The WiseStep.com Blog

Important changes in Gmail Inbox for Wisestep users

noreply@blogger.com (Wise Step Blog) — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:15:00 +0000

Hello Wisesteppers,

If you've noticed your Gmail inbox these days you will find that it is divided into 3 tabs namely "Primary", "Social" and "Promotions".

Due to this change it may so happen that some of the important communication emails(job alerts, password recovery emails, notification emails, etc ) from Wisestep may be categorized as 'Promotions' by Gmail and all emails might have been placed in that tab. So we thought of sharing three easy steps which ensures that our emails will land under the 'Primiary' tab always for you.

The three simple steps are:

Click on the Promotions Inbox tab inside Gmail.
Drag your 'Wisestep' emails from 'Promotions/Social' tab and drop them onto the Primary tab.
Just click "YES" When asked if you want future emails to go to your Primary inbox

Make the most of referral rewards with Wisestep

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:03:00 +0000

Mr. Roy referred Nathan for a plum job at a reputed investment bank.

Two weeks later Nathan was hired.

Nathan, wasn't even looking for a job.

He was surprised when he got the interview call from the company and, ecstatic when he got into a wonderful firm, a job he would give anything to get.

All because his friend Mr. Roy knew Nathan's skills and figured he would be perfect for the offered position.

Nathan got hired because:

a) Mr. Roy who referred Nathan, was an existing employee of the company. Existing employees understand the requirements, challenges and benefits of working with a particular company. They also understand what it takes to work in such an environment. Hence, they best understand if a person they already know would be likely to suit the open roles, in the company they work in.

b) Companies like the investment bank in question, and the like receive hundreds of applications each day for open positions, through their website. Whenever they receive referrals, referrals are given priority over those hundreds of other applications, and interviews are conducted for referrals first.

New York Times reports, “Although Ernst & Young looks at every résumé submitted, “a referral puts them in the express lane,” said Larry Nash, director of experienced and executive recruiting there. Indeed, as referred candidates get fast-tracked, applicants from other sources like corporate Web sites and job fairs sink to the bottom of the pile.”

The most desirable candidates, nicknamed “purple squirrels” because they are so elusive, usually come recommended, that is,through referrals.

Its definitely possible that someone you already know may know someone who can help you find the job you're looking for. Which is exactly what referrals are about.

Referred candidates are twice as likely to land an interview as other applicants, according to a new study of one large company by three economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. For those who make it to the interview stage, the referred candidates had a 40 percent better chance of being hired than other applicants.

Referral programs carry important benefits for big companies. Besides avoiding hefty payouts to recruiters, referred employees are 15 percent less likely to quit, according to Giorgio Topa, one of the authors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York study.

As a result, within the last two years, firms like Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and Booz Allen have created dedicated teams within their human resource departments to shepherd prospects through the system. Over all, Deloitte receives more than 400,000 resumés a year, but recommended employees are guided along by a 12-person team.

In particular, Wisestep has altered the hiring landscape, making it easy for recruiting departments to trace connections between job candidates and their own employees by using its database and software.

Jobs posted on Wisestep that offer referral rewards let you gain in three easy steps:

Select jobs with Referral reward> Upload friend's CV > Submit

And you're done.

Why not get started now?

Did you know that Wisestep allows you to post and share jobs using LinkedIn groups?

Check out our referral rewards section to refer friends and win, just with a click.

Recruiters now store your CV's on Cloud for Free

noreply@blogger.com (Wise Step Blog) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:17:00 +0000

We have been constantly looking at the challenges faced by Recruiters and Hiring managers and have been working on finding smart ways of solving them

Some of the challenges that we repeatedly came across was, employers and Recruiters hoard CV's but find it very difficult to organize them for Re-use at a later date. Here are some Common problems

1) All CV's are not easily searchable

2) Cannot tag CV's instantly

3) The CV database not accessible on the go

4) Filtering duplicate CV's and getting stats on the CV's stored

5) Cannot track Job Applicants among CVs Stored

We set about solving these problems and have some simple but elegant answers to most of them. We have introduced is as the “CV Database” feature on Wisestep.com allowing recruiters to store and access their CV database on the Go.

