TA Orgs Need to do More of this
Things I wish more TA orgs did: Survey your entire employee base about how they respond to sourcer/recruiter outreach...
Category: Recruiting Tips
How to Use Humor in Candidate Outreach (example)
Last week a recruiter we know on Facebook, David Nicola, posted his interaction with a potential candidate. Though the...
Why Work Here Blogging
Tech firm Qualtrics does a great job of content marketing on their company blog. They ask employees to write...
Cool Text on Photo App
Looking to spice up your social media posts? Get the Typorama app for iOS users. It lets you create...
How to Assess Soft Skills
A recent LinkedIn talent blog has some good tips on asking effective situational questions that will help you evaluate...
Got video in your jobs?
STATS YOU SHOULD KNOW: New statistics from an OnGig study suggest job seekers stay longer if a video is...
Text Expander Saves You Time Writing
This cool tool will help you write your outreach and messages faster online. Its called “TextExpander”. Check out the...
Free Demo of Hiretual
Today at 1pm EST Hiretual will be the featured vendor on the RecTech demo webinar series. Come see a...
Before You Buy That ATS
Before you go out and buy a new applicant tracking system (ATS) be sure to ask the right questions....
Getting Their Attention Tip
For a different way to stand out when contacting a candidate online consider trying this: Write their name on...
Best Day To Post Your Job
When it comes to posting your jobs online not every day is equal. According to LinkedIn, they found that...
New Facebook Search Tool
We have wrote about Searchisback.com before as a way to source on Facebook but a new tool has come...
Interesting LinkedIn Stats
LinkedIn recently published some stats you should be aware of. Total number of U.S. users is 154 Million 40%...
Spreadsheet Meet Database
You may want to take a look at Airtable. It’s a free/paid service that combines a spreadsheet with the...
Immediate Feedback Pays Off
Candidates who were interviewed and then given job-related feedback by end of that same day said they were 52...
10 Creative Sourcing Tactics from Top Companies
1. IKEA’s self-assembly sourcing strategy Global furniture brand IKEA is well-known for its DIY products and its famously scant...
New Recruiting Events Added
Have you picked out which conferences you are going to this year. Our HR Events Calendar has been freshly...
The Lean Job Description
There was a stat recently on LinkedIn that talked about how job postings of 300 words or less get...
Scrape Facebook Groups with this Free Extension
A Chrome extension called DIG is getting some play from Sourcers in the recruiting world. In the video below...
Job Descriptions: Less is More
Shorter job posts receive 8.4% more applications per view than average Candidates usually don’t want to read a novel...