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2010 Superbowl Ad Winner: CareerBuilder vs. Monster.com?
Posted by JasonWith air time estimated between $2.5 and $3 million, both job boards are looking to gain traffic and exposure during high unemployment times.
In our poll last year, CareerBuilder won the superbowl ad contest big time with 71% of the vote. After announcing the acquisition of Yahoo! HotJobs last week, the Monster.com beavers hope to take the top spot over CareerBuilder’s whitey tighties.
Which ad did you like best this year? Vote here, and if you didn’t see the ads, you can see both ad spots below the poll.
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Be sure to vote for your favorite 2010 Superbowl ad on YouTube’s ad blitz page before February 14th, 2010.
Social Media and Social Recruiting: The Candidate’s Voice
Posted by JasonThe social media craze is alive on many fronts and, for Recruiters, it is no different. There are companies offering a wide variety of services to advance their presence online for recruiting, skill development for sourcing talent, as well as the first social recruiting conference being held in June, to name a few.
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Recruiting Poll: Company Adoption of Social Media for Recruiting
Posted by JasonThe weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week.
The question: How would you rate your organization’s adoption of social media in branding overall, and for recruiting?
The results:
- It’s a struggle (64%)
- Slowly but surely (28%)
- Ahead of the curve (8%)
From several conversations I’ve had, this continues to be a slow moving process for a variety of reasons. As you can see from the results, 92% of respondents state between “it’s a struggle” and “slowly but surely”. The 8% clearly continue to have an advantage.
Here are several resources related to using social media in recruiting:
- Social Recruiting: Corporate Adoption of Social Media for Recruiting and Retention
- Jobvite Social Recruitment Survey Results
- Companies Start Recruiting Through Social Media Websites
- Recruiting through Social Media
- 10 Social Media Tactics for Finding Talent
Vote now for this week’s poll: How much will you or your company pay for your attendance at an industry conference in 2009?
Recruiting Blog Poll: Recruiting Metrics
Posted by JasonBy Jason Buss.
The weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week.
The question: What is the primary focus of your recruiting metrics?
The results:
- Measuring productivity (54%)
- What metrics (26%)
- Measuring value (10%)
- A combination (value and productivity 10%)
In addition to the obvious quality of hire, there were 3 top picks for recruiting metrics presented at the Spring Kennedy Information Recruiting Conference that I previously highlighted.
Check back next week or subscribe to the recruiting blog feed for a post on creating an effective metrics portfolio.
This week’s recruiting poll: How would you rate your organization’s adoption of social media in branding overall, and for recruiting?
Recruiting Blog Poll: Corporate Career Site Effectiveness
Posted by AdminThe weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week.
The question: How would you rate the overall effectiveness of your career site?
The results:
- A little embarrassing (55%)
- About average (45%)
- Award winning (0%)
Check back next week or subscribe to the recruiting blog feed for a post on creating an effective candidate experience. Related articles:
- Seriously? This a Candidate’s On-line Experience in a Web 2.0 World?
- Corporate Career Site Series, Part 1: Measuring Career Site Results
- Corporate Career Site Series, Part 2: “Top 5″ List for Deploying an Effective Online Career Center
- Corporate Career Site Series, Part 3: Job Aggregator and SEO Site Results
The new poll this week: What is the primary focus of your recruiting metrics?
What is your satisfaction level with your current A.T.S.?
Posted by JasonThe weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week.
The question: What is your satisfaction level with your current A.T.S.?
The results:
- We’re shopping? (59%)
- Meet’s most needs (41%)
- Exceeds our needs (0%)
Looks like a great time to be in A.T.S. sales! The biggest challenges overall I’ve heard with applicant tracking systems is around building candidate communities, CRM capabilities, and SEO components (all integrated into one solution).
Maybe with Taleo’s recent news to acquire Vurv, and other A.T.S. rumors on the street someone will step up and take a leadership role in the space. Then again it is technology, and doesn’t “fix” a lot of the other issues we’re facing.
The new poll this week: How has the economy and overall job market impacted the relocation benefits you provide?
The recruiting blog results from the first weekly poll are in.
The question: What is the biggest challenge in using social media to source candidates?
The results:
- Internal push back (45%)
- Lack of time (29%)
- Fear with loss of control (17%)
- Don’t know how to use tools (9%)
I wasn’t surprised that internal push back topped the list. Kudos to those that have been able to influence stakeholders internally and sell the risk/reward balance. Here is a post on the corporate adoption of social media for recruiting and retention.
Vote for the new poll for this week (right hand column): How would you rate your organizations current approach and strategy for online recruitment?
