Today’s world is full of noise. Every one minute of the day, 500 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube, 3.3 million posts are created on Facebook, and 3.8 million Google searches are performed. And those numbers just scratch the surface of the amount of content creation that occurs minute-by-minute
There are 467 million total members on LinkedIn. Many of those could be excellent candidates just waiting to be found by you. Luckily, using LinkedIn for recruiting isn’t difficult. LinkedIn is designed for job seekers and recruiters. It has simple but effective tools that make recruiting with LinkedIn worthwhile. You
When you have a job order to fill, it’s important to stay organized. There are many steps between receiving a job order and making a placement. You don’t want to lose track of where you’re at in the employee recruitment process. Try using a recruitment flowchart to stay on top
Gone are the days of mailing in resumes Monday morning after perusing the help wanted ads in Sunday’s paper, and gone are the days of smile-and-dial recruiting. The use of technology has provided both the job seeker and the recruiter an unprecedented opportunity for connection. In today’s job market, the
Sourcing candidates is a lot of work. And, the best candidates won’t necessarily end up in your recruiting database. Sometimes, you have to put more work into searching for candidates. But, where can you find a lot of people to source candidates from? Social media. Social media recruiting can be
When you think about recruiting on social media, you might not consider Twitter. Twitter isn’t specifically designed for job hunting and recruiter networking. However, you can still use the social media site to find candidates and share your job openings. Just like recruiting on other social media sites, recruiting on
How do recruiters find their highest-quality candidates? Which advertising options have the best response rates for recruiters? How do recruiters market their services? We have the answers in Top Echelon’s 2016-17 State of the Industry Report. At the end of last year, Top Echelon conducted a survey of more than
Learning about what prevents recruiters from making more placements is a key focus of Top Echelon’s 2016-17 State of the Industry Report. And what’s the answer? Well, before we reveal any recruiting trends, let’s set the stage for our second annual recruitment industry report. At the end of last year, Top
It is imperative that you create urgency to make fills and close perm or contract placements. This is a candidate-driven market and candidates know they are in demand. Today we will address how to create urgency with candidates. Fifteen steps to create urgency with candidates 1. Complete paperwork up front
Success in recruiting starts with success in your head. If you start to think like a big biller, you will eventually become one. It’s not the other way around. First, decide that you will become one, and second, find out how to do it. It really is that simple. Where
