Ever heard of SlideShare? It’s a site that hosts your slide decks from Powerpoint or Keynote. It’s one of those great content marketing platforms most people have never heard of, let alone recruiters. Some impressive stats first of all: SlideShare is one of the top 150 sites on the web, they get 60 million visitors…
Companies like social media for brand promotion but are hesitant about employee use. Sound familiar? On the one hand, social media and indeed social recruiting can be a fantastic way to save money. On the other hand, there is of course a risk that employees spend too much time on Pinterest when they should be…
Everyone needs inspiration – especially when it comes to jobs. Here are the best career quotes of all time. What’s your favorite career quote? Please let us know in the comments below! A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does…
Just how important is your resume? The answer, depending on whether you ask an employer, a career search professional, or someone recently hired, can range from almost irrelevant, to a matter of career life or death. In any case, you want it to optimize it so that it helps with the networking that obtains most…
For many of today’s leading companies, the employees have a big role in delivering on the brand promises, and companies need properly designed and executed employee recognition programs that can encourage and reward the behaviors that reinforce the brand’s meaning. Effective internal communications and support for recognition start with the organization’s top executives as management…
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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…
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How to Add the X-Factor to Your CV
When competing in today’s job market, the new job seeker must consider having a CV that stands out. The background and job skills for the applicant must have what is called an x-factor. These unique qualities about the CV will stand out. These qualities may be about achievements or personality. What is the x-factor Finding…
Thinking about how to recruit using social media? You already know the main benefits of Social Recruiting. Takeaways: Connects you to the largest pool of active and passive job seekers Encourages your employees to refer to their own networks Sends authentic and multimedia messaging to your target audience Lowers the cost of sourcing That’s all…
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…