Archive for Recruitment
Top 25 Most Influential Online Recruiters
Posted by: | CommentsOnce again, HRExaminer partnered with Traackr, the Boston based online reputation discovery tool, to develop the list of top 25 most influential online recruiters – darn! I still didn’t make it 
. Anyway, as for the process, Traackr uses a combination of spidering, processing and analytics to develop its lists.
Additionally, “In order to really quantify the dimensions of online influence, Traackr measures three key variables:
- Reach: A measure of the audience size (number of eyeballs) for each individual. Traffic.
- Relevance: The degree to which content associated with the individual matches a cloud of keywords prepared for the analysis
- Resonance: The number of mentions, inbound links and participation found for each individual.”
So without much fuzz, the influential recruiters are as follows: (you may follow the link for the complete review/data)
What’s the Buzzzzzz?
Posted by: | CommentsWondering what’s Google doing/thinking nowadays? I got a feeling that they’re trying to kill Twitter & Facebook to start with. Really ambitious eyh? Well, they have the tools and resources to do such hence, it won’t be far-fetch.
Anyway, just a few days ago Google introduced Google Buzz. What does HR in general got to do with this Buzz? Well, it’s not for everyone folks but for those who loves networking, crowdsourcing and those recruiters who wanted to take advantage. Remember the first mover advantage? I guess you need to be on-board ASAP for you to reap the rewards folks.
In summary, this new Google featured called Buzz just act like Twitter and Facebook status updates – though Twitter can’t paste pictures! Would you be enticed on creating a new account for this new social networking contraption? No need to exert worthless effort since this feature is already embedded in your Gmail accounts, but that of course if you already have a Gmail Account.
Now, how’s the response? Actually, just awhile ago Google Buzz Surpasses 9 Million Posts and Comments. In fact, I’m obsessed with it right now – yet another tool to waste time in the office.
In summary, this new feature is built to kill a few tool/features out there offered by other service providers of which HR pros can also take advantage. It might take time for you to figure out how to exploit its features and reap the rewards thereby hitting your ROI, but mind you building a massive follower/list would be a good start using your brand.
Anyway, do check us out from time to time because I’ll be providing you a few tips on how to exploit it..
When will your mobile phone campaign sucks?
Posted by: | CommentsSo when will your mobile phone campaign sucks? Simple, when the recipients get annoyed!
I admit, one has to be creative when attracting talent nowadays, but aren’t we giving our potential candidates options to unsubscribe to a few of our sourcing campaigns? Haven’t NTC laid down a few guidelines in doing mobile campaigns? Or some of us are not just keen on what’s ethical or not?
Anyway, let’s take on Northern Transcriptionworks Inc. on how annoying their recruitment mobile campaign is. Few weeks ago I started receiving this message:
“Hi! This is the HR Team of Northern Transcriptionworks Inc. We are pleased to invite you to come for an exam on Feb. 03, 2010 (wed) at 1:00pm. Office is at the 2nd Floor BPI Bldg., Mango Ave., Cebu City near Robinsons and across Sterling Bank of Asia. Kindly rbing your ID and a ballpen. Come as scheduled and on time. Please text back to confirm attendance and seat assurance. Thank you.”
Few weeks ago, I’ve been receiving this notice almost everyday but recently I’ve been receiving this twice (2) a day already. Take note, this notice/message is equivalent to three (3) messages.
Now, what makes this message so annoying aside from receiving it twice (2) a day? They simply don’t mind if you’re annoyed or not!
And what have I done for nth time to get rid of this message? I’ve been replying to their messages and have asked them to remove me from their list but to no avail. I guess the HR guy behind this campaign just don’t damn care if you’re annoyed or not since what they’re up to is to get the word out.
Now, when will your mobile phone campaign sucks? you know the answer. So please HR pros, be aware of the boundaries. NTC has laid out the guidelines already i.e. to give us subscribers option to bail out but I guess you never cared and listen.
What Twitter can do to your talent pool?
Posted by: | CommentsWhat Twitter can do to your talent pool?
Are you asking the same question still? Well, don’t you worry tons of HR pros ask the same question over and over again on how to leverage/use Twitter as part of their respective “social media strategy.” I tell you, using Twitter ain’t complicated and it won’t need Einstein for you to crack it – make the most out of it.
Now, to give you a clear case on what Twitter can do to your existing talent pool let’s look at Bill Gates case.
“Eight hours ago, Microsoft founder Bill Gates joined Twitter. Five hours ago, Twitter’s Caroline Mizumoto tweeted about it. And moments ago, @BillGates broke 100,000 Twitter followers.
If you’re looking for the breakdown, that’s about 12,500 Twitter (
) followers per hour, or ~208 new tweeps per minute. In reality though, Bill’s follower count escalated after Caroline’s tweet, meaning his real rate of growth is about 20,000 new followers per hour.” – Mashable
You need a proof? You can visit Twitter or check the screenshot below.
Now, are you amazed at Twitters’ potential? Feel free to exploit Twitter while it’s free but don’t abuse it because they won’t hesitate to kick your arssss out!
Just imagine if you have that kind of BRAND. Making noise on Twitter won’t be a problem right?