I know I’ve been speaking a lot about Talent Communities on this blog lately but for this post I’m going to use a term I like better, which is Talent Network.  A Talent Network is a collection of candidates that your organization engages with from a recruiting perspective.  The engagement is bi-directional with the hope being that you not only engage with the individual but you are eventually able to engage with the individual’s network as well.  It is not a community in the sense of the…

So you’ve built up your Talent Community or Talent Network and gained a significant amount of followers on your Twitter profile and Facebook page.  The question is what do you do next?

The answer to this question you’ve heard a thousand times: engage!

When I talk about engagement I mean a few things.  First, it’s the bi-directional communication you have with a candidate to promote your company opportunities, understand their qualifications & skill-sets…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we’ll be talking about Hiring Veterans, Recruiting mistakes, employee retention, Talent Communities and polishing the process.

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When you are starting to build your Talent Community (or Talent Network), it’s extremely important to think about this question.  In understanding why candidates want to be part of your Talent Community, you can start creating communities & messaging that better appeal to your best target candidates.

So the question remains, when a candidate opts into your Recruiting…

Last week, I spoke about Talent Communities and inevitably what I envision them to be.  But let’s take a step back and talk about what many organizations have in place today: Talent Pools.

For those unfamiliar with Talent Pools.  Talent Pools are a collection of recruiting contacts separated by specific disciplines & other…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we'll be talking about the Candidate Experience, Sourcing mistakes, HR using Tablets, Google + and HR survey results.

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First, I’d just like to congratulate theTalentCulture team on the 1 year anniversary of the #TChat Twitter chat and community that they’ve put so much hard work into.  It’s really come a long way and is a great resource for learning and interacting with progressive recruiting and talent professionals.  The Twitter chat happens every Wednesday at 7-8 PM EST…

When I was growing up, there was not a holiday that I looked forward to more than Halloween.  Not only did I love thinking up a great costume and getting free candy but I always really enjoyed the Halloween route planning sessions the night before.

Every Halloween I’d go to one of my friends places (as they had a better neighborhood) and we’d map out the houses and areas we would hit up during the night.  After years of experience, we knew the houses that gave the “good”…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we’ll be talking about the Recruiting Innovation Summit, the death of the ATS?, Facebook Employee Engagement, Crowdsourcing and building Talent Pools.

Here are the articles our that interested us this week (in no particular order),…

One of the biggest issues in HR & recruiting these days is budget.  How can recruiting organizations provide a business case to management to get more budget for recruiting campaigns & initiatives?

But while this is important, I urge you to take a different view to this problem.  Think not how you can get more budget but think about how you can better use the budget you have more effectively.  What does this mean?  It means:

• Reducing your usage of…

One of the biggest trends in recruiting today is the development of Talent Networks.  Here’s how I define a Talent Network (definitely feel to add your definition in the comments):

A Talent Network is a community of candidates that a recruiting organization builds organically through opt-in and sourcing and most importantly, engages with (via social media, email, SMS) to drive qualified candidates & hires into their recruiting…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we’ll be talking about PNC sourcing strategies, talent communities, moneyball & HR, candidate experience, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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It’s that time of the year.  The weather is getting colder, the leaves are changing and carved pumpkins are standing in front of many homes.  It’s officially Fall and we all know what that means: College Recruiting!

It is at this time every year that companies flock to the best colleges & universities across the US and try to find the best (cheap?) talent they can find on the college recruiting circuit.  Today is the day to make sure everything is ready for those college…

Employers are beginning to understand the importance of candidate experience.  Better candidate experience can lead to some or all the following:

• More candidates applying for your job positions with a focus toward qualified candidates
• More offer acceptances among candidates due to increase in your employer brand
• Encourages positive word of mouth between candidates about open job positions

There are some great companies doing very cool things with…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we’ll be talking about optimizing social media profiles for SEO, mobile in HR, the HR Technology conference, analytics in HR and a great interview with General Mills for recruiting.

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can be an integral part of any recruiting strategy and it’s appealing for a number of reasons.  Here are a few:

1. Inexpensive: It represents a free (in terms of $’s) way for job seekers to find your job content.
2. Relevance: The candidates that find your job content will definitely be interested in your position (as they searched for it).
3. Less Noise: If your job positions are…

Two weeks ago I wrote a post on accurately measuring "Source to Hire" through your ATS & job distribution technology and received the following interesting comment from Master Burnett:

There is rarely a single source of hire in today’s hyper connected reality. Single source of application maybe.…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we’ll be talking about the #HRTechConf, remembering Steve Jobs, social recruiting with NPR and Moneyball for Recruiting.

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The 14th annual HR Technology Conference didn't disappoint in Vegas this year. Not only was this the biggest collection of rockstar attendees at the conference to date but the breakout and main panel discussions were the best I've seen them. I also love the addition of HR Tech Connect to enable attendees to interact before the event.

From the main / breakout sessions to the expo hall, here are my thoughts and observations on a great few days in Vegas:

Scanning the…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we’ll be talking about referral recruiting, making an employee referral program, Recruitment SEO, hiring from qualified candidates, the Facebook…