LinkedIn Endorsements – you either love them or hate them. Over 1 billion have now been given, and this infographic (courtesy of LinkedIn themselves) shows the breakdown. Takeaways: Since the launch of the feature, members have given over 50 million endorsements per week. More than 18 million people have endorsed other users, and over 58…
Category: Talent Acquisition
Struggling to attract the right talent? The Employer Brand Index can help you to understand strengths and weaknesses of your company as an employer.
Many recruiters like a good poke! A quick “want a job?” nudge which statistically is unlikely to result in a responsive candidate is usual, acceptable activity for the many a recruiter. They see it as a great way of attracting attention. Imagine if you did this face to face? You’re at a conference, you sidle…
Facebook Graph Search is an entirely new way to look at social recruiting. With a traditional content search, you may have spent time looking for candidates on the surface. Now, you can find talented people based on their interests and experiences in a targeted search. So, what exactly makes this tool so beneficial to talent…
It is likely that before reading this article you would not be aware of the company “Epsilon”. This is despite Epsilon’s status as the world’s largest permission-based email marketers and a leading marketing services provider with over 4500 employees and revenue just shy of $1 billion. The figures may not necessarily stand out, but as…
For a significant amount of money, there’s a raft of social media monitoring/listening tools that are currently available. However, if you are a small brand with a limited budget, what options are available to you? Outlined below are several free online monitoring tools available in the market. What exactly does social media or brand monitoring entail?…
Having a professional presence on social media is important for college students and graduates. Why? This infographic (courtesy of Tribe) shows why. Takeaways: 37% of employers use Facebook to pre-screen applicants. 86% of recruiters are likely to look at social media profiles. On Facebook, keep your personal information private, and have a professional profile picture. Tweets…
Having recently moved over to do more of a recruitment marketing role, I can’t help but wonder when recruiter’s roles became more marketing and less sales. Clearly we’ve always had to do marketing in some sense of the term with our primary job being to market or sell candidates and companies. However in 2013, it’s…
As an active LinkedIn networker, blogger and trainer, I receive lots of LinkedIn questions every day. This week, there seemed to be a common theme – LinkedIn Invitations. Many interesting questions crossed my desk, so I thought I’d compile them all in one place and share my answers with you. Have a question about LinkedIn…
So, I had an article already to post, all about why “Hard Closes” never work. Then, as is the nature of our business and life in general, things change… I haven’t been able to get some thoughts out of my brain as I watched situations unfold. I said maybe writing about it for The Undercover…