social recruiting

Talent Circles: Talent Networks Done Right

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Talent Network vs. Online Social Network My philosophy on building any type of community and relationships online is simple, “Go where the people are,” which is why I’m an advocate of online social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to engage a target audience. For the marketing department, recruiter or HR, any interaction online influences [...]

April 27, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

4 Strategies to Hire for Diversity with Mobile

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Diversity Strategies for Workplace Diversity This last couple weeks I’ve been working on a 15 page paper for a Wiley publication that I was asked to write about human resources, mobile, social media, and technology. I’m not going to lie it was challenging getting back to the mindset of writing longer articles like I [...]

April 5, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Pocket Guide: How to Recruit on Twitter #infographic

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

How to Recruit on Twitter and ERE Expo 2012 Last week I served as a panelist for a webinar hosted by Recruiting Trends discussing how to recruit and engage candidates on Twitter. It was a great session, and I picked up some new tips and tricks when it comes to all things Twitter. In [...]

March 22, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Social Recruiting on Facebook Increases Brain Size

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

New Facebook Changes: Advertising on Facebook Last week Facebook began adding paid ads to