Posting A Job is the Last Thing You Want to Do!

Let me get right to the point. Things have changed. Posting a job is the last thing you want to do!1 Tweet This Driving traffic to your job ad (with Indeed.com, Monster.com, LinkedIn.com) used to be a solid formula for success when you needed qualified candidates.

This is no longer the case! If you need entry-level candidates or warm bodies, then ignore this entire post and go back to work.

If you are looking for hard to find candidates, then stop posting jobs. Based on my experience, here is what I’ve seen.

Less than 2% of the people who apply to jobs get hired. It’s hard not to hurt your brand when you are giving 98% of applicants a bad experience! Continue

Comment by Katrina Kibben on January 19, 2016 at 10:37am: This is a great lead - and I really liked the actual post on your blog. But if you're using these posts to drive traffic over to your site, be sure to include at least your full introduction (500 words, minimum) so people can get the idea and I will feature it. This is a little too light on text for me to feature on the site but would love to share more of your posts in the future.