Begin With the End in Mind. There is too much focus on skills and experience when opening up a new job. By describing the job in terms of outcomes and the long-term career opportunity, the skills become a subset of…
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Developing a Social Recruitment Strategy
LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ together amount to over 2,000 million users internationally – that’s a lot of potential candidates. Most recruitment businesses have tried to incorporate social media into their activities in an attempt to reach this immense userbase,…
Posted in social recruiting
Why Won’t Candidates Connect with Me on LinkedIn?
LinkedIn boasts over 161 million users across over 200 countries: it’s the biggest source of candidates imaginable, and there’s little question why it’s the first bookmark in the browsers of most recruiters. Connecting with the right candidates isn’t easy though.…
Posted in LinkedIn
Are Your Job Ads Annoying?
1. No salary information It’s a tricky situation for recruitment agencies. One commenter writes: “I wish I was able to include salary as part of the description, however, it’s HR that determines that nondisclosure not the recruiter. What happens is…
Posted in Job Descriptions
How Recruiters Should Write for Social Media [9 Useful Tips]
1. Don’t be all “me me me” Remember: social media is all about being human, especially when you are a recruiter. Keep in mind the “rule of thirds” – spend: A third of the time promoting yourself, talking about your products,…
Posted in social recruiting
How safe is HR data in the cloud?
Cloud computing is all the rage for some firms. But should very sensitive HR data reside on the Internet? Cloud computing refers to keeping data on vendors’ servers operating on the Internet or “in the cloud,” and not on a…
Posted in Cloud Computing
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