Social Media Recruitment Strategies
Recruitics
JULY 19, 2023
Key Takeaways: Social media has become a crucial resource for job seekers, with 9 out of 10 brands using social media to source, attract, and engage new recruits.
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How to Decide Your Social Media Channels for Recruiting
Rally Recruitment Marketing
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
With social media becoming a bigger and bigger part of Recruitment Marketing strategy, talent acquisition teams are devoting more time and resources into building a social recruiting presence to attract talent by showcasing their company culture and career opportunities.
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Rally Recruitment Marketing
JUNE 21, 2021
In this year’s Jobvite Job Seeker Nation Report , 33% of candidates said they get their information about a company’s culture through the employer’s social media accounts. But what does that mean for your Recruitment Marketing strategy? Simple: enhance your social media presence. . Now, on to the details!
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35 need-to-know social media recruiting statistics in 2022
CareerArc
APRIL 27, 2022
So you’ve heard about social recruiting , but you’re not convinced. With all the talent acquisition strategies out there, should you really be investing in recruiting on social media ? The ultimate list of social media recruiting statistics: Are candidates on social? hours daily.
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Checklist: 29 proven ways social media boosts talent acquisition in 2022
CareerArc
MAY 5, 2022
Then, social media recruiting should definitely be on your list of talent acquisition strategies this year. But there’s so much you can do to reach candidates on social media, and some strategies and tactics have proven way more effective than others. Looking to give your hiring a much-needed boost?
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Does social media attract more qualified candidates? 5 companies speak
CareerArc
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Here’s something we’ve talked about before: social media recruiting nets you more qualified candidates. Instead of telling you how social media helps you get more qualified candidates. Using social media to find highly qualified candidates. Social media gets you more qualified candidates in less time.
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The Complete List of Resources to Inform your Recruitment Marketing Strategy
Rally Recruitment Marketing
APRIL 11, 2022
How key recruiting metrics vary by job function and geographic market. Yearly reports can go a long way in helping you keep your strategy aligned with the current talent market, but Rally Inside goes a step further. This gives you a constant, up-to-date stream of data you can use to direct your own strategy. Happy reading!
5 stats that prove the importance of employee advocacy on social media
CareerArc
APRIL 7, 2022
If you’re uncertain about the importance of employee advocacy on social media–in other words, turning your employees and recruiters into employee advocates and brand ambassadors on social media–you’ve come to the right place. Understanding the importance of employee advocacy on social media.
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Social Recruiting in 2019: Are You Ready? RallyFwd Sneak Peek
Rally Recruitment Marketing
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
Social Recruiting has been around for awhile now – but are you using your social channels as effectively as you could be? As social media platforms continue to evolve and candidate expectations shift, we need to optimize our approach to remain topical and attractive to talent. Pitfalls to avoid.
Top 6 healthcare recruiting results to expect from social recruiting
CareerArc
APRIL 12, 2022
Social recruiting is a powerful way to rise above the competition, due to the fact that: The vast majority of today’s workforce use social media in their job search. 89% of passive candidates and 84% of active candidates use social media to research an employer brand. average social media hiring CPC.
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Social recruiting strategies: 53 examples that win top talent
CareerArc
MAY 27, 2022
And if you’re among the 92% of companies that leverage social recruiting, then you’re also likely in search for the top social recruiting strategies that can help you cut through the noise on social media and reach top talent faster. The candidate journey is as complex as ever.
10 Best Social Media Recruiting Tools in 2022
Recruiters Lineup
MARCH 21, 2022
Social media recruiting is taking over the job market by storm these days. You see, the world is now digitised, and all digital natives have embraced social media platforms for one reason or the other. What is Social Recruiting. Top 10 Tools For Social Media Recruiting.
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From Hashtags to Hires: How Staffing Firms Can Utilize Social Media, Part 1
The Staffing Stream
APRIL 14, 2023
Social media has become an integral part of our daily lives, and businesses are increasingly using social media platforms for their growth. Staffing firms, in particular, can benefit greatly from utilizing social media as part of their recruiting strategy. Cost-effective recruitment process.
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5 recruitment marketing trends: 2022 Social Recruiting Benchmark Report
CareerArc
MARCH 9, 2022
Which begs the question: which recruiting trends are worth the investment? Our brand new 2022 Social Recruiting Benchmark Report—which synthesizes data from over 33 million social recruiting job views/clicks and nearly 10 million apply-clicks in 2021—serves to answer those questions. That’s a savings of 68.2%.
How to Use Social Media as a Powerful Recruiting Tool
JazzHR
MAY 20, 2019
Social media has proven to be an effective tool for marketers and advertisers to reach consumers. The lessons learned through these campaigns can translate directly to the recruitment process. The challenge is determining which social channels produce the most engagement and which tactics resonate best with relevant job seekers.
