We’ve all faced those times when we meet new people at things like parties, community events or business trips and we do the ritual sounding out of what each of us does for a living. Do we do this to find common ground, find a beachhead on which to build small talk to fill the…
Category: Talent Acquisition
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Perhaps you are a business developer… or simply a networker… Do you use Twitter to find stuff or do you just bleet?? Do you want to be able to find people to do business with or research what your competitors are up to? Here’s one tip for you to help with this. Find prospects on Twitter You…
TalentBin, founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, describes themselves as finding “all the wonderful things candidates do across the entire social web”, then combining them all together into a “one-stop search stop for talent pros to find candidates and reach out”. TalentBin takes information from people’s Facebook profiles, Twitter profiles and LinkedIn profiles…
As a recruiter, what type of content should you be putting out online? And what is your company doing to create interesting content for your target audience? Great content leads to a stronger brand online, both your personal brand as a recruiter and your company’s brand as an agency/employer. As our friends at CopyBlogger write:…
As a Technical Recruiter, my bread-and-butter roles were Software Development positions. I came into the Recruitment world with a background dominated by ‘soft skills’ and a BA in English Literature and as a result, I had a very steep learning curve with a huge amount of technical information to understand quickly, so that I wouldn’t…
Have you noticed how it is getting easier and easier to find people online? Nowadays you can find Java developers on GitHub, accountants on LinkedIn, journalists on Twitter and your neighbour’s cat on Facebook. Everyone is leaving an online footprint somewhere, whether it’s actively pushing content out on Google Plus or just being listed for…
Social media has impacted greatly on employee recruitment. This infographic from Visual.ly shows some of the stats and explains more. Takeaways: 73% 0f employers have successfully hired a candidate through social media – a 10% increase since 2011. LinkedIn is the top social media website used for recruitment. Employers like to see professional organisation membership…
Recruiters can make mistakes too! Turns out they’re only human, just like the rest of us. Here are the top 10 screening mistakes made by recruiters, as reported by Resoomay in an interesting infographic. Takeaways: 79% of businesses hired candidates that had exaggerated their CVs/résumés, whereas ignoring an overqualified candidate can cause harm, as there is…
I remember a day some time ago, early in my career. Another normal day in the office; making calls, arranging interviews etc. What made this day particularly stand out in my memory was a call I made to a prospective client. I found a lead for a design agency looking for a Web Developer. I…