Social Media

How can the recruitment advertising industry make the most of Google+?

Given the competitive nature of the recruitment industry, most recruiters are already aware of the fact that they need to make the most of social networking sites in order to remain competitive and generate favourable results for their clients. Despite, many recruiters being aware of the majority of social networking sites, many recruiters are either […]

LinkedIn Talent Brand Index explained and discussed

Is this index a smart sales tool for LinkedIn Account Executives to sell more professional solutions, such as career pages and jobs, that should be ignored? Or a free and reliable way of scoring your Employer Brand against industry peers that makes other (expensive) surveys obsolete?

Does Social Recruitment Monitor rank the best pages?

No, but the new Social Recruitment Monitor does contain an interesting list of Facebook Career Pages from the Top 200 firms in the world. According to its press release: The Social Recruitment Monitor is the world’s first online tool to accurately measure and rank the social media recruitment activities of employers on social media channels […]

A LinkedIn Profile in 2012 – full webpage screenshot

LinkedIn revealed today the next generation LinkedIn Profile! It promises: Simplified editing, Build relationships, Rich insights. No big changes but much more visual attractive. Starting roll out today. What do you think of this design?

Welcome to the talent economy

Like many functions in the organization, the way in which companies identify and recruit talent has changed more in the past 10 years than it did in the last century. According to Jobvite, 89 percent of companies planned to use social media to recruit in 2011, a source of talent that didn’t even exist at […]

LinkedIn Talent Pipeline to manage your sourcing activities

Today LinkedIn announced during Talent Connect 2011, LinkedIn’s second annual Recruiting Solutions customer conference, LinkedIn Talent Pipeline. This promises to be “a powerful new solution to help companies more quickly and efficiently recruit top talent.  LinkedIn Talent Pipeline enables recruiters to create a single place to grow, track and stay connected with all of their […]

10 facts why Facebook matters for Employer Branding

So you don’t have a Facebook Fan Page yet? And you don’t have a LIKE button on your Career Site or Job Pages? Think again. Here are 10 quick facts you should know about consumer behavior on Facebook.

80% of all companies use Social Media to recruit

Is recruiting via social media effective? And how do you determine wether those efforts are succesful? That’s the question being asked as more and more businesses are investing in increasing amounts of social media recruiting.  With no standard means of measurement, there’s a wide variety of goals and metrics used to define the ROI of […]

What makes people want to follow a brand? [Infographic]

Without a doubt, a positive online brand experience creates loyal customers and potential candidates. As several studies have discovered, the majority of consumers who engage with a brand in the digital space – whether by participating in a contest or by ‘liking’ a brand on Facebook – tend to not only purchase the products, but […]