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4 Fun and Festive Sourcing News Stories – 22 December 2014

Social Talent

In the news this week: LinkedIn Reveals the Top Skills Recruiters Searched for in 2014 . In a blog post last week, LinkedIn revealed the Top 25 Hottest Skills that got people Hired in 2014, based on hiring and recruiting activity on the professional network. Middleware and integration software. Business intelligence.

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Glassdoor’s 2014 Recruiting Budget: Revealed

Glassdoor for Employers

A little context first on how we arrived at our 2014 recruiting budget. Challenge #2: 2014 was a building year for Glassdoor’s Recruiting team. But given the constant hiring volume expected for 2014, we concluded that the best thing to do was bring on full-time recruiters for key job categories like Engineering, Sales, and G&A.

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Talent Acquisition 2014: A Look Back and Ahead

Brandon Hall

Talent acquisition is the most complex area of human capital management, yet many companies lack the necessary resources, tools and capabilities to build a results-driven program. In fact, only 8% of companies have an optimized talent acquisition strategy. 5 KPIs of High-Performing Onboarding.

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18 Tips to Turbocharge Your Candidate Sourcing Strategies

Bullhorn

Need tips to improve your candidate sourcing strategies? You’re in good company—candidate sourcing is the top priority for staffing firms. In fact, sourcing tips are so in-demand right now that we developed an entire hub to help you step up your sourcing efforts. Free Sourcing Tools. Hunter and Gatherer.

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My Holiday Wish List for Talent Acquisition

Brandon Hall

I can’t believe 2014 is almost over, and a new year is upon us. A Shiny New Framework for High-Performance Talent Acquisition. Talent acquisition is changing rapidly. With this in mind, I’m developing a working model of how the most effective hiring organizations are tackling talent acquisition.

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LinkedIn Represents Over 60% of U.S. Non Farm Employment

Boolean Black Belt

In certain sourcing and recruiting circles, it’s in vogue to say that you shouldn’t rely heavily on LinkedIn for your talent acquisition needs. Bureau of Labor and Statistics is showing preliminary figures for total non farm employment in January 2014 at 137,500,000 (I rounded up). Final Thoughts.

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Breaking the Endless Cycle of Source-Hire-Repeat

Brandon Hall

Earlier this year, I asked hundreds of leaders in talent acquisition these same questions – along with the most important question on the topic: How effective would you rate your organization’s planning efforts for talent acquisition? Effectiveness in Talent Acquisition Planning. Not Effective. KyleLagunas.