Here are some top tweets from Day 2 of the HR Tech Conference: “#HR leaders must be business leaders” – @s_markberry on the money at #HRTechConf pic.twitter.com/oHhcl5CbBD — David Green (@david_green_uk) October 5, 2016 Top initiatives for small businesses: Social Enablement, Workforce Planning, HR App Integrations – @SierraCedar #HRTechConf — Robert J Johnson… Read more »
HR Tech Conference Top Tweets From Day 1
The HR Technology Conference kicked off yesterday, covering all of the latest trends – SaaS, The Cloud, social, mobile, analytics, video, gamification, and Big Data in the Human Resources industry. Here are some of the top tweets from Day 1: The new world of People Analytics #HRTechConf #HRTech @Josh_Bersin pic.twitter.com/v0hVDDYsD3 — Vishal Saha (@vishalsaha)… Read more »
The “News Feed Effect”: A Secret Weapon for Building Pipeline for Free
If you want a simple (and free!) social recruiting tip, try adding visuals to your job descriptions. We all know that hardly anyone will share a plain text-based job description. However, if you add quality images or video to your job descriptions (did you see that Google recently began adding 10 to 15 pics per job description) then you… Read more »
A Comprehensive List of Employer of Choice Awards
If you include an employer of choice award on your career and job pages, that is “solid social proof” as us psych-marketers like to say to attract and engage candidates. Becoming an employer of choice is tough for some but can be easy for others — there are tons of awards to win (see the list… Read more »
Tips For Recruiting Qualified Engineers & Developers
Qualified engineers and developers are high in demand and low in supply, making them a very valuable asset. This puts your company in direct recruiting competition with every other company across the spectrum from start-ups to medium-sized to giant name-brand corporations. The desperation for employers to recruit and hire qualified engineers and developers turns the… Read more »
Hubspot & Fleishman Create Better Job Search & Browse For Their Candidates
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 »
