Candidates are like the rest of us, they are served by their own self-interest. So think like them. Think about what they are looking for in a company as well as a position. They care about where the location is, what department they will be working in and flexibility (part-time or full-time). It’s not enough… Read more »
Glassdoor Summit Day 2 Summary
The last day of the Glassdoor Summit did not disappoint. Twitter was on fire throughout the whole day and we curated some of the best tweets. If you missed out, here are some key insights and takeaways from each speaker who graced the stage. Lars Schmidt, Founder of Amplify Talent: The Future of Human Resources… Read more »
This Employee Value Proposition is Front and Center
Nice to see Parexel (pharmaceutical ) putting its Employee Value Proposition (EVP) front and center on their career home page (right above the job search). …it then leads to this pop-up of how they define their EVP. [starbox]
Layoffs: One Company’s Trash Is Another’s Recruiting Treasure
If you’re a company that heavily relies on engineering and sales talent, keep an eye on companies who are downsizing (laying off people). In late 2015 Twitter decided on a big layoff estimated at about 8 percent of its workforce, with particular emphasis on product and engineering departments. This sparked a huge hiring frenzy in… Read more »
Top Facebook Company Career Pages (and Why!)
Earlier this month we gave you 10 tips on turning your Facebook careers page into a recruiting machine. Now we’ll review some of the best Facebook career pages and why. Opentext Facebook Careers Page Cover image — Engaging cover image. Careers Section (Left Menu) — You don’t see this on too many Facebook pages, but… Read more »
Top Job Application Sources For Employers
Earlier this week we showed you a pie graph of the top traffic sources that referred candidates to Ongig’s clients’ job descriptions. Now we’ll take a look at the last month of our clients’ job application sources (referring sources that lead to a job apply). Here are the top sources:
Top Job Traffic Sources to Employer’s Job Descriptions
We took a look at the last month of traffic sources who referred candidates to Ongig’s clients’ job descriptions. Here is a pie chart of the top sources: You might also want to take a look at the top job application traffic sources. [starbox]
5 Huge Employers That Use Homegrown Applicant Tracking Systems
Some of you asked about examples of big employers using homegrown applicant tracking systems. Here are 5 of them along with the job descriptions they generate: Google Facebook Apple Starwood Hotels and Worldwide Resorts Wyndham Worldwide
Why Aren’t All Retailers Showing Pictures in Their Job Descriptions?
If your business includes retail locations (hotel, restaurant, store, etc.) then you should include pictures of your locations on your job descriptions. Giving an inside look at your specific location/store promoted on the job description helps increase your apply rate from quality hires. I’m not talking about just default pictures of a random location, but the actual location… Read more »
Turn Your Facebook Careers Page Into a Recruiting Machine
Facebook has a massive 1.7+ billion active monthly users which means your company should be actively recruiting on this social network. Here are 10 ways you can turn your Facebook careers page into a recruiting machine: 1. Create a separate Facebook Page dedicated to Careers Recruiting and careers are such big efforts for companies there… Read more »
Google Now Shows 10 to 15 Pictures per Job Description
If you thought recruiting against Google was already tough, it just got a bit tougher — they now include 10 to 15 pictures of their culture in most of their job descriptions. Check it out below! But don’t fret — you can add video, pictures, chat, ratings & reviews and tons of other features to… Read more »
The Simple 3 Step Process to Employer Branding
Wow, did you see this cool LinkedIn Share this week? It reminded me of one simple formula to an awesome employer brand is to: Hire good human beings — Make sure to hire good people as they will do good within and beyond your organization Acknowledge your team — If someone on your team does something… Read more »
5 Qualities that the Best Recruiters Have in Common (from a Silicon Valley Trainer)
Facebook’s super “business recruiter” Sarah Clifford was kind enough to introduce me to recruiting trainer expert Jenna Luthy recently (and thanks to Uber’s talent branding star Andrew Levy for hooking me up with Sarah!). Jenna trains recruiters for some of the best companies in Silicon Valley and I asked her to share some of her… Read more »
Deloitte’s New Job Descriptions are Content Rich
If you treat your job description pages (which are ads!) more like editorial content, they will convert better (I didn’t say that — famous ad man David Ogilivy did!). Deloitte recently launched new job descriptions (below) are a great example. Notice all the content they link to in the right-hand rail of the job description page: A day in the… Read more »
DHL Express Nails the “Branded Job Description”
Your job description should always match your brand, a concept I call a “branded job description”. Why is a branded job description so important? The candidate needs to feel your employer brand at the job description level in the same way a consumer feels the brand if they are buying a product or service on your… Read more »
