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It’s fair to say LinkedIn has changed everyone’s life in recruiting. But not always for the better. LinkedIn is the golden child of candidate databases, now claiming to have 575 million unique profiles (260 monthly actives) residing within its servers. It’s the database of choice for recruiters, and while the service represents the biggest database of active and passive candidates …
Yep – that’s me! The low-hanging fruit on the LinkedIn tree. What’s it like being low-hanging fruit and working in Talent Acquisition? Well, you’re popular with a variety of people. And come to find out, a lot of people don’t read your LinkedIn profile. Or if they do, they don’t pick up what you’re putting down. No clue as to …
Hey superstar recruiters, I see you making placement after placement, and this one’s for you. You’ve got it all, and you’re on top of the world. You get a req, hunt for and sweet talk the perfect candidate, show the hiring manager what’s so great about them, crush the placement and move along to the next req. But wait! Slow …
“Whose permission are you looking for? Go do your thing…Nothing is going to happen unless you do something . Quit that f**king bull***t job; you can always get another job.” –Gary Vaynerchuk– One of the videos that has inspired me over the last weeks is this short rant from Gary Vaynerchuk. Watch the entire thing — it’s only 1 ½ …
Referrals can be a recruiter’s best friend—especially if it’s a good one that leads to a hire. We all want more candidates, but we don’t just want any candidate—we want the best ones for our clients. The candidates that fit the business, the culture, the values… the ones that seal the deals! So of course, when we are out networking, …
Be Kind. That’s it, that’s all. What’s kindness in recruiting? Be responsive. With candidates, with the unknown. Since I’ve changed jobs, I’ve acquired a few pen-pals. Some of them are unknown, some of them I’ve encountered briefly in my professional career, and a few in my personal life. It takes a minute to respond to an inmail or email. And …
Note from FOT: The best social recruiting efforts give gifts of time, knowledge, community and transparency into the organization you recruit for. Need a story to have it all make sense? Fine. Gather round the campfire kids, ’cause KD is about to hit the refresh button in your FOT browser—get ready for some science in the blast-from-the-past post below. Cliff notes first: Because …
It’s a valid question. Where I hang out—G+, Twitter, LinkedIn, others (i.e. HR Management)—often fear to lurk. And the ones that do, are typically pretty much just like me. But here’s the thing: my current employer never had anyone just like me sourcing for him before. The way my boss found me? Referrals. Actually speaking referrals. He asked me to …
