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Google Drive and Recruitment
Article:Google has a habit of coming up with innovative products and services that help change the way we work. This time around it’s Google Drive. Here the innovation is about its functionality and the way in which they are integrating could storage into its other native applications.
What Works—and Doesn't—on Facebook
Article:You know that dream where you throw a party and nobody shows up?
Well, that happened to us—only it wasn't a party, it was a Facebook contest. It was last fall, and we were so excited about Altruette's first big social media push. We make a line of charms that each benefits a different non-profit and we work with more than 30 charities, so we have a community of involved, committed people just waiting to be engaged.
Projects Are the New Job Interviews
Article:Resumes are dead. Interviews are largely ineffectual. Linked-In is good. Portfolios are useful.
But projects are the real future of hiring, especially knowledge working hiring. No matter how wonderful your references or how well you do on those too-clever-by-half Microsoft/Google brainteasers, serious firms will increasingly ask serious candidates to do serious work in order to get a serious job offer.
What Every Recruiter Ought to Know About Candidates With Questionable References
Article:If you have ever been in a situation when checking references on a candidate you uncovered negative references and/or performance reviews, you are not alone. What you do with the information is key.
This is one of the most misunderstood, hence mishandled, situations preventing good candidates from being hired. I have seen people get poor reviews because of “sour grapes,” and it happens more often than you may think.
The Essential Guide to Developing a Social Recruiting Strategy — Part 2
Article:
Social recruiting is here to stay, so how can you use it to directly benefit your existing recruiting and hiring strategy?
This workbook is a comprehensive guide that will walk you through key steps o n how to build your strategy and executive it effectively and consistently while integrate company's qualities and requirements.
In Part 2 of this workbook, you will learn how you can:
· Build an effective social recruiting strategy.
· Involve and engage employees to refer & share jobs.
· Be consistent & have proper social time management.
· Determine which social networks are right for your company.
· Execute successful social recruiting campaigns.
Profiles of Recruiting Success
Article:With the help of Jobvite Hire, Sacred Heart Community service is able to streamline its recruiting process so it can focus on its core competency: assisting those in need.
Celebrate the First Annual National Employee Referral Month
Article:Our customers’ employees send on average 730 Jobvites per a job description. That’s more than 38 million Jobvites sent and 52,000 positions filled since the dawn of Jobvite!
Referral applicants are easily the highest quality candidates, are hired faster and stay longer, and we’ve got the data to prove it!
Jobs Few, Grads Flock to Unpaid Internships
Article:Confronting the worst job market in decades, many collegegraduates who expected to land paid jobs are turning to unpaid internships to try to get a foot in an employer’s door.
While unpaid postcollege internships have long existed in the film and nonprofit worlds, they have recently spread to fashion houses, book and magazine publishers, marketing companies, public relations firms, art galleries, talent agencies — even to some law firms.
Jobs Few, Grads Flock to Unpaid Internships
Article:Confronting the worst job market in decades, many collegegraduates who expected to land paid jobs are turning to unpaid internships to try to get a foot in an employer’s door.
While unpaid postcollege internships have long existed in the film and nonprofit worlds, they have recently spread to fashion houses, book and magazine publishers, marketing companies, public relations firms, art galleries, talent agencies — even to some law firms.
10 Compelling Numbers That Reveal the Power of Employee Referrals
Article:I strive to be the world’s most prominent advocate of employee referrals simply because there is no more powerful tool in recruiting. Well-designed referralprograms not only identify top prospects that are not in a job-search mode but they also require employees to assess candidates for skills and fit and to sell them on the company and the job. Taken together, this identification, assessment and selling feature make referrals superior to any other source.