Comments - Growing Your Staffing Agency's Social Network - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-29T09:39:20Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A1492347&xn_auth=noThe other problem I have with…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-06:502551:Comment:14927202012-01-06T15:37:49.723ZSandra McCartthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
The other problem I have with this post. "candidates and clients will fall in your lap".<br />
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Not in my three decades of being a recruiter have clients and candidates ever fallen in my lap. It takes hard work, personal contact, producing results consistently that result in good hires to develop clients. Blasting out tweets and posts on twitter, Facebook etc is not going to make all these clients fall in your lab. Nor will any kind of recruiting software.
The other problem I have with this post. "candidates and clients will fall in your lap".<br />
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Not in my three decades of being a recruiter have clients and candidates ever fallen in my lap. It takes hard work, personal contact, producing results consistently that result in good hires to develop clients. Blasting out tweets and posts on twitter, Facebook etc is not going to make all these clients fall in your lab. Nor will any kind of recruiting software. "Top-notch staffing still rel…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-06:502551:Comment:14928032012-01-06T14:50:39.709ZJerry Albrighthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/JerryAlbright
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">"Top-notch staffing still relies on word-of-mouth more than anything else........The #1 job of a staffing professional, then, is expanding his or her professional social network"</span></p>
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<p>Absolutely have to disagree here. The <strong>NUMBER ONE</strong> job of a recruiter is to make <strong>PRESENTATIONS</strong>. Hoping that by simply "getting the word out" that someone will know someone who knows someone - is just that: Hope. HOPE…</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">"Top-notch staffing still relies on word-of-mouth more than anything else........The #1 job of a staffing professional, then, is expanding his or her professional social network"</span></p>
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<p>Absolutely have to disagree here. The <strong>NUMBER ONE</strong> job of a recruiter is to make <strong>PRESENTATIONS</strong>. Hoping that by simply "getting the word out" that someone will know someone who knows someone - is just that: Hope. HOPE kills a recruiter. Hope is nothing I personally bank on - and is certainly not a strategy in my day to day work.</p>
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<p>I also find you description of whom to include in your network rather interesting - <strong>Your unemployed college roommate. Your unemployed college roommate’s mother. Your unemployed roommate’s mother’s financial adviser</strong> - I'm going to disagree with this too. While I make no distinction between employed/unemployed overall - I do not see this as the way to build your network/database/talent community - whatever you call it.</p>
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<p>Perhaps a giant list of unemployed people provides for far less rejection - but that is no way to get ahead in the recruiting world.</p>
<p></p> I totally agree shashank. Thi…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-06:502551:Comment:14922792012-01-06T04:47:56.126ZSandra McCartthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
I totally agree shashank. This type of social networking seems to me like standing in a crowded airport with a megaphone screaming, "hey, I have a job for a manager". But, Tim sells software so maybe he has a different take on it than recruiters who are working a desk.
I totally agree shashank. This type of social networking seems to me like standing in a crowded airport with a megaphone screaming, "hey, I have a job for a manager". But, Tim sells software so maybe he has a different take on it than recruiters who are working a desk. Social recruiting is such a b…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-06:502551:Comment:14922662012-01-06T00:47:35.956ZShashank Shekharhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ShashankShekhar
<p>Social recruiting is such a buzz these days. However, I have always wondered if getting the word out to more and more people via the online social networks is really beneficial and cost effective way to recruit.</p>
<p>Yes, it increases the number of people finding out about the position, but the way I look at it, the more people that see the recruiting message, the more the number of resumes coming in for a job position. Doesn't that translate to higher expense of time and money for…</p>
<p>Social recruiting is such a buzz these days. However, I have always wondered if getting the word out to more and more people via the online social networks is really beneficial and cost effective way to recruit.</p>
<p>Yes, it increases the number of people finding out about the position, but the way I look at it, the more people that see the recruiting message, the more the number of resumes coming in for a job position. Doesn't that translate to higher expense of time and money for companies, hiring managers to sort out the meaningful resumes from the bulk? After all indiscriminate broadcasting of job opportunities without increasing the odds of finding the right candidate is only going to increase the volume of resumes not their quality.</p>
<p>There is a better way to utilize the social networks when it comes to searching for talent and I believe the real power of social recruiting will be unleashed only when the broadcasting is not indiscriminate and instead is done selectively.</p>