February 26th, 2010 by Hillary
I recently came across an article on the CareerBuilder blog titled, “7 steps to Must-Read Job Postings.” Job Postings are often the first time a candidate will get a good look at your company. That means your job posting can also be your first impression! CareerPlug’s employer-branded microsite recruiting campaigns will leave a great impression with top candidates. I’ll break down some of the steps CareerBuilder lists and show you how CareerPlug’s model
is a sure bet!
2. Don’t Be Shy About Showing Off the Goods
You have four day work weeks? The top selling agent of the year gets a new car? We can understand you don’t want to brag too much about your company’s exciting opportunities, but let us! As a third party to the candidate-employer dynamic, we have no problem highlighting the coolest parts of your open position on the microsite. Sometimes something as trivial as a company dodge ball team can attract top-notch sales professionals. Let us brag for you; you leave a great first impression and we can get qualified candidates excited about your position!
4. Don’t be Vague
This one is two-fold with CareerPlug. First, we help to create a microsite that answers all the important questions about each position. Having qualifications, responsibilities, salary and benefits included in the microsite is a great way to grab quality candidates and weed out professionals who don’t fit the position. But, even with the best job postings, unwanted candidates will surely sneak by. This is why CareerPlug suggests specificity! We can look deeper into each candidate and further weed out candidates based on what each employer is looking for. By being specific about your position with CareerPlug, we can be sure we only send exactly what you want.
7. Double dip
CareerPlug really takes care of this for our clients. No need to worry about posting a job in a million places just to find the right candidate. CareerPlug’s high-volume recruiting campaigns will find all the top candidates across multiple recruiting resources – saving you both time and money.
Tags: High-Volume Recruiting, job posting, microsite, recruiting campaigns
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February 12th, 2010 by Hillary
When it comes to recruiting there’s an obvious advantage to using several different mediums to attract the right talent. We all use email to reach out quickly and conveniently and hey, if it comes from a real person (no email blasts), with a real job offer, it can even feel really personalized. Social media connects with candidates from another platform. It can come off as less intrusive and more friendly, especially when you share a networking or social group with the candidates you’re reaching out to. Then there’s the old-school recruiting tool- the trusty phone. Recruiters have been using the phone for quite some time now but believe it or not it’s really easy to forget some of the basics that can make you a very successful recruiter over the phone.
Here are a few tips on successful phone recruiting:
- Get in the right mindset- As recruiters, our approach can sometimes come off as more of a sales pitch than a job offer. Remember to put yourself in the other person’s shoes. You don’t want to feel like you’re being solicited and neither do they. Remember you have a real opportunity to share and open the conversation with that in mind.
- Focus on building a strong rapport first- Mirroring a candidates conversational tone and even the loudness and speed of their speech will help them feel more connected to you. This is a quick way to get someone to open up.
- Remember- As Dale Carnegie will tell you, people love talking about themselves- If you want someone to talk, just listen. Well ask a question first, and then listen. You may lean something that’s not on paper. Getting a candidate to open up and discuss his/her own career objectives can save everyone time. Often the things you learn from simply talking to an individual give you a lot more information than what’s written on their resume.
These tips aren’t going to seal the deal every time, but they sure will help you to open a few more doors and have a few less hang-ups.
Tags: human resources best practices, phone recruiting, recruiting etiquette, recruiting tips, Social Media
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