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Finding a Job with Facebook
Emily Hartman lost her job on Thursday afternoon. By the following Monday morning she had several leads and is hoping to have a new job soon. As the national unemployment rate nears 10%, and the typical job search lasts 12 weeks, how did this St. Louis-based account executive have so much early success? Online social networking. The old rules of posting résumés on CareerBuilder, emailing former colleagues and browsing company websites for openings are still important Continue Reading...
Considering a Social Media Recruiting Strategy
With the user bases of social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter growing by the millions, a casual observer might think a recruiter’s job is easier than ever. More people share more secrets on these networks, so HR can find anybody, right? Whether it’s on a social network site, a blog, discussion board, alumni list or via true and tried headhunting techniques, information is more readily available than ever before. Sure, it’s simpler than Continue Reading...
Leaving Job Boards
Why is it that when sales people call you from job boards, they do not know your business or your clients business and they just want to sell you a package for job posting or resume searches without really understanding your target audiences required training or minimum requirements? In today’s environment – that does nothing but create a massive stack of resumes for you to review from prospects who do not have the skills you need. For specialized non-entry Continue Reading...
