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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

How Startups Recruit with YouTube

In the startup ecosystem, company culture can be a young team’s greatest asset, but amongst the mix of investment funding, cash flow, pivoting, product dev, it is often underutilized. As a startup, it is key to optimize any opportunity to generate buzz while accomplishing objective goals for your company’s growth. In today’s job market and startup…

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Employer Branding

The Tell-Tale Signs of an Overworked Employee

Are your employees overworked? Would you be able to tell if they are? This infographic by Column Five presents the tell-tale signs. Takeaways: 14% of employees say low pay is the cause of work stress. Poor memory and fatigue can be signs of an overworked employee. Heart disease and headaches could be invisible signs – check! RELATED: How…

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Talent Acquisition

How to Source with One Hand and No Keyboard

Take off your cape. Put away your super-hero mask. Turn off your x-ray machine. Move your keyboard to one side. Get comfortable and grab your…mouse! Here are some tips to source with only one hand (on LinkedIn!). Content is king… community is queen and so on. Sourcing is crucial to your role as a recruiter/resource. Keeping up…

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Workplace

What Does it Take to Be a CEO?

Do you dream of being a CEO one day? This infographic by Mashable explains what it takes to be a CEO. Takeaways: CEOs need to be forward thinking and willing to trust others. 4 out of 5 new CEOs rise through the company ranks. 2.4% of CEOs have no college degrees. RELATED: How to Become a…

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Workplace

How to Double Your LinkedIn Connections in Just 5 Minutes Per Day

You have a great LinkedIn profile, and you have some connections. This infographic by whoishostingthis.com helps you double your LinkedIn connections in just 5 minutes a day. Takeaways: Only one third of LinkedIn members login each day. Choose 3 to 5 groups to join and stay active in them. Ask people you know for Endorsements. RELATED: How…

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Talent Acquisition

What Can Recruiters Learn from the Wolf of Wall Street?

The Wolf of Wall Street tells the story of the highs, lows and copious excesses of Wall Street Brokers. So what can we learn from it as recruiters? Know why you work in recruitment: Protagonist Jordan’s boss, Mark Hanna, says he became a stockbroker for ‘hookers and blow’. The chances are such enticements probably weren’t…

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Workplace

5 Things to Quit to Make You Happier at Work

If you want to be happier at work, quit doing these 5 things. Yes, really! Forests have been demolished with the amount of paper that has been taken up by books written about things to do to be happy at work, and in your life overall. My opinion? I think it has been an awful…

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Timebound Workplace

How Job Seekers Use Social Media and Mobile in 2014 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Our friends at Jobvite recently conducted a nationwide online omnibus survey of 1,303 U.S. job seekers who are currently in employment. Here are some of the main takeaways (scroll down for the infographic). Social job seekers 86% of job seekers have an account on at least one of the six online social networks included with this…

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Talent Acquisition

Mobile Recruiting: What Do Your Candidates Want?

Mobile recruiting – it’s a growing trend, but what do the candidates applying want from it? LinkedIn Talent Solutions have created this infographic with some of the important statistics. Takeaways: 43% of active candidates use mobile devices to upload resumes to a career app. Schedule social media updates for when candidates will be using mobile…