Recruiting News RoundUp

This week's recruiting news:

55 Percent of Hiring Professionals Plan to Increase Hiring in the First Half of 2014
According to a recent survey by Dice Holdings, Inc., leading provider of specialized websites for professional communities, the nation’s professional workforce is set to increase in the New Year as 55 percent of hiring managers and recruiters plan to hire more professionals in the first half of 2014 than they did in the second half of 2013.

Recruiting Is Marketing – 4 Lessons Your HR Team Can Learn From the Marketing Department
Today’s companies find themselves in one of the most challenging times to build sustainable and strong organizations. Between automation and software, it’s never been easier to start a company. But it’s the employees that ultimately make the company, and true talent in today’s marketplace is scarce and fickle. Finding and keeping those employees has become a company priority, which has demanded a shift in how recruiters approach their jobs.

Candidates Use 16 Different Sources During a Job Search
Regardless of whether they’re buying a house or sandwich, consumers today are arguably more savvy researchers than ever before and have access to an unprecedented amount of information and resources at their fingertips. This behavior pattern has transferred over to the way people search for jobs, as well.

What Do You Learn About a Candidate in a 10 Second Video Resume?
I hear the all the kids love Snapchat!  OK, I’ve been hearing this for over a year now, but never really found any reason to write about the product. I even downloaded the App and tried it out. I still don’t seem to have a need.

5 Simple Fixes for the Toughest Recruiting Challenges  
Unless you’re an in-house recruiter at Apple or Google — two highly sought-after places of employment that enjoy an endless stream of resumes — you probably struggle with the same recruiting issues most companies face. Particularly with a continued talent shortage, recruiting can sometimes feel like an uphill battle.

iRecruit Recruiter Training
Please join us on Friday, December 27th at 1pm for iRecruit Training. This month we'll focus on recruiters and hiring managers.


About iRecruit 

iRecruit is a cloud-based recruiting and applicant tracking software application that allows you to track and report on all of your job applicants and positions. Find out more and take a quick screenshot tour on our website at http://www.irecruit-software.com/ or join a demo on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 11am or 2pm. Call iRecruit at 1-800-517-9099 if you have any questions.  

How to Host a Virtual Career Fair

Career Fairs are great for networking and collecting resumes. A traditional career fair attracts all kinds of people seeking employment.  A Virtual Career Fair will help you target specific demographics for your recruitment marketing. The benefits include cost savings over a traditional career fair, and the ability to promote your company and employment branding more effectively, and on a more personal level without having to compete with 100 other businesses at the same time.

Here's how you can get started with hosting your own Virtual Career Fairs.

Set Up:
First, set up your meeting, date, time, and agenda (we'll come back to this). You can do this using various meeting hosting software like WebEx, GoToMeeting.  These services usually offer the ability for you to also host a conference call. Make sure you give yourself enough time to promote the event (4-6 weeks).

Promote, Promote, Promote!
This should go without saying, have a target audience in mind. Ideally you already have a mailing list that is already segmented into your target audience. If not, fear not, there are still plenty of places you can promote your career fair. Company newsletter, or blog. LinkedIn, promote to any groups, or pages you belong to. Twitter, Facebook, Google+, share with friends, family and your company pages and encourage all to register for your event. Do this weekly until the event date.

Finalize the Agenda:
Book your speakers. CEO to talk about what a great company it is to work for, your Recruiter to speak about specific positions that you are hiring for, and what kind of skills you seek, a fellow happy and engaged employee to speak about the benefits of working for you.

Send Meeting Reminders!
Send out your meeting reminders and login instructions 3 days before your event, and then again on the morning of the event. Encourage attendees to log in a few minutes before your event begins so you can get started on time.

Host The Meeting!
Ask someone else to introduce you as the Host, it always sounds more impressive. Use as few PowerPoint slides as possible. Thank your audience for attending, and set out the expectations and agenda for the meeting. If you can, use video or web cam during the session. Engage the audience throughout by using any meeting tools you have, such as polls. Engage on Twitter by using hashtags. Leave time at the end for audience Q&A.

Send Thank You Emails!
Thank the attendees for spending their time with you, and encourage them to visit your website to apply for any available positions. 

Secondary Marketing Opportunities
If you recorded the meeting, send it out to anyone who registered, but did not attend. Post to YouTube, your company blog, and social media.


About iRecruit

iRecruit is a cloud-based recruiting and applicant tracking software application that allows you to track and report on all of your job applicants and positions. Find out more and take a quick screenshot tour on our website at http://www.irecruit-software.com/ or join a demo on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 2pm. Call iRecruit at 1-800-517-9099 if you have any questions.