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5 Social Recruiting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Glassdoor for Employers

Today’s candidates use social media to find their future employers, and as a result, recruiters have embraced platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook as valuable recruiting channels. Consider these statistics : 80% of employers say social recruiting helps them find passive candidates.

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Social Media and Job Hunting – 3 Tips for Success

ExactHire Recruiting

Be smart with social media This should go without saying, but make sure the images you have tied to your profiles are professional and appropriate. While you may love a certain movie character, entertainer or sports team, setting those types of images for your profile may turn off potential employers.

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9 Major Social Recruiting News Stories this Week – 27th July 2015

Social Talent

Twitter says it will include “major global events, as well as tentpole events related to sports, holidays, festivals, TV, music and politics in the U.S., The show followed the employees at the recruitment firm Candelisa People as they tried to find jobs for jobseekers. And event coverage will expand over time.

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5 Tried-and-True Methods for Sourcing Passive Candidates

Glassdoor for Employers

In fact, oversaturation on LinkedIn is the main reason that 52 percent of hiring managers claim that passive candidate recruiting has become less effective — so it’s time to expand your social recruiting strategy. Related: 4 Keys to Building a Social Recruiting Strategy That *Actually* Gets Results ].

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Big Brand Theory

The Whiteboard

It’s something I care about and I personally think there is a lot of synergy between what we do and the sporting arena. Personal Brand is tricky though, you may notice that a lot of my post will center around my own interest; mainly football to be fair. The point is it’s authentic.

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5 Ways to Engage Talent on Twitter

Social Talent

The second and final part of our Social Recruiting series is on Twitter recruitment. Best practice is to describe your job title and your employer as well as some personal tidbits e.g. are you a parent, what team do you sport, what movies you like etc. Build a Content Marketing Strategy.

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7 Game-Changing Recruitment News Stories this Week – 15th August 2016

Social Talent

In order to make room for all the new elements, the new Pages also no longer sport the right-side display ads, contributing to the overall cleaner feel that accompanies this update. The new design is meant to bring the desktop Pages more in line with the mobile updates for Pages Facebook announced last year.

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