Facebook held a quarterly earnings call yesterday. For those interested, the Wall Street Journal has provided a complete recap of the call. Our more … Read more
Predictions for the Future of Digital Talent Acquisition: Social Media (Part 2 of 3)
This is the second part of a three-part series on the future of digital talent acquisition. In part one, I looked at content. Content will be the watchword … Read more
Are You Ready for the Changes Coming to Social Media?
Maybe it’s spring cleaning. Virtually every major social network is changing its interface or functionality. Twitter Becomes More Like Facebook Read more
Facebook’s Billion-dollar Hiring Lesson — the Business Case for Eliminating Missed Hires
The most costly recruiting error in recent history was revealed last week. On Wednesday, Facebook announced its nearly $19 billion purchase of the … Read more
Engineers Say Facebook is Dying and Won’t Last the Decade
Here’s something you never heard at a recruiting conference: check your best candidate’s blood type before making an offer. (You were expecting … Read more
Facebook Allows Users to Request Connections Add Contact Details to Profiles
As sourcing and recruiting professionals, we spend our days on the hunt for candidate information. Identifying a candidate profile is only one step of the … Read more
Case Study: How One Company Filled Hard-to-Fill Positions With Social Referrals on Facebook
When it comes to hiring efficiency, performance, fit, retention–or almost any metric to which a recruiter or HR department can be held … Read more
Video: Facebook Graph Search for Sourcing – Search, Extract, Build via @thecandidategen
Todd Davis’ SourceCon Seattle session about sourcing on Facebook received great reviews. He took time this week to make a recorded version of his … Read more
A Case Study of Facebook’s Simply Amazing Talent Management Practices, Part 2 of 2
In part 1 of this series I covered the first 24 amazing talent management practices at Facebook. In this part, I will cover the remaining unique 21 best … Read more
A Case Study of Facebook’s Simply Amazing Talent Management Practices, Part 1 of 2
Almost everyone is aware of Facebook. Usually that knowledge comes from either using its social media product or by reading about its CEO. However, the … Read more