Social Media

Twitter is the “red-headed stepchild of recruiting.” Love it or hate it, the truth of the matter is there are great candidates on there all day. People constantly ask about… Read more

Twitter is the “red-headed stepchild of recruiting.” Love it or hate it, the truth of the matter is there are great candidates on there all day. People constantly ask about… Read more

There seems to be an overly obsessive focus on sourcing as a core component of the talent acquisition process, with an inordinate amount of time, resources, products and punditry dedicated… Read more

Brand is one of those business concepts that is difficult to define, much less measure. Employer brand is no different. Even knowing what to measure remains something of a mystery: should… Read more

Anonymity was all the rage a few years ago. In case you forgot, apps like Secret, Whisper and Yik Yak allow(ed) users to tune into a plethora of faceless content. At… Read more

As I wrote in an earlier post, I’m kind of new to this whole recruiting thing. In my six months or so in this business, I’ve learned a LOT. Mostly?… Read more

It’s amazing how $26.2 billion can wake-up a sleeping giant. After selling to Microsoft for that amount, it’s no surprise others, like Facebook, are taking notice. I imagine the conversation at… Read more

Facebook has reportedly thrown the opening salvo in its long anticipated move into the recruiting and hiring vertical, with TechCrunch reporting yesterday that the ubiquitous social network has confirmed it… Read more

I’ll admit that I joined Twitter somewhat reluctantly; unlike, say, Facebook, which is instantly intuitive and almost universally acceptable, Twitter seemed, in the halcyon days of social media, something akin… Read more

Recruiters seem to have a love-hate relationship with Twitter. Some recruiters have had great success using it was a recruiting tool; others just don’t get it. Launched today, Twitter Engage provides real-time data… Read more

When Worlds Collide: Applying Marketing Best Practices To Recruiting Marketing is recruiting. However, actually translating all of those best practices and masters level theories into incremental recruiting change – not so simple. It’s… Read more

When Worlds Collide: Applying Marketing Best Practices To Recruiting Marketing is recruiting. However, actually translating all of those best practices and masters level theories into incremental recruiting change – not so simple. It’s… Read more

Early into my tenure in what I finally considered a “real” job, I decided for personal kicks and grins to take one of those manifold career assessments out there –… 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

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