Get off my lawn! Snapchat’s recent IPO has me feeling crotchety and crusty. A company that exudes youthful optimism has unfortunately brought out my … Read more
Is Twitter Dead for Recruiting?
The business media love to talk about Twitter, particularly regarding if and when it’ll be bought out. It’s the greatest-ever source of … Read more
An Obscene Applicant Raises Some Good Real-world Hiring Questions
As you may have read about or seen on TV, I recently rejected someone’s job application via AngelList’s Talent Platform. As an independent recruiter … Read more
Do You Know Your Job Seeker Audience? Why Knowing Them is Necessary to Successfully Socially Engage
If you have decided to begin socially reaching out to talent, and engaging them, you must first know them and know on which social platform they … Read more
How Real-time Video on Social Media Can Appeal to New Grads
Short of touring an office or corporate campus in person, nothing conveys a potential employer’s brand promise and the experience of working there better … Read more
The Most Buzzed-About Social Recruiting Posts of the Week
In the world of social recruiting, likes are nice, but comments and social shares are the measures of true engagement. A like is a check-in, a way of … Read more
An Airline You’ve Barely Heard of Needs Pilots Like Others Need Techies
Republic Airways, an airline you may have flown on without even realizing it, needs pilots badly. So badly, it’s restructuring the company partly due … Read more
Oh Snap! Bringing the Cisco Employer Brand to Snapchat
If it doesn’t scare you, it’s not worth trying. That’s the approach we took as the Cisco Talent Brand team in our latest social media endeavor. Holy cow, … Read more
3 Rules of Thumb for Screening Candidates Without Crossing the Line
Bringing in the best talent possible isn’t just about finding candidates who look the best on paper. To make sure they’re truly a fit for your … Read more
Move Over Marketing, Recruitment Is Also Engineering
Good decision making is essential in talent acquisition and employer branding, and it does not happen by accident. It requires a reasoned choice among … Read more
Measuring Your Employer Brand: What to Track
Your employer brand is what people say about working for your company when the boss is not in the room. Notice that I didn’t just say employees? That’s … Read more
5 Secret Techniques to Transform Your Recruiters Into Digital Marketers
For at least five years, recruiters like you have been told that you need to think more like marketers. The market has changed and the challenge is … Read more
The Most Buzzed-About Social Recruiting Posts of the Week
U.S. Air Force Recruiting’s Hashtag Combo Coombining #ThrowbackThursday with #Womenshistorymonth yielded the U.S. Air Force Recruiting yielded … Read more
Get Ready for a New Seismic Shift in Talent Acquisition
There have been a handful of seismic shifts in talent acquisition over the years … … job boards … applicant tracking systems … social media recruiting … … Read more
The 5 levels of Social Media Recruitment Maturity
In the world of talent acquisition, it is all about hiring the right person at the lowest cost and at the right time. After talking to numerous global … Read more
The Final Generation — Recruiting Gen ‘Z’
The millennials are so yesterday. Now it’s time to start thinking about recruiting Generation Z — defined as those born between the mid 1990s and … Read more
The Most Buzzed-About Social Recruiting Posts of the Week
Each month, I look at the most liked recruiting content over a seven-day span on Facebook, the most retweeted recruiting tweets on Twitter, and the … Read more
Outrageous Talent Practices – They Grab the Attention of Top Talent
If you’re battling to recruit and retain top talent, you must have talent practices that go beyond the mundane in order to get their attention. And if you … Read more
U.S. Workers Rely First on the Internet When Job Hunting
Americans are as likely to turn to the Internet when searching for a job as to their friends and connections, and many of those who do consider the … Read more
The Most Buzzed-About Social Recruiting Posts of the Week
Each month, I look at the most liked recruiting content over a seven-day span on Facebook, the most retweeted recruiting tweets on Twitter, and the most … Read more