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.

How to Source on LinkedIn by Location [3 Strategies]

One of the most basic requirements when sourcing candidates is that they are based in an appropriate location for the role we are trying to fill.

Recruiters already know that LinkedIn is a very powerful candidate sourcing tool, but do you know all the ways it can help you find candidates that are in the right place? Here are the three strategies that you can use: [Read more...]

Katharine Robinson

Katharine Robinson is an Internet talent sourcer, trainer & social media addict. She started her career in Executive Search and has also worked as part of an in-house recruitment team. Katharine now works as an independent consultant. For more about sourcing from Katharine, see the UK Sourcers blog.