Here’s what they Employers and Recruiters can now do

1) Recruiters can store and search all their CVs in one place and create their own "Private" and "Searchable" CV data base based on keywords, Date, Labels, CV Source, Emails among other variables

2) To make backing up CVs Super fast we have made uploading Fast. Just Select and Drag into the Page and you can upload upto 5000 Cvs in One go

2) Tag CV's with Labels of your choice. Skills/Location/Job Title/Keywords help you search for any CV instantly

3) All the CV's you upload onto Wisestep are your own private searchable database securely stored onto Amazon S3 (most trusted secure storage system) and not accessible to other than you and your Team

4) Once the CV's are uploaded they will be available for Search shortly thereafter. We will also generate some interesting stats for your Database like: Total Cvs, Duplicate CV's, number of Labels etc.

5) You can Create Team accounts for your Team and they can also see and search the Common CV Database making it easy to work across teams and locations

Changes to Wisestep Job Posting Policies

noreply@blogger.com (Wise Step Blog) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:01:00 +0000

Attention Recruiters !

We have made a few changes to our Job posting and publishing policies in the last few days based on the feedback from our members. Our Support team has received many complaints about inaccurate and in many cases misleading job posts. Some recruiters were using our Free Job ads for publishing things that were not quite jobs or employment opportunities. We've cleaned up and removed the jobs that did not qualify with our new critieria for posting a job.

Here's a quick guide on what Jobs will not pass through

Jobs that are NOT ALLOWED :

a) Work from home / Virtual worker/ Telecommute jobs or variations of these

b) Commission only jobs

c) Adult companionship seeking jobs.

d) Jobs asking for applicants based on Religion, Age, Gender, Visa status or sponsorship

e) Business or franchisee Job Opportunities. Train and Place Jobs will also not be allowed.

f) Don't mention your email address or Phone Numbers in the Job post

Finally we reserve the right to remove your Job post at our discretion for reasons that may not be mentioned here but that we think may be offensive or unacceptable to our users.

We are keen to offer our members a professional and relevant experience in their job seeking experience and we hope that all Recruiters will use as much of our Free Offerings as possible to make their search for Talent easier and faster.

Here's a quick recap of what you can do for FREE ON Wisestep.com

a) Unlimited Job Posts

b) Publish your jobs on your Social Network Feeds of Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter

c) One Click Job sharing on upto 50 Linkedin Groups

d) Built in Applicant Tracking System

e) Build your own Jobs page and plug it in to your Website. Convert Passive Visitors to Job Applicants

Do write to us with your feedback on support@wisestepmail.com or share in your thoughts in the commenting section below

Thanks for your support
Team Wisestep.com

Recruiter Signups touches 10,000 mark !

noreply@blogger.com (Wise Step Blog) — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:22:00 +0000

We are extremely happy to announce that the total number of Recruiters on Wisestep.com has crossed the 10,000 mark this week. This is a milestone our entire team is very proud of. With your continued support and Feedback we hope to hit much larger numbers in the coming days but now is also the time to take a few moments to cherish this acheivement.

Over the past many months, Wisestep.com has put together a combination of unique Recruitment tools that we hope have tremendously improved their productivity and helped them hire quicker and faster.

As more and more people spend time on Social Media, Recruiters need to use tools that help them reach people where they are most likely to be found. On Social Networks. IF you are not making your jobs visible on Social Media, you are losing out on some easy to get referrals and Job applications.

At Wisestep.com recruitment is inherently Social with Jobs being easily shared on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter (with a few more to follow soon).

We've also added the ability for you to share jobs on Multiple Linked in Groups with a single click and flag it as a job or as a discussion depdnding on the preferences of the moderator of the group. If you haven't tried this out yet, you are still spending probably an hour doing something that should take less than a couple of minutes.

Some of the enthusiasm with which recruiters use our tools by the number of shares is also visible on our Recruiter home page.

