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Like This! 10 Ways to Optimize Your Facebook Like Page

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:03:10 +0000

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I get emails and calls daily asking how can I use Facebook for recruiting? Well, it’s not always about recruiting when using “social tools:. In fact I read a recent post from Life without Pants that I think those in recruiting should read.

Check it out below.

10 Ways to Optimize Your Facebook Like Page

Facebook is an interesting species – it’s got the most users (by far) of any Social Network out there – yet – when you chat with Social Media professionals and marketing reps, there’s a collective head scratch when it comes to maximizing the potential of ‘the Book’.

Facebook is still a more ‘personal’ space – whereas Twitter is very social and community-oriented, LinkedIn is outstanding from a professional standpoint, Facebook remains that place where you keep in touch with your old buddies from High School, you waste half your day looking through photos of that one guy’s bachelor party or fight off your Mom’s invitations to FarmVille and Family Fued (sorry Mom).

One of the biggest obstacles is how to overcome the issue that Facebook remains, for many, a very personal space. And, even if you have built a community around your brand or business via your ‘Like’ page, the question remains, “How do you get people interacting with you, and maybe more importantly, with each other”?

I’ve been wondering how to capitalize on the 1,200+ ‘likes’ of my personal blog, Life Without Pants, and after attending a session at the latest Social Media Breakfast in Chicago, here are 10 key take-aways and ideas you can and should be putting into action when it comes to effective Facebook marketing:

Read 10 ways to optimize your Facebook like page from Matt at life without Pants.

Branchout #Recruiting with #Facebook

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:26:51 +0000

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*Disclaimer: I’ve been using the tools for bit now and I like it. This is not a sponsored posting.

Direct from the Branchout.com site they say: “Every time a Facebook friend joins BranchOut, you see where they used to work, where they work now, and where their friends work. You’d be surprised how many connections you have at companies you’ve always wanted to work at — all through friends of friends. If you’re looking for your dream job, these connections can open the door.”

I say: Forget looking for a job and start looking for candidates. Though the app was not built for that, It’s actually very simple to do. Now my mic was not picking up my audio so I went MacGyver on you and got a bit creative.

Pros:

See who your connections are
See who their connections are
See who their connections connections are
See where they work and where they used to work
Get a bit creative, connect and recruit

22 Tutorials and Insight Posts on #Recruiting with #Linkedin

admin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:30:50 +0000

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Top LinkedIn Sourcing Posts from RecruitingTools.com and some of our friends:

Sourcing and Video Tutorials:

These tutorials were gathered from various sites including RecruitingTools.com, BooleanBlackbelt and StaffBytes.

Articles about LinkedIn (Links direct to Arbita’s blog. Great info and resources.)

Here is the direct link to Arbita’s LinkedIn page: http://aces.arbita.net/LinkedIn

Recruiters are full of SH*T…

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:52:12 +0000

Recruiters are full of Shit. I know I am one.

We are in the running to present at SXSW this year and we need your vote. I’ll be paneling with some of the craziest personalities online in the recruiting world and we’d love your support. We’ll have a room full of hungry eyes looking to hear the dirty little secrets of recruiters and why we are full of Shit.

This session will be unedited, direct and in your face jam packed with hundreds of people listening in!

Your vote counts and it’s the only way we can get in to present! Bring the pain.

Click here - set up your profile
Click the green thumb in the upper left corner and that’s it.

Thank you again! Please help us out by submitting your vote.

Questions Answered during this session:

What’s the quickest way to gain the attention of headhunters?
Do you really “need” a recruiter?
The biggest myth in the job search industry.
Why is turn over in the industry so high and how does it affect me?
Where’s the best place to “be seen” while looking for a job?

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The LinkedIn App: High Volume mailing application: REMOVED

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:31:54 +0000

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A few days ago we posted a review on a new app that allows users to mass email the results of their search on LinkedIn. The posting received an overwhleming response and alot of our readers found some value in the app. In the posting (Which is now removed) we asked that you use this tool at your own discretion and encouraged you to evaluate the tool prior to using it as it walked a fine line to violating LinkedIn’s policy on using 3rd party apps.

We spoke with the app’s creators directly to learn about the app and their roadmap and we were subsequently approached by the privacy team at LinkedIn and asked to remove the post and video as it vilotes their terms of service.

In good faith we removed the posting but understand that it’s our duty to bring unbiased reviews and that is what we will continue to do.

