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All Recruiters Are Control Freaks!

Discuss. (NB. And more importantly, should we be?) As you read that, are you thinking “I resemble that remark!”, or are you sat there, shaking your head in dismay? I can honestly put my hand up and say that in all aspects of my life, I am a total control freak: for my birthday, I…

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The Science of Sharing Jobs on Social

Do you understand the potential of sharing your jobs on social media? This infographic from Work4 Labs outlines all the major facts and figures of how social can help. Takeaways: Facebook users have 31,000 people in their extended networks – that’s a lot of potential viewers for your jobs! The average Twitter user has 208 followers…

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Your Cheat Sheet to the Best Practices in Social Recruiting

Social recruiting gives recruiters a human face, letting you engage with candidates in direction conversation and attract talent that is well-matched to your business. Feel like you need to know the ways of social recruitment? This infographic from our good friends at Herd Wisdom is a cheat sheet for the best practices. Takeaways: Why? 20% of…

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Hiring Managers: Don’t Try to Find the Perfect Employee!

Too often hiring managers spend months attempting to find the perfect employee, which is next to impossible. Instead, they should be focusing on finding people who will do both a good job and work well inside of their businesses. Unfortunately, most businesses approach hiring the wrong way and are either left with a lot of…

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Recruiters: Don’t Expect a Return on Investment from LinkedIn!

I am a massive fan of Return of Investment (ROI) when using social media, and I’m not talking about silly “like”, “follower”, ”share” metrics. I get why marketers think these are important (I know they are), but the majority of my agency recruitment clients want £$€ stats. Do you know how much LinkedIn is worth to you?…