Posts Tagged ‘Recruiting’
Accelerate the creation of your social media policy
Adopting social media can be a daunting task for any business. If you are in a regulated industry the social media mountain is seemingly insurmountable. Many firms get stuck right out of the gates trying to answer the question of “what should our policy be?”
Connecting to (and recruiting) top talent
June 2010 research from Jobvite found that nearly three quarters of companies surveyed use social networks for recruiting, and 58% said they had successfully hired a candidate found through a social network.
2010 Recruiting Pitch: “Social networks are open for business”
Whether you are trying to recruit a seasoned advisor with a healthy book of business to join your firm or attracting the best and brightest to enter the profession, you have to differentiate yourself from the pack. (See more on Social Recruiting – value of networks and recent statistics). If I’m an advisor with a [...]
The slow death of email; see you on Facebook
Last month, Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker and associates gave their annual insights on Internet trends. In short, social networks continue to grow leaps and bound, and we haven’t seen anything yet. Online users want to get information on their own terms. In the past, that meant email – consumers set their email preferences and institutions [...]
10 reasons you should use social networks for business
A while back The Harvard Business Review posted an article titled The Uber-Connected Organization: A Mandate for 2010. In the article they shared details about companies that are still blocking access to social media sites and those that have started to embrace the value these sites can offer. We’ve already shared some stats around companies [...]
Have you started social recruiting yet?
This past May, Jobvite, a recruiting solutions provider, released the results of it’s 2nd Social Recruitment Survey. The data highlights recruiting behavior by companies on social networking sites such as Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter. Social networking offers an efficient, cost effective, and viral solution for recruiting top-talent. Traditionally, recruiting costs add up fast with associated [...]
The Connection Coefficient
The evolution of the worker has accelerated in recent years. First there were the line workers completing repetitive tasks. Then came the knowledge worker who uses knowledge to be a more productive worker. And today we have the connected worker who uses connections to be more productive. Technology has been evolving at lighting speed in [...]
Social recruiting – it’s the network stupid
If you are in recruiting there is no doubt you understand the value of LinkedIn, and other social networks, as a recruiting tool. Unfortunately, there are still companies that aren’t convinced the value outweighs the risk of using these tools, especially if you are in a regulated industry. Let’s start with some math. While LinkedIn [...]