As we continue to add more cool features that helps you hire faster and makes you look goo, we ask all our users and supporters on supporters to do us a favor: Please don't keep us a secret. Tell all your friends and colleagues about us. Like us on Facebook!

You can be Famous too!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:33:00 +0000

Hi all,

Do you have great career and professional insights? Ever wondered why you can never get them published? We say, you deserve your chance to fame.

If you feel that you have a few thoughts to share - career development tips, job market trends, recruitment and hiring outlook, and all that jazz - write a short 400-word article and mail it over to us. We’ll go through it, select the best entries for the week, and post it on Wisestep as a Featured Article.

Your article will be reviewed by our Editorial Panel, and if selected, added to our Columns Section. Talk about exposure! It will even get a place in the Wisestep Homepage for a week. These articles will be visible to people who really matter - Industry Leaders, potential Contacts, Employers and Recruiters - and generate discussions which can positively impact your Career.

Besides, you can even use your Article to drive traffic to your website. Add a couple of links that track back to your blog or website. We’ll even provide a Badge which you can add to your website, bragging that you were featured on Wisestep.com.

The rules are simple. Jot down your thoughts, and send as many articles as you wish to editor@wisestepmail.com. Just make sure your work is original and previously unpublished.

So, get started; and let the creative juices flow!

The Wisestep.com Team

Now Post your Jobs on Linkedin Groups

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:49:00 +0000

A recent survey revealed that Linkedin beats Facebook, by quite some way, when it comes to social recruitment activity. 79 percent of all Recruiters use Linkedin to source Candidates, while hardly 35 percent depend on Facebook. This comes as no surprize to any seasoned Talent Manager. Linkedin, after all, is a purely professional online network.

However, all those Recruiters posting Jobs on Linkedin isn’t exactly great news. That implies that your jobs will get lost within similar traffic and lose out on the attention it deserves to get. Besides, your inbox gets flooded with Job Applications from scarcely qualified Candidates. This has forced Recruiters to turn to more inventive methods for sourcing high-quality Candidates from Linkedin.

One of the best sources for top talent is industry-specific Linkedin Groups. Posting each Job, Group by Group, is hard work though. But, what if you can post all your Jobs directly on your Linkedin Groups at a single mouse-click?

Try out Wisestep’s new Linkedin Groups Publish feature. This service now allows you to Post any specific Job onto Linkedin Groups of which you are a Member. You can even select specific Groups to publish each Job in. After all, it doesn’t make sense to Share a Java Developer job on a Group for HR Professionals!

Jobs published in this manner will receive a more relevant audience of Referrers and potential Candidates. You can now get the attention of second and third-level Connections - Professionals who do not belong to your immediate network. These Jobs can also be Shared over social networks, giving it a wider reach than ever before. What’s better, you won’t have to display your email address and invite spam. All Applications and Resumes will be saved for review on your own Wisestep Dashboard.

Social Recruitment is smart. We just try to make it smarter.
Power your Linkedin Job Publishing with Wisestep!

We knew we were good. RASBIC says we are the Best!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:36:00 +0000

Hi All,

We've got great news!

Wisestep bagged a bunch of prizes during the RASBIC Awards Programme held on February 16, 2012. We had applied for three categories, and we did have our heart in our mouth when we headed for the venue last week. But then, the jury loved our features so much, that they gave us Awards in all three categories. We were judged the best in:

Best Use of Technology in Recruitment
Best Social Networking Recruitment Effort
Best Innovation in Recruitment

Well, we're still reeling from the surprise.

(Not that we didn't know we were good.)
But, it’s a warm feeling, all the same!

But, we do owe a lot to the Wisestep community as a whole!
We wouldn't have been able to make it without your support and generous feedback.
While we are doing good, we will try to get even better, and bring you the latest tools and technology which will enable you to take on all your hiring requirements.

Looking forward to hearing from you. Add a few comments, or send in your responses to support@wisestepmail.com.

Until then,
The Wisestep.com Team

The Future of Social Recruitment in 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:10:00 +0000

Those in the HR industry would agree. 2011 was pretty much the Year of Social Recruitment. Recruiters and Employers ventured into Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter, beaming across their jobs, hoping to reach out to the right candidate. Aspiring candidates resorted to commenting on these links and updates trying to catch the eye of the hiring manager.

