Social Media

Even with the proliferation of social networks, search engines and SaaS solutions available to recruiters today, referrals continue to represent the most effective source of hire for employers, proof that… Read more

Harnessing the Power of Referrals It’s no secret that when it comes to recruiting, referrals remain the most efficient and effective source of hire. When recruiting top talent,  they accoun for… Read more

“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don’t know.” I have recently started reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan… Read more

How To Build A Successful Recruiting Strategy for 2014 (And Beyond)    We will show a presentation on recruiting strategy for next year. The goal of recruiting – matching the… Read more

According to recent surveys, Facebook has seen the biggest gains in social recruitment. Out of the more popular platforms, such as LinkedIn and Twitter, 65 percent of recruiters are now using… Read more

Word of LinkedIn’s recent lawsuit against unknown defendants is quickly spreading across the internet – and it’s not just about finding out who is scraping the site. There seems to… Read more

If there’s one recruiting trend you can count on in 2014, its that LinkedIn will continue its dominance – and ubiquity – within the talent acquisition conversation. With over 90%… Read more

You’ve probably spent the last month or so being bombarded by holiday inspired music and content marketing – two of the most cliche, trite and grating genres ever invented.  That’s… Read more

Of the many demos I’ve done in the past few weeks – it’s been something of a trial by fire – a few were mildly interesting. But almost none actually… Read more

Candidate experience is another one of those terms recruiters just can’t seem to shut up about. But unlike the blizzard of buzzwords mostly designed to sell consulting services and content… Read more

I was asked to contribute a few thoughts recently on how a particular Twitter chat changed my life, or something similarly specious. Instead of looking like I actually intrinsically endorsed… Read more

Last week’s post, “3 Hot Recruiting Trends We Should Shut Up About, Already” created a ton of comments and conversation about some of the “trends” that real recruiters and real… Read more

Earlier today, we covered the launch of LinkedIn Talent Updates, a content sharing service which allows LinkedIn Recruiter customers the ability to post content outside of just sharing jobs directly… Read more

Recruitment technology has largely been a laggard in both innovation and adoption, several years behind the consumer curve.  But as last week’s iTalent competition at the HROToday European Forum in… Read more

With the rise of social media, the increased importance on employer branding and increasingly sophisticated sourcing tools and techniques, successful recruiting today requires increased complexity. As employers embrace these best… Read more