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Employee Referral Programs: Why They Matter and How to Optimize Them

Recruiting Blogs

In a 2011 Social Recruiting Survey by Jobvite, 67% of respondents said the recruiting process for referrals was shorter than typical. According to Jobvite’s 2011 Social Recruiting Survey, 70% of employers felt that referred hires fit the company culture and values better than hires without referral.

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How Dell Doubled Social Hires Using Employee Branding

Prominence

In the last four years through a dedicated global and regional effort the TA Group has actively championed Social Recruiting in everything they do, implementing a bespoke social media strategy for each region, rolling out multiple new social initiatives and employing four dedicated Talent Acquisition Social Media and Engagement Analysts.

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Evolving Your Social Recruitment Vocabulary

SailorAnn

This post will focus on deciphering the terminology behind social recruitment. The term social recruitment was first used as early as 2009, but started to become part of conventional recruitment strategy around 2011 [1]. Most websites recognize the power of sharing content on social networking sites.

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12 Recruitment Conferences You MUST VISIT in Summer/Autumn 2016

Social Talent

If you’re an owner, director, or member of senior management at a job board, if you supply services like ATS to the online recruitment industry, or you provide software to the recruitment industry, this event should be on your radar! Social Recruiting Summit. Social Recruiting Strategies Conference.

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The Social Recruiting Round-Up: May 2015

Social Talent

Today, we’re bringing together all of that knowledge into one blog post package – the Social Recruiting Round-Up for May 2015. In fact, LinkedIn has actually beaten earnings expectations in every quarter since it went public in May, 2011. SO GET TWEETING!

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4th Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey: Employers Plan to Recruit More Through Social Media

Jobvite

When we began the Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey four years ago, social recruiting was a new idea to many companies. Between then and now, comScore reports that time spent in social networks grew from 1 out of every 12 minutes spent online to 1 in out every 6 minutes.

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9 Spooktacular Recruitment News Stories to Brighten Up Your Halloween – 31st October 2016

Social Talent

Created by Ania Bywanis and Sebastian Pawluś , the site is based in Krakow, Poland and is a direct reaction to difficult job searches using outdated methods. The unique angle — a map that shows you exactly how many jobs are in a particular area — is reflective of this and is a clever and fun hack on the boring job boards of old. “