How Social Media is Changing Recruitment [Video]
Whether you like it or not, hirers are using social networks to screen job applicants. This video infographic from Reppler sheds some light on how recruiters are using social media today to screen prospective employees.
Reppler spoke to 300 hiring professionals to map out their behavior on social networking. The results were that more than 90% of employers and recruiters have visited a potential candidate’s profile on a social network as part of the screening process.
If you like this, be sure to check out How Employers Use Social Media to Screen Candidates Infographic.
How To Search for Directors and Executives Online
Are you using the internet to try and recruit staff? Or perhaps you are simply looking to research the competition? In today’s economy everyone is clamouring for recognition online be it through a Twitter account, using Facebook, LinkedIn, or through search databases.
It is much easier for you as an employer to get the dirt on your potential future employees and your competitors if they are using these accounts – even if they don’t realise it. There are many out there who have lost that crucial job because of a flippant comment on a social media site.
More on this at How Employers Screen Candidates on Social Media (Infographic).
The 7 Rules of Effective Personal Brand Statements
I will assume that you have already crafted a personal brand statement and you may even have used it a few times. Before you spray every social media outpost with it, take a few minutes to go through this checklist to make sure it does you justice.
Here are seven hallmarks of an effective personal brand statement:
