I was recently on a great webinar by Jobvite entitled: “The Art & Science of Sourcing: A Virtual Round Table“. One of the discussion points was focused on the role of the recruiter versus a dedicated sourcing consultant and/or researcher. With a number of different perspective there were some great take away lessons. The sourcing gurus and contributors…
The job world can be a dangerous place for the ill-prepared – so when a position opens up, it’s game time! While packing your resume with loads of experience certainly gives you an edge, it truly is what you say during the interview that will be the determining factor for most employers. For this reason,…
Have you ever wondered what the easiest way is to find out the other social profiles for a specific candidate? Need to learn more about a candidate by reading their Twitter feed? Would you like to see where they check in on a regular basis via Foursquare? There are plenty of plugins that can aggregate…
The talent war on social media is fierce – but which network is winning? This infographic (from Recruit Loop) has all the answers. Takeaways: Facebook has the biggest talent pool, with 1.06 billion active monthly users, whereas Twitter has 500 million and LinkedIn has 200 million. 89% of recruiters have made a hire through LinkedIn.…
About a month ago, I wrote a blog about social media and employee rights in the workplace. When I showed it to one of my coworkers, she responded by saying, “YOU wrote a blog on social media?! I thought you were anti-social media?” For the record, I’m not anti-social media, but I admit I have…
“Keyword targeting” are the two keywords on everyone’s lips at the moment – this is of course in part to do with the fact that Twitter has only just recently launched their own keyword targeting marketing feature amid their own platform. The new feature poses exciting prospects for advertisers and marketers because it allows them…
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How to Prepare for a Job Interview
In today’s competitive job market, you have to prepare well for facing the interview. This infographic, by Karl Hunt (a writer at CouponAudit) gives ideas on how to prepare in the right way. Takeaways Before attending the interview, collect as much information as possible about the employer, from the company website (for example). Follow the company’s Twitter…
We’ve all had the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” repeated to us constantly while we were growing up. But as much as we hate to admit it, we all make judgments about people we don’t know. They aren’t necessarily negative, but we still assume things based on a person’s appearance and demeanor.…
This is one of my favourite topics. I believe this is what will differentiate the winners from the losers in recruitment. In the end, a recruiter is as good as the number of candidates that she or he can close. That is it. So what recruiters are going to need in the next 3 years,…