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Why Ignoring Social Recruiting Will Cost You Your Career

Social Talent

Recruiting is merging with marketing. Gone are the days that clients are willing to pay you to screen candidates that they can get from job boards. It used to be that recruiters were merely CV shufflers, matching a resume to a job. So what is social recruiting and how is it different?

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Did You Know Some Employers Use Social Media to Screen Job Candidates?

HireRight

While many companies use social media sites to recruit and advertise job openings to candidates, only a small percentage of them use social media to evaluate job candidates. The post Did You Know Some Employers Use Social Media to Screen Job Candidates?

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Anti-Social Recruiting: Why Sourcing Best Practices Are BS

Recruiting Daily

Which was my job to sell them on, since the sourcing function was also responsible for scheduling second round screens if their vitals checked out. The employer value proposition : give up a cushy corporate gig and go into project consulting. Click here to register (and good on ya).

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7 FREE Twitter Products for Serious Social Recruiters

Social Talent

However, when asked what they thought of recruiters/employers efforts on the popular micro-blogging site, job seekers were less than impressed! But due to the very limited amount of characters available, many recruiters just simply didn’t bother trying to engage candidates this way.

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2017 Trends in Recruiting via Social Media

HireRight

When HireRight published its first Employment Screening Benchmark Report ten years ago, we did not survey respondents about their use of social media. It seems odd now, but a decade ago, social media wasn’t even on the hiring map. Social media has become part of the fabric of talent management, and a critical one at that.

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5 Tried-and-True Methods for Sourcing Passive Candidates

Glassdoor for Employers

In fact, oversaturation on LinkedIn is the main reason that 52 percent of hiring managers claim that passive candidate recruiting has become less effective — so it’s time to expand your social recruiting strategy. Related: 4 Keys to Building a Social Recruiting Strategy That *Actually* Gets Results ].

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10 Recruiting Strategies for Hiring Great Employees

Jobvite

Social media is an outstanding tool to communicate with job seekers. If the only place you’re putting the word out about open positions is on dedicated job posting boards, then you’re missing out on social recruiting opportunities. 7: Start an Employee Referral Program. Want to learn more?