Undercover RecruiterStruggling to attract the right talent? The Employer Brand Index can help you to understand strengths and weaknesses of your company as an employer.
When socially recruiting you need tools – but which tools? This infographic by Social Recruiting Strategies lists the top 30 tools you must use. Takeaways: CRM is important – use a tool like Glassdoor or SmartRecruiters. In terms of search tools, you could use about.me. Want an interview solution? Why not use TalentCircles. RELATED: The State of Social Recruiting
Webster’s defines blue-collar as “Requiring Physical Labor; relating to or having jobs that require physical work”. IMNSHO, this definition is as dead as Daniel Webster. In the year of 2014, it is one of the many things that need to be redefined in light of changing times. It may lead to a larger discussion of…
Personal branding is a difficult topic for anyone, but how can HR perfect it? This deck from Laurie Ruettimann gives some of the top tips. Takeaways: Your candidates are social – so be social! 47% of people keep their smartphones next to the bed. 5% sleep with phones in their bed. 94% of recruiters use or…
Unless you’re talking about short videos presented by head hunters and military recruiters, there are very few Hollywood movies about recruitment. However, when one is on the cusp of selecting a career and or field of study in college, watching inspirational films about real life persons can do a lot to inspire. This list of…
At first glance, the story of a mild-mannered chemistry teacher’s transformation into a crystal-meth-producing criminal genius seems to have little application in the world of recruitment. Frankly, most of our clients have little interest in advanced chemistry, the criminal underworld or the business model of meth distribution — although many will probably be massive fans of the show itself,…
In my previous blog, I described management styles that help form strong teams. Effective people management is one of the building blocks of good business – without the right staff or the right management, a company with potential will never shine. It is the energy of committed staff that turn an ordinary business into an…
Forgetting to give candidate feedback is one of the most common mistakes made in the recruitment industry, more often than not it’s not even considered a mistake. In fact many employers just hope that their candidates will ‘get the message’ when they don’t hear anything a few weeks (or months) after the interview, but guess…
I ran a webinar recently about searching for and advertising jobs using social media. Lots of lovely recruiters turned up to listen to me be evangelical about creating search watch dogs, getting the format right, giving candidates the opportunity to deselect themselves and not waste your precious time. We also reviewed how to capitalise on your…
Anyone here every heard of Glen Cathey? Yeah, me neither. Anyway, he recently ran a blog entry from a young woman who was a social recruiting convert. Megan Hopkins recounted how she’d made 3 hires on Twitter within 6 weeks with enthusiasm and great detail. And an inevitable discussion ensued. Each recruiter or consultant came…
