Social media is the most prominent platform that has become the future of recruiting. Although it’s already passed through its nascent phase, still undergoing some growing pains. There are several companies struggling with the right way to approach recruiting on social platforms. Here is the right roadmap to social recruiting.

Understand Social…

Have you ever wondered why it takes so much time for companies to hire a candidate? As per recent research by iCIMS, the average time to fill-up a position was 44 days in 2015. Recruiting a right candidate is crucial for a business, especially small businesses, because if you hire a bad candidate to start with, the ability to succeed…

Hey Recruiters: It's time to turn on the lights and chase the cockroaches out. The story below is real and happened just this past week. It’s a story of fraud and one that has real world implications on my business.

If you haven’t heard the radio commercials for Zip Recruiter, you must listen to some remote C & W station from Muleshoe, Texas. 

My latest experience with Zip Recruiter

I was minding my business yesterday; I answered my phone. …

With the recovery of the United States economy unfolding at a solid pace, the scales of the job market have tipped in favor of candidates. From about 2008 to 2012, the American job marketplace was paradise for employers due to the sheer availability of qualified candidates; however, that is no longer the case.

Employers are increasingly turning to job…

Sales is undergoing a data-backed hiring revolution. What does that mean for you?

It means that sales hiring, where decisions have always been dubiously based on “intuition” and “gut-feel,” is stepping up to the big-data plate and looking for a home run.

Remember the movie Moneyball? Brad…

You need to hire someone. It’s time to sit down and write that job description!

“Let’s make it really special,” you think. “Can’t just call it a…

A business needs many tools to help them be successful no matter how big or small they are. It is up to the owner of the business to make sure that they make these tools available. In the modern world of today, smart phones have given businesses a new way to operate. For many, a smartphone can provide a competitive advantage. It can increase the…

One of the greatest appeals to freelancers is the ability to work from anywhere. So why is it that so many of us find ourselves slogging the day away in a home office, or at the kitchen table? Not only is it sometimes unhealthy to never leave the house, it can be quite distracting to try and work from home. Between household chores that you notice, kids interrupting…

Retaining of good talent is a demanding task for Human Resources as there are always other companies and more dangerous than that, competitors lurking around to get hold of them. But whenever it comes to millennial employees, the question becomes more difficult. Are these millennials worth the effort? This is the first thing that comes to every HR person. The main…

• 70% of job seekers have never applied for a job using their mobile.
• 100% of job seekers save adverts on their mobile to look at later.
• 100% of job seekers use multiple devices when searching, researching and applying for jobs.

Job seekers don’t trust their mobiles when applying for jobs, new research from Madgex…

Social trends are building each year, particularly around the most common platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr.

In its first quarter 2015 earnings announcement in April, Facebook revealed that it now has more than 1.44 billion monthly active users (up 13 percent year-over-year). Of those, 1.25 billion were mobile users, an increase of 24 percent year over year.

With more than 350 million…

True or False - is tech hiring slowing down?

I believe the answer is both, true and false. There is undeniably a slowdown in VC funding in the Bay Area as of late 2015 with all the unicorns and even giants falling in valuations due to “tech corrections”. Fundraising is not as…

As I read the literature out in the market I see wide responses to organizational problems with the usual suspects. We resolve performance issues by cutting costs. We resolve performance issues by cutting human capital spend. We resolve performance issues by cutting overhead. Here is the problem, without experimentation we will not find the true answer to the problem before…

There has been a lot of talk of the Technology Age and how the Recruitment Industry is changing because of the advancement in technology. Given the current scenario it’s obvious that you’ll like to know what challenges Talent Acquisitionists like yourself would face.

In view of this we @SourcingAdda decided to host a…

In this technological age, the professional market is no longer in the business of paper resumes and portfolios. LinkedIn is the leader in creating an optimal professional identity. With everything from a company rating to a job search engine, LinkedIn is the first place someone should start when entering the career world.…

A properly configured ATS can be your most valuable asset when faced with an OFCCP audit, but only if you make sure it’s following the right protocols and collecting the right information. Make sure your applicant tracking system has been given the right instructions so it can help keep you onside with OFCCP instead of leading you astray.

What is…

First off Stacy is amazing, one of the best speakers I have ever heard. The first thing she discusses in the intake meeting with the hiring manager, she says be more than an order taker. Ask questions, go over the job description, and make sure you have all the info you need and that you set the rules of engagement.

She then talks about the search,…

Wondering what all of those acronyms means when it comes to recruiting and marketing?

This infographic breaks down a glossary of acronyms to help you become a sophisticated recruitment marketer. …

Today Social media recruitment is a well-known practice, with over 92% companies using social media as a hiring tool in their recruitment process as per Statista. As per SHRM report, 43% of organizations said that they use social media or online search engine to screen candidates. Social media is not only a great source to advertise and market your job, but it has…