment compliance probably isn’t the sexiest task on your to-do list, but staying on the right side of recruitment laws is crucial as you grow. Don’t miss this key primer.

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Organizational Communication: Grab This Free HR Comms Checklist and Make Everyone Feel Heard

From hiring to retention, the way your company communicates has never mattered more. We’ve checklist-ified the top communication principles to help you in any sticky HR situation.

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Real Deal Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: A Quick Checklist to Help You Check In

Diversity, equity and inclusion is crucial to winning the right candidates. Most hiring managers say they have a culture that supports DEI. But do they really?

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Remote Recruitment: The A to Z Guide for Remote Hiring Success

Remote recruitment is the HR trend to watch. This thorough guide will show you exactly how it’s done, in 5 simple steps.

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How to Attract and Retain Millennial Healthcare Workers (+ Examples and Free Checklist)

Healthcare has been pegged as the next industrial revolution, but do you have the talent you need to hit the next level? Here’s how to attract and retain high-performing millennials for your healthcare business.

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Your Best Interview Process: An All-In-One Interview Guide for Employers Who Give a Damn

In search of your best interview process? Make it easy with this step-by-step interview guide and wow your candidates at every stage of the process from pre-screening to offer.

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Candidate Experience 101: The Hiring Manager’s Complete Guide to Making Candidates Love Your Brand

Need quality candidates? Start by providing an unforgettable candidate experience. This complete guide will show you how to wow your candidates without breaking your budget.

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Your Hiring Process, Simplified: A Step-By-Step Guide to Make Hiring a Breeze

Hiring doesn't have to be complicated. This step-by-step guide will teach you everything you need to know to create a repeatable hiring process that wins swoon-worthy talent for your business.

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Blockchain Meets Recruitment: 3 Things Every Recruiter Should Know [+ Free Guide!]

Curious about blockchain? Get the key talking points every recruiter should know plus a free guide with practical examples!

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The No-Nonsense Guide to Sourcing Talent

Because if your company isn’t proactively sourcing new candidates, your FOMO is real.

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The All-in-One Guide to Your Best Interview Process Yet

From screening resumes to sending an offer letter, here’s everything you need to structure and streamline your interview process.

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Put GDPR Compliance on Auto-Pilot with the Breezy Compliance Kit

The GDPR Compliance deadline is next week. 😱 Are you ready? At Breezy, we definitely are.

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The Hiring Manager’s Complete Guide to Creating a Stellar Candidate Experience

Recruitment is changing. Companies are realizing that it’s not just who they hire, but how they hire that has an impact on their brand.

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Applicant Tracking System Checklist — Crucial Features of Your Next ATS

No matter which camp you belong to, you’re going to want to decide which ATS features will be the most valuable for you , your team, your business, your clients.

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A Diverse Talent Acquisition Strategy Fit For a New Decade

Ready to stop coasting with diversity recruitment? These practical steps to creating a talent acquisition strategy will help you instantly modernize your hiring process.

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Retail Recruitment: A Straightforward Guide for Modern Merchants

The world of retail can change overnight, and that goes for your recruitment strategies too. Luckily, hiring retail workers can be a whole lot simpler with these six steps.

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Blue Collar Recruitment: How Employers Can Beat the Odds in 2021

Blue collar recruitment was already hard… and then along came Covid. But despite the challenges, some recruiters are killing it. Here’s how it’s done.

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Employee Sabbatical Leave: Passing Trend or Productive Way to Fight Burnout in Your Team?

These days, employee wellbeing is at the top of the HR agenda, but where does employee sabbatical leave fit in? And how can you do it effectively in a small business?

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Employee Retention in the New Normal: Keep Your Best People with You

Employee retention is everything—but businesses are struggling to keep up with employee wants and needs. To keep key players, it’s time to drill down on a solid company culture.

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Small Business Hiring: What You Really Need to Hire Top Quality Employees

As the business community dusts itself off from the impacts of Covid, it’s time for SMBs to get back on the hiring train and head for growth.

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Cut the Tech-fluff with an HR Tech Stack You’ll Love (+ 4 ROI Formulas)

Building your HR tech stack on a budget? We’ll help you skip the bloat and drill down on your perfect HR toolkit.

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Recruitment Transformation: 6 Drama-Free Ways to Change Strategy (+ Checklist)

Are you ready to take your hiring processes to the next level but not sure how to get your managers onboard? This ebook will help you win them over for a super smooth recruitment transformation.

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Real HR Transformation Starts with Your Recruitment Process

How do you impact real business change in a changing world? In this ultimate guide to HR transformation, we’ll help you be the change you want to see in just a few simple steps.

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Workplace Diversity: The Complete Business (and Human) Case [+ Examples]

This must-read eBook will help you understand the complete business case for workplace diversity and—most importantly—how to keep it human.

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What Now? How to Reopen Your Business In The Wake of Covid-19

In this unmissable eBook, we’ll show you how to navigate your business reopening, support your employees and regain your momentum as you settle into the new normal.

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Beyond Lip Service: How To Consistently Hire (and Keep) Candidates from Diverse Backgrounds

If you’re ready to get serious about diversity hiring, check out these five actionable steps to make your recruitment process more inclusive starting today.

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How to Make Your Company a Great Place for Women

What does it take to create an inclusive, welcoming company for women in your workplace and attract the diversity you need to succeed? You've come to the right place!

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6 Simple Ways to Calculate the ROI on Your ATS

Found the ATS of your dreams? Here are six simple formulas to help you calculate the ROI on your ATS and win buy-in of your C-suite stakeholders.

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Guide Scalable Hiring SaaS Business

The unsexy truth about hiring in a fast-growing SaaS business is that no one has time to think about what works and what doesn't. It's time for a fresh approach.

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Blockchain Recruiting 101

Everyone is talking about blockchain recruiting, and companies across the business spectrum are rushing to harness its potential. But what is blockchain exactly?

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How to Bootstrap a Rock-Solid Hiring Process for Your Small Business

More than half of small business owners say hiring is their #1 challenge. Finding the right people to hire isn't easy. Get hiring right once and for all with this step-by-step guide.

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