Facebook Recruiting: Is it the right choice for you?
One of the most interesting aspects about the Facebook social network is its access to diverse people. A staggering amount of those people interact on Facebook daily and the latest stat has the massive social media network touting they have “1.23 billion users.” Staggering, huh? What’s even more fascinating is how engaged Facebookers can be […]
Mobile Recruiting – A MUST
Is your company’s website mobile ready? Does it have a tab for recruiting or jobs? Thanks to growing number of mobile users, and according to the 2014 Recruiting Trends, one major way to enhance your existing recruiting efforts is to make sure job seekers can find you on their mobile devices. In fact, according to […]
Linkedin’s Do’s & Don’ts
LinkedIn is a formidable social network when it comes to your own professional career. People have the ability to network with co-workers, former colleagues, businesses, recruiters and well, you already know this by now. The list seems endless at times. We’ve seen how becoming relevant on LinkedIn can get you noticed—in a good and […]
The Skills Gap Revisited
As the economy stabilizing itself more and more each day, the ongoing skills gap discussion heats up. Inc Magazine recently posted an interesting article on the current Skills Gap and mentioned some of the theories as to why “10 million unemployed. Yet employers’ No. 1 problem is finding the right talent.” To quote some of […]
Interview Tips: Revealing Weaknesses
Finding out a candidate’s weaknesses is not an easy task when interviewing. Many candidates expect that typical question of What are your weaknesses? That question lacks merit nowadays and frankly, if asked, hiring managers will most likely get the boring answer of, “I’m an overachiever.” In order to get the candor you need—without making the […]
5 Vital LinkedIn Tips for 2014
Like most people in business, we try to keep up with the ongoing changes happening in social media and specifically LinkedIn. This vast social network is changing so quickly, it’s challenging for most professionals to stay current with its latest or most important features. In order to help our friends and followers, we decided to […]
Gamification: Get Your Game On!
Have you implemented gamification in your recruiting process? If you’re not familiar, Gamification is the use of game mechanics and game design techniques in non-game contexts. Companies like Google, Facebook, Marriot and PricewaterhouseCoopers have implemented some sort of gamification practice in their recruiting methods. Google and Facebook have created online programming contests for their IT […]
Big Data & Your Talent Pool
Big Data & Your Talent Pool: How recruiters are using BIG Data to widen their talent pools. A resume is received in an HR department where it is usually scanned into the HR’s data pool. Chances are if it’s done online, there are sections that highlight experience, education and special interests. Imagine all the resumes […]
Your Brand in Effect – Show Some Love
We’ve talked about branding before in our posts. More specifically, we’ve mentioned how a company’s brand or corporate culture can impact potential hirers. Most employers already know this, but over the years we’ve learned from top candidates that they, in fact, are interviewing too. Okay, we’ve heard this before, but I had an interesting conversation […]
3 Tips for Hiring Candidates for Growth
January marks our “Hiring” theme for our blog posts. Again, our goal this month to give you some great tips on recruiting and hiring to help you succeed in 2014. In our previous posts this month, we discussed avoiding bad hires and attracting top talent. Today’s post we’re discussing hiring candidates for growth. What are […]
