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Social Media and Job Hunting – 3 Tips for Success

ExactHire Recruiting

If you’re considering a career change, social media can be a wonderful tool to help you find opportunities and introductions not easily available in your day-to-day life. It’s important to be judicious in how you use social platforms, while also understanding how potential employers may use them to recruit or screen applicants.

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2012 Social Recruiting Survey Part 3: Tremendous ROI

Jobvite

In our coverage of the 2012 Social Recruiting Survey , we’ve covered the growing popularity for social recruiting (92% will use it in 2012), and the power of online profiles now have (86% will review social profiles). Of those with social hires, 89% of respondents have hired from LinkedIn.

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Using Social Media In HR & Recruiting [SLIDESHARE]

Unbridled Talent

During that time, I’ve sought out and followed many of the pioneers in our industry who are leading the way and companies who are implementing “best practices” – and I’ve utilized social media to expand my network, attract and recruit talent, communicate with employees and build my personal/business brand.

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2012 Social Recruiting Survey Part 2: Profiles Have Power and the Content Matters

Jobvite

In our second installment on the results of our 5 th annual Social Recruiting Survey , we want to take a look at the growing role online profiles play in the hiring process. Since 2010, the number of recruiters that always review social profiles has grown 16 points, from 32% to 48%.

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2012 Social Recruiting Survey Part 1: In 5 Years Social Recruiting Becomes Nearly Universal

Jobvite

This year marks the 5 th anniversary of Jobvite’s Social Recruiting Survey , which has become an industry benchmark. We took a look at the rise of social recruiting over time, and adoption has reached an all-time high. 2/3 of recruiters now use Facebook, a jump of eleven points from 55% in 2011.

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Unf*cking the Fire Hose, a.k.a. Making Recruiting Data Usable

Recruiting Daily

Picture it: the recruiting industry, 2012. Instagram finally releases its Android app, giving at least half of those folks a new distraction for the sake of “social recruiting.” There are now five billion people with internet access. LinkedIn suffers a massive hack exposing the passwords of nearly 6.5

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7 Twitter Accounts Every Recruiter Should Start Following in 2017

Social Talent

Since 2004, Bryan has watched as the digital landscape has evolved rapidly and social media and mobile have taken over from more traditional marketing methods. Her biggest passion, however, is to help shape the tools we use all the time as recruiters.

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