“HR, social media and background checks” is the topic of the day when Jim Stroud interviews Jim Andrews, the Director of Client Services for Social Intelligence Corporation. Related PostsHow to Build a Dependable Workforce: Using Background ChecksHow thorough are your background checks? (Part 2)Who wants to hire a Social Media Recruiter?How thorough are your background checks?25 Articles on Social Media [...]
A Guide to LinkedIn Profile Optimization by: Sophia L. Mendrez LinkedIn is a professional network with over 150 million members and it is still growing and opportunities within this professional social network are limitless. That is why members take time to put up a good-looking profile, business man or job hunters alike. An optimized or a well put together profile [...]
Season 4 of The Jim Stroud Show begins. I am experimenting with a new format, but still focused on social media. Let me know your thoughts? Related PostsWhat is Social Recruiting? (video)How To Recruit with Instagram (Recruiting Innovation)Linkedin is growing faster than FacebookFIRST LOOK: Monster wants to give you a professional face on Facebook with BeKnownSocial Recruiting with Jim Stroud [...]
Q: Keep posting! I love your posts! Can you show me how to find employees from different companies on Flickr? A: Sure, that’s an easy one. Just do a group search on Flickr for (whatever company) and employees. For example, at a glance I was able to find VMWare Employees, Oracle Employees and a bunch of Microsoft Employees. . Want [...]
Q: Jim, I really liked your post yesterday. I never used Google to search Flickr before. Doesn’t Flickr have its own search functionality? Is it any good? A: Yes, its quite good actually. For example, I used it to find a whole bunch of Computer Scientists and Computer Engineers fresh out of school and ready to be recruited. How? I [...]
Q: Jim, I have been sharing my pictures on Flickr and having a blast! By chance I met someone on Flickr that I eventually hired. It occurred to me that there might be other ways I could leverage Flickr to source hires. You have any ideas how? A: But of course! There are quite a few unconventional methods for using [...]
Social media is the popular thing nowadays; everybody has a profile on a networking site. These profiles can feature dozens of pictures, songs, and of course information like where you went to school or where you are currently working. Potential employers often ask for your social media profile now along with a resume. They want to see how social you [...]
In this special episode of The Jim Stroud Show, Jim interviews Jeremy Langhans to discuss innovation in recruiting. Specifically, Jeremy details how he leveraged Instagram to recruit passive candidates during his tenure at Starbucks. Furthermore, he discusses the choices one makes when managing a career site. Should you create multiple mobile versions of the same site, or do something different? [...]
Social Recruiting Training and Boolean Search Training has taken up a lot of Jim’s time. So much so, that he has to take a quick break from his show. As such, this episode marks the end of Season 4 of The Jim Stroud Show. Look for Jim to return in April 2012 with new episodes. Subscribe now so that you [...]
Before there were social media sites like Facebook and Twitter just to name a couple, recruiters didn’t have as much data to collect on potential employees. Now, however, many recruiters are spending time scouring the above-mentioned sites and others, along with general Google searches of the person’s name, in order to get a better feel for each and every candidate [...]
Earlier today I gave a webinar called “How To Recruit with Video.” Based on the tweets, emails and LinkedIn invites I received afterward, the attendees seemed to appreciate it. I am sharing it here for the benefit of those who missed out. How To Recruit with Video According to comScore, 181 million Americans watched more than 40 billion videos in [...]
The most obvious advantage of online recruiting via corporate videos is the money that organizations can save by avoiding mainstream advertising media to reach their potential candidates. Corporate recruitment agencies spend a lot of money for advertising, and this can be brought down to a large extent through these videos, because most of the file hosting websites such as YouTube [...]
It’s hard to believe Twitter has only been around since 2006. Now up there with LinkedIn and Facebook as one of the world’s largest social networks the microblogging site has seen a somewhat unprecedented growth; with the number of tweets sent daily increasing by 1,400% to over 50 million in the last year alone. With a number of celebrities and [...]
With every farmer and his dog tweeting about the latest gossip, there’s no excuse for employers not to make use of social media. Smartphones play an increasing role in our everyday lives, accompanying us from morning till dusk – it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that there’s great potential for recruitment. The UK is still in the early [...]
Are you a LinkedIn power user? If you are, you still may be surprised to learn about LinkedIn Labs. LinkedIn Labs is a small set of projects and experimental features built by the employees of LinkedIn. In this episode I focus on two of my favorites: Resume Builder and Hero Connect. I think that both of those apps are incredibly [...]
