The Social Recruiting Pocket Guide [INFOGRAPHIC]

This infographic from our good friends at Herd Wisdom is a cheat sheet for the best practices in social recruitment.

Takeaways:

  • Why? 20% of recruiters say social recruitment takes less time than more traditional methods.
  • How? 10,200 applicants found their job on LinkedIn – the professional network.
  • How? 15% of recruiters have hired someone through Twitter. [Read more...]

Laurence Hebberd

Laurence Hebberd is Community Manager for Link Humans in London. He also runs the Link Humans Twitter feed - @LinkHumans.

Filed Under: Facebook, Google, Hiring, LinkedIn, Recruitment, Social Media, Sourcing, Twitter Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , ,

Social Media Talent War: Who’s Winning? [INFOGRAPHIC]

The talent war on social media is fierce – but which network is winning? This infographic (from Recruit Loop) has all the answers.

Takeaways

  • Facebook has the biggest talent pool, with 1.06 billion active monthly users, whereas Twitter has 500 million and LinkedIn has 200 million.
  • 89% of recruiters have made a hire through LinkedIn.
  • Google is the most desirable company to work with in 2013, and has one of the biggest Twitter followings too.
  • Defence Jobs Australia is the YouTube company career channel with the most amount of views – over 5 million.
  • There are other tools available – such as Instagram, Pinterest and Google+ – each with millions of users. [Read more...]

Laurence Hebberd

Laurence Hebberd is Community Manager for Link Humans in London. He also runs the Link Humans Twitter feed - @LinkHumans.

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New LinkedIn Search, Happy Birthday Twitter and More Facebook Changes

After a relatively quiet month in February, March has been jam-packed with new features, updates and activity on all the major social networks. Here are is my round up of the highlights from this month.

Facebook Introduces Major Changes

Facebook is bringing in a lot of new changes this month. These include especially new ‘Like’ visuals in News Feeds (amongst other new features) and new rules for cover photos on pages. Our friends at SimplyZesty created this extremely handy graphic to outline them all: [Read more...]

Laurence Hebberd

Laurence Hebberd is Community Manager for Link Humans in London. He also runs the Link Humans Twitter feed - @LinkHumans.

Filed Under: Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media Round-Up, Twitter, Uncategorised Tagged With: , , , , ,

How to Recruit with Facebook Graph Search [INFOGRAPHIC]

Facebook Graph Search is an entirely new way to look at social recruiting. With a traditional content search, you may have spent time looking for candidates on the surface. Now, you can find talented people based on their interests and experiences in a targeted search. So, what exactly makes this tool so beneficial to talent acquisition?

This infographic, compiled by social employee referral management platform Zao, shows you how to get started with Facebook Graph Search in order to find the best employees. Some takeaways to note include:

  • Facebook has more than 1 billion monthly active users as of December 2012
  • 1 in 5 had a contact share a job on Facebook
  • 14% search specifically for jobs on Facebook
  • 52% of job seekers use Facebook to help find work

What do you think? Would you use Facebook Graph Search for recruiting?

RELATED: How to Use Facebook Graph Search [Noob Edition]

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Jorgen Sundberg

The original Undercover Recruiter, after 7 years in tech recruiting Jorgen now runs Link Humans, a social media marketing agency in London.

Filed Under: Facebook, Infographic, Social Media
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