The average employee will spend 12% of the working day using unproductive applications, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. Only 59% of the day is spent using applications, which are deemed productive. This amounts to 65 hours a month, which have not been used productively, according to data analyzed by DeskTime. The data demonstrates that after…
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.
Social media has made it easier for recruiters to build and nurture connections, ultimately increasing the efficiency with which a recruiter can source quality candidates. However, current social media usage by recruiters varies greatly. Take a look at the differences in how recruiters use the ‘Top 3’ social networking sites and which ones are most…
Most of us have realized the importance of the LinkedIn headline by now. It is your 120 character hook to people finding you in a LinkedIn search, it should be about what you do as opposed to what you are. It should be memorable and enticing enough for someone to click on your profile and…
Your online reputation and personal brand is made up of what people can find about you when they tap your name into a search. Not only is it integral to have social media profiles at places like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Your brand will also be reflected in any blog posts you have written, forum entries and comments online.
You don’t have to be squeaky clean – it’s as important to be interesting and relevant – but an awful lot of damage can be done in a very brief period of time by behaving in an inappropriate manner. Before you know what’s happened, your reputation is in tatters and the fallout is irrecoverable.
This infographic from digital marketing agency KBSD looks at how you can manage your personal e-reputation.
Key takeaways from this infographic:
• 48% of recruiters and HR professionals refer to personal websites when deciding whether to hire YOU
• 63% of recruiters check social media sites to find out more about potential employees
• 8% of companies have fired someone for abusing social media
Further reading at How Recruiters Use Social Media to Screen Applicants Infographic. 
Source: KBSD
After one Link Humans created by [url=http://www.juicetdp.com”>Recruitment Juice. This time it’s about how recruiters (or anyone in fact) can connect with new people on LinkedIn by using the group feature.
-Connect with people who are completely outside of your network by joinning the same groups they are in.
-Send direct messages or direct invitations to connect with those individals.
-Remember though, that the facility to contact users through groups is switch on by default. However, if an individual has had a lot of spam contact, he can switch this off at any given time.