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Talent Acquisition

10 Typical Signs of Recruiter Behaviour on Social Media

Social Media in Recruitment, Social Recruitment, Social Recruiting, Online Recruitment, Digital Recruitment – all of these “skills” are a necessary part of every recruiter’s daily lives.  They are skills which mean that they start their day when they wake and check their phones, and are likely to still be “working” when they are in bed…

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Talent Acquisition Timebound

The State of Social Recruiting in 2013 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Our friends at Jobvite have just announced the results of its annual Social Recruiting Survey. Now in its sixth year, the Jobvite annual Social Recruiting Survey is the most comprehensive of its kind. The survey was completed in July 2013 by more than 1,600 recruiting and human resources professionals. This year’s data underscores that social recruiting is…

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Talent Acquisition

How to Spot a Good Recruiter from a Bad Recruiter

There seems to be a large, growing population that views the profession of third party recruiting as a useless industry. They find recruiters to be greedy, selfish and caring more about the commission checks they cash than the people they place. Used car salesmen are starting to get better reputations. As a seasoned recruiter I take offense to this. It pains me to…

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Talent Acquisition

5 Ways to Unlock the Full Potential of LinkedIn Groups

Everyone knows about LinkedIn Groups, but not everyone knows just how powerful they can be. Here are my top 5 ways you can make LinkedIn Groups do more for you, your business, and your career: 1) Be a member of 50 groups: A lot of people are put off joining a lot of LinkedIn groups…

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Talent Acquisition

7 Things to Avoid When Recruiting Salespeople

The theory that recruiting great employees is highly difficult is true, but what if your firm was making the recruitment process more complex than it had to be? Almost 1 out of every 4 decisions that a small to mid-size company will make during a recruitment process will hinder their chances at staffing competitive talent.…