Archive for the ‘Talent Sourcing’ Category
15 Competitive Intelligence Tools for Recruiting
Posted by JasonCompetitive Intelligence. It’s the systematic gathering of open information and analysis to provide a better understanding of a competitor firm’s structure, culture, behavior, capabilities, and weaknesses. While competitive intelligence as a practice is not new to the recruiting profession, it can be a key component to a competitive recruiting strategy when deployed properly.
Here are 15 tools that can be used to increase any organizations competitive advantage in the recruiting space.
70 Million Needles in the Haystack
Posted by JasonWritten by @erincarlson.
Have you ever stopped to think about how much LinkedIn caused a tipping point in both agency and corporate recruiting? What use to be the private commodity of agency recruiters, their database of people now resides freely accessible by corporate recruiters via the web. There is no control over the candidate and what they may post, offering corporate recruiters the same or even greater access to potential candidates as agencies.
Just a few tweaks to their processes and corporate recruiters can offer a robust pipeline and higher levels of service than ever before. With access to 70 Million Profiles, Recruiters have no excuse for not networking with or engaging talent.
As a previous agency recruiter I used LinkedIn consistently to grow my network for warm leads. When it came to finding the needle in the haystack IT hire, LinkedIn was the first source. Highly complex searches that involved finding a subject matter expert, no problem let me tap into my network. In using the advanced search capability recruiters are able to locate more than just candidates, they can use the function for determining market data and competitor lists.
LinkedIn gave Recruiters a platform for locating people, real people they know something about.
There are 70 Million Needles in the Haystack, there’s no excuse to not get motivated and get networking!
Job Hunt Chat
Posted by Jasonby @jjbuss.
Calling all job seekers and recruiters! #JobHuntChat started on twitter 2 months ago, and is quickly growing. You can experience the chat every Monday night at 10 pm EST.
I had the opportunity to attend and contribute last night, and would highly recommend this venue. 5 questions were tweeted, follow-up questions were submitted by job seekers, and recruiters gave some great advice. Everything from job fairs to job boards, and everything in between.
The Future of Work via Elance?
Posted by JasonHigh unemployment will likely continue in the coming years, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress today. While that is not the news anyone would hope for, it was widely expected.
One approach the unemployed and underemployed are taking is leveraging online forums and tools to compete for work. Elance, one of the major players in this space recently released , Elance, recently released their online talent report.
Elance currently has over 100,000 experts (service providers) registered world-wide, and ready to take on and compete for projects from web programming and marketing, to legal and virtual assistants. The site also publishes nearly $250 million has been paid (and earned) through the site, with over 300,000 projects posted in the past 12 months alone.
The Sourcer’s Playbook
Posted by Jason
Geoff Peterson, Managing Principle of General Lead has over a decade of in-depth experience sourcing talent for organizations nationally. In the Spring of 2009 I met Geoff online via twitter, facebook, and the recruiting blogosphere; and then later in person at a recruiting conference. At the time, I learned about a book he was writing called The Sourcer’s Playbook.
Since that time, he published “The Sourcer’s Playbook” and I’ve had the opportunity to read it and talk in more detail to Geoff a few times about the gaps and opportunities he sees with sourcing talent and his approach to closing these through his work.
The Crystal Ball: 2010 Recruiting Predictions
Posted by JasonEach year there are hundreds of predictions made about recruiting. Some come to fruition, some don’t. It’s always enjoyable to reflect back on last year’s and look into the crystal ball for this year.
This year is no different. Hundreds of predictions have been made about what 2010 holds for jobs, employment, and the recruiting space. While it’s not rocket science to discuss social media in recruiting or a big focus on retention as the economy turns here are several links to that will give you some thought provoking conversation starters, or something to read during your lunch break.
Recruiting Blog Recap for 2009
Posted by JasonIn a few days 2009 will be in the past, opening up a new year with new opportunities. Times were certainly tough this past year. How tough?
One organization created job board coupons for Recruiters, while recruiting budgets were hit hard, and attendance at industry conferences was also down significantly - by some projections as much as 75%. Whether or not you had the opportunity to attend ERE, or Kennedy/OnRec the reviews were mixed. For many, the fall ERE conference led the conference pack with the most positive feedback. SHRM’s Staffing Management Conference had the most attendees, and they are predicting 800+ for the Spring 2010 event.
Job Board Coupons! What Next?
Posted by JasonUpdated: 10/30/09
If you haven’t used your job board coupons, time is running out! In an e-mail earlier this week, SHRM sent an e-mail blast notifying Recruiters that the job board coupons from their job posting center, powered by JobTarget, expire at the end of the year. Seriously.
Original Post: 1/8/09
I never thought I’d live to see the day where job boards would publish coupons. That’s the case with the latest coupon book from SHRM and Job Target, containing over 1,000 coupons for job boards.
If Recruiters have time in a down economy to clip coupons - “Houston, we have a problem”…
A New Standard in Mobile Recruiting
Posted by JasonOffering recruiters the ability to scour the Internet for top prospective candidates and leads without spending hours on dozens of individual sites or forming complicated Boolean search strings, AutoSearch recently unveiled its AutoSearch Mobile iPhone and iPod Touch application.
It’s powered by AutoSearch’s web-based sourcing platform and unique filtering technology.
It’s obvious there are several benefits a tool like AutoSearch Mobile can bring to Recruiters, with productivity and efficiency at the top of the list.
Options:
College Recruiting Gets Punched In The Face
Posted by Jason
Talk to Ted Williams, CEO and Founder of GrouperEye for a few minutes and you’ll quickly understand the difference he’s attempting - and about to make in the college recruiting space.
Over the past decade not much has changed with college recruiting. For the most part companies have focused on building relationships with Career Centers and staff, Faculty, and Student Organizations. Many sponsor events and clubs, hold information sessions, and attend career fairs.
Characteristics of this approach has always been more focused on specific Universities vs. talent across thousands of Universities, and lets face it, boring yet a fairly safe bet for Recruiters. John Sullivan wrote an article and estimates this is the approach being used by 95% of companies.
For Ted, what has been missing in all of that is very clear. A platform to build relationships and a true talent community (not just a database of names), in addition to observing and assessing students real work talent with case competitions.
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