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11 Stats You Should Know If You are Recruiting Contractors in the U.S.

Linkedin Talent Blog

The industries that boast the most contractors are software and IT, media and communications, and healthcare. Contractors are very open to moving between different industries. 70% of contractors who switched jobs in the past year moved to a different industry, according to LinkedIn data. image by Death to Stock Photo.

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The Evolution of Talent Acquisition with GitHub's Maisha Cannon

Entelo

Check out the full interview here. Additionally, a recruiter with a thirst for knowledge and savvy communication skills will do well across industries. How is today's recruiting industry different from what it was when you first started out in your recruiting career? You've been in the hiring space for over a decade!

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Katrina Collier Interview Spotlight

WizardSourcer

I had the opportunity to interview the legendary Katrina Collier from The Searchologist. I, of course, fell into recruitment in 2003 when I moved to London. In 2008, the recession hit and I saw it as a way out of agency recruitment and into my own business teaching people to use social media for recruiting and job search.

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How Recruiting Has Changed in the Past 20 Years, According to 5 Talent Leaders

Linkedin Talent Blog

Back in 2003, 50 Cent topped the Billboard charts ; Beyoncé launched her first solo album; an 18-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut for Manchester United; and the film adaptation of the musical Chicago won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Time hasn’t spared the recruiting industry either. Well, those days are long gone.

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Using Social Media to Enhance Your Career Prospects

Recruiting Blogs

Social media has been a world-changing phenomenon. However, the last 10 years have seen a huge spike in both users of social media and reasons for using it. . In 2019, there were 3.486 billion active users on social media , equating to nearly half of the entire population having a social media presence.

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Using Social Media to Enhance Your Career Prospects

Recruiting Blogs

Social media has been a world-changing phenomenon. However, the last 10 years have seen a huge spike in both users of social media and reasons for using it. In 2019, there were 3.486 billion active users on social media, equating to nearly half of the entire population having a social media presence.

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Top 10 Words of Childhood Wisdom (and Why They Still Apply to Recruiters!)

Social Talent

It’s very important when you’re working within the recruitment industry to always keep an open mind when it comes to new pieces of technology. Don’t say you will never start using a certain recruiting technique/social media platform/Chrome extension. They’re what the industry refer to as, ‘Purple Squirrels’.

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