Comments - Are you a good fit for this job? - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-19T07:37:29Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A1430012&xn_auth=noInteresting. We are partnered…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-10-14:502551:Comment:14398002011-10-14T13:29:20.215ZRobin Eadshttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RobinEads
<p>Interesting. We are partnered with Jobs2Web and distribute jobs from their network to ours. We are seeing a 2.5% to as much as 7% application rate from tweets alone.</p>
<p>Interesting. We are partnered with Jobs2Web and distribute jobs from their network to ours. We are seeing a 2.5% to as much as 7% application rate from tweets alone.</p> Jerry, I can see your point o…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-10-04:502551:Comment:14310992011-10-04T15:41:05.617ZLeslie Masonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/leslie12002
Jerry, I can see your point of view but that is exactly why we recruiters must work harder to build a "following". If you focus on the area that you recruit in, you will attract like minded people and potential candidates. Since I recruit for marketing and marketing analytics roles, that is the information I share on my social networks along with recruiting information that I feel is relevant and can help people. Intuit Careers has measured successes from our social media recruiting efforts…
Jerry, I can see your point of view but that is exactly why we recruiters must work harder to build a "following". If you focus on the area that you recruit in, you will attract like minded people and potential candidates. Since I recruit for marketing and marketing analytics roles, that is the information I share on my social networks along with recruiting information that I feel is relevant and can help people. Intuit Careers has measured successes from our social media recruiting efforts and I personally have connected with many prospective candidates who have found me on twitter. I just reconnected with my very first twitter recruit from 2009 for one of my current openings. Because I continued to "follow" him socially, I knew all the great things he had accomplished since we had last met. He is now interviewing with one of my hiring managers. I'm not saying that social media will replace good, proven recruiting efforts, but it's a great tool for your tool belt if used properly. Grow up everyone...there is n…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-10-04:502551:Comment:14306802011-10-04T14:59:53.262ZChristopher Poredahttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ChristopherPoreda
<p>Grow up everyone...there is not silver bullet. Use all the tools available to varying degrees depending upon your needs. Period!</p>
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<p>Grow up everyone...there is not silver bullet. Use all the tools available to varying degrees depending upon your needs. Period!</p>
<p> </p> I think Frank was being sarca…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-10-04:502551:Comment:14304902011-10-04T14:56:56.551ZAndrew Hallyhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/AndrewHally
I think Frank was being sarcastic...
I think Frank was being sarcastic... Email is not dead....are you…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-10-04:502551:Comment:14307252011-10-04T13:50:42.189ZC. B. Stalling!!https://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ChrisStallings
<p>Email is not dead....are you dumb....Do me a favor try not to look at your email for 2 hrs today bet you cant.</p>
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<p>Email is not dead....are you dumb....Do me a favor try not to look at your email for 2 hrs today bet you cant.</p>
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<p> </p> Hi, Jerry. As you know my com…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-10-04:502551:Comment:14305542011-10-04T13:15:59.150ZAndrew Hallyhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/AndrewHally
<p>Hi, Jerry. As you know my company, Bullhorn, makes software to help recruiters utilize social media, including Twitter, more effectively. I don't know anyone who thinks recruiters should stop using the phone. Partly it's a question of marketing versus sales. You gotta talk to someone to close a deal. But most businesses I know need to market to create future sales and it's hard to market via phone. If you want to market effectively, you have to follow the audience. And they've gone from…</p>
<p>Hi, Jerry. As you know my company, Bullhorn, makes software to help recruiters utilize social media, including Twitter, more effectively. I don't know anyone who thinks recruiters should stop using the phone. Partly it's a question of marketing versus sales. You gotta talk to someone to close a deal. But most businesses I know need to market to create future sales and it's hard to market via phone. If you want to market effectively, you have to follow the audience. And they've gone from TV/newspapers to email/web sites and now on to social media. Check the stats from <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/social-media-report-spending-time-money-and-going-mobile/">Nielsen</a>. This trend is bigger than recruiting. People like getting info via social media more than those other ways. Recruiters will adapt to these new tools just as they always have.</p>
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<p>How well does Twitter work for recruiters? I'll share data from those using <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bullhornreach.com">Bullhorn Reach</a> in the U.S. recently. 52% are leveraging Twitter versus 99% on LinkedIn and 40% Facebook. The average recruiter has 220 Twitter followers. I don't know what % are other recruiters versus candidates/clients. Interesting questions - I'll try to find out.</p>
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<p>Twitter works well for attracting candidates to job openings. Our users have received over 6,000 applications from tweets. Anecdotally, candidates from social media are higher quality than other new sources. More candidates connect after searching Twitter rather than seeing tweets as they're posted. We see over 3,000 Twitter searches per day for jobs. And as others have pointed out, many leads come when people share with their own network. Most recruiters succeeding with social media mix in job posts with content about their industry, local employment trends, etc. to establish credentials and build/nurture their following. In this way they typically double size of following in the first four months.</p>
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<p>Hope the info is helpful!</p> Thats a horrific closed quest…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-10-04:502551:Comment:14306092011-10-04T09:05:47.538ZSimon Toppshttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/SimonTopps
Thats a horrific closed question!!
Thats a horrific closed question!! Luke Collard's comment is ver…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-10-04:502551:Comment:14300962011-10-04T02:00:09.516ZJeffhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/Jeff117
Luke Collard's comment is very interesting.
Luke Collard's comment is very interesting. Quick question Jerry, does yo…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-10-04:502551:Comment:14303662011-10-04T00:33:31.327ZBill Boormanhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/BillBoorman
Quick question Jerry, does your LinkedIn network have relevance or also all recruiters?
Quick question Jerry, does your LinkedIn network have relevance or also all recruiters? Great post and commentary.
…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-10-03:502551:Comment:14305052011-10-03T23:49:51.754ZChristopher Poredahttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ChristopherPoreda
<p>Great post and commentary. </p>
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<p>The truth is; telephone, linkedin, directories, job boards, ATS, paper and pencil, tweets, FB, etc. are simply tools...each to be used to varying degrees depending on a variety of variables. </p>
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<p>Of course there is a lot of value to branding yourself; getting your name out there as often as possible so when you do use the telephone (the preferred method of selling) your name is more recognizable, at least in their subconscious. But…</p>
<p>Great post and commentary. </p>
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<p>The truth is; telephone, linkedin, directories, job boards, ATS, paper and pencil, tweets, FB, etc. are simply tools...each to be used to varying degrees depending on a variety of variables. </p>
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<p>Of course there is a lot of value to branding yourself; getting your name out there as often as possible so when you do use the telephone (the preferred method of selling) your name is more recognizable, at least in their subconscious. But ultimately it's all about focus and time management. Phone during business hours...everything else after and on weekends. No tweeting at 1:30 pm! Those of us over 40 need to understand that technology, when used correctly can only complement our efforts.</p>