Last Friday, SmashFly hosted Forrester analyst Claire Schooley for a webinar on the new role of the recruiter in talent acquisition and how to use recruitment marketing to attract more educated and qualified candidates. Continue Reading → The post The New Role of the Recruiter in Modern Talent Acquisition: Webinar Questions Answered appeared first on SmashFly Blog. MORE

Ask a recruiter where she gets the highest quality candidates, and she likely will say from employee referrals. If employee referrals are so valuable, why aren’t they getting more focus in talent acquisition strategy? SmashFly set out to understand the state of employee referral programs (ERPs) by conducting a survey of talent acquisition professionals. MORE

There is much said on the importance of employee referrals in talent acquisition. SmashFly is on a mission to learn how employee referrals stack up against your other sources of hire. Continue Reading → The post Do You Have an Employee Referral Program? appeared first on SmashFly Blog. Employee Referrals Recruitment Marketing SmashFly employee referral Recruiting source of hire survey MORE

In 2012, Bright House Networks started a large and essential initiative to improve recruiting across the company. The post Case Study: Optimizing Recruitment Marketing Strategies to Exceed Hiring Goals appeared first on SmashFly Blog. Employee Referrals Recruiting Analytics Recruitment Marketing Platform Talent Pipelines Bright House Networks case study jen tracy jennifer tracy MORE

We round up the best articles and content in recruitment marketing each week so you can spend more time reading and less time searching. Continue Reading → The post 5 Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 8.7.15 appeared first on SmashFly Blog. ATS Employee Engagement & Retention Employee Referrals Recruitment Marketing Social Recruiting employee referrals Kris Dunn Nathan Perrot Paul Petrone Sarah Landrum social recruiting Tim Sackett MORE

The post Best Talent Acquisition Articles 1.13.2017 appeared first on SmashFly Blog. Industry What's Happening employee referrals recruitment marketing ideas talent acquisition articles thought leadershipHappy New Year all you talent acquisition powerhouses. To add to your arsenal of tips, ideas and perspectives to make 2017 a better, stronger year, take a look. MORE

Most in talent acquisition would agree that employee referrals are the most valuable external candidates their teams can get. Respondents in a recent SmashFly survey confirmed that notion: Referrals were ranked the highest quality candidate from more than 10 sources. On average, an organization’s employee referral program generates 32 percent of hires. MORE

This post was inspired by the new Referrals solution available in SmashFly 15, which you can read about here. Referrals are the holy grail of recruiting. If you ask 10 recruiting leaders, “What is your best source of hire?” 11 will say “employee referrals.” Continue Reading → The post When Did Referrals Stop Being Real Recommendations? appeared first on SmashFly Blog. MORE

Why are most referral programs limited to employees only? In a recent referrals survey conducted by SmashFly, 57 percent of organizations that have formal employee referral programs allow only employees to refer potential candidates. But the 43 percent of organizations whose referral programs reach beyond employees to solicit referrals from alumni, Continue Reading → The post Rewriting the Rules of Employee Referral Programs appeared first on SmashFly Blog. MORE

Second, we wanted to provide our weekly list of 5 articles that can help organizations improve their recruitment marketing efforts. Continue Reading → The post Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 6.27 appeared first on SmashFly Blog. First off, I hope everyone had a tremendous 4th of July holiday and enjoyed their time in the sun on the three day weekend. MORE