Social Recruiting
What is Your Talent Sourcing ROI?
Anything worth doing is worth measuring, and sourcing isn’t exempt from this. If you want to know which method of sourcing has the highest ROI in terms of enabling a person to find more of the right people more quickly, then you’re in luck – because that’s what this post is about. Human capital data [...]
Is Finding and Recruiting Top Talent Really Your #1 Priority?
Do these quotes sound familiar? “People are our greatest asset.” “The only real sustainable competitive advantage of any company is the recruitment and retention of great people.” “Talent is our #1 priority as a company.” “Your technologies, products and structures can be copied by competitors, but your people can’t be.” “No matter what kind of [...]
Anti-Social Recruiting
Although I’ve often joked about the concept of anti-social recruiting (as if there was anything other than “social” recruiting), anti-social recruiting does exist, and it is unknowingly practiced by many people and top companies as well. Confused? Allow me to explain. “Social,” as defined by Merriam Webster, is “…the interaction of the individual and the [...]
Having Trouble Attracting the Right Candidates?
While attending the Social Recruiting Summit in Minneapolis back in May, I made specific note of a common sentiment expressed by recruiting representatives of two social recruiting powerhouses – Best Buy and Facebook: They don’t have any trouble attracting people, but they do have a tough time attracting the right people. Recruiters in attendance scoffed [...]
How “Social Recruiting” Has NOT Changed Recruitment
I feel a moral obligation to weigh in on “social recruiting” again. I’m not trying to be a buzzkill – but with the continuing swell of momentum and hype that social recruiting is building up, someone has to play the devil’s advocate, refuse to become a victim of BSO (Bright Shiny Object) syndrome, and jump off [...]
What if You Only Had One Source to Find Candidates?
Imagine that you were just assigned a position to recruit for and that you needed to present 2 fully screened, highly qualified and well matched candidates within 5 business days. Your manager/client is requesting candidates with: 3-5 years of related work experience (your choice – something not too vanilla/easy/common, but not ”purple squirrel” either) Experience in a specific industry, and experience working [...]
Recruiting Pulse – Your Single Source for All Things Recruiting
Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of sourcing, recruiting, social recruiting and HR blogs? I know I am - a new recruiting blog seems to pop up almost daily! So how can anyone possibly stay on top of all of them? Subscribing via email? Using an RSS reader? My initial approach to not missing a post from my favorite recruiting [...]
LinkedIn Network Connections: How Do You Measure Up?
You’re on LinkedIn – congratulations! So, how big is your network? Without going into a rant on quality vs. quantity (who says we can’t have BOTH?), let’s take a different angle on the size of your LinkedIn network…at your current company, where do you rank in terms of number of connections? Do you know off the top [...]
Social Media and Recruiting – Beyond the Hype
I’m very much an anti-hype, anti-bandwagon person. I neither like to nor want to get caught in the undertow of the emotional rush associated with being excited about something that nearly everyone else seems to be excited about, where everyone celebrates the new and “cool factor” with little-to-no critical thought. When that next bright and shiny object comes along, it’s [...]
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