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.

Hiring Managers: Don’t Try to Find the Perfect Employee!

Too often hiring managers spend months attempting to find the perfect employee, which is next to impossible. Instead, they should be focusing on finding people who will do both a good job and work well inside of their businesses. Unfortunately, most businesses approach hiring the wrong way and are either left with a lot of vacancies or employees that just don’t fit in.

The worst thing that employers can do is just leave a job opening unfilled while hoping to one day find the perfect person to fill it. In reality, the perfect candidate that they are looking for is either already working somewhere else or just doesn’t exist!

The reality is that the very best of the best find jobs in no time, so they aren’t the type who will be going on many interviews. They get the jobs that they want and then dozens or even hundreds of other businesses are left out in the cold. Well, not really because the fact is that there are plenty of people who can do the job well and often fit in with the company better.

Hiring managers also have a budget to work with, which means that the perfect candidates are often not going to agree to the terms anyway. This doesn’t mean that businesses have to hire less-than-adequate employees; they just have to be realistic when they start their searches.

If you are on the hunt for a great employee, there are steps that you can take to make sure that recruiting and hiring is done at a top level. Below are some of the things you can do to make sure that you are getting the most out of the hiring process: [Read more...]

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The Evolution of Finding Candidates [INFOGRAPHIC]

This infographic (from Hireology) shows the evolution of finding candidates.

Takeaways:

  • The first employee referral program took place in 49BC.
  • Before World War II, there were 12 million women in the workforce, after there were 18 million.
  • The number 1 source of hires in 2012 was the internet. [Read more...]

Laurence Hebberd

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

The Deal Might Be Going to Hell, But At Least I’m Enjoying the Ride

I was having a chat with one of the truly awesome agency sales/recruiters I know. I mentioned her banter wasn’t up to par, and she replied with (and I copied this straight from our text, by the way):

My banter is worn out from being on the phone with [name removed to protect the guilty] today, hammering home the client/candidate control idea. I tell him that we don’t have control, but we disagree.

Having been on the phone with the same guilty party, having had the same discussion with the man, I knew just what she was saying. You might have the illusion of control, but it is a diaphanous as the most transparent negligée. What you can have, in fact, what you want, is an open honest relationship without any games! [Read more...]

Jeff Newman

Jeff Newman a.k.a. The People's Recruiter, has been a Full Life Cycle IT Recruiter and Full Desk Placement expert for over 14 years. He prides himself on always making sure that what he is offering a candidate is an Opportunity and not just another job. He is always honest about the pluses and minuses and tries to not just be a recruiter but a career adviser. He is a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Mobiquity in NYC.