Engage and Attract More Candidates with Social Media

Use social media to recruit, engage and attract new talent with iRecruit

There are over 845 million active Facebook users. LinkedIn has 150 million users and Twitter has 350 million.

If your company uses these three most prominent social networks for consistent branding, marketing and public relations, you should take advantage of this built-in network of contacts when recruiting new candidates.  Making your jobs social, allows you to connect with a built in network of people who are already aware of your company, and interested in hearing news and job openings from you.

LinkedIn
iRecruit applicant tracking software allows you to post to LinkedIn, which is showing more and more growth, to your profile, company page, individuals or to a specific group. Encourage new and current employees to follow your company on LinkedIn to stay up-to-date with news and happenings. LinkedIn operates the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 150 million members in over 200 countries and territories.

Facebook
iRecruit lets you instantly share your job openings with this largest social network. Post your jobs to your own profile, or to your Company Page and share with people who already "like" your company. Who knows how many people they will share it with. Encourage new and current employees to like your company on Facebook to stay up-to-date with news, events and more. Encourage employees to share your job openings with their friends.

Twitter
Twitter, the second-largest social network operates in 140 characters or less.  Perfect for broadcasting short bursts of information such as notices that you are hiring.  Ask your followers for retweets in the post by writing "Please ReTweet" or "RT" at the end of the tweet. Use Twitter Hashtags in the tweet such as #jobs #yourtown #hiring to connect with even more Twitter users.

YouTube
With web content being so mobile these days, video is a vital communication tool.  Having an "about our company" video, or "interview with employees" or "day in the life" on your iRecruit career page makes it convenient for mobile users to review without having to scroll through a long page of text to find out about your company.


PS--Follow iRecruit on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn too.


About iRecruit
iRecruit is a web-based applicant tracking software designed to provide any size of business a cost effective, affordable and simple way to handle their recruiting process online. iRecruit provides you with your own career center that will allow your applicants to select the position they are interested in, and apply online through your website!

Weekly demos, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm Eastern Time (Register Today), or call us at 1-800-517-9099 to schedule a demo at your convenience.       

Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web

Recruiting Roundup: This week facebook careers, 2012 recruiting trends, how to increase applications and speed up your hiring processes ... this week's top recruiting stories from around the web.

Want to Speed Up Your Hiring Process?
re you interested in ways to speed up your hiring process? When an employee gives his or her two weeks' notice, an employer rarely has a new employee waiting in the wings. With most recruitment processes, a new employee almost never starts before the former employee is gone.

You Want My Social Security Number?
Readers increasingly ask questions that pertain to the privacy of their personal information both on online job applications and paper job applications filled out and retained by the potential employer. Please share your thoughts in today's poll. You may select as many answers as apply in your organization. You are not restricted to just one response.

As the Facebook Careers Site Launches, It’s More Aggregator Than Job Board
The worst-kept secret in the recruiting field, looked at by some as a LinkedIn killer and by others with deep skepticism, is now officially out.

Recruiting Trends and Challenges: New Infographic Highlights 2012 Hiring Practices
Which recruiting sources are working best in 2012? Is social media really the best way to find great candidates? A new hiring practices survey conducted by Monster and BLR’s HR Daily Advisor and HRhero Line answer these questions, and more.

Nearly Two-Thirds of Employers Would Hire Military Veterans Over Other Equally Qualified Candidates
Despite higher than average unemployment rates, employment prospects for U.S. military veterans may be improving.

5 Things Every Employer Should Do To Increase Applications
New findings from CareerBuilder indicate that employers might be underestimating how important benefit information is to job candidates. According to internal company data, 61 percent of job candidates look for benefits information when applying for jobs; however, only 31 percent of employers post this information on their company profile page.


Top 4 Reasons Employees Quit – How to Hire Staff who Stick
A few years back, PwC published some interesting findings of 19,000 exit interviews within their organization, where one of the key questions that was asked of employees was the simple question, “What was their reason for leaving?”
 
Internal or External? Why You May Benefit Promoting From Within
Let’s say there is a skills gap in your company. If budgets allow, your first inclination might be to hire someone from outside the company to close that gap.