With all the hype about Social Hiring, we should probably question the sustainability of the whole process. The spatial dimension of social networks are already cluttered with information, from photo updates to endorsement requests. So let's stand back and ask a few questions.

Does job posts and career opportunities get the visibility they deserve?
Does the overabundance of jobs make it, in fact, harder for candidates to find and apply for the right jobs?
Can recruiters and hiring managers find able and qualified candidates from amongst the throng of responses they recieve online?
Does sharing email IDs and Linkedin profiles on an online forum compromise on your privacy?

Most importantly, can social media sustain itself as a viable tool in recruitment and hiring practices without stumbling on its own largesse?

Social recruitment has integrated itself into hiring practices across the world. And there's no denying its value. However, what we need, at the moment, are dedicated career networks which can exist outside of, yet not independent from, the bigger social networks. This is what Wisestep aims to be.

Before we jump into wild and exagerrated assumptions, let us quickly assess how far Wisestep will be able to override the concerns we had shared above.

Visibility of Job Posts

Wisestep is a community of Professionals who share the common goal of furthering their careers. Hence, jobs and business opportunity will get precedence before much else within our network. Jobs posted on Wisestep are listed in a comprehensive Job Search Page, where candidates can look up opportunities that suit their qualifications. They are also published on over 35+ other websites and job aggregators, enhancing their online visibility. Recruiters can further improve their reach by sharing these jobs over their online networks. An easy job share feature allows you to send Job Alerts to individual Contacts, or post them directly on your own Profile. You can even set up a Publisher Settings to manage and track your online publishing.

Job Seekers' Ease of Access

Wisestep is dedicated to connecting Job Seekers and Passive Professionals to job opportunities that suit their professional profile. A faceted Job Search option allows you to narrow down the options and find just the right jobs you were looking for. Wisestep also has an intuitive algoritmh which can automatically suggest the best jobs to suitable candidates. By analysing your career goals and your professional profile, Wisestep will be able to recommend Jobs which match with your career ambitions. We can even recommend Jobs and Career Opportunities your friends will be looking for, allowing you to refer them to the right positions. Finally, even if you're not actively seeking a new job, you can always subscribe to our Job Feeds, or set up Job Alerts, so that you will get great opportunities delivered right in your inbox.

Finding Relevant Candidates

Recruiters unanimously agree that referrals are the best source for high-quality candidates. Wisestep is based on a social referral system, that can take referrals beyond your workplace, into cyberspace. Employers and recruiters can now share their Job Posts with the online Contacts on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter. These Contacts can now Refer their friends, who are qualified to take up the job, with a single mouse click. Being part of your professional network, you can be sure that your referrers will just suggest the right candidates to take up jobs with your clientile. The referral scheme runs much deeper. Whenever someone opens a friend's profile on Wisestep, they will find a list of current jobs the person will be qualified for. While this process leads to more referrals, it also helps in pre-screening the candidates even before they are referred. Once you recieve an application, you can now search for the Candidate's profile on Wisestep to get the lowdown on his/her professional history.

The Matter of Privacy

Wisestep exists as a community of professionals outside of other social networks. So, you can always control who views your Profile and what information you share. Recruiters have a separate log in to secure their identity and post jobs for their corporate entity. With Wisestep, you needn't post your phone numbers or email addresses on a public forum – an act fraught with the danger of identity theft. Instead, Job seekers can apply directly to posted Jobs, and submit their CV's through a secure social channel. Recruiters, on the other hand, will be intimated personally of all responses they recieve via their corporate Email Address.

Social recruitment can, and will, sustain itself by transcending its boundaries while building on its specificity of providing hard-wired hiring solutions. That's what we hope to do as well.

For another great year of transformation,

The Wisestep.com Team

A Brand New Wisestep for a Brand New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:41:00 +0000

2012 seems like a great year for your career, and we, at Wisestep, are out to do our best to help you out with it.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new and enhanced version of our User Section for professionals and job seekers. The revamped User Section will help professionals build their career network, search and share job opportunities with greater ease and efficiency.

