Archive for the ‘Trends in HR’ Category
Friday, November 11th, 2011 by admin
When it comes to enhancing applicant tracking software, Facebook and LinkedIn are the best social media venues out there. But Google+ recently moved into the neighborhood and experienced a surge in users after opening up to the public.
Google+ may not make it in the long haul. After all, Facebook has around 700 million users and LinkedIn has around 120 million. Both companies have adapted to mobile technology and have the resources – both human and monetary – to continue to improve their products
Sunday, October 16th, 2011 by admin
We don’t just produce great recruiting software. We also regularly put out white papers based on our industry research and expertise. Here are four of the latest:
Google+ for Recruiting – Integrate or Wait? There’s lots of buzz about this new social media tool, but what is really known about how it works? And can it be used profitably by recruiters – as, say, Facebook and LinkedIn can? Read this white paper to make the most informed decision about whether Google+ should be integrated into your recruiting operations.
Monday, August 1st, 2011 by Tim Giehll
It’s that time of the year again! College grads are hitting the workforce, and their prospects look better than the rest of the population’s.
According to a recent article on ere.net (a helpful source of recruiting news), the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ Hiring Index reports a recent jump in both recruiting and hiring of college students.
The article also states that these bumps counteract a recent downward trend. Below are a few more details from the article:
- The outlook for college hiring in 2011 was 13.5 percent higher than the outlook in 2010.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
Today is another addition to those “literary posts” that I have already shared with you. This day is a day we take some additional advice from the greatest playwright of our time and apply it to the business world and your recruiting department, because what Shakespeare taught us about love and war, he can also teach us about business. These lessons are most applicable to your Internal Recruiting Staff. Today’s topic: Othello.
Friday, April 1st, 2011 by Tim Giehll
Recently I have reminded you about how I have a daughter who studies philosophy and literature in college. Her and I frequently discuss the ways in which the worlds of business and the world of art and literature coincide. Not too long ago, we related this back to Shakespeare’s Hamlet and how lessons learned from that could apply in both words. Today we’re taking some more advice from the greatest playwright of our time and applying it to the business world, because what Shakespeare taught us about love and war, he can also teach us about business. Today’s topic: Romeo and Juliet.
Monday, March 14th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
An article in the New York Times suggests that employers and employees alike might be moving toward a temporary-centric staffing model.
In November 2010, 80% of the 50,000 jobs created in the private sector were temporary positions. For all of 2010, a bit more than 26% of 1.17 million jobs were temporary positions. That’s a lot.
What are we to make of such high numbers of temporary positions? There are, I think, two possibilities:
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
A while ago, I mentioned to you about how I have a daughter who studies philosophy and literature in college. We’ve discussed multiple different ways her world of arts and my world of business coincide and have even produced a blog from one of those very discussions. This time we have a series of blogs set up for you, this being the first. This day is a day we take some advice from the greatest playwright of our time and apply it to the business world, because what Shakespeare taught us about love and war, he can also teach us about business. Today’s topic: Hamlet.
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
An HR thought leader is someone who has innovative ideas and concepts – someone who, despite what is going on around them, defies convention and tries something new and succeeds. It is a term that was coined over fifteen years ago and has a lot of new dynamics in the current age. I have recently written to you about resources for those who desire to be on the track to HR thought leadership but there is more to sharing innovative ideas than just outlets. There are common traits that can be found in those who are HR thought leaders in this day and age and my goal is to share some of those with you today so that you may hone such traits in yourself and your work.
Friday, February 25th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
Social Media, recently and over the past few years, has gotten bigger and bigger. With websites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many others, a whole new path of interaction for businesses and their recruiteres has been opened. It gives companies a chance to make new connections with potential passive contacts. Just like with anything, there are many great ways it can be utilized by recruiters, but there are also a number of potholes to look out for if you want to make sure to use social networking in the best way.
Monday, February 21st, 2011 by Tim Giehll
In two previous posts I discussed whether LinkedIn will Replace Monster & Careerbuilder and shared 5 Ways Staffing Professionals Can Leverage LinkedIn. Here are some stats with regards to how many of your recruiting peers are using social media now or are planning to in the next 12 months. I hope you’re one of them!
Survey results from Jobvite’s 2010 recruiting survey found that 83% of respondents (over 600 human resources and recruitment professionals completed Jobvite’s online survey) use or plan to use social networking for recruiting in 2011. The big sites used: LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Regarding candidate quality, respondents rates job boards worst, referrals best, and social networks somewhere in the middle
When it comes to enhancing applicant tracking software, Facebook and LinkedIn are the best social media venues out there. But Google+ recently moved into the neighborhood and experienced a surge in users after opening up to the public.
