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How Employee Referrals Can Impact Your Employer Brand [INFOGRAPHIC]

The infographic below, compiled by RolePoint spells out just why it’s imperative for employers to focus on fostering a positive brand if they want to find and retain the best employees. Some key stats include:

Companies with a defined employer brand dominate 60% of the labor market
Companies with an unmanaged employer brand make up only 40% of the market
17% of companies with a defined employer brand saw an increase in their quality of hires

If companies want to reduce turnover and improve hiring, they’ve got to start with themselves. Check out more stats on the importance of a strong employer brand in the infographic below. [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Employer, Employer Branding, Infographic Tagged With: brand, branding, Employer, referral, Referrals, Rolepoint

Why Foursquare is Great for Employer Branding

Foursquare is a firm favourite here at the Undercover Recruiter. I’ve already shown you how to use Foursquare for recruitment, and I wanted to fight in defence of the app after recent criticisms.

Takeaways

Gamification: Foursquare is a great example of gamification – with points and mayorships.
Safe: Foursquare is not stalkerish and is safe – as you can’t see a user’s check-in history.
Employer Branding: Employers can create Foursquare pages (such as the Link Humans page), ‘own’ venues and can create Events through the website, making check-ins interactive and full of detail.

Laurence Hebberd

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

Filed Under: Employer Branding, Social Media, Video Tagged With: branding, Employer, FourSquare, personal, video

What Skills Do Employers Want from Candidates? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Do you have the skills that would make employers want you? This infographic (from Youtern) shows what the employers want, and what the candidates need to get.

Takeaways:

Strategic perspective is the most valued skill by an employer.
Many hiring managers believe skills can be learned.
70% of hiring staff rate interview skills as necessary for success.

Laurence Hebberd

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

Filed Under: Employer, Infographic, Job Search, Recruitment Tagged With: candidate, Employer, interview, skills

How to Reach Out to a Potential Employer on LinkedIn

With more than 200 million users worldwide, LinkedIn has established itself as the leading professional social networking site on the web. LinkedIn’s strength lies in its capacity for forging and promoting connections, making networking that much easier. From former coworkers to alumni from the same high school, users build their network through connections, which can lead to insightful conversations about industries and companies, as well as interviews. In a competitive job market filled with multi-step online applications and automated emails, LinkedIn offers the chance for potentially beneficial human interaction.

Here are five tips to help you make that initial contact with a potential employer: [Read more...]

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Filed Under: LinkedIn Tagged With: connect, contact, Employer, LinkedIn, Profile, Recruiter