Over the past year, the Wisestep team had been relentlessly collecting feedback from users and professionals, the world over, on how we can improve performance and user experience. The new User Section reflects our commitment to your professional cause.

The redesign gives the User Section a smoother Web 2.0 look and feel. Bolder headers, crisper content, and a sleek design, makes it easier to navigate and a pleasure to use.

Users can now log into their Wisestep Account directly, or from Facebook or Linkedin. They can also expand their professional clout by bringing in friends and contacts from their social networks, through an easy one-step process.

The new User Section comes with a comprehensive User Profile. You can now add all your career-related information on a single, easy-to-view page. Update your Profile with relevant information to make yourself more attractive to potential contacts, and prospective employers.

Job sharing had always been the cornerstone of the Wisestep experience, and it will remain so. Go through our dedicated Job Search page to get a exhaustive rundown on the latest jobs in the network. Use the Faceted Search option to search for jobs, in a specific industry, company, locality, and lots more. Find just the right jobs you were looking for all along.

Found a career opportunity your friends would love? Referring them is easy, and gets done in a minute. Inform them by Email, or through your online networks. Also, keep an eye on jobs offering Referral Rewards. These jobs, marked out with a yellow tab, will fetch you a cash reward if a friend you suggested does get hired! Wisestep can even suggest the best Job Deals, offering the highest Referral Rewards in your locality on any specific day.

What makes Wisestep better than ever is how it can now search for and suggest just the right jobs for you. Fill in your Career Goals, and get notified whenever we find an opportunity that will help you move ahead in your career. Get recommendations for jobs your friends would love. Or subscribe to job titles you are looking forward to take. It's a lot more simpler with Wisestep.

With close to 100,000 professionals, experts and industry leaders on board, you can be sure you will meet the right people on Wisestep. We, in our small way, will just try to make your career networking an easier task. Log into your Wisestep Account, or Sign Up today, and give it a try.

Hoping to help you build a better career in 2012.

The Wisestep.com Team

Wisestep now Enables you to Recruit directly from your Website

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:50:00 +0000

Often, the simplest of tasks reap the greatest of results. It's a fact we often forget during the trials and tribulations of a candidate search.

Recruiters and hiring managers go to great lengths publishing their jobs in jobs sites, and via social networks. They search long and hard for referrals and scour resume databases for one ideal match. But what about finding candidates right from your corporate website? It's a task which most HR professionals conveniently neglect.

However, the Careers Section on your company's website is a vital tool in attracting and acquiring talent. Jobs posted on your website, are within your own domain, giving them greater credibility and visibility. They will stay there, right at the top, until you choose to remove them yourself. You can even edit a job post, or repost them conveniently.

Moreover, candidates applying through your website usually make a much better fit. These candidates have proven their interest in working with your organization. They had, after all, visited your website to find opportunities at your firm. Such interested candidates will remain loyal and engaged workers, lowering attrition levels within your organization.

A website updated with the most recent job opportunities is a sign of a professional, and well-managed organization. However, it's a task easier said than done. HR executives often have to chase their IT guy to upload recent openings onto their corporate website. So what happens when your company goes into a hiring spree? Can you really afford to lose out on top candidates with a proven interest in your company?

Wisestep offers you a feasbile solution. Try out the Wisestep Careers Page service.

Wisestep Careers Page allows you to integrate a customized careers section onto your corporate website. Design your own careers page – choose the layout, font, and colors to match your corporate brand. Now, in one simple step, you can copy a HTML code and integrate it within your company's website.

Your new careers page will be automatically updated with all jobs you post on Wisestep. No need to wait for your IT guy any longer. These jobs will also be published on 30+ other jobs sites and search engines. You can even share these jobs with your online friends and contacts over Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter. You job posts can now get a broader reach than ever before.