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Women’s History Month: How to Make Your Social Strategy a Success
Rally Recruitment Marketing
MARCH 7, 2022
March is Women’s History Month, featuring International Women’s Day on March 8, and the perfect time to use your social media platform to voice what your company is doing to support and celebrate women in the workplace. What does this data mean for your Recruitment Marketing strategy? . The results at a glance.
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5 Social Recruiting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Glassdoor for Employers
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Social media has had a massive impact on almost every aspect of business — and recruiting is no exception. Today’s candidates use social media to find their future employers, and as a result, recruiters have embraced platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook as valuable recruiting channels.
Creating a social recruiting strategy that gets results (without overthinking it)
Rally Recruitment Marketing
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
One of the most important aspects of any Recruitment Marketing strategy, no matter the channel, is content. Recruiting content could be employee stories, quotes or testimonials, company awards and examples of your company culture (to name a few) in written, video, audio or photo/graphic formats. Really, the sky’s the limit!
How to Create a Social Sourcing Strategy That Attracts Top Talent
FireFish Software
MARCH 21, 2023
Being the busy recruiter that you are, sometimes creating social sourcing strategies can be the last thing on your mind – but in 2023, it’s time to change that! Social media has taken over the recruitment industry, and it's happening a lot faster than you might think.
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9 social recruiting tips to boost your 2022 recruiting
CareerArc
JANUARY 26, 2022
By now, you probably know that social media can and should play a vital part in your employee recruitment and retention strategies. And with the new year here, it’s time to explore some new ways to use social media for talent acquisition. Invest in paid social media advertising.
Using a social media automation tool for recruiting: 10 companies share ROI
CareerArc
JUNE 3, 2022
Social recruiting needs to be an integral part of your talent acquisition strategy , especially now. But for social recruiting to be done right, it needs to be done at scale —with enough variety, frequency, and reach to effectively break through the noise and reach the candidates you’re looking for.
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8 Recruitment Marketing Tools You Need Right Now
Rally Recruitment Marketing
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
With just a handful of powerful, specialized tools, used and tested by us and others in our community of over 40,000 practitioners, you can successfully build, elevate or overhaul your Recruitment Marketing strategy to attract more talent and support your company’s hiring goals. . Social Media Management.
3 Tips on How To Become a Social Recruiting Mastermind in 2018
Social Talent
DECEMBER 2, 2017
Social media has become a necessity for recruiters in today’s working world. Its functions are endless with recruiters finding new and exciting ways to post a job advert, source new talent or to advertise their company culture. Social media is especially useful for finding passive candidates.
Social recruiting in tech: How to make the most of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit
Devskiller
MARCH 31, 2020
With 94% of recruiters admitting that they use social media for candidate sourcing, the competition for tech talent is as fierce as ever. However, it’s wrong to assume that you can’t stand out from the IT recruitment crowd. What is social recruiting & why is it important? Let’s jump right in! .
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7 ways to tell it’s time to invest in a social recruitment platform
CareerArc
MAY 12, 2022
When it comes to automating vs. manually running your social recruiting strategy, there are pros and cons to both sides. There are many companies out there that control every aspect of their social media recruiting strategy in-house. Each social recruiting post takes on average 3-5 minutes to create.
Top 10 Rally Resources for Social Media Recruiting
Rally Recruitment Marketing
AUGUST 14, 2023
Social media recruiting is one of the most important strategies in Recruitment Marketing. billion people using social media , and with the average person spending 2-3 hours each day checking their social accounts , practically everyone that an employer wants to hire is using social media today.
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3 Ways to Use TikTok to Boost Your Employer Brand
Rally Recruitment Marketing
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
We hope these examples show you how to incorporate TikTok into your own Recruitment Marketing content strategy! 2 to learn how to turn your employee brand ambassadors into employee creators on TikTok and other social platforms. TikTok is one of the fastest growing social media platforms. Looking for more ideas?
Which Social Media Network To Include In Your Recruitment Strategies?
Recruiting Blogs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Social media recruitment is required nowadays and it’s perfect to find out star candidates. The whole recruiting is changing drastically in the last ten years. 73% of millennials have found their last job on social media. 73% of millennials have found their last job on social media.
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5 strategies to prepare for the Great Rehire
CareerArc
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
We can help you build your talent acquisition strategies for the Great Rehire. 1: Harness the power of social media recruiting to get in front of the right candidates. There are so many ways to use social media to show the world why you’re a great place to work. Like: Social media recruiting.
