Noel Cocca
CEO/Founder RecruitingDaily and avid skier, coach and avid father of two trying to keep up with my altruistic wife. Producing at the sweet spot talent acquisition to create great content for the living breathing human beings in recruiting and hiring. I try to ease the biggest to smallest problems from start-ups to enterprise. Founder of RecruitingDaily and our merry band of rabble-rousers.
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Content authored by Noel Cocca
Source Your Own Career Destinations: "10 Standards of Care" of Job Search Wisdom
Navigate your job search and career advancement as you would if you were a day trader – watch as many cable news economic panelists as possible and do so regularly. Various corporate Quarterly reports and stock patterns provide a glimpse into what industries are flat, in growth mode
What’s Wrong with your Sandwich Maker?
Establish a scorecard to send to your customers to rank the performance of your Recruitment Team. Measuring between 5-10 factors is ideal. My email address is included at the conclusion of this post. Feel free to email me for examples of how this template can be constructed
What’s Wrong with your Sandwich Maker?
Establish a scorecard to send to your customers to rank the performance of your Recruitment Team. Measuring between 5-10 factors is ideal. My email address is included at the conclusion of this post. Feel free to email me for examples of how this template can be constructed
Don’t be different; Be Better
The technology landscape has changed dramatically over the last few years. Every month new tools are emerging within social media, video, mobile technologies, etc. and tools to manage all the tools. With so many avenues available it is easy to get swept up
Don’t be different; Be Better
The technology landscape has changed dramatically over the last few years. Every month new tools are emerging within social media, video, mobile technologies, etc. and tools to manage all the tools. With so many avenues available it is easy to get swept up
#Recruiters: Are You a “Know-It-All?” Ask Your Mentor.
When Social Media started to pick up in popularity, I started to interact with other recruiters around the globe. I quickly realized that most of these folks enjoy sharing their views and don’t mind offering insights on tackling challenges in our industry. I rely on channels such as
The Magic Formula to Being A GREAT Recruiter
For those recruiters out there who are asking, “what about daily planning”, and “what about phone time”? All these basics still apply, this formula embraces and expands on the fundamentals of recruiting, not replaces them….even a “sucky” or “good” recruiter can bang out 100+ calls. A great recruiter ensures
Decide on your Brand and Move Forward
Web 2.0 is on its way out so its not so much about what you name something, but the Brand you build behind it and driving traffic to it with Social Media. Google only brings me about 4% of my traffic. I DELIVER THE REST. I’ve often joked that with the power of Social Media
School Day – The fundamentals of #Recruiting
“You know Chernee, this is not rocket science. Don’t over think it.” So says the teacher. Chernee writes about the fundamentals of recruiting as she embarks back into the training role. She makes some good points here, some that may make smile but all so relevant.
#Tru Stories: Don’t forget the 99
In most cases, only one candidate is ever going to get the job, and the rest are rejected. Have a look at your rejection process to determine what you can change to improve how this is done. The first big issue for me is how many people go unacknowledged or left in silence because they don’t quite fit the bill or have a resume that fails to hit the “Boolean” mark.
Planning for the Uptick: What does your recruiting toolbelt look like?
In speaking to quite a few recruiters at different networking events, that they are still not measuring their success. The metrics are the nails that hold our wooden frame together because we know how we are doing. We can measure the success of everything with this critical tool. If you are just starting to measure keep your metrics simple –
Sourcing with Google Images to uncover "Hidden Talent"
Sourcers will stop at nothing to uncover hidden talent. We are constantly looking to unveil new ways to source. More often than not the channels we search for everyday items online can be used to source talent online as well. It’s an approach I like to call common sense. Some of the methods walk the line of compliance but that’s your call. Google Images can help.
TwitterJobSearch + Tweetdeck = Social Job Search
Recruiters have a cool new approach; it’s called social recruiting. Jobseekers can now join in on the fun. Yes, the social aspect ahs been there for a while; but Tweetdeck and TwitterJobSearch have just raised the bar. Jobdeck is now available to jobseekers to manage their job search. Read about it here.
Why You Should Recruit a Mentor
Mentors can go a long way. How you choose your mentor is up to you. But as a recruiter have you thought about the importance of recruiting your own mentor? Maybe you should. Jenny DeVaughn shares with us some compelling reason why you should seriously consider recruiting your own mentor.
Down them All with Firefox
Apps and Addon’s can make your online sourcing activity more productive only if you leverage them properly. Firefox is jammed packed with great addon’s and many that I use daily. Down the all was probably one of the first I’ve used and the one I use the most today.
