Recruiter's Essential Tips

Source: eGrabber Newsletter The focus for recruiters this year and the next few would be on building a community of potential candidates. Many Internet sourcing experts are of the view that recruiters should be able to fill routine job positions using just their social networks and connections. Given this, it is critical that you determine social media sites that work best for your industry understand the kind of audience (talent) that different social sites attract adopt tactics to build/ grow your network, etc. In the coming years, your success as a recruiter will be determined to a large extent by how good you are in social media recruiting.

The continued growth of online social media is evidenced by the emergence of new social networking sites, tools and applications that enables you to connect, communicate, and collaborate with like-minded individuals, groups, communities and organizations. Although there are umpteen number of social networking sites, only a few stand out from the crowd with millions of registered users. So what does this mean for a recruiter? As a recruiter, you can find both active and passive candidates in social networking sites. How? Manually searching the top social networking sites is a time-consuming and strenuous task. This is where an automated resume search tool like ResumeFinder can be handy. With ResumeFinder, you can find the candidates in a few seconds which would otherwise take hours and hours. All you need to do is just enter the keywords, select the appropriate search script and click the Find button. ResumeFinder displays the results for various inbuilt search logics that helps you to

Source: eGrabber Newsletter How adept are you at using Web 2.0 technologies to reach or find the best candidates? More than 30 percent of adults, in the U.S., between 25 and 34 years, create online content (blogs, video uploads, etc.) on a monthly basis. If this population's characteristic is a representative of your target, then are your sourcing practices in sync with them? What kind of online content do you produce to attract prospective candidates in this population? You can use these technologies to be more persuasive, to better assess and engage candidates. One characteristic of this population is that they prefer to watch rather than read. You can create video ads that make a compelling case to a candidate on why they should join your organization or apply to a job ad. Your videos can show the workplace, details about the position, feedback from existing employees in similar roles, etc.