Wisestep also makes it easier for your website visitors to apply for your jobs or refer suitable candidates. Instead of sending over an email, candidates on your careers page can apply directly to job posts. They can fill in their job application form, attach a CV and a cover letter, and send over their applications right from your website. Even better, passive job seekers can select from their friends and followers on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter, and send over job referrals directly.

Even you employees will now find your hiring process more engaging and transparent. Add the Wisestep App on Facebook, to get your jobs listed on your Facebook Page as well. Now your employees and job seekers can view all job openings on your company's website or your Facebook Page and refer candidates right away. You can even offer them a Referral Reward for successful hires. Our efficient and intuitive Applicant Tracking System will keep track of all referrals you receive.

Wisestep adds a new dimension to your company's website. Now, with an interactive social referral system, you can finally turn your website visitors to job applicants and referrers.

How Wisestep Enhances your Employee Referral Program

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:10:00 +0000

In recent years, social recruitment has been touted as the most rewarding strategy in hiring circles. This might every well be true. However, over 80 percent of all recruiters still agree that they cover most external hires through candidate referrals. Companies which have an efficient in-house recruitment program regularly report to meet 50 to 75 percent of their hiring requirements through referrals from their employees.

Four-fifths of all HR managers prioritize candidate quality above most other hiring criteria. This makes employee referrals even more significant in the present scenario. Employee Referral Programs (ERP) generate considerable number of high-quality candidates, with greater job awareness and lower turnover rates. In this context, replacing your company's ERP with a full-fledged social recruitment effort is ill-advised and short-sighted. HR managers should, rather, utilize the interconnectivity of social media to complement their Employee Referral Programs.

Even the best-run organizations find it difficult to establish a cohesive Referral Program. Noticably, only a small fraction of the employee base regularly engage in such schemes. The main reasons cited by employees for low participation include:

Low Awareness: Employees are either not aware of job openings in the company, or the presence of a rewarding referral program.
Difficulty in Participation: The referral process is long and time-consuming.
Lack of Transparency: Employees are not informed of the status of their referred candidate during the hiring process.

The concept appears simple enough; but, it's anything but simple to execute a world-class Referral Program. Most corporate referral programs struggle to meet 30 percent of their organizational hires. Any failure to optimize the performance of a tool as efficient and effective as an ERP is a failure nonetheless, even if it generates hires inline with industry averages.

Here's where Wisestep can step into a fray.

Wisestep integrates the userability and permeability of online networks into your company's Employee Referral Program – allowing greater internal participation, and higher number of referrals.

The first step towards a successful corporate Referral Program is through improving awareness among the employees. All job openings in the organization should be displayed in a space easily accessible and visible to all employees. With Wisestep, recruiters can update all their latest job posts to their coworkers by sending over individual emails.

Similarly, all jobs posted on Wisestep will also be displayed on over 30 other job sites and search engines. Recruiters and hiring managers can also share these posts on their online profiles or send them over to individual friends and contacts. Moreover, by adding the Wisestep App on Facebook, all new job opportunities will get displayed on the Jobs Section of the Company's Facebook Page.

Add the Wisestep Careers Page to update the company's website with the newest job openings. The customized Careers Page will automatically reflect all changes you make on Wisestep, helping keep your website up-to-date with the latest job information.

Now, employees can easily find and access all job openings at your organization, even while browsing through Facebook. And with an integrated Social Referral System, referring jobs through Wisestep gets done in a single click.

Social media integration allows job posts on Wisestep to be shared, posted, emailed and retweeted by employees. Each job posts comes with a Share option, and easy Refer and Help link. Employees can now share these jobs on their profiles, or send them over to interested candidates. With a single click, they can also select suitable candidates from their friends list within the online network. The ease of access will help giving your job posts a greater reach, by engaging the interest of a larger fraction of employees.

Wisestep also ensures that the hiring process stays transparent to referrers. Recruiters need not follow up individually to each referrer or candidate throughout the process. Instead, they can select from a list of email templates to be send over to the referrer, for each stage in their candidate's progress. This makes sure that the employee feels important and respected - not ignored and lost - within the hiring process. Greater transparency will lead to higher retention of participation in Referral Programs.

