Finding great people to help make your company productive and profitable isn’t easy. It’s getting more difficult every single day. It’s not impossible, and going back to basics when searching for top talent can help. Any time I am working with a new client or position requisition, I spend time with the hiring manager. I ask questions and go beyond the formalities or job description. It’s important to get a feel for the managing style and personal approach that a hiring manager brings. In our jobs, we often spend more time with our co-workers and our bosses than our own spouses, and this type of compatibility is often not important. It’s not important until we make the wrong hire focusing solely on culture fit or qualifications.
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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Occupy Technology to Hire
“We need to leverage technology to bring recruiting back to its roots as a social activity,” said SmartRecruiters CEO Jerome Ternynck.
Everyday, more of the public takes occupation in the streets. More than 14 million Americans are unemployed, actively searching for a job. And 3.4 million jobs remain open, an increase of 22% over the last year.
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4 Ways to Recruit and Build Communities on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the recruiting tool of choice when it comes to social recruiting and social media nearly 87% of recruiters visit LinkedIn first before going anywhere else. And yet many companies do not leverage LinkedIn and its search and social engagement features to its full potential as part of their formal recruitment and talent development strategy.
Think of Linkedin as an online rolodex where a recruiter or hiring manager now has access to over 150 million professionals from across the globe. Read more
Weekly Release : Mobile Career Site
This week we introduce Mobile Career Sites for all customers. With 50% of internet traffic soon coming from mobile devices, it’s rather important to give people an easy access to jobs from a tiny mobile screen.
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Making the Most When Recruiting with Job Boards
It’s often surprising for job seekers to learn that even with a very candidate heavy market, that recruiters and organizations are struggling to find talent. So while more than 14 million are currently unemployed and eager to begin work, finding the right fit candidate for a position remains challenge even in this economy. In fact, 15% of companies in North America and Asia believe they have enough qualified candidates to fill their key positions.
Weekly Release: Your Suggestions Built
Many of you told us that you wanted to test out the functionality of applicant profiles immediately. And so, for all new users, SmartRecruiters CEO Jerome Ternynck is now waiting for you in the software as a Test Applicant! Many of you also noticed that the ”state” does not accompany “city” on all displays of job postings. So now they do. And to meet the need to mass share a branded and personalized message, we improved the versatility of email templates.
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4 Secrets to Recruiting Gen Y
A Baby Boomer now turns 65 years of age every 7 seconds in the United States. Since birth Baby Boomers have been the majority until now, and for many decision makers who also happen to be baby boomers, that is a hard pill to swallow.
The Generation Y workforce is now the largest talent ocean; Gen Y is the majority of the workforce. As a member of Generation Y who is 33 and hopefully older, wiser, and experienced, I can relate to the frustration of Generational X and Baby Boomer bosses have when it comes to their younger counterparts.
But these generalities are wrong. Read more