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Recruiting Trends, Social Media, and How Coffee Makes You Work Better!

April 8
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There are few elements so essential to the workday as a cup of coffee. This magical beverage helps us survive boring meetings, early morning shifts, and email overload. And, according to a collaboration by CareerBuilder and Dunkin’ Doughnuts, coffee can even help us build relationships with our coworkers.Coffee Lovers Rejoice: It Could Be Making You Better at Your Job – Lily Herman This infographic provides some excellent excuses for indulging in a coffee break, or two, or three! A strong cup of coffee is also the perfect companion for tackling social media. But this infographic is a strong runner up:How to Manage Your Social Media in 34 Minute a Day – Shortstack Shortstack’s infographic is an excellent step-by-ste……Read More

HR, April Fools’ Day, and Some Awesome Office Pranks!

April 1
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Happy April Fools’ Day, if you are lucky enough to live in a country that celebrates it! Unfortunately, the Dutch do not do April Fools’ Day, so I have to indulge vicariously through my Canadian friends and the geniuses at Google. April Fools’ Day is an age-old tradition that can be extremely entertaining, but also somewhat tricky for human resources to navigate! Like Scotland’s version of the holiday, which revolves around pinning fake tails, and kick me signs to each other’s rear ends, a combination that incorporates just enough potential for violence and sexual harassment to make even the most cool and collected of HR managers sweat. Tricky! Humour is relative; one person’s idea of a hilarious prank is another’s cause ……Read More

How to Tell Your Employer Brand Story

March 30
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Communicating your employer brand is crucial to attracting candidates. Being authentic in this communication and honest about your company’s culture is essential to ensuring that the candidates you attract are a good fit. Telling your company’s story in a cohesive, transparent and engaging way throughout the entire recruitment process is the best way to accomplish both of these goals.73% of recruiters said that to compete against other employers they highlight company culture. (Source: Jobvite) Employer brand storytelling is an elegant form of marketing. It gives your company a face and a soul, which is refreshing in a world full of post and pray job ads. It isn’t easy to create an engaging story or to tell it consistentl……Read More

7 Informative Infographics for Social Media Recruiting

March 25
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Visual content gets more engagement on social media than any other type! Attach a video, photo, or illustration to your Tweet and you’ll up your chances of getting retweeted by 150%. Images also help us absorb information. In fact, our brain processes visuals 60 000 times faster than text. Perhaps this explains the rise of the infographic. Infographics have come to dominate online content marketing and social media. If you want an effective, engaging, and attractive way to convey a message, infographics are the perfect medium. Infographics are also a wonderful way for HR and recruiters to learn more about social media. Here are 7 social media infographics that you can use to improve your social recruitment strate……Read More

7 Social Recruitment Stats & How to Apply Them

March 23
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We are very lucky to be living in an age where we have access to such a wealth of information.Big data is all around us and, when used wisely, it can enrich our lives and our work.When it comes to social recruitment, the information at our fingertips can help you navigate the vast world of social media in order to build effective strategies by better understanding the candidates that you wish to attract.We’ve poured over the latest research on social recruiting and job seekers to find the most salient data points to share with you, our readers. And, in case the numbers alone fail to inspire you, we’ve also including some insight as to how each one of these powerful statistics can help guide your social recruiting efforts.73% of……Read More

Human Resources Gone Weird: Quirky Interview Questions & Trolling for Talent!

March 18
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I have never been asked a quirky interview question. Not a single one! I’d like to think that if I was I would be able to fire back with a witty answer, but after reading through Glass Door’s list of the strange questions job seekers get asked… I’m not sure how I would fair when faced with the quirkier side of human resources. The questions, gathered from companies in the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, and France, range from the unusually specific: “Can you calculate how many tennis balls are used during the course of Wimbledon?” – Accenture Analyst job candidate. To the downright weird: "Is batman a super hero?" – AlphaSights. Check out the rest of the questions on the Glassdoor blog.Top Oddball Interview Questi……Read More

5 Innovative Ways to Build Employer Brand

March 16
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In today’s complex job market, employer branding is essential for all companies that want to attract and hire top talent. Convincing potential candidates in the value of working at your company is the core of every employer branding strategy, especially on social media.Studies show that companies with strong employer brands attract at least 3.5 times more applicants per job. (Source)Here are five innovative ways to build your employer brand and communicate it through digital channels:1. Detect your uniquenessWhat makes you different from other organizations? Drive to innovation, workplace flexibility or promoting leadership?Answer these questions to define your message and then spread it.Employer Branding with ……Read More

Top HR Influencers, Social Recruiting Stats, and Mobile Recruiting with a Side of Guac

March 11
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I have never applied for a job via mobile, but the last time I was looking for work Swype Keyboard did not exist, so what do I know?! Personal experience aside, mobile is one of the biggest trends in recruitment. We all know the importance of having a mobile-friendly career site and companies all over the world are investing top dollar in making their application process mobile. The results are mixed. Chipotle recently launched a mobile recruiting app and they’ve seen great results.Now You Can Apply at Chipotle with Your Mobile Device According to this press release, within one month of launching their app, Chipotle has received 5, 000 applications via mobile (approximately 20% of their total application volume.) Chi……Read More

Why You Should Use Social Recruiting to Reach Women Candidates

March 9
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It was International Women’s Day this past Sunday.I celebrated by going to see Focus starring Will Smith and eating a large tub of popcorn.This was not very feminist of me considering that this film does not even come close to passing the Bechdel test.To make up for this crime against my gender, today’s blog post is dedicated to women in the workforce, more specifically the importance of getting more women into the workforce.The case for hiring women is not just about equal rights. It is about doing better business. – Click to TweetIn the last decade, research has proved that there is a significant financial and strategic benefit to hiring and promoting more women.Here’s what the data shows:According to a study from ……Read More

A Cautionary Tale, Blogging to Hire, and The End of Google+ Recruiting

March 4
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Before I post this week’s links, I’d like to share with you a cautionary tale of hiring horror.My husband Leif is a UX genius  lead product designer by profession, so his particular set of skills and experience are in high demand and very useful when applying for jobs.So useful in fact that someone, let’s call him “John”, claimed Leif’s work for Silk.co (a fantastic data visualization app) as his own in an attempt to prove that he had desirable skills to a potential employer.John also claimed honesty as one of his core values on LinkedIn :/Thankfully the potential employer was smart enough to do a thorough reference check and learned that John had never worked for Silk.This reference check saved the employer a lot of time, money ……Read More