Research commissioned by Microsoft in December 2009 found that 79 percent of United States hiring managers and job recruiters surveyed reviewed online information about job applicants.
Most of those surveyed consider what they find online to impact their selection criteria. In fact, 70 percent of United States hiring managers in the study say they have rejected candidates based on what they found.
Review the results of the survey to see how online reputations impact people’s lives. The research comes from interviews with over 1,200 hiring and recruitment managers and 1,200 consumers in the United States, the U.K., Germany… [ Read the full article → ]
Original Post: The Many Benefits of Social Network Recruiting: Making a Compelling Business Case
How do you convince cynical executives to fund a social network recruiting effort?
It’s hard to argue against the statement that social networking (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) is an extremely hot topic in business. But I have yet to find a single CFO or senior executive willing to fully fund a comprehensive social network recruiting strategy based merely on the fact that it’s a hot concept.
Even when budget is made available, most organizations need to develop measures to help… [ Read the full article → ]
Original Source: Definitive Guide to Corporate HR Blogging
Real-time social networking via Twitter, Facebook, etc. is certainly all the rage. But fundamentally, blogging still remains the best way to build brand, authority and thought leadership. Lots of companies blog and more and more are joining the world of blogging on a regular basis. Corporate HR blogging on the other hand has a long way to go.
Ben Yoskovitz and Susan Burns have written a definitive guide for corporate HR blogging — a practical, how-to guide on how to setup a blog, get management approval, write great content and build traffic. The [ Read the full article → ]
I’m currently in the process of working with our Talent Acquisition team to improve my company’s external Careers site, the front end “static” pages as well as the applicant tracking system (ATS) itself. Some of the challenges that I am currently facing are:
- Effectively communicating what we do as a business in a fun and interactive manner.
- Streamlining the user experience so that it is easy for applicants to find and apply for positions.
- Conveying the company as a great place to work with excellent benefits and programs (and it is!).
- Aligning the recruiting
