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HRTech: Find the Ripe Candidates First with Entelo

| October 18, 2012 | 0 Comments
HRTech: Find the Ripe Candidates First with Entelo

There is a ton of data on the web. Big data is all the talk and rage. But most companies are trying to figure out what to do with it all?

Jon figured it out. Why not utilize the tons of data available in online communities, along with all the social media data being pushed out, and build millions of profiles of potential candidates?

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Boolean Search Strings and Life

| March 6, 2011 | 5 Comments

I took an example of life and how the sourcing of candidates is very similar to our life. In life, our choices are the keywords and we either choose to go ahead with them OR drop them. Right choices bring expected results and if we do not put them in right order – it all messes up.

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Talent Communities are great. The Recruiters Suck

| January 25, 2011 | 6 Comments
Talent Communities are great. The Recruiters Suck

This is a serious problem that will only lead to greater failures. These are large mega companies with billion dollar brands and trillion dollar dreams. Companies that on the surface have elegantly articulated the process for their talent community but have genuinely failed at any backend process that would be recognized as mediocre.

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People Search with Zoominfo

| January 11, 2011 | 3 Comments
People Search with Zoominfo

Sourcing for candidates can be simple or it can be frustrating. Putting aside the intricacies of deep web searching this series will be dedicated to listing and explaining some best practices around leveraging people search tools to find and attract great talent.

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#Recruiting with Google Tools To Save Time

| November 10, 2010 | 2 Comments
#Recruiting with Google Tools To Save Time

In October I spoke at ProjectSAME (for you outside the DC Metro area that it the Staffing Alliance of Maryland Employers). The presentation was focused on my adjustment to my new work life as a Strategic Recruiting Manager after my former life as Technical Writer and Sourcing Researcher.

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How #Recruiters are generating 100′s of organic and targeted visits to their Joblog

| October 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
How #Recruiters are generating 100′s of organic and targeted visits to their Joblog

Challenge: I went out and bought a cool domain name to advertise jobs and openings but I get little response. This social media stuff sucks.
This is a great start, and if you are using wordpress among others you’ll get some kick organic…

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How to find 100′s of hidden jobs with the The Hidden Job Report

| September 29, 2010 | 0 Comments

Great new site that has recently been launched designed to help jobseekers prospect the hidden job market. Its called – The Hidden Job Report. Check itout. It’s free and full of great information.

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Top 10 HR and Recruiting Apps with HRE Online

| September 20, 2010 | 0 Comments
Top 10 HR and Recruiting Apps with HRE Online

Top HR and Recruitingn technology is hard to find, let alone make a decission to invest. Here is the most recent list from HREonline that you might find to be helpful in your decision making process.

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Like This! 10 Ways to Optimize Your Facebook Like Page

| September 1, 2010 | 0 Comments
Like This! 10 Ways to Optimize Your Facebook Like Page

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” like Facebook. Social tools are also about getting found yourself – Facebook pages are a way to do this. Recruiters should pay attention to Facebook, because almost everyone is on it. [...]

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22 Tutorials and Insight Posts on #Recruiting with #Linkedin

| August 22, 2010 | 7 Comments

It seems that when you mention the terms Social, Recruiting or Sourcing 99.9% of recruiters say oh, yes I already use LinkedIn. Though I will say that LinkedIn is solid it is certainly not the answer for everything. However the reader love it so here are some great posts of sourcing with LinkedIn!

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