Looking for more? Check out last week's Roundup: This Week's Top Recruiting Stories From Around The Web, or follow @cmsirecruit on Twitter for regular updates. 

Social Networking Bill of Rights

Via: Online Background Check Resource

Encouraging Employee Referrals with iRecruit

May is Employee Referral Month and HCI are advising recruiters to take a step back from their usual daily scanning of job boards and applicants and encouraging your current employees to refer new talent.

Their suggestions include educating employees about your job openings, using social recruiting to expand your network and offering rewards to promote referrals.

iRecruit makes it easy to set up and track employee referrals.

1. On your application form add "Employee" as an option to the question "How were you referred to the position?".
2. Also add the follow up question, "If employee, please name".
3. Tracking and reporting is available from your iRecruit Reports menu.
4. Allow Social Media sharing in iRecruit to easily post your jobs out to Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, and also allow and encourage your employees to share your jobs with their contacts.

Continue reading Building a Culture of Employee Referrals at HCI.org

Also see: Using Recruiting Hashtags with Twitter
Social Media and iRecruit

Top iRecruit Posts in 2011

Happy New Year! Please find below our top six posts about iRecruit from 2011!

Save on New Hires with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit
http://irecruitsoftware.blogspot.com/2011/01/save-on-new-hires-in-2011.html

CMS Announces New Social Media Sharing for iRecruit
http://irecruitsoftware.blogspot.com/2011/09/cms-announces-irecruit-social-media.html

iRecruit Customer Testimonials
http://irecruitsoftware.blogspot.com/2011/03/irecruit-customer-testimonials.html

Quote from new customer:
http://irecruitsoftware.blogspot.com/2011/10/quote-from-new-customer.html

CMS Announces new iRecruit to support Enterprise Marketplace
http://irecruitsoftware.blogspot.com/2011/07/irecruit-enterprise-recruiting.html

Make New Hires Feel At Home
http://irecruitsoftware.blogspot.com/2011/07/make-new-hires-feel-at-home.html

Look for more educational and informative posts from iRecruit in 2012. Follow our RSS Feed, find us on Facebook or Twitter.

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.

CMS Announces New Social Media Sharing Feature for iRecruit

CMS announces new social media sharing feature for iRecruit making it easier than ever for our customers to get the word out that they are hiring, by leveraging the contacts they have in Social Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The enhanced feature is available for all iRecruit customers who want to easily post their job listings to social media.

Brian Kelly, president of CMS said "The new social media sharing capability takes iRecruit and recruiting to the next level. Over 60% our customers are already using social media to share information with their customers. Having the ability to expand the applicant pool through social media interaction makes iRecruit a formidable leader in the applicant tracking space. Combined with our Work Opportunity Tax Credit integration, we save our customers thousands of dollars."

In 2010 over 1/3 of companies were using Social Media(1.) to actively recruit new hires and strengthen employment brands. Since then, that number has grown, and we expect to see it continue to rise with new social media sites like Google+ and more. With an estimated 700,000,000 monthly visitors Facebook(2.) is the most visited website in the world, number one among social networking sites, followed by Twitter and LinkedIn with the most social media users. "From what we were hearing from our customers, it made 100% sense to integrate iRecruit with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for recruiting," said Kelly.

About iRecruit

iRecruit was originally developed in 2004 to help users of Sage Abra Human Resources Management Systems manage applicant tracking. iRecruit is a cloud-based, Software as a Service (SaaS) solution designed to provide any size business a cost effective, affordable and simple way to manage the recruiting process online, making it easier than ever to track and screen applicants, and automate applicant and manager communications and integrate with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit program.

Phone: 800-517-9099

Visit our website at: www.irecruit-software.com

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Sources:

1. http://www.onlinerecruitingnews.com/more-employers-using-social-media-for-recruiting-survey-says/

2. http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites

Social Sharing on iRecruit

We've made it easier than ever to post a requisition (job listing) out to social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Set up Social Media Sharing under Administration where you can select your social networks and select if you want to share from your career page, or your requisitions page, or both!