Recruiter's Essential Tips

4 tips to source top talent in the future

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:00:00 +0000

Sourcing top talent is still considered as one of the major challenges faced by recruiters. With talent shortage on the rise, it is essential for recruiters to have a tab on the latest recruiting trends and follow strategies that will help them to source top talent in the future.

Try the following:

Social networks - A recent study revealed that social networks are going to be one of the major sources to look for top candidates, not only active candidates but also passive candidates. A lot of job candidates have started using social networks to look for jobs. Statistics reveal that about 52% of active job seekers use Facebook to look for jobs followed by LinkedIn 38% and Twitter 34%. So recruiters need to have social media recruiting as one of their strategies to succeed. For recruiters who are already in the social media space, they need to focus more to make the most of it and for recruiters who are yet to get into social media, it's high time they consider this as one of their recruiting strategies.
Build your talent pipeline - With lack of talent & skills on the rise, it is always advisable that recruiters don't need to wait for a job order to start sourcing candidates. They can go ahead and build the talent pipeline. Based on your requirements, target passive candidates, try to reach them and build rapport with them.
Engage with your targeted candidates. Be consistent, creative, relevant and instill a sense of urgency if required.
Make use of the right tools and technology to source candidates, build a targeted candidate pool and maintain your candidate database.

4 tips to source candidates on LinkedIn

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 14:00:00 +0000

We have a lot of social networking sites and the most popular among them are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. However, for a recruiter, though they use all of the three and many such social networks, LinkedIn is the most preferred of all social networks. Why?

LinkedIn has about 300+ million users. What's more? LinkedIn has about 187,000,000 unique monthly visitors. For every second, two new professionals join LinkedIn. The users are spread across 200+ countries.

Recruiters can access a huge pool of candidates all at one place. The search & advanced search features and LinkedIn Groups further help you to find the right candidates.

So how can recruiters make the most of this popular and potential recruiting platform?

Try the following:

Create an impressive company page that will help job seekers to find you. Ensure that you are active on LinkedIn.
With respect to posting jobs, spend time to write accurate and descriptive job ads that clearly conveys the job details and expectations.
Reach your potential candidates over phone and personalized messages. Make sure you reply to their questions promptly.
Initiate conversations with potential passive candidates and try building relationships with them.

The latest recruiting trends across the world

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:30:00 +0000

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Knowing the latest trends in recruiting will certainly help recruiters, both in-house and third party recruiters, to assess whether they are up to date with the industry trends and modify their recruiting strategies accordingly to stay in the race. As we are in the halfway stage in the year 2015, LinkedIn has published a report on the latest recruiting trends and its impact on the industry.

Sourcing new hires

When it comes to sourcing new talent, online job boards (74%) still tops the list despite the tremendous growth and popularity of social and professional networks. However, things are improving and there has been a substantial increase in social media recruiting (59%). Top social networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter have helped recruiters access the talent pool much easier and faster than before. The report also revealed company career websites (64%) and internal recruiting (62%) as some of the other popular sourcing methods.

Mobile Sourcing

The trend for mobile sourcing is on the rise as candidates are increasingly using their mobile devices to look for jobs. However, most of the companies are lagging behind in this area. They need to invest to optimize their career websites for mobile users.

Quality Hires

When it comes to sourcing quality hires, again, online job boards topped the list with India (79%), Nordics (77%), the UK (68%) and the US (74%) followed by social media with Brazil (69%) and Netherlands (76%). However, social media recruiting has grown by 73% in the last 4 years – the highest of all other sources. So companies that are not on social media should consider trying this strategy to find the best talent.

Talent / Employer Brand

Talent / Employer brand is also considered as one of the important factors in sourcing top talent. Many top organizations say that talent brand definitely has an impact on recruiting the top candidates, and therefore, most of the talent acquisition leaders are ready to invest on employer branding initiatives and promote them via social media channels and other sources to make the most of it.

Advancements

According to the report, some of the major advancements in the recruiting industry include Social Media, Mobile and Big Data.

The Future of Recruiting

When it comes to the future of recruiting, respondents chose the following trends that would last long:

Social & Professional Networks - 37%
Employer Branding – 34%
Sourcing passive candidates – 26%

In the next 5-10 years, respondents believe that:

Improved job matching to candidates would have a huge impact on the recruiting industry (53%).
Recruiting will become like marketing (46%).

The above findings suggest that social & professional networks can be considered as one of the major recruiting trends in 2015 as it not only helps find the best talent but also helps build the talent/employer brand.

Source: http://ceoworld.biz/2015/06/08/infographic-2015-global-recruiting-trends

Search AOL for LinkedIn profiles based on industry

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:00:00 +0000

The following search script will help you to build a list of candidate profiles from a specific industry.

The search syntax is:

"Industry" (site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub) -'pub/dir'

For example, if you want to build a list of candidate profiles from "Computer Software" industry, the search script will be:

"Computer Software" (site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub) -'pub/dir'

Search AOL for LinkedIn profiles from a specific country

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:00:00 +0000

The following search script will help you to search AOL for LinkedIn profiles from a specific country.

