What is the most popular source of hire?

Jim Stroud interviews Gerry Crispin and discusses his annual research report - "Source of Hire."

00:01 - Introduction
00:17 - You know who The GodFather of HR is
00:32 - Bleep
01:52 - It is a flawed process how ATS count source of hire
03:33 - There isn't one source that stands on its own
05:10 - Direct sourcing has risen significantly
06:43 - You put your resume in an envelope and send it
08:43 - Companies are going to continue to invest in sourcing
09:36 - I think we're going to have to see better tools
10:55 - I think we'll always be sharpening our branding efforts, particularly as it pertains to diversity
12:17 - In the use of Facebook I see significant growth
13:43 - I think Facebook will increase in value as we start to think of Facebook as the internet
14:02 - I don't see Facebook getting into this business, but if they did...
14:19 - I heard a rumor that you were buying Monster
15:44 - They're screwing up their ability to engage quality candidates
16:23 - I rather work for a company that only has 50 employees
16:30 - Gerry Crispin of Career Cross Roads aka The GodFather of HR
16:37 -- Shout-outs

Links mentioned in the interview

CareerXroads
http://careerxroads.com

2012 CareerXroads Source of Hire: Channels of Influence
http://slidesha.re/Amxh1a

Recorded Webinar: How To Recruit with Video by Jim Stroud
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Comment by Stephen Rath on March 14, 2012 at 12:11pm: Jim - Excellent topic and great guest. Enjoyed Gerry's perspective on sourcing/recruiting numbers. We all realize this isn't an exact science, however, Gerry's and Mark's research provide telling trends.

Comment by Suresh on March 15, 2012 at 9:12am: Jim, well worth the 17 minutes. The Godfather makes a lot of sense.

" I liked his comment on overlap of Phone+Job Board+Social Media+Referral all tools used in recruiting and its getting tougher to separate them".

Employers want to reduce spending on Some Job Boards and get more social. Here is the catch, the biggest player in Social Media for Recruiters (Linkedin) is actually being used as a Job Board...thats interesting.

Keep it simple is my takeaway and that is what all the tools should be trying to achieve..

Comment by Christopher Poreda on March 15, 2012 at 10:19am: @ suresh...I know much is hyped about it but is LinkedIn really an effective hiring tool (sans a job board?). Check this out. 700 employers were interviewed about their hiring sources in 2011. The results may surprise you.

Comment by Suresh on March 15, 2012 at 5:59pm: @chris, what amused me is that Gerry's comment about how linkedin is being used by employers. For all the talk about Social Media it is being turned into a job board in essence.

Indeed is doing well, because they are probably the most cost effective other than niche job boards.

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