Recruitment is the process of adding new individuals to the existing staff. In this section, we have articles that discuss a variety of topics. If it affects the way recruiters find new candidates, we have put it in this section. You’ll find advice on recruiting, different recruiting techniques and much more! Recruitment is a big part of our industry, so we invest a lot of time into bringing our readers useful information.
Last September, Instagram hit 400 million active users which makes the photo and video sharing mobile app a far larger social networking service than LinkedIn or even Twitter, respectively gathering a little over 380 and 315 million users. As a recruiter, it’s important to tailor your sourcing method to your target audience. Given that over half of users are aged between 18 and 29, Instagram may just as well be the next social recruiting tool to hire millennial talent.
According to LinkedIn’s official blog, 80% of recruiters say the best channel to recruit quality candidates is employee referrals. Yet only 18% of recruiters are satisfied with the level of employee engagement their referral program receives. Traditional referral programs rely exclusively on employees, which often fails to be effective. Employees are likely – and rightly so – to get discouraged by a time-consuming endeavor and obscure software. Based on these observations, LinkedIn introduced last week their brand new referral product.
Over a year ago, on September 22, 2014, the world’s #1 job site Indeed launched a global advertising campaign called ‘How the World Works’. According to the company, the 2014 launch resulted in an increase of brand awareness by at least 50% in the countries involved – Australia, Germany, United Kingdom and United States. With such strong results, Indeed announced on October 5, 2015 the expansion of the brand campaign to Canada, France, Japan and the Netherlands with 3 additional videos.
According to a nationwide CareerBuilder study from 2014, 41% of workers wish they had more guidance when choosing their career. Designed for students and their parents, Find Your Calling, CareerBuilder’s latest website helps discover ideal career and education options based on interests and personalities. Announced on October 1, 2015, the website provides content for a more informed yet critical decision high schoolers often have to make.
Last June, Monster UK released their latest radio campaign entitled ‘Become a Monster: Find Better’. After the success of this early phase of the campaign, Monster UK recently launched the second part with the addition of brand new 30, 10 and 5 second video animations and digital display creative that bring the radio stories to life.
On September 1, 2015, Director of Product Management Mark Hull announced the launch of LinkedIn’s new messaging experience on the official blog. With the new features, LinkedIn members will now be able to have short-form and casual conversations with their professional peers every day.
Results from Beyond’s recent national survey say 71% of HR professionals are not willing to hire job hoppers. But what is a job hopper anyway? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average professional switches jobs once every three to four years. So any applicant who has changed employers more than that is likely to be critically viewed as a job hopper by recruiters.