The search syntax is:

Input_Keyword (site:«country domain».linkedin.com/in OR site:«country domain».linkedin.com/pub) -'pub/dir'

For example, if you want to build a list of profiles from "Telecommunications Industry" in

Canada

, the search script will be:

Telecommunications(site:ca.linkedin.com/in OR site:ca.linkedin.com/pub) -'pub/dir'

You can change the industry and country based on your requirements.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Search Google for LinkedIn profiles in any group

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:30:00 +0000

You can search Google for LinkedIn profiles that belong to any LinkedIn group.

The Google search syntax is as follows:

"LinkedIn group name logo" [site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub]

For example, if you are looking for profiles from social media marketing group, the Google search string will be:

"social media marketing logo" [site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub]

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

How LinkedIn helps you to find candidates faster

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 05:08:00 +0000

Recruiter Lite is a premium feature that helps you to find candidates faster than the basic free account.

It helps you to:

See full names & profiles of your entire network. This helps you to find 35x more profiles.
Access 8 premium search filters that enable you to refine your candidate search based on years of experience, seniority, function, company size, interests, etc.
Save searches and create search alerts so that you don't miss potential candidates. You can save up to 10 searches.
Access Recruiter Lite on your mobile. Improves productivity and interaction with candidates.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Resources you can use - Jobadder

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:14:00 +0000

Jobadder is a cloud-based recruitment management platform that helps recruitment & staffing professionals to post jobs on social media sites & 200+ job boards, track applicants and communicate with candidates via email and SMS. You can customize your pages and get to see your recruitment information via dashboards. More than 5,000 recruiters use Jobadder and it is compatible with all browsers and mobile devices.

For more details, visit http://www.jobadder.com/

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

4 tips to create job ads that attract top talent

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:00:00 +0000

Your well-crafted job ad cannot make any difference if it cannot be found by your candidates.

Try the following:

Don't stick to the job title that you use in your company. Look for similar job titles that your potential candidates might look for.
Ensure that the job description conveys the necessary information to your candidates and also at the same time, it is short and not too wordy.
Include relevant keywords that your prospective candidates might use to search for jobs.
Include a call-to-action - Call, Email or Apply, etc.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

5 tips to become a thought leader on LinkedIn

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:57:00 +0000

Thought leaders on LinkedIn not only influence people within their network but also reach out to millions of people beyond their network. It helps you stay on top of your audience’s mind and in the process make you successful as well.

Try the following:

Fine tune your profile - photo, summary, description, skills, recommendations, endorsements, awards, education, etc.
Create timely content that is relevant and useful to your audience.
Get your content published on LinkedIn. It helps you reach a large audience. You can also contribute to niche groups.
Create & add a Slideshare presentation or a video. This helps you earn some credibility.
Connect with your audience, encourage discussion, reply to their questions, always be helpful.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Resources you can use - Spark Hire

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:00:00 +0000

Spark Hire is a video interviewing platform that helps employers and staffing professionals eliminate the traditional screening and interviewing methods, gain more insights on candidates and make the best hires. It helps you to save a lot of time and cost. It has helped more that 2000 companies in over 40 countries.

For more details, visit http://www.sparkhire.com/

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Search AOL for LinkedIn profiles based on title

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:00:00 +0000

The following search script will help you search for candidates based on title using AOL.

The search syntax is:

"Title" (site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub) -'pub/dir'

For example, if you want to search for LinkedIn profiles with title "Director of Marketing", the search string will be:

"Director of Marketing" (site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub) -'pub/dir'

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

6 tips to hire candidates on Twitter

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:17:00 +0000

Twitter can be your powerful recruiting tool if you do things in the right way.

Try the following:

Use hash tags when you share a job opening. It makes the tweet searchable and will help you reach people beyond your followers.
Don't just tweet about jobs. Mix up your tweets with news, updates, events, happenings at your company, etc.
Respond when an interested candidate replies to your tweet. Else, she might move away.
Automating tweets is the order of the day. But that isn't social. Your followers will figure it out. Have someone to manage and engage your followers.
Check your prospective candidates' profile and timeline to know about them.
Encourage candidates to have conversations on Twitter.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Search Google for LinkedIn profiles based on Company & Title

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:00:00 +0000

The following search script will help you to search Google for LinkedIn profiles based on Company & Title.

The search syntax is:

"Company" "Title" (site:linkedin.com/pub OR site:linkedin.com/in) -"pub/dir"

For example, if you want to build a list of 'Project Manager' profiles at 'IBM', the search script will be:

"IBM""Project Manager" (site:linkedin.com/pub OR site:linkedin.com/in)-"pub/dir"

Source: eGrabber Newsletters

3 tips to attract your audience on LinkedIn

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:00:00 +0000

If you want to leverage social media, you got to know the knack of attracting your audience. If you want to do it on LinkedIn, you got to align your content to your audience's needs and interests.