Here are some other LinkedIn Tutorials and articles that we can recommend:

The LinkedIn High volume Mailing App:

Sourcing Leads with LinkedIn Events:

Sourcing with LinkedIn’s advanced search features:

A Better Way to Search LinkedIn for Industry Experience:

How to search LinkedIn for Diversity sourcing:

Update your LinkedIn Search Strings:

Promiscuous Linking with Geoff Peterson:

#SocialRecruiting for College Grads just got Easier

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:17:30 +0000

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Riddle me this: What has more than 17 million candidates with more than 10 million active and graduating students and more than 7 million recent grads wanting to work for you? Or maybe this: What has hundreds of thousands of entry level jobs and internships waiting for you to see?

I asked Steven Rothberg and he proudly told me CollegeRecruiter.com. Have you heard of it? If not you might not want to admit that. It’s been around since 1991 and recently has gone through facelift. I had lunch with Steven a short while ago and we spoke about what the evolution of job boards and social integration into the name termed “social communities”

You may have received an email from Steven and his group this past weekend but if not I encourage you to goes check out their new digs. It’s packed with video, reference material and candidates.

Pros:

Companies targeting college students or recent grads have the opportunity to create sub groups to court potential talent.
It’s built on the NING network which is fast, reliable and allows for complete interaction between employers, recruiters and candidates.
Video is plentiful and the resource section for college students and employers is overstock with great info.
Employers can have a “spotlight” page advertising your brand to your target audience.

Cons:

I wish I had this when I graduated
I wish I had that massive database of candidates to source from on my pc
I wish this was my idea

Didn’t receive the email? No worries, here it below:

We just re-launched CollegeRecruiter.com and I guarantee you it is radically different from just about any “job board” you have ever seen! Our web site always did have thousands of white papers and blogs for students, recent grads and employers. But now? Now we are offering so much more:

Our new Web 2.0 site emphasizes user generated content and facilitates interaction between job seekers, employers, career counselors, and others. At the same time, we have preserved the ability for job seekers to search and apply to your job posting ads.
Candidates will now search for jobs, click on posting summaries, and immediately be taken to your web site to both read the posting and apply to it. Think Google, where you search Google and then go to the third party site to read the information.
Candidates can post profiles on our site and you may review those and contact the candidates directly — at no charge.
We anticipate that we will continue to see hundreds of thousands of unique monthly visitors per month from our primary target markets of job seekers and employers but we will now also see significant use and great content from college career service office professionals, career counselors, resume writers, admissions counselors and more.
We’ve built hundreds of Employer Spotlight pages for the top employers of college students and recent grads. The current job openings of those employers will automatically appear on those Spotlight pages … even if the employer has not paid us to do so. Realistically, most candidates who come to CollegeRecruiter.com don’t know about your opportunities so they’re unlikely to go first to your Spotlight page. They’re more likely to run a job search by entering their location, desired job title, and other keywords. If you want your postings to come up at the top of the search results, which is necessary get a good response rate, post your jobs to CollegeRecruiter.com and therefore also our network of thousands of complimentary niche career sites.
Video, video, video! Employers and other users may post videos at no charge, helping them better connect with job seekers. Want to do this today? Go to your Employer Spotlight page or create one of your own if we do not yet have one for you and copy the embed code for your videos on YouTube etc. and paste it into the Spotlight page.

#TwitterJobSearch = “Tweet This Job Button” w/@williamfischer

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:12:08 +0000

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The team at TwitterJobSearch is up to it again. I’ve written about these guys a few times because I like them. Genuinely nice people and the product just makes sense for recruiters. Twitter can certainly be an asset to recruiters but it’s often a detractor. The team at Work Digital are working to make some of these features more efficient for recruiters.

I spoke with Bill Fischer and his thoughts are: “We’re going through the popular Twitter tools one-by-one to build specialized versions for recruitment.”

Thoughts?

Using the same basic concept popularized by the Re-Tweet buttons now used by almost every major publisher and blog, the Tweet This Job button is designed to easily share job offers via Twitter.

Provides a Small Button that can be easily added to each job spec,
Creates a customizable Tweet utilizing best-practices for job Tweets,
Builds a tiny URL that links directly to the job,
Uses Twitter OAuth – to securely and quickly facilitate Tweeting

Tweet this Job not only makes it easy for employees and fellow job seekers to share a job offer with their friends/colleagues but it also demonstrates how common Twitter tools are being repackaged for industry specific usages. This button can put your jobs in front of millions of Twitter users, help them to be indexed to major search engines and all it requires copying and pasting a simple bit of code, found here.

By placing the Tweet This Job button on your job board, recruitment consultancy or company career site, you can use Twitter as a free distribution channel by utilizing the network of job seekers you already have engaged.

