What is a niche Facebook Career Page, and how can it help your Facebook Recruiting Strategy? Well, to start, it is a Career Page devoted to a specific job field within your company, such as sales positions or…

I regularly run free recruitment software and technology webinars and yesterdays, on Advanced Sourcing, proved more popular than most. This is a recording followed by my notes on what happened.

I wanted to convey the shear scale of the subject of recruitment sourcing while also focus on some useful techniques that can give immediate benefit. It’s really mind blowing…

If you've already taken the initiative to have a consumer presence on Facebook, then why not optimize things even further with a recruiting presence? You are not maximizing your potential on social media if you don't have a space for posting jobs on Facebook. Are you on the search for innovative, savvy employees? Then you should consider some simple yet crucial additions that will undoubtedly make your company appear more desirable to…

You've done everything you need to build your social recruitment strategy, including creating social media accounts to share all career related news about your company. You've even found the time in your schedule to post regularly. But here's the problem: you can't think of anything to post on your company's career related pages. This happens to the best of…

As we went through the list of all the fantastic companies at the NACE Conference with great employer brands on Facebook, there were a few that really shined above the rest. These companies not only exemplified what a great …

Social Media is everywhere. You would be hard-pressed to find a large brand that wasn’t taking advantage of these free broadcasting platforms. So why aren’t you? Here we’ll address some common misconceptions to those excuses that might be keeping you out of the loop.

1. I am not tech-savvy.

Do you know how to check your email? Good news, you’re qualified and capable to manage your own social media!

Social media is not hard. Personally, the…

Hey, look! See that right in front of you? Yes, them. Those hundreds, thousands, or perhaps even millions of customers who are loyal to your brand. They're following you avidly on every imaginable social network, patiently waiting for what you have to offer next. Better yet, they are yours for the taking.

Marketing your brand successfully to customers should not only garner interest in your products, but it should also intrigue them with a potential career with your company.…

At last, Facebook have updated some functions for Pages that'll make managing a Facebook page much better. If you or your company manage a Facebook page, particularly if you use it for employer and consumer branding, then you need to make yourself familiar with these changes.…

So.cl, which is still in development, makes searches social. This allows people to see other that have searched for the same thing, and engage in conversation about the topic.…

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More than 900 million people are on Facebook.
300 million visit Twitter daily.
At least
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Eurocom released the results of their Worldwide annual survey in March revealing some interesting trends and thoughts in the world of social media.  The research identified that worldwide, one in five technology firms rejected a job applicant because of social media.  However, data made available by BullHorn Reach suggested that in North America 91% of hiring managers screen potential candidates, using a combination of LinkedIn (48%), Twitter (53%) and most commonly Facebook (76%) throughout…

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?

Between Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and all the other social networks out there, it's difficult to figure out where you should be focusing your efforts. Getting involved in social recruitment is a daunting task, and we've come up with a few suggestions for you:

1) Pick out a couple of social networks that you'd like to start with initially - this could be Facebook or Twitter. More than likely, you already have a Facebook and you're familiar with its interface. Narrowing your…

Resources for Veterans & Transitioning Military

As recruiters and hiring managers learn more about the military culture and experience, the bridge to hiring more Veterans into civilian careers directly from Active duty or Active Reserve is built.

In order to…

LinkedIn's main professional-network competitor, BranchOut, has just announced today that they've hit the magic 25 million user mark (and 13.3 million active monthly users). This is brilliant news for recruiters…

We've all seen the various social media articles, career blogs and Generation Y experts that repeatedly promote Facebook as a source of hire, venue for job searching and place to interface with employers. The following might help put some of that hype into perspective. 

While this may not be the most scientific or comprehensive report, it does seem that there would be some validity to what these researchers found about millennials Facebook habits. New report…

Did you know that traditional job searches leave you at a disadvantage? Why? Simply put, there are a lot of unadvertised jobs that you are overlooking everyday. If you do not know about these hidden jobs. its because you have been looking in the wrong places. Its time to do something different!

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Cover Images

The first thing you should do when you make the switch to Timeline is update your Cover Image. This is the large image at the top of the page. Try to be creative and choose something that's eye-catching and displays your employer brand…