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5 Articles to Improve Your Content Strategy

March 26

We've been talking a lot about content strategy on the blog lately. Our most recent post was about three kinds of content that are effective for social recruiting. Today's Link Love is a perfect example of one of the types of content we suggested in that post: the shout-out. There are so many awesome bloggers and writers sharing their knowledge of recruiting, employer branding, and social media on the web. They work hard to provide us with free content to learn from. I don't know about you, but I think they deserve a little love (if not a lot!), and one of the best ways to give them the love that they deserve is to shout them out in a blog post. Link Loves are one of my all time favorite forms of content because they giv……Read More

HR Motivation and Inspiration

March 19

I may not work in human resources, but having grown up with both parents working in HR I feel like I can very safely say: HR is tough. From navigating finicky policy to navigating finicky staff, from trying to make everyone happy to trying to find awesome new employees… who you will then have to make happy, it just plain tough! That's why it’s important to stay motivated. Otherwise you'll just burn out, or worse, have a social media meltdown! But how can you stay inspired? Life coaches are expensive, and motivational posters are pretty dorky… So instead, check out these cool articles for some totally free, and un-dorky HR inspiration: We’ll start with the most inspiring dude on the internet; Seth Godin. This guy just……Read More

Awesome Content and the Tools I Used to Find it!

March 12

It’s that time again!Time to scour the internet in search of wonderful articles, and blog posts to share with you, our lovely readers.I’m actually lying a little bit… Just a touch of hyperbole really, it’s just that I no longer technically scour the internet when crafting these Link Love’s.Nope, no more scouring because I now have a zillion incredible tools that help me find awesome content. In fact, it’s become exceedingly easy to find useful, interesting, and, when I’m feeling silly, silly blog posts and articles to share.One of the newest tools I’m using is called Swayy. Swayy is a wonderful new content aggregation and sharing tool. It uses information gathered from your social networks to recommend content your community will enj……Read More

Three Examples of Hiring for Fit Done Right

March 5

I still don't understand why hiring for fit is so contentious. Well, maybe I do. Instead of discussing hiring for fit done well, bloggers, journalists, and "experts" prefer to sensationalize the concept by conflating hiring for fit with hiring clones. They also enjoy referencing companies who just hire mini versions of their CEOs, or people who have the same haircut. They never actually provide us with any proof that such companies exist though... Not that I am saying they don't. Hello Abercrombie & Fitch! Let's take a look at some companies who make hiring for cultural fit, team fit, and brand fit work. Lululemon does an incredible job of hiring for fit. Literally. All of their staff has a passion for fitness, fashion, and health in line w……Read More

The Future of Work Looks Bright!

February 26

Millennials are weird. I am one, so I can say that! Last week we talked about how the rising percentage of Gen Yers in the labor market is shaping recruiting methods. We also talked about how emojis are a very important part of my generation's identity. There's so much incredible information about millennial workers, recruiting Gen Y, and the cultural significance of emojis out there, that we thought we'd share some of it with you!Let's Link Love it up: One of the most interesting and detailed resources for better understanding a millennial candidate is the PWC Future of Work Survey. If you want all the info you need to win the hearts and minds of millennial workers, this is the place to start. Millennials want flexibility in t……Read More

Back to Basics: 4 Great Articles on the Essentials of Social Recruiting

February 19

What's new with social recruiting? A lot of course! But, everyone is always covering the newest, shiniest topics; at Jobcast, we like to take the road less traveled, to boldly go where no social recruiting app has gone before... Well, actually, we mostly just try to cover the topics our readers want covered! That's why today's Link Love is all about the basics of social recruiting. The basic stuff that never changes, no matter how up to date your apps are, or even what social platforms you are using; these key tenants will help you optimize your social recruiting.Here are 4 essentials of social recruiting and 4 articles that will help you capitalize on them: You just gotta be you! And that you must appeal to the talent you want to at……Read More

Recruiting Passive Candidates: Twitter, Video, Mobile, and a Case Study

February 12

Passive Candidates, you know why they’re important, you know how to source them, and you know how I think you can recruit them. But what do I know?! Well, a fair bit actually… In fact I would say that social recruiting, with a specific focus on converting passive candidates, is one of the things I know best! It makes me very boring at parties! Anyways, now that I have bragged a bunch at you, I will confess, there are other passive candidate experts out there. In fact, don’t tell my boss, but a lot of those experts know a lot more than me, ssshhhh. Our secret. In return for your silence, I will introduce you to some of those experts.Here are 5 fantastic articles that will help you recruit passive candidates like a pro! And a ca……Read More

Sourcing Passive Candidates: Who's in Charge, Why Twitter is Rad, and an Encyclopedia

February 5

Passive candidates, you want 'em... the social graph has got 'em! So, how do you use the data the graph provides to find a bunch of awesome talent, grow your company, and become the world's happiest employer? Getting yourself branded Facebook Career Page is a pretty great start because it gives your employer brand a mobile friendly social presence. This is important as the first thing the passive candidates are going to after you reach out to them is Google your organization. A well branded, mobile optimized Facebook Career Site makes for an excellent first impression. But, you still have to get out there and source those candidates!Today we're featuring 5 great articles that will help you understand what it takes t……Read More

5 Great Articles on the Basics of Facebook Recruiting

January 29

Getting back to basics is always a good idea. Crisp white shirts, steak and potatoes, Facebook recruiting… You simply can’t go wrong! We recently published a blog post about why Facebook trumps print media for recruiting. In that article we also went over how no matter which medium you choose to employ, when it comes to an effective hiring campaign the basic tenants of effective recruiting remain the same. It’s just that when it comes to recruiting, Facebook has the best return on investment! But, that is only true if you make sure to incorporate the essential best practices of Facebook recruiting. So, in this link love we have 5 great articles on the basics of Facebook recruiting: In this article, John Sumser shares 3 ……Read More

Don't Fear Social!

January 27

Social recruiting is still just in its infancy, despite having been around for almost a decade. But this isn't really all that surprising. Human beings have a pretty well understood fear of adopting new technologies. When the printing press was invented, concerned biologists urged monarchs to restrict its use, fearing dangerous, and harmful information overload caused by too much reading! Doctors warned against trains, as they were convinced the break-neck speeds (15 miles per hour) of this new mode of transport would cause asphyxia induced deaths. Heck, I am still afraid Google class will lead to a world full of cyborgs that only interact online and only eat Soylent! And yet, employers are slowly but surely adopting soc……Read More

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