Tweet This Job

#Recruiting Tools Carnival: #Socialrecruiting #HR #Sourcing and More!

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:20:00 +0000

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RecruitingTools.com is set to host another Recruiting carnival this upcoming September. In efforts to build the best posting lineup we can, we are actively searching out bloggers and recruiters of all types. This carnival will be a bit different than before. Sure we will have some of the regular favorites for everyone to read, but we want to give those that may not have the opportunity to publish themselves on a regular basis to be heard.

If you are interested in contributing just email us HERE and in the interim read up on some of the most popular articles from our past carnivals.

Most popular articles from previous recruiting carnivals:

Three Elements of a World Class Marketing Call by Mike Ramer: http://bit.ly/9Vaa5Q

Gonzo Sourcing and the Evolution of online Social Networks: http://bit.ly/aETEuJ

Deep into the Web: A brief guide for Recruiters: http://bit.ly/aEE8OD

Social Capital: What it Means, Why it Matters, and How Science is about to Change the HR World: http://bit.ly/cj20oH

These are just a few of the many we’ve had that made this event a success. View all of the contributions to the last Recruiting Carnival Here: http://bit.ly/ar15KW

#Recruiting with #Firefox add-on Outwit

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:51:55 +0000

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Another great Firefox Add-on that I simply cannot live without is called OutWit. It’s easy to use and simply saves time. OutWit comes in 3 versions that are described below and if used properly will seriously impact your daily routine. OutWit is similar to Down the All, but it goes much deeper.

Here is why I love it. There are 3 main applications:

OutWit Docs and OutWit Images

OutWit docs will help you to rip out documents, spreadsheets and presentations saving your results to your system. This will allow you save, store and review your results in a faster more efficient manner.

OutWit Hub

OutWit Hub is an all-in-one application for extracting and organizing data from online sources; a powerful automation engine that explores for you large series of Web sources and brings back the answers instead of telling you where they are.

Here is quick demo from my friend Ami Givertz better known as the G-Recruiter and The Brown Bag Recruiter.

5 Free Job Posting Sites for #Recruiters and #Employers

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:02:09 +0000

If it’s free it’s for me. That seems to be the mantra these days. We’ve been getting a lot of questions around free resources not just for sourcing but for job posting as well. Here are 5 free job posting sites that I use to help spread the word of openings I am working.

(This is not a sponsored posting and the services below are not partners with Recruitingtools.com at the time of this posting 7-5-10)

5 Free Job Posting Boards and a brief overview with the text taken directly from their websties without modification.

Here are 5 Free job posting and Spidering sites in no particular order of preference.

Resumark.com (Text is from the Resumark.com website)

Unlike most other job websites on the Internet, we will list your jobs for free. That’s right – you can post as many jobs as you want – completely free. We are the first website to come up with this idea and here is how it works:

ZipRecruiter.com (Text is from theZipRecruiter.com website)

ZipRecruiter offers a do it yourself web based hiring solution as an alternative to recruiters. Founded in 2010, Ziprecruiter enables companies to post to multiple free job boards with a single submission and vet all applicants through simple-to-setup online interviews. Hiring personnel can toggle between applicants answers and resumes online as they collaborate to rate and select the best candidate.

Jobvertise.com (Text is from the Jobvertise.com website)

Jobvertise basic services are FREE to employers and jobseekers because we generate our revenue through premium services and advertising on the site. As an employer using the basic services you never have to pay a fee to post jobs or search over 800,000 resumes in our database!*

JobZoom.com (Text is from the JobZoom.com website)

To make posting easier, we want to go beyond the norm. You have the option of posting INSTANTANEOUSLY, without lengthy processes, boring signups, or hassle, in under a minute your job is up and running, it activates simply through email. BUT… if you want to easily manage jobs on your very own DASHBOARD where you can edit and delete jobs right there on one screen… we recommend a free member account. click here for the dashboard area We have many more features coming and job posting will only get smoother.

JobSpider.com (Text is from the JobSpider.com website)

JobSpider.com is a free employment information exchange job board actually modeled from http://www.craigslist.org. My name is Chris McGarry and I designed it because I was looking for a network administrator and it was frustrating to not see an intuitive and nicely organized free job board. The response has obviously been overwhelming and my ”small project” has blossomed into a very popular job board that, in many ways, rivals the big boys (i.e. Monster, HotJobs, etc.).

JobSpider.com is FREE to employers and jobseekers. There is no charge to post a resume, post job(s), search through the resumes, search through the jobs, or create a job alert. JobSpider.com is FREE to employers and jobseekers because I generate revenue through advertising on the site. The only fee that I will charge is to bulk import jobs for employers.