Try the following:

Create quality content that is easily consumable and valuable; something your connections would like to share.

Don't use too many targeting filters and miss out on potential audiences.

Try and experiment with a variety of updates & combinations - informative, inspirational, insightful & entertaining posts. Find out what works best for you.

Source: eGrabber Newsletters

Resources you can use - TargetRecruit

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 04:13:00 +0000

TargetRecruit is a web-based Applicant Tracking System & CRM designed for staffing and recruiting companies. It is highly flexible, customizable and easy to use. It helps you to synchronize your business processes and workflows, and helps you to generate, source and fill job orders from anywhere.

For more details, visit: http://www.targetrecruit.net/

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Resources you can use - search-consult

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 05:16:00 +0000

Search-consult provides information for and about the search and recruiting community through its website and magazine. It is a quarterly publication and contains information on the latest executive search industry trends, interviews with top recruiting and HR leaders, and inputs from industry experts. It also conducts online training seminars and conferences on executive recruitment and research.

For more details, visit: http://www.search-consult.com/frontend/

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

4 recruiting tips to attract top talent

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:49:00 +0000

Attracting top talent still remains as one of the major challenges faced by recruiters & employers. Here are 4 tips that will help you to hire the best candidates.

Have an exclusive web page dedicated for career opportunities. Top candidates tend to visit your website to look for company information, work culture, and so on.
Keep your job application form simple and make it easy for potential candidates to apply.
Respond to your job applicants immediately. It helps you to create & build a positive relationship with your candidates.
Avoid lengthy recruitment processes and ensure that you keep your candidates informed about the progress.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

3 LinkedIn tips for recruiters

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:30:00 +0000

LinkedIn is the recruiter’s best friend. However, to make the most of LinkedIn, you got to try the following:

Join relevant groups that have a lot of activity. It indicates that the group members are engaged and there is always some relevant discussion going on.
Listen and actively participate in groups in which your candidates are a part of. It helps you build relationship with your candidates over a period of time.
When you share jobs on LinkedIn, ensure that it grabs the attention of your candidates and stands out from the crowd.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Resources you can use - Ascendify

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:00:00 +0000

Ascendify is a talent acquisition platform that helps recruiters and employers to connect with potential candidates in ways that engages them. It helps you attract talent, build relationships and identify the right candidates. The platform offers more number of quality candidates, better screening efficiency and a great candidate experience.

For more details, visit: http://www.ascendify.com/

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

3 quick Twitter tips for recruiters

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:00:00 +0000

Twitter is one of the most popular social networking sites that recruiters prefer. Here are 3 tips that will help you to recruit candidates using 140 characters:

Don’t tweet job openings alone. Search actively to find your targeted candidates and follow them.
Find common interests and start a conversation with your candidates. It helps you build rapport with them and build long-term relationships.
Use Twitter’s Advanced Search to find candidates with specific skills. Eg. B2B marketing, PHP, and so on. Use keywords, phrases, hashtags and location to drill down your search.

3 benefits of using LinkedIn Recruiter Lite

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:00:00 +0000

Recruiter Lite is a premium feature that helps recruiters to do a lot more than what they can do with the free account.

It helps you to:

Find candidates faster - See full names and more candidate profiles including your network and LinkedIn Groups - use premium search filters to refine your search and get up to 10 saved searches.
Contact passive candidates - Send 25 InMails/month to reach your candidates - use InMail templates to save time.
Build & manage candidate relationship - Track candidate activities, organize your work using Projects and view the full list of people who viewed your profile.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

5 tips for posting jobs on job boards

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:00:00 +0000

If you want to find the best candidates on job boards, you got to have a great job posting.

Try the following:

Candidates search for job openings using keywords. Make sure you add relevant keywords that are related to the job opening including title, description, company info and benefits.
Use job titles that are familiar. If your job title has an abbreviation, use it.
Provide necessary information to your candidates - description, requirements, roles & responsibilities, company information and benefits.
Don't just stick to one location; include surrounding areas and cities as well.
Make your job posting easily readable and highlight important points.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Resources you can use - Searchfirm.com

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:33:00 +0000

Searchfirm.com is the largest free directory of recruiters and search firms that connects them with hiring authorities around the world. It helps recruiters to gain more visibility. Corporate recruiters can use searchfirm.com to find recruiters.

For more details, visit: http://www.searchfirm.com

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

5 Productivity tips for Recruiters

noreply@blogger.com (Premanand) — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 15:00:00 +0000

Working under tight deadlines with loads of work to complete can be stressful. But keeping yourself organized can help you get some relief.

Try the following:

Allocate specific timings to check your email. Close your email software and focus on your work. When replying emails, keep it short & sweet and to the point.
Avoid complexity. Keep your work process simple and eliminate things that are not essential.
Prioritize your tasks, on a daily basis, based on deadlines.
Schedule important meetings early in the day.
Set your daily goals and do tasks that help you to accomplish those goals.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter