Posts Tagged ‘Social Media Recruiting’

Social Media Recruiting: Fish Where The Fishes Are

Posted by Vic Okezie on May 24th, 2010 | No Comments

One of the key areas around defining a Social Media Recruiting Strategy is the ability to determine where the right audience is. You might want to consider issues like: who are your candidates and where are they? Knowing who your candidates are is probably the easier part.

They may be categorized by the skills they possess and experience in that domain. For some Gen Y roles, this may also be segmented into what Universities they attend, academic backgrounds, where they live, grades and experiences while studying.

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HOW TO: Create a Social Media Recruiting Strategy

Posted by Vic Okezie on May 17th, 2010 | 2 Comments

Social Media Recruiting is growing in popularity this year. Conferences like Social Recruiting Summit and Social Media in Recruitment Conference have created a steady buzz with regards to this trend. Read More

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Social Media Recruiting Training & Consulting Services

Posted by Vic Okezie on April 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Following last week’s Social Media in Recruitment Conference, we are now fully shifting focus of this website from a Research and resource platform for Social Recruiting to a Social Media Recruiting Consultancy. This has always been the plan in a way, but we needed to get a better understanding of employer’s interests in the subject itself, as a direct sourcing and engaging tool.

And while at the conference in London, I had several conversations with HR professionals and recruiters who were really keen on exploring Social Media as a recruiting channel, and who will need a hands-on, 1-on-1 assistance in taking full advantage of Social Recruiting, not just a series of general presentations.

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Social Media Recruiting And The Future of ATS

Posted by Vic Okezie on April 29th, 2010 | No Comments

One of the issues heavily discussed within the Social Media Recruiting circle is how Employers can track the source of applications made by candidates that have been engaged with, via Social Networks and Social Media tools.

I know url shortening services like bit.ly and emp.ly can provide you with number of clicks, source etc. But how about a Social Media Recruiting ATS? Will Jobvite fill that vacuum? Or has it?

I am unsure if any of the existing Application Tracking Systems (ATS) have developed a unique tool that can easily track lots of analytics related to jobs applied for, for example via Facebook and Twitter, and manage the whole hiring process.

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How to Use Social Media as a Recruiting Tool – INC Magazine

Posted by Vic Okezie on April 28th, 2010 | No Comments

That was the title of an insightful article on Inc.com. Due to its growing interests on Twitter via multiple retweets, the magazine has decided to make it a featured article on the page. It is a beginners level presentation on how to use Social Media Recruiting.

The introduction in the article is very captivating: There are millions of people on social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter. More companies are using social media to target candidates. Here’s how to use social media as a way to find your next hire.

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