The Undercover Recruiter

The Age of Social Recruitment [INFOGRAPHIC]

This infographic from our friends at Glassdoor outlines how this age of recruitment is exceedingly social.

Takeaways:

Men and women are equally as likely to use social media in finding a job as each other.
79% of people are likely to use social media to find their next job.
Use social media to highlight the benefits which your company offers and what makes you unique. [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: Infographic, Job Search, Recruitment, Social Media, Social Recruiting Tagged With: age, Facebook, Infographic, LinkedIn, Recruiting, recruitment, social, Twitter

How Jagex Games Studio Saved £1 Million in Recruitment Fees

Jagex stands as the UK’s largest independent games studio employing over 550 skilled professionals. This achievement requires a state of the art recruitment strategy and a recruitment team ‘hard-wired’ in to the global talent pool.

We believe that our world-class online representation through social media channels, a comprehensive global events calendar, our refined and personable careers site and our highly trained industry specific recruitment team have made us one of the pioneers of truly successfully direct talent sourcing. [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Case Study, Recruitment, Social Recruiting, Tech Tagged With: candidate experience, case study, fees, Jagex, million, recruitment

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.

Filed Under: Hiring, Recruitment Tagged With: agency, hippie, honest, Recruiter, relationship, Sales

How Mobile Recruitment Is Changing The Hiring Process [5 Ways]

Mobile technology is huge: Between cell phones, tablets, and other devices, the U.S. now has a total of 435 million gadgets in our homes – which means devices outnumber its citizens. Not surprisingly, more than 70% of active job seekers use their mobile phones to look for jobs. Unfortunately, companies are struggling to keep up despite the enormous opportunity mobile provides: just 20% of companies have mobile-optimized career sites, and a mere three percent have a mobile app.

How important is mobile for your recruitment process? Check out these ways this phenomenon is changing the way businesses big and small hire candidates: [Read more...]

Heather R. Huhman

Heather R. Huhman is a career expert and founder & president of Come Recommended, a career and workplace education and consulting firm specializing in young professionals.

Filed Under: Hiring, Mobile, Recruitment Tagged With: Hiring, Mobile, recruitment, Spark Hire