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Social Recruiting Roundup 2014!

January 1

The best thing about New Years' day? French toast.The second best thing is pouring yourself a nice cup of coffee and reading through all the great prediction, best of, and yearly round-up articles that flood the blogosphere this time of year.There are always amazing posts that you've somehow missed, cool social media hacks, and hilarious corporate branding blunders to be found. And, for some reason, it seems like a lot of bloggers are in top form when writing that last article of the year.Today’s Link Love is a round-up of social media and recruiting-related blog posts looking back at 2013, and articles making predictions about HR, social, and branding for 2014.Enjoy!Predictions, always entertaining, often risky, are my favo……Read More

Social Recruiting Trends for 2014

December 30

So apparently 2013 is practically over.Did this year go by super fast or what?It’s probably all the exciting and cool social media innovations that make it feel this way. Vine Video, Upgraded Facebook Ads, the introduction of Facebook Skills, Tinder… The list goes on, and on, and on! It’s been an incredible year for social recruiting, and for all of us at Jobcast.The Jobcast Facebook Recruiting App went completely mobile, we released our first white paper (a how-to guide for Facebook Recruiting), filmed a Vine recruiting video, co-hosted an awesome webinar with Indeed, were featured on the cover of HR Insights magazine, and our talented CEO, Ryan St. Germaine, gave an inspiring talk at Six:Forty.It’s been a very good year.……Read More

Happy Holidays From All of Us at Jobcast

December 23

Hello, It is almost Christmas. So, if you celebrate that holiday, hopefully all of your shopping is done. If you celebrate it with gifts that is! My family celebrates with food mostly, but also presents. That is why it was pretty scary to wake up yesterday morning, realize just how close to Christmas it was, and that I had not yet even thought about shopping for gifts, let alone purchased any, and that I was going to have to actually leave my house, and maybe even enter a MALL. Thankfully all of my gifts are now purchased. I did have to venture outside, but luckily I managed to avoid the mall. Life is good! To celebrate, I thought I would give all of you, our awesome readers, a gift as well. It's the kind of gift that employers every……Read More

White Paper: Learn the Basics of Facebook Recruiting

December 23

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Facebook is the Worlds Most Effective Social Recruiting Platform: Download this White Paper and Start Recruiting with Facebook Today! Facebook has a massive reach, and its over 1 billion user base makes it the largest social talent pool to date. Facebook recruiting is simple, fast, and effective. If you know how to use it! Download this white paper now and you'll get access to:Our Step-by-step Facebook recruiting guideImportant statistics all employers should know about social recruitingResearch-based methods for recruiting passive candidatesField tested content strategies that attract potential hires…Read More

12 Days of Recruiting

December 16

If you're not changing, then you're probably dead. That’s morbid, yes, true nonetheless!To keep your recruiting going strong you’ll need to grow and innovate. I'm not saying that you have to make your HR team bigger, add more networks to your social strategy, or overhaul your branding, but you must be consistently growing your reach in order to connect with new candidates.We all know the perils of trying to get too big too fast, and this is why small innovations are one of the best ways to keep adding to your talent pool.What follows are 12 days of simple steps that you can implement to keep your social recruiting alive and well.Day 1Re-evaluate your job descriptionsJob descriptions are the most important part of yo……Read More

Best of Social Recruiting This Week

December 11

Okay. It's time. They've been playing Christmas carols in the mall for almost a month now, there's weird tasting fruit cake at the grocery store, and my favorite YouTube fitness expert has taken to wearing a Santa hat whilst answering questions about power lifting.If they can force holiday cheer upon me, then I can force it upon you!Today's links are going to get you feeling festive, prepare you for all of the legal issues that make this time of year so terrifying for HR pros, and hopefully have you laughing out loud!Speaking of legal issues, post-holiday party harassment suits are a real problem for employers and their staff. Employment and Labor Law lawyer, Michael Kass shares some simple ways employers can reduce the thr……Read More

How Small Businesses Can Use Facebook to Level the Playing Field

December 9

Being small is tough. When it comes to recruiting, the big guys have a lot going for them: established branding, greater reach, and just more resources at their fingertips in general. But, being small also has its advantages; you just need to know how to leverage them!I am an extremely tiny person myself. I am also quite athletic. These things are often at odds with each other, so no one would ever think to pick me first for their basketball team! So, instead of crying over poor genetics, I've found sports that are better suited to my stature. I don't play volleyball, sport of the amazons, but I do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which is perfectly suited to those of us with small levers!When it comes to recruiting, I suggest small businesses do t……Read More

A Gift from Facebook to Recruiters, High Quality Content, and More!

December 4

Oh hi!How are you? Are you feeling festive yet?I don't know about where you live, but I can no longer exit my home without a barrage of tinsel, sparkles, and choral singing. This has actually been going on since mid-November, but I've been trying to refrain from using the word Christmas on this blog until at least the first of December. And do not fear, there will be no holiday tips, or seasonal posts, until the tenth at the very earliest. Besides, I like New Years inspired blog posts best anyway!This week's links are all about Facebook. Mostly because of the recent gift they have given employers and recruiters, but also because Jobcast is a Facebook Recruiting App, and this is our blog!What is this gift I speak of? Easier access……Read More

How to Create Employee Profiles to Grow Your Employer Brand

December 2

Happy employees are an employer brand’s best friend.According to LinkedIn and TNS enthusiastic and engaged employees are potentially a company’s greatest asset when it comes to branding.Sadly for us, and by us I mean you and employers everywhere, it can be pretty tough to get employees engaged with your social media efforts. There are lots of ways to encourage your team to engage, but unless you are Lululemon, and have a staff made up of selfie posting, fitness obsessed, Instagram loving young people, getting your employees to create and share content for your brand can be a hard sell.I have a solution!Create that content for them.At Jobcast our head honchos are pretty darn cool. Johnny could bike across ……Read More

The Latest in Social Recruiting News

November 27

I like to pretend that I am a superhero. Mostly at the gym, but sometimes at work as well!In order to help make me feel more like a caped crusader, every week I embark on a (not so) secret mission to make the world of social recruiting a better place. In other words: I scour the internet searching for super cool new blog posts, important social network updates, and pretty much anything that can help you improve your recruiting.This past week brought us quite a few cool blog posts. Like this one on how your employer brand can help you with holiday staffing and retention! Okay, so it's not the most exciting topic, but it's important so get reading.Oooooh, now here's an exciting one. Kris Dunn revisits the always controversi……Read More

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