Around four-fifths of employers with a sound ERP offer employees referral bonuses/rewards for successful hires. These cash incentives, usually paid out after the selected candidate completes a pre-defined probation period at the company, helps in improving participation and a healthy competition amongst employees.

Jobs on Wisestep can also be labelled with referral rewards. These jobs can again be shared over social media, leading to a greater number of applications. Any click-backs leading to a hired candidate can later be rewarded as advertised. Wisestep intuitive Applicant Tracking System will keep track of all referrals, referred links and ensuing applications.

It is important to realize that while referral programs are probably the best in talent acquisition, most efforts end up in mediocrity. A few simple steps, and Recruiter's Account on Wisestep, can transform yours to a potent world-class corporate referral program.

You are just 3 Persons away from your Ideal Candidate

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:15:00 +0000

Anyone who had watched the movie Six Degrees of Separation will be aware of a seminal study in the 1960's that established that every person in the world is connected to any other through a maximum of six people. In other words, due to modern advances in communication, you will be acquainted to Barrack Obama or the village cheiftain of the Hausa tribe by a mere six people.

It might seem surprizing; but it is evidently proven. And that was way back in the sixties – when internet was unheard of even in sci-fi circles. So, no one would be surprized to hear that internet and the Facebook revolution have brought the world even closer together.

Facebook recently released certain stats, one of which made particularly fascinating reading:

We found that the degrees of separation between any two Facebook users is smaller than the commonly cited six degrees, and has been shrinking over the past three years as Facebook has grown, and now stands at 4.74 between any two Facebook users, no matter where they reside in the world.

This would mean that there are hardly 5 people connecting you to any other person in the world. This number falls significantly when the two people in question are within the same country. There are only three degrees of separation between any two members of the same country.

This literally opens up a world of opportunities for recruiters. Just spare a thought. What is you have a position as a "Java Developer" in hand. Think about the number of people who will be qualified to take this position up in the entire country, or possibly the world. (And don't worry about willingness; another study shows that 86 percent of Facebook users are, in fact, open to a new job.)

It is a pool of 800 million candidates, all of whom you know within five people.

Here's where a Social Referral can make all the difference.

As a recruiter, you can post a Job on Wisestep for free. You can now share this job with your network on Facebook. You job post will now be visible to all your friends and contacts. Now, few of them might decide to share this post on their profiles, or inform a few other friends personally. Your second degree contacts will be from a range of feilds and industries. And chances are, one of them will surely know a person who will be just about right for the job.

It's easy from there. Your ideal candidate gets a Referral from a friend. And they could send over their resume, directly to your inbox with just a few mouse clicks.

So what are you waiting for? Your new hire's just three persons away!

The Career Change Checklist

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:08:00 +0000

Do you feel unsatisfied with your job? Are you planning on a career change?

Let's face it. Before you blame your job, you need to know that your dissatisfaction is primarily because your job doesn't meet your core values in life. Or maybe it does, and you just failed to notice.

Here's a checklist for you to gauge your job satisfaction, and to check whether a possible career change may actually better the situation.

Go through the following criteria, and provide each of them an ideal grade (from 1 to 5), depending on how much you value it. Now, in the same list, find out how your current job scores against each of these points. Do the same with other potential job opportunities. You can now compare the results, and find out which career will suit your values and your lifestyle.

