Social Recruiting 2013: Think Like Marketing

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As the “battle for talent” heats up in 2013, the buzz will be about the hot trends in Social Recruiting: Employer Branding, Mobile Engagement, Social Sharing, Talent Communities, and Recruitment Videos. Talk to your colleagues in Marketing and you’ll hear about a similar focus: Branding, Mobile Engagement, Social Media, Customer Interaction, and Video Advertising. Take… Read more »

The 5 Things Everyone Should Know About SEO in Job Descriptions

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No one but Larry and Sergey know the secret sauce in Google’s algorithm, but there are 5 principles to help you “think like Google” that will help your SEO (search engine optimization) for your job description. 1) The URL Should Be In Plain English Let’s start at the top: the URL. The basic rule of… Read more »

Exclusive Stats: Facebook Likes & Their Impact On Job Posting Traffic

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We’re still in the early days of social recruiting but we have some data to share on Facebook Likes on job descriptions. We perused the analytics for our jobs (the ones that had dependable data) and want to share the following #s: Average Facebook Likes per job description: 7.26 The average # of visits from… Read more »