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Facebook Recruiting Strategies to Attract Top Candidates
4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
If you want to reach candidates who are actually going to convert into great hires, you need a cohesive strategy for using Facebook for recruitment. Facebook recruiting can help you reach suitable candidates and position your employer brand in a positive light. Facebook is also a less crowded space for recruiters.
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10 Tips to Mastering Social Recruiting on LinkedIn
Jobvite
OCTOBER 11, 2021
With so many sites and options to use in a social recruiting strategy, it can be overwhelming trying to master the nuances of each social media channel. Over the next few weeks on the blog, we’ll be highlighting tips and tricks to best utilize your social recruiting mix. 10 Tips for LinkedIn.
6 Must-try Talent Acquisition Strategies for 2022
CareerArc
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
But 2021 had other plans: the rise of COVID variants and the Great Resignation prompted companies to pivot their hiring plans, beef up their benefits packages, and retune their talent acquisition strategies again and again. How do you effectively pivot your strategy and avoid spinning your wheels? Two words: social proof.
Talent Attraction: What it is and Things to Think About
Proactive Talent
MAY 22, 2020
The means and tactics of attraction vary and include, but are not limited to, employer branding , recruitment marketing , organizational culture , compensation and benefits. Said strategies for attracting workers are dependent upon generational differences, the present economy, and overall talent competition.
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Social Media For Employer Branding: 7 Tips To Promote Your Employer Brand On LinkedIn
Proactive Talent
MAY 9, 2017
So partner with your Marketing team and collaborate on your content strategy that best serves all your audiences on LinkedIn. And this strategy is clearly working for Dell. 80% of job candidates’ decisions to apply to a company are influenced by sources like peer-to-peer and word-of-mouth recommendations.
5 Tried-and-True Methods for Sourcing Passive Candidates
Glassdoor for Employers
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
If you’re looking for a more effective candidate sourcing strategy, keep reading as we explain five proven methods for sourcing passive candidates! What is passive candidate sourcing? Traditional recruiting involves posting a job listing and waiting for candidates to apply. Invest in Automation Tools.
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2016 social recruitment trends forecast
Workable
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Social recruitment seems to have almost slavishly followed the stages of the Gartner Hype Cycle. We know that social recruitment isn’t going to replace everything else we’ve been doing but promoting your jobs to your most engaged audience makes sense. How to recruit employees effectively on social media.
Anti-Social Recruiting: Why Sourcing Best Practices Are BS
Recruiting Daily
OCTOBER 1, 2014
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.
24 employee advocacy statistics you need to know in 2022
CareerArc
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
So you’ve heard us talking all about employee advocacy —how it’s this amazing talent acquisition strategy that greatly expands the reach and efficacy of your social recruiting and how you need to doing it, like, yesterday. Why social media is the preferred channel for employee advocacy. As it so happens, there are.
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Hiring laid-off employees: 8 tactics for 2022 and beyond
CareerArc
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
However, one source of light we’ve seen during these tough times is the energy and effort in the talent acquisition community as they work together to help place recently laid off candidates in new roles. Use social media to hire laid-off employees. An example of a social media post targeted for laid off talent.
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Social Media Recruiting Trends You Need to Try Today
Contract Recruiter
MAY 30, 2017
When you need qualified candidates, you’re not limited to LinkedIn for social media recruiting. Look at other social media avenues to apply to your recruiting strategy to expand your reach, improve your hiring success, and speed your time to hire, all while building employer brand and engaging candidates and employees.
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Why Ignoring Social Recruiting Will Cost You Your Career
Social Talent
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
Too much focus on tech and we end up treating candidates even worse; recruiting will become even more impersonal. Too much customisation and your recruiting strategy is simply not scalable. Social media has come along to empower both employers and candidates in giving them back their reigns to the recruiting process.
The mistake MOST recruiters make when it comes to social media
RecruitmentJuice
OCTOBER 26, 2016
The important place that social media has within recruitment is now pretty well documented. Social media has proven itself to be highly effective in generating leads and attracting talent, particularly passive candidates. We’re not disputing its strengths and it can be a great way of sourcing candidates.
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Jobvite
AUGUST 31, 2016
In our series on social recruiting effectiveness , we’ve talked a lot about ways you can attract and engage candidates with social media. We’ve looked at specific approaches you can use on the various social sites. Finding enough hours in the week to take advantage of social media is a huge challenge!
How Inspire Brands drives talent to their global restaurant brands with CareerArc
CareerArc
JUNE 8, 2022
When global, multi-brand restaurant company Inspire Brands —home to brands like Arby’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin-Robbins, Sonic Drive-In, and more—started looking for a social recruiting solution, they knew they needed a competitive and agile social media recruiting platform to match their talent acquisition needs.
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