The Future of Social Recruiting in a Nutshell
Where’s social recruiting really headed? Bullhorn Reach asked 20 recruiting thought leaders for their thoughts on the future of social recruiting. Here’s mine: “Marketers use social media to get instant feedback, engage with customers, and extend a brand in one click. The future of social recruiting is using social channels the same way marketers do. Savvy leaders will use social channels to learn more about their candidate base and turn that data into rich, powerful insights. Sourcers will tap into conversations for evidence of performance and ...
Don’t Recruit on Social Media
Wait, what? Don’t recruit on social media? But I thought you were a social recruiting advocate? Yes, yes I am. I’m also an advocate of advancing the way we think and report out about recruiting in conjunction with advances in the field. Last week the fab @Jason_DFW shared an interesting infographic about recruiters’ use (or lack of) of Facebook and Twitter. Today, CareerXRoads shared their latest source of hire data and, GASP!, for 2011, only 3.5% of those surveyed used ...
Get Your Learnin’ On
I love speaking at conferences–mostly because it means a free pass. And I get to hear some super fab people and really listen and learn. Take MediaBistro’s Career Circus earlier this year. Before and after my musings, there were stars like Richard Cho from Facebook, Saul Colt from FreshBooks and Laurie Ruettimann, the Cynical Girl.