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Will Facebook Places screw social recruiting?

 

It seems everything social wants to add your location these days.Some people seem to be fine with this whereas others don't. But, I think it could have quite a significant impact on recruitment. Or will it?

Create a recruiting culture right from the top

I have lots of people attend my workshops. Other people can make similar claims. But recruiters need to start at the top. Training you lot is all well and good but your boss, and their boss, and the one above them; they are better recruiters than you are. So we ALL need to be training them.

I'm glad to say in some organisations we are. We are getting the very Senior Management (C level) onto sites such as Linkedin. That great sales person would rather connect with your Sales Director than you. The senior Buyer wants to connect with your Buying Director. The potential Store Manager wants to connect with the Ops Director. You get the point. We ALL need to start at the top. Getting buy-in at the top will also get your own advanced training signed off a lot easier as well. Once results come in, the rest of your career will develop at the same rate.

Not convinced; I'll show you. Watch this space.

Convinced? Get in touch to find out more.

Social Recruiting Workshop - The Video! Turn up your speakers and enjoy :) #SRWS

Absolutely fantastic job from Nick Price of Working Films. More guru's than you can shake a stick at and all in one place at the same time!!

Social Recruiting Workshop Update 4: The results are in! #SRWS

 

So having decided to pull together the social recruiting coalition last week, sponsored by Jobsite.co.uk and Mr Ted at the British Library did it feel like success or failure; good idea or bad idea; friends or enemies?

Social Recruiting Workshop New Format - Registrations Open #SMIR

Following on from the Social Media in Recruitment Conference last week (#SMIR on Twitter) I am delighted to say that you can now register for this workshop as of today at www.hirestrategies.co.uk/newformat. 

This workshop is being sponsored by Jobsite.co.uk which helps keep the cost down hence the first one is going to be FREE!  Thinking of registering?  Read on.

Do you, will you, can you measure it to death?

Measure what?  How many people REALLY measure the results of what they do?

The lion rarely attacks an elephant as there are better, easier targets. The poor old zebra just hopes he is faster than his drinking buddy.  As does the antelope.  The vulture just hopes the lion kills something.  As does the hyena.  The lion hopes he will survive.  To survive he needs to kill something.  That damn vulture would be a good start but it never comes close.  The hyena is all skin and bone.  The waterhole is dry so no animals come by.  Other than those damn, big, tough skinned, aggressive elephants.  With the soft underbelly.  Maybe, just maybe.  Next year will be different; if he survives.  Life on the savannah is taken one day at a time.  Tomorrow is yet another struggle.

2010 New Year predictions for social recruiting et al

I know it is a bit early but I thought I'd get this one done before I retire for the rest of this year.  My last post of 2009 and hopefully my last day of work for 2009.

So what are my predictions for 2010?

Linkedin Lemmings - fantastic!

There's gold in them thar CV's

Linkedin are constantly adding more and more features to make search ever easier and Monster are launching the teeth gnashing Power Resume Search.  Then of course we have the CV parsing technologies being added to the ATS's and before we know it, the recruiter has as many places to search as they do post.  And what about the poor job seeker?  What about giving them a Power Job Search?

But are we missing the point.  Surely half the reason for search is that recruiters have way too many CV's that are irrelevant but they can't get to the good ones that easily.  Maybe if something was created for the job seeker it would help them find the right job and stop them just blasting out as many CV's as possible?  Maybe not...

So is the next step for Linkedin to add more and more CRM type functionality?  Do we end up with the ATS being all about "post screen" and being more about shortlist to hire?  Or is the ATS going to become less complex and focus purely on processing and reports?  Lots of mashing and crossover of functionality in the recruitment process.  Imagine trying to track all of this - makes that ROI dream even more dream like.

Either way, and I can't think it will become that much clearer that soon and expect 2010 to be grey skies tinged with some pockets of blue.  Whoever can make the best CV mining tool may just be a winner!

LinkedIn Recruiter for Agency and Executive Search Recruiters

Another great add on from Linkedin but what are they becoming?  A CRM tool?  A SaaS CV database?  An ATS?  Will you need your own talent pool anymore?  Will you have a choice?  Maybe an API a la Twitter and do a "real" search direct from your ATS.  The mind boggles.....

Have a look at their blog for a few more details:

http://talent.linkedin.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/announcing-linkedin-recruiter-for-agency-and-executive-search-recruiters/