OK you’re a recruiter and you’re trying to use Facebook for job postings. Let’s say your Facebook Page has 1,000 fans and you do an update about a really hot opportunity. The average Facebook user has 130 friends, meaning you have a potential reach of 130,000 users right? Wrong. The average Facebook post only reaches…
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You’ve read all the blog posts, articles and ebooks. You’ve heard pundits on TV, radio and down your local pub swearing by the power of social media. It’s the solution to everyone’s customer service gripes, online dating, general time waste and of course your job search. We’re told recruiters and employers spend all day trawling…
See what everyone’s favourite recruiter Wayne Kerr has to say about headhunting in this short clip. If you don’t know who Wayne is, think David Brent (Ricky Gervais in The Office) transplanted to the wonderful world of recruitment. RELATED: The Most Overused Recruiter Clichees Ever [Video].
For the 5th year running, Jobvite have released their Social Recruiting Survey, which has become an industry benchmark. When they started doing these studies social media was rising in recruitment, nowadays it’s gone full on mainstream. The big 3 have had a spike in usage: LinkedIn continues to dominate social recruiting at 93% adoption 2/3…
This summer, thousands of students around the country are leaving the comfort of their student housing and independent living arrangements and taking a big step into the unknown: the world of full-time work. As a very stressful time for a lot of people – particularly when looking for a job in the current downturn –…
The Twitter and LinkedIn integration has been a pet peeve of many LinkedIn users for some time. When used correctly (selective tweets only), it would send one or two relevant tweets into a user’s LinkedIn status. Most users got this wrong however and sent every tweet into LinkedIn. The trouble is that the tone on Twitter is…
Google Plus has got more and more useful for me personally; great user interface, it’s dead simple to share stuff and to keep conversations going there. And it’s useful for sourcing candidates, especially tech talent. Is it a serious contender to Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn? Don’t know yet, but it’s definitely worth testing out. Guy…
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Why Facebook Sucks for Job Search
Tap the words ‘jobs’ and ‘Facebook’ into Google and see what happens. You will find internal careers at the company and that’s it. How come there is no general careers section on Facebook? Why isn’t there a job board built into the world’s largest social network? You’re not the only one to wonder why this…
We recently had a great chat with Arie Ball, who is VP of Sourcing and Talent Acquisition at Sodexo – a company which is the shining light in the world of social recruiting. In this interview you’ll get an exclusive insight into the Sodexo strategy on social media when it comes to sourcing, mobile, employer branding…