Social Talent

JANUARY 10, 2016

Following on from last week’s announcement that Twitter had hired former Apple VP of Diversity and Inclusion, Jeff Siminoff, to join their team, another social media giant has just announced a similar hire of their own. In 2014, mobile app usage grew by 76%, and in 2013, it grew by 103%. Candice Morgan. So far, so normal.

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Social Talent

JANUARY 4, 2016

That’s because according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) recently released 8th annual report on the recruitment industry’s performance , we can see that total recruitment industry turnover increased by 9.7% in 2014/15 to reach £31.5 77% of professionals want to hear good news by phone.

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Social Talent

MARCH 27, 2016

Yes, according to a survey of 56,000 tech workers from over 172 countries by Stack Overflow (the world’s largest online community for developers), 51% labelled dealing with recruiters the “most annoying” part of searching for and obtaining work, with most opting to use personal contacts to get interviews.

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Social Talent

MAY 15, 2016

The latest fall in permanent staff availability was the slowest since January 2014, while temp availability decreased at the least marked pace in 31 months. More than 40% of candidates sent to employers via UpScored receive interview requests, and 87% of candidates like the jobs they see. However, rates of decline eased on the month.

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SmartRecruiters

MARCH 20, 2015

In a comprehensive review of the entire human resources market in 2014, Software Advice found that small businesses most commonly sought to automate personnel tracking (about 36 percent), applicant tracking (about 35 percent) and performance review (over 20 percent), in that order of importance.

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Social Talent

JULY 26, 2015

In an official public apology for the image, a spokesperson for the company explained: “This social event organised by one team was in poor taste at best, and not reflective of the culture we are building here at Twitter. We want to capture the dreams, ambitions, nerves and excitement across both sides of the interview table.

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Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

So, in an effort to discover what the most sought after soft skills are, LinkedIn analysed the soft skills listed on the profiles of members who job-hopped (defined as a member changing their employer on their LinkedIn profile) between June 2014 and June 2015 to identify the most sought-after soft skills among employers. How does it work?

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Social Talent

DECEMBER 1, 2014

So today, we’re going to explore the merits of an up and coming social app that combines both mobile technology and visual images and discuss why we believe it will be one of the best social recruiting tools of 2015. What is Snapchat? Sober Lane. Snapchat will be perfect.

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Social Talent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

What this means for you: Social media is now officially as important as job boards when it comes to recruiting, so you need both a presence on and a strategy for social talent acquisition. 77% say the interview is extremely or very important in making their final decision to accept or reject an offer.

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Social Talent

JUNE 5, 2016

That said, the company has improved since the end of 2014, when it was 79% male and 21% female worldwide. However, despite an improvement in diversity figures in GitHub from 2014 to 2016, TechCrunch.com are quick to point out that only one group seem to be prospering from their current diversity efforts: white women. Do you have kids?/etc.

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Social Talent

MAY 28, 2015

Today, we’re bringing together all of that knowledge into one blog post package – the Social Recruiting Round-Up for May 2015. Some LinkedIn users’ parents weren’t as kind as yours… How to: Use Buffer to Schedule Social Media Posts. The Best Times to Post on Social Media (Infographic).

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Social Talent

JANUARY 29, 2015

If you’re planning on attending a recruiting conference in 2015, we’ve put together a list of 8 of the best worldwide recruitment events you should be saving the date for. 5 HUGE Lessons Recruiters Must Learn from 2014’s Biggest Outcomes. How to: Prepare and Conduct the Perfect Job Interview .

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Jobvite

MAY 1, 2018

We’ve seen it happen time and again – there’s an innovation in the world of sales and marketing; and not long after, we see a similar approach make its way into recruiting. In 2011, there was Social recruiting , inspired by social selling and the impact of social media on how we market and sell.

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Spark Hire

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Undoubtedly, a good portion of this past year was spent advertising job openings, screening applicants, and interviewing hundreds of candidates. Are they on social media? Using the persona method will give you new insight into how to find, connect, and recruit top talent. Interview here: [link].”

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Jobvite

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In the 9th Recruiter Nation Report (Formerly Called the Social Recruiting Survey), 69% of Recruiters Report Increased Hiring in the Last Year, With 95% Expecting Similar or Increased Competition Over the Next Year. One of the worst social media sins? Jobvite 2014 Survey. Break out the spell check.

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Social Talent

MARCH 6, 2016

In recruitment news this week: Jobbatical Scores $2M. Launched in late 2014, the startup is on a mission to build a global marketplace for what it calls “career adventures”. The Demographic Breakdown of Social Media Users. Check out this video to find out more about Jobbatical. 22% of the entire adult population use it.

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Jobvite

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

We asked several reputable hiring managers if they research a potential hire’s social media activity, and if there are implications on hiring decisions based on what they see. Do potential employers really search out job candidates, and check their social media profiles? Social Media Answers the Personal Questions.

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Jobvite

MAY 1, 2018

We’ve seen it happen time and again – there’s an innovation in the world of sales and marketing; and not long after, we see a similar approach make its way into recruiting. In 2011, there was Social recruiting , inspired by social selling and the impact of social media on how we market and sell.

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Social Talent

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

As of April 2014, that range is from 1 to 10 seconds, after which they will be hidden from the recipient’s device and deleted from Snapchat’s servers. What this last year has taught us is that SnapChat’s primary niche as a recruitment tool now falls firmly into the employer branding category. But how and why? Onboarding.

