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Anti-Social Recruiting: Why Sourcing Best Practices Are BS

Recruiting Daily

My very first job title ever was as a “sourcing analyst,” which had the necessary gravitas at the time to make me not feel bad compared to my B-School buddies who selected, rather than scrounged, for their gigs. This role was, essentially, how sourcing is still largely defined: name generation and verification.

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5 Interesting Recruitment News Stories to Digest this Week – 28th November 2016

Social Talent

this month – the lowest since 2005 according to the Office for National Statistics’ most recent statistics. This has in turn impacted the unemployment rate which fell to 4.8%

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The Evolution of Talent Acquisition with GitHub's Maisha Cannon

Entelo

Hosts Rob Stevenson and Vivek Reddy chatted with Maisha about how much talent acquisition has changed since she first got her start over 15 years ago, which means far less cold calling and sorting paper resumes, and far more digital sourcing wizardry. I would literally walk into the competitor’s shop to recruit employees!

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9 Intriguing Social Recruiting News Stories – 6th July 2015

Social Talent

Also not among the Top 5 sources in 2006, company career sites are today how 10% of the survey’s responding job seekers found their last job. He noted, that like most source of hire surveys, the sample size and collection methods make drawing conclusions more art than science. Still can’t quite spot the difference?

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Recruiting Trends 2020 Report: Predictions for the Year Ahead

Yello

One of the most exciting trends to watch this year has been the rise in recruitment operations. A newer human resources function meant to streamline the operational aspects of sourcing and hiring top talent, recruitment operations teams oversee logistics like interview scheduling, extending offers to new hires, and the onboarding process.

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7 Recruitment News Stories that have the Industry Buzzing this Week – 7th December 2015

Social Talent

million in November, the highest total since counting began in 2005. The Society for Human Resource Management’s recruiting difficulty index has climbed every month for the last 20 months. Job growth, though slower this year than last, will still end the year significantly above 2 million.

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How To Fix A Broken Recruiting Technology Strategy

Recruiting Daily

In other words, the statistics suggest that there’s a big disconnect between how recruiting technology is used and how it’s supposed to be used. Consider: Only 21% of companies have access to social recruiting technology , compared to 74% of internet users with at least one active social media account.

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