Recruitment

Recruitment is the process of adding new individuals to the existing staff. In this section, we have articles that discuss a variety of topics. If it affects the way recruiters find new candidates, we have put it in this section. You’ll find advice on recruiting, different recruiting techniques and much more! Recruitment is a big part of our industry, so we invest a lot of time into bringing our readers useful information.

LinkedIn innovates, updates and revamps

Chloé Delolme / October 20, 2015
Category : Job board information, Job board news, Social media

According to LinkedIn’s official blog, 80% of recruiters say the best channel to recruit quality candidates is employee referrals. Yet only 18% of recruiters are satisfied with the level of employee engagement their referral program receives. Traditional referral programs rely exclusively on employees, which often fails to be effective. Employees are likely – and rightly so – to get discouraged by a time-consuming endeavor and obscure software. Based on these observations, LinkedIn introduced last week their brand new referral product.

Indeed expands global brand campaign

Chloé Delolme / October 8, 2015
Category : Recruitment

Over a year ago, on September 22, 2014, the world’s #1 job site Indeed launched a global advertising campaign called ‘How the World Works’. According to the company, the 2014 launch resulted in an increase of brand awareness by at least 50% in the countries involved – Australia, Germany, United Kingdom and United States. With such strong results, Indeed announced on October 5, 2015 the expansion of the brand campaign to Canada, France, Japan and the Netherlands with 3 additional videos.

CareerBuilder helps high schoolers find their calling

Chloé Delolme / October 6, 2015
Category : Jobseeker, Recruitment, Student

According to a nationwide CareerBuilder study from 2014, 41% of workers wish they had more guidance when choosing their career. Designed for students and their parents, Find Your Calling, CareerBuilder’s latest website helps discover ideal career and education options based on interests and personalities. Announced on October 1, 2015, the website provides content for a more informed yet critical decision high schoolers often have to make.

To job hop or not to job hop?

Chloé Delolme / August 25, 2015
Category : Recruitment

Results from Beyond’s recent national survey say 71% of HR professionals are not willing to hire job hoppers. But what is a job hopper anyway? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average professional switches jobs once every three to four years. So any applicant who has changed employers more than that is likely to be critically viewed as a job hopper by recruiters.

When mobile gaming helps recruitment

Chloé Delolme / August 4, 2015
Category : Recruitment advice, Recruitment news and technology

Last June, U.S. transportation network company Uber launched their own smartphone game called Uber Drive. Originally developed for current Uber driver partners to practice their navigation skills, the app turned into a new innovative recruitment and employer brand tool: players can get an idea of what working for Uber is like and interested candidates can start applying directly from the game’s app.