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MightyRecruiter

JULY 12, 2017

We sat down with Dale to get some of her thoughts on everything from useless interview questions to how she defines ‘cultural fit’ to how she’d advise Uber as it recovers from its recent shakeup. Weirdly was founded in 2014. Let’s talk about interviewing candidates for cultural fit. What are your strengths and weaknesses?’

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Recruiting Daily

MAY 11, 2015

With hundreds of employers voluntarily subjecting their hiring process to the intense scrutiny involved in being adjudicated by nearly 95,000 applicant responses, the 2014 Candidate Experience Awards did more than just open the recruiting books up at some of the world’s biggest brands. Pat yourself on the back, recruiters.

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Eightfold

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

He’s also a highly regarded speaker and author, with two published books: “HR from Now to Next” (2014) and “The Ultimate Guide to a Digital Workforce Experience” (2018). Bill Boorman is the organizer of the The Recruiting Unconference and a social recruiting expert. Jason Averbook. Bill Boorman. Lisa Jones. Doug Melville.

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Social Talent

MAY 22, 2016

In recruitment news this week: Freelance Workers Will Soon Outnumber Employees. There are now over 54 million freelance workers in America, a number that’s increased by 700,000 from 2014 to 2015. However, recruiters are receiving an average of 133 applications per entry-level position and conducting 35 interviews.

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Recruitalicious

OCTOBER 15, 2014

After the whirlwind that was the 2014 HR Technology Conference & Expo , everyone is likely back from Las Vegas to their corners of the working world. In 2014, these were the 4 themes that stood out most during HR Tech: It’s (finally) all about the data. We would love to see you there! How was your HR Tech experience?

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Social Talent

AUGUST 3, 2015

140 million came from Marketing solutions revenue, which rose about 32% from Q2 2014. As part of the initiative , Pinterest has set goals like increasing hiring rates for full-time engineering roles to 30% female, and interviewing at least one person from an underrepresented background and one woman every open leadership position.

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Social Talent

APRIL 26, 2015

For another look at Facebook’s constantly-growing user base, check out the following charts straight from the social network itself: Basically, if you’re not using Facebook as part of your social recruiting strategy, you are missing out on a gigantic database of potential talent.

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Social Talent

JANUARY 31, 2016

But this week, Air New Zealand, recipient of a 2014 ERE Recruiting Excellence Award for the best career website, put a HUGE smile on our faces when they released one of the most stunning employer (or should we now say “employee”) branding videos we’ve EVER seen. The First 12 Words Candidates Utter Can Make or Break an Interview.

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Social Talent

APRIL 10, 2016

Lytmus is a brand new startup online service that enables recruiters to quickly sort through technical candidates to determine who among them to call for an initial phone screen, and then to assess their skills with real world engineering and coding tasks. Lytmus Take Home reduces the chance of a bad on-site interview.

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Jobvite

JANUARY 13, 2015

If you’re curious about what the last year brought us in terms of useful stats, and you’re ready to act on what you learn, here’s a recap of the top five HR infographics of 2014. On-Brand Interviews. Employment brands have huge influence over candidates’ decisions, but not all interviews incorporate or reinforce brand messaging.

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Social Talent

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Hello and welcome to the September issue of Social Talent’s Social Recruiting Round-Up – a collection of the best blogs, infographics and new stories posted on the Social Talent blog in the last month. The 10 Wildest Job Interview Stories EVER! What makes good company culture? We like a lot!

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Unbridled Talent

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Keynote/Session Topics: Amybeth can share key insights and deep experience in all aspects of candidate sourcing, prospect contact information gathering, initial prospect outreach, Internet mining, Boolean search query creation, appropriate use of social media for sourcing/prospecting. Why Amybeth?

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Unbridled Talent

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Keynote/Session Topics: Amybeth can share key insights and deep experience in all aspects of candidate sourcing, prospect contact information gathering, initial prospect outreach, Internet mining, Boolean search query creation, appropriate use of social media for sourcing/prospecting. Recruiting To Win: Confessions Of An HR MacGyver.

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Workable

MARCH 17, 2014

Expert on HR and social media. He’s got generalist experience across many industries with particular specialisms in recruitment and sourcing. My favourite interview question – “What’s your favourite swear word?” Recruiting Animal Canada. Founder of LinkHumans, a London based social media agency.

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SailorAnn

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

2014 is shaping up to be a year that will disrupt the way traditional HR functions operate. As technology, social media and data continue to become interwoven into the fabric of the workplace, HR must start to think and act like business functions by using data and insights to drive their strategy. Where are they going?

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Social Talent

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Jennifer Kim , Chief of Staff at Lever (a tech recruiting company), says that in her experience at previous companies, hiring managers “oftentimes miss the opportunity to reaffirm the new team member’s decision and celebrate with them” She wanted things to be different at Lever. ’s and ‘When is she starting???’

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Social Talent

AUGUST 16, 2015

By analyzing the changes LinkedIn members made to their profiles in 2014, LinkedIn have uncovered a number of globe spanning geographic migration trends. Ireland saw a modest net influx of members in 2014 (0.18%), compared to a net outflow in 2013. What’s a recruiter to make of this? This is incredibly shocking! Olle wasn’t.

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Social Talent

JUNE 26, 2016

That means it’s definitively bigger than Twitter, which Instagram surpassed at the end of 2014, and has stalled out at 320 million monthly users. Ever looked at the smash hit TV show First Dates and thought “I wish there was a recruitment version of this show!”? ” CV Lands Candidate Role WITHOUT a Single Interview.

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