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In terms of talent acquisition, social recruiting has always been an invaluable strategy. This approach involves using the power of social media platforms to attract, engage, and hire the best… Read more

  via GIPHY According to LinkedIn, 70% of the global workforce consists of candidates who are not actively looking for a job at the moment. It’s a lost opportunity if… Read more

The idea of ‘social recruiting’ — the concept whereby hiring managers, HR types, and others look at your social media profiles as a way to (a) find you or (b)… Read more

The idea of social recruiting — the concept whereby hiring managers, HR types, and others look at your social media profiles as a way to (a) find you; or. (b)… Read more

According to Statista there will be 2.6 billion users of social networking sites by 2018. But not all social networking sites are created equal. If you ask the average recruiter what social networks… Read more

For years now in the world of social recruiting, there’s been a litany of subjective stories, anecdotal evidence and “thought leadership” (or lack thereof) about how “one simple trick” or… Read more

Look, let’s get one thing straight about social recruiting. Social recruiting is one approach, not a strategy in itself. It’s a tool. Think of it like the paper-clip and toothpick approach to… Read more

Can we be honest for a moment? Maybe, as the kids say, “get real?” When you and your talent acquisition team started talking about social recruiting, did you actually have… Read more

Your social recruiting efforts are poor; the metrics prove it. There are standard matrices for determining the return on investment for recruiting. Most of us are familiar with cost per… Read more

If you’re like most employers, you’ve probably already set up some sort of social media presence dedicated to careers and hiring. A recent study showed fully 94% of recruiters reported using… Read more

There’s been quite a bit of hype about social media. Perhaps you’ve even become an evangelist (or at least a believer) by yourself. Social media is self perpetuating; networks are… Read more

  Lisa Nelson, VP, HR, Match.com “Match.com is one of only four companies created in 1995 — along with Amazon, eBay and Craigslist — that still leads its industry. Since… Read more

Here’s the thing about being a recruiter. If you want to sell a job, you’ve got to sell a story. Hell, it’s a working life that often feels like something… Read more

Twitter is a candidate sourcing resource that recruiters should not ignore. The complaint when using the Twitter search field is getting too much information or irrelevant data. Searching on Twitter… Read more

There’s nothing new – or even remotely interesting – about the concept of social recruiting, yet for some reason that doesn’t seem to stop this industry from discussing and dissecting… Read more