Achievement 1 2 3 4 5
(accomplishing important things)
Aesthetics 1 2 3 4 5
(attractive workspace)
Affiliation 1 2 3 4 5
(membership in organization as a source of pride)
Alignment with boss 1 2 3 4 5
Artistic creativity 1 2 3 4 5
Autonomy & independence 1 2 3 4 5
(most work self-determined, with limited direction from others)
Change & variety
Chaos
(loosely defined environment; goals and priorities unclear)
Community activity
Commute
Competition
Creativity
Dual careers
(place also offers career opportunities for partner)
Employee benefits
Excitement
Fast pace
Friendships
Glass ceiling
(work environment offers all groups equal potential to work at highest levels)
Global focus
(potential to live/work abroad)
Help others
Impact society
Influence people
Intellectual status
Knowledge
Legacy
(be remembered for specific achievement by those who follow after)
Lifestyle integration
(ability to balance family, career, and self-fulfillment)
Location
Loyalty
(high level of reciprocal loyalty with organization)
Make decisions
Minimize stress
Mobility
(opportunity to relocate when appropriate)
Moral affiliation
(work with people of similar morals, values, and ethics)
Moral fulfillment
(environment that reflects your own moral standards)
Multicultural affiliation
(environment with people from broad range of ages, cultures, etc.)
Physical challenge
Power & authority
Precision work
Prestige
Profit & gain
Public contact
Pure challenge
(work which requires you to overcome impossible obstacles, difficult problems, etc.)
Recognition
Risk
Security
Self-realization
(potential for you to realize your best talents)
Stability
Supervision
(you have responsibility for planning and managing work done by others)
Time freedom
Travel
Work alone
Work under pressure
Work with others

Good luck!

So, why does everyone wanna join Google?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:38:00 +0000

There are few companies vitually every job seeker wants to join.

Silicon Valley is caught in a bitter talent war. And companies are going long and far to attract and retain their employees. That can only be great for job hunters.

So why does everyone want to join Google, Facebook and Apple?

The image below may shed some light.

Source: http://www.focus.com/fyi/talent-war/

The History of Job Search

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:41:00 +0000

Remember Rolodexes and newspaper ads? Still wondering how job seekers chased their dreams before Wisestep, Linkedin and job boards?

Mindflash has compiled an interesting infographic reminder.

Battle of the Resume Fonts

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:00:00 +0000

We all consider our Resume to be the most important document in closing a job opportunity. And for good reason.

But, despite the commonality of this opinion, there is nothing commonplace about the fonts we select for our CVs. Whether it is the classic Times New Roman, or the chic Trebuchet, we all have our favorites.

So, when a Senior Executive decided to find out the most commonly accepted Resume font - you could be sure - some sparks did fly.

Follow the link to find the results:

http://www.wisestep.com/column/The-Battle-of-the-Resume-Fonts

Now Job Sharing is Simpler, at Wisestep

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:04:00 +0000

It always helps to post your Jobs on your online network. Job Sharing helps you get Referrals and Applications from your network, and allows you to reach out to even passive job seekers.

However, it is quite a task, updating your Job Posts on three or four online profiles, every single day. We, at Wisestep, have introduced a new feature that will help take the sting out of the task.

The Publish Settings service now allows you to periodically update your latest Job Posts on your social networks. You just have to connect your Wisestep Account to your Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter profile, to ensure that your newest Jobs get displayed at regular intervals.

The flexible Scheduler allows your to manage your Job posting frequency, and the networks you posts Jobs on. So, you can take control of your Hiring Process, while making the most of your online connections.

Learn more about this service by following this link.

Set Up your Publishing once; Share Jobs every time.

Now, Let's take your Job Posts social!

The New-Look Recruiter Section

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:18:00 +0000

Dear Recruiters,

We, at Wisestep, are excited to announce the launch of our revamped Recruiter Section.

If you had logged into your Recruiter Account recently, you would certainly have noticed that it had gone through quite a makeover.

The new Recruiter Section is sure to make your Talent Search a lot simpler, and easier.

Your Hiring Process can now get aboard the Web 2.0 experience. With an attractive and easily navigable menu, you can skip across tasks and functions. Your Recruiter Dashboard gives you a quick summary of all your Hiring activities, helping you prioritize and organize your CandidateSearch better.

The new Recruiter Section allows you to customize your Job Posts, to suit your liking. Post Jobs in minutes, and add Custom Questions to screen your Candidates. Once you have Posted your Jobs, you can easily share them with your Social Networks using our Share menu. You can even set up Publish Setting to periodically update your Network on Job Opportunities.

Social Media Integration gives your Job Posts greater visibility, and a broader reach – helping you get more Referrals and Applications, and Close Positions faster.

So drop by to your Recruiter Account, and start your Social Talent Search right away.