Undercover RecruiterIn today’s world of serial applicants, recruiters are having trouble finding top talent. Most recruitment processes are costly and ineffective. Hiring managers are bogged down by unqualified applicants and an excess of resumes. In fact, Bradford Smart, president of the recruiting firm Smart & Associates, says that only 25 percent of hires are considered top performers.…
Bob the top sales pro. He has recruiters calling, emailing, and visiting him. Goose bumps are on his liver. He is hungry for something more, but nobody will deliver. He is tired of the pushy recruiter sending him down a path that won’t deliver. The Pusher I call that type of recruiter a “Pusher”. A…
Halloween is right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you should let your job search turn you into a clumsy zombie. Though these tips may not help you when the undead invade, there are a number of basic survival skills you can use to get through your job search without losing your brains. Plenty…
What’s the future of life sciences recruitment? In 2007, a UK CIPD report into popular recruitment methods found that for the first time, corporate websites had broken even with local newspaper advertisements as the most common method for recruiting candidates. Now in 2012, working with scientific, environmental and renewables recruiter, Cranleigh Scientific, Enviable Workplace looked into…
Hiring new employees can be tiresome and costly. This infographic from HR Tech Blog shows how NOT to make it tiresome and costly. Takeaways: On average there are 141 applicants to each job opening, and with a recruiter managing 22 openings simultaneously at one time, this produces 3102 resumes for a recruiter to handle at one…
How do recruiters and HR professionals in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia use social media? Thanks to AMS and Chapman Consulting Group for this infographic of the use of social media in HR and recruitment in Asia Pacific. Takeaways: 100% of HR and communications workers in Asia Pacific utilise social media – compared to 78% of…
Recruiting top talent has always been a challenge. But with new social recruiting tactics, many companies are turning to online communities and platforms to source candidates quicker and easier. What is the best advantage social recruiting has over traditional recruiting? 1. Making Human Resources Human Again, Digitally: Social recruiting has a major advantage over traditional…
After having written a recent post for Undercover Recruiter (How NOT to Contact Recruiters on LinkedIn), I received a lot of requests for advice on how jobseekers SHOULD reach out to recruiters. It reminded me of a recent InMail message in my LinkedIn inbox and I thought I would share my response since it details…
Imagine you have worked hard to build “brand you”. You have established a firm belief in your brand by uncovering your brand attributes, strengths, and unique promise of value. You have developed the tools you need to become your brand including a personal brand statement, a branded bio, and both an online and offline brand…
