Recruiter's Essential Tips

Add caption Knowing the latest trends in recruiting will certainly help recruiters, both in-house and third party recruiters, to assess whether they are up to date with the industry trends and modify their recruiting strategies accordingly to stay in the race. As we are in the halfway stage in the year 2015, LinkedIn has published a report on the latest recruiting trends and its impact on the industry. Sourcing new hires When it comes to sourcing new talent, online job boards (74%) still tops the list despite the tremendous growth and popularity of social and professional networks. However, things are improving and there has been a substantial increase in social media recruiting (59%). Top social networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter have helped recruiters access the talent pool much easier and faster than before. The report also revealed company career websites (64%) and internal recruiting (62%) as some of the other popular sourcing methods.          Mobile S

The following search script will help you to build a list of candidate profiles from a specific industry. The search syntax is: "Industry" (site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub) -'pub/dir' For example, if you want to build a list of candidate profiles from "Computer Software" industry, the search script will be: "Computer Software" (site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub) -'pub/dir'

The following search script will help you to search AOL for LinkedIn profiles from a specific country. The search syntax is: Input_Keyword (site:«country domain».linkedin.com/in OR site:«country domain».linkedin.com/pub) -'pub/dir' For example, if you want to build a list of profiles from "Telecommunications Industry" in Canada , the search script will be: Telecommunications(site:ca.linkedin.com/in OR site:ca.linkedin.com/pub) -'pub/dir' You can change the industry and country based on your requirements. Source: eGrabber Newsletter

You can search Google for LinkedIn profiles that belong to any LinkedIn group. The Google search syntax is as follows: "LinkedIn group name logo" [site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub] For example, if you are looking for profiles from social media marketing group, the Google search string will be: "social media marketing logo" [site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub] Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Recruiter Lite is a premium feature that helps you to find candidates faster than the basic free account. It helps you to: See full names & profiles of your entire network. This helps you to find 35x more profiles. Access 8 premium search filters that enable you to refine your candidate search based on years of experience, seniority, function, company size, interests, etc. Save searches and create search alerts so that you don't miss potential candidates. You can save up to 10 searches. Access Recruiter Lite on your mobile. Improves productivity and interaction with candidates. Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Jobadder is a cloud-based recruitment management platform that helps recruitment & staffing professionals to post jobs on social media sites & 200+ job boards, track applicants and communicate with candidates via email and SMS. You can customize your pages and get to see your recruitment information via dashboards. More than 5,000 recruiters use Jobadder and it is compatible with all browsers and mobile devices.  For more details, visit http://www.jobadder.com/ Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Your well-crafted job ad cannot make any difference if it cannot be found by your candidates. Try the following:    Don't stick to the job title that you use in your company. Look for similar job titles that your potential candidates might look for. Ensure that the job description conveys the necessary information to your candidates and also at the same time, it is short and not too wordy.  Include relevant keywords that your prospective candidates might use to search for jobs. Include a call-to-action - Call, Email or Apply, etc.  Source: eGrabber Newsletter