Social Media As a Recruitment Channel
Social media is a new wave of internet usage that links everyone in “many to many” conversation using different tools. The most populated sector is the social networking tools like Facebook and LinkedIn. Human Resource Managers are beginning to leverage on the large network of professional social network for recruitment and referral. In the near […]
The Leaky Bucket Theory
This week I’m taking a break from the blog, and I’ve chosen to feature some of my best and favorite blog posts over the past four years. Today’s post written in May of 2010 was titled “HR’s Leaky Bucket.” The blog discusses the role that social media and mobile technologies will now play in HR […]
8 Sure Fire Ways to Network for the Holidays
You may not be aware but we are 73 days away from Christmas, and many retail companies are already knee deep in holiday staffing for the busy and profitable holiday shopping season. I myself, still have yet to even put up my Halloween decorations. I’ll probably get to putting those up around Wednesday of this […]
Recruiting Tops List of Corporate Social Media Initiatives: SelectMinds Survey Finds 72% of US Firms Actively Engaged in Social Recruiting
69% Plan to Increase Social Media Budgets in 2012; ROI Measurement Remains a Challenge Recruiting Tops List of Corporate Social Media Initiatives NEW YORK–SelectMinds, a developer of social recruiting and community management solutions, today announced the findings of its annual ROI of Social Media in the Enterprise survey. The data shows that 86% of firms […]
I Spy – Social Media and Recruiting
Social Media and Recruiting Having been in the executive search business since 1986, I am very familiar with methods for vetting candidates. Besides the usual reference checking, credit and criminal investigative reports are being conducted by outside agencies mostly for executive level candidates but even more junior rank potentials are now being checked. In this […]
Business on the Fly With Mobile Tech
Mobile not social media in my opinion is the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution. With mobile technologies (including social media) you are truly never alone. And since 63.2 million Americans own a smart phone, we can quickly and seamlessly connect with anyone at most any time for business, personal, or family reasons. Mobile technologies […]
