Talent Acquisition

A recent article from the Wall Street Journal asserts,  “Companies have been collecting business-related data for decades—enough by some estimates to fill a stack of books reaching to Pluto and back.”  The problem? Most of that data sits on servers, virtually gathering dust, becoming stale and irrelevant. more »

As businesses emerge from the recent down turned economy the need and ability to hire new talent is presenting itself. Organizations have the resources they need to fill new positions to start growing again. One of the challenges with this process is deciding where to source candidates from, internally or externally? A recent article from Human Resources Executive Online, Do Outside Hires Perform Better, looks at the difference between internal and external hires in regards to performance and cost. more »

Welcome back to the final day of #hcievents 2012 Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference (follow that hashtag on Twitter and Google+ folks).  Social media is a key facet of any recruiting function, and organizations are beginning to dedicate full-time staff to social media. However, organizations that lack social media experience often waste time on ineffective activity and lack an understanding of whether their strategy is generating a return on investment. Andrea Dundas of Disney described this morning how they built a social media recruiting team from the ground up and how Disney is measuring ROI to determine how to best divide their energy between the “big four” of social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. more »

Modern recruitment is awash with an ocean of buzzwords, such as: Recruitment 3.0 / 4.0, gamification, crowdsourcing, talent communities, mobile apps, m-strategy, recruitment as a profit center…What do all these buzzwords mean?  Do they have any value?  What initiatives are vital to recruiting versus those that are just nice to have? Matthew Jeffery, EMEA Head of Talent Acquisition and Global Talent Brand at Autodesk, Inc., shared insights on social media recruiting and employment branding in the first keynote session at the 2012 Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference in New York, NY. more »