We announced some big news today at the ERE Expo in San Diego! For those of you who haven’t been able to stop by booth #205 to celebrate with us, here’s the update: Now, for the first time ever, corporate HR pros are able to automate all aspects of a social recruiting campaign – from [...]
We spend a lot of time at SelectMinds espousing the virtues of social media as a powerful recruitment tool. But can it be used for the biggest executive search in the country? An op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal makes the case that social media will definitely play a role in who becomes our next [...]
We have no problem admitting we’re addicted to social media; it’s an obvious side-effect in our line of work. But a recent report in the Guardian suggests that we may not be alone. New research shows that Twitter might be more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol, a finding that has major implications for social recruiting [...]
In his role as Global Employment Marketing Brand Strategy Director at McGraw-Hill Companies, Adam Eisenstein has broadened the company’s brand exposure by encouraging engagement in the form of social media, blogging, website redesign, video production, online and mobile advertising and strategic partnerships with vendors and job seeker communities. Whether it was his “create first, ask [...]
The trees are trimmed, the candles are lit. It can mean only one thing: Bowl season! At least that’s the daydream for college football fans as the holiday week winds down. So as the football frenzy kicks off, we’re interested in exploring if the nation’s most publicized recruiting efforts – landing the next star athlete [...]
Are Fortune 500 companies letting the social media world pass them by? According to this post which cites statistics from the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, a solid majority of the country’s largest firms have been slow to adopt a visible social media presence. The statistics are surprising, but the social [...]
Social recruiting has officially gone mainstream. But when you think of the most popular way to land a job online, your brain probably jumps first to LinkedIn, the site that stresses “relationships matter” to the tune of 120 million registered users. But not so fast. According to this info-graphic, courtesy of MBA Online, social recruiting [...]
Anyone who consumes social media can tell you sharing goes in ebbs and flows. But for companies looking to harness this for recruiting through social channels, how do they know when the optimal time is to share their opening? A Friday at noon? Tuesday at 2:00? Or first thing on a Monday? Facebook “page” insights [...]
Twitter skeptics, we’ve heard your cry. You’re not sure how a platform that lets your friends broadcast what they had at Starbucks is going to help you recruit the best talent to your company. Well, in her latest post on her company’s blog, Unbridled Talent President and top recruiter Jennifer McClure has some insight on [...]
These are the words of Lars Schmidt, Director of Talent Acquisition at NPR, in an interview posted on the SmartBlog on Social Media. He explained the philosophy further: If you really want to build a community, you need to share useful information and resources that your followers value. Jobs should be a part of that [...]
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