Tag: Social Recruiting

5 Reasons Why You Should Definitely Be Using Facebook to Recruit

It’s no secret that social media is used regularly within the recruitment process; in fact, 84% of companies recruited using social media last year.
LinkedIn is usually the preferred choice of social networks for recruiters to source candidates, as Facebook and Twitter can seem intrusive; typically, they’re designed for personal use, whereas LinkedIn is a professional network.

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/hr-professional/5-reasons-why-you-should-definitely-be-using-facebook-to-recruit

Supplement Recruitment Marketing with Social Media.

The way of Recruitment has changed dramatically over recent years. In the world of recruitment people start using  social media in talent acquisition.

When people think of social media as a recruitment tool, they immediately think of LinkedIn or facebook. Actually both are the social media tools and are primarily targeted at the jobs space; however, social media provides many more channels to recruiters than the two listed above.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/supplement-recruitment-marketing-with-social-media

How Facebook Could Transform Talent Attraction… But It’s Gonna Cost

Job boards are dead, long live LinkedIn!

LinkedIn is dead, long live…

Ok, I know LinkedIn is far from dead, but the way many recruiters have used it, it may just be dying out with new changes. So, what’s next?

There is one thing for sure, whatever it is, it ain’t gonna be free! And it might just be any one of the dead channels above, or a completely new one. 

More information: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/facebook-talent-attraction/

Recruiting New Job Candidates via Google Plus: A Quick Look

In the domain of social media recruitment, Google Plus is often ignored. It is rather surprising that despite being a treasure trove for candidate sourcing, it is often written off by recruiters and employers looking to hire.

However, if delved deep, recruiters can make more out of Google Plus and reap enormous benefits from the social channel regarding candidate sourcing.

More information: https://www.thecareermuse.co.in/candidate-sourcing-via-google-plus/

Spiraling Recruitment Costs? Hire using Social Media!

It is no secret that business recruitment can be a painstaking process. Considering the prospect of company expansion and all due excitement, such positive emotion can soon become consumed by the stress and impatience of sourcing the ideal candidate within time and budget constraints.

According to Entrepreneur.com, the average cost of recruiting and training a new employee into a fresh position is $4,000. Over in the UK, HRreview’s research suggests it costs in excess of £30K to replace an existing position.

More information: https://blog.hrn.io/spiraling-recruitment-costs-hire-using-social-media/

How to Utilize Social Media for Recruitment Purposes

Social media and recruitment are booming business. They have become the platform for advertising a position, as well as reaching out and holding onto the best employees. Training companies, employment agencies and human resources have all made social media a part of their marketing practices for recruitment, onboarding and training. The latest digital tech in general and content marketing in specific have become critical to connecting with the modern workforce.

More information: http://www.onrec.com/news/news-archive/how-to-utilize-social-media-for-recruitment-purposes

What’s So Wrong With Recruiting On Facebook? By @WinningImpress

Did you know that recently Facebook had 1 billion users log in on the one day? That’s a staggering 1/3rd of all Internet users and 2/3rds of their own users all in the one place at the one time.

So why aren’t you fishing in this pond?

As a seasoned social recruiting trainer the excuses I usually hear are along the lines of it’s personal, it’s creepy, people won’t like it, we’re not allowed access (staggering in 2015!), my CEO is scared of it, and so on.

More information: https://www.eremedia.com/sourcecon/whats-so-wrong-with-recruiting-on-facebook-by-winningimpress/

Social Recruiting Makes Job Search More Humane

Jeremy Langhans, a global recruitment expert who has consulted for companies including Microsoft, Yahoo and Starbucks, recently stated that businesses risk alienating talented job seekers and wasting money on expensive recruitment processes if they do not embrace social media.

More information: http://www.webrecruitusa.com/social-recruiting-makes-job-search-more-humane/

WhatsApp Group Chat – Is Counselling Candidates on improving their Job Hunt Strategy a Recruiters Role?

The Talent Acquisition profession is evolving rapidly due to the Digital Marketing Age.  We are slowly moving from performing full cycle Recruitment processes alone to Employee & Employer Branding as well. Given this scenario it’s obvious to question what aspects are involved in a Recruitment Professionals Role.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/whatsapp-group-chat-is-counselling-candidates-on-improving-their

How to Use Instagram for Social Recruiting

You no doubt have a social recruitment strategy that includes the likes of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, but what about Instagram?  Surely it’s just for sharing pictures of #brunchgoals or your morning #yoga poses right?  Wrong!  Of course, you’ll still find these kinds of images, however, Instagram can also be used as part of a wider social recruitment strategy to increase candidate and client reach and engagement, as well as being a useful sourcing tool if you know where to look!

More information: http://blog.firefishsoftware.com/instagram-social-media-recruitment-strategy