Cumming may have only 255 employees, but its new website looks like one built for a company a bit bigger, all for a budget of a couple hundred bucks. … Read more
More on What Recruiters Tweet, Read, and Retweet
Last quarter, we took a look at what recruiters are reading and sharing on social media. Let’s do it again. Again, Leadtail used about half in house … Read more
Dice’s Open Web Shines A Light On All IT Talent
Dice unveiled a new interface for recruiters this morning that streamlines the way candidate profiles are presented, adds some extra bits of data about … Read more
Social Media Recruiting Fatigue
Social media recruiting has been core to what I do for years. It ranks second to the phone as my most important tool. I know how many folks visit my blog … Read more
Beyond the Keyword and Past the Social Media Referral to Find Purple Squirrels
Rob Dromgoole had a search worthy of a SourceCon Challenge. One of the teams at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where Dromgoole’s director of … Read more
The Power of Recommendations: What Are Employees Saying About You?
Recruitment and recommendations go hand-in-hand. Where would your company be if it didn’t have a constant flow of referrals for prospective employees? On … Read more
Fix the Top 5 Online Job Search Frustrations for Applicants
Brilliant people and companies simplify; others complicate. The evidence of this principle is all around us. Ebay simplified the garage sale; Google … Read more
Don’t Be a Social Recruiting Zombie: Etiquette tips for the savvy recruiter
Nobody likes a zombie. Even if it’s a zombie bearing a job opportunity. But with the rise of social recruiting channels, many recruiters find themselves … Read more
The Right Tweet at the Right Time: Social Media Indicators for Real-Time Recruiting
You know the old saying “the early bird catches the worm,” right? In the case of job recruiting, this phrase is particularly relevant. Any … Read more
Recruiting ‘Trends’ Are Not Trends At All: Beware of Impractical Advice, and Remember Effective Metrics
I keep seeing articles about the “hottest trends in recruiting” that are, in reality, of little value to the recruiting community. These articles list … Read more