Graduate recruiters are using LinkedIn to find the best candidates in the market. Meanwhile tech savvy job hunters have been using the site for a number of years to network with other professionals in the field or to ‘follow’ companies they wish to work for. As a graduate, it’s important not only to have an…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
With personal branding becoming mainstream, it is really important to think of more ways to inject creativity into your personal brand. In the past simply securing yourname.com or starting a blog was a sure-fire way to stand out, however, nowadays such actions are no longer the exception but the norm. A recent example of an…
Gone are the days of following in your parents’ footsteps or choosing the career they think is right for you. Thanks to the Internet and evermore sophisticated job search techniques, you have the ability to access an almost endless amount of information about any career you’re interested in pursuing. And if a career in accounting is the…
Remember the days when trying to get an opportunity meant hours of knocking on doors, endless phone calls and rejection by the bucket load? Don’t be fooled, those days haven’t gone entirely. To get the job you want still involves plenty of hard work and many hours of perseverance, but thanks to the way people…
Job boards can be a very effective part of the recruitment marketing mix when used to their full potential. They can also be a bit of a black hole sometimes so we’ve decided to share a few tips on how to maximise your return on investment from job boards: 1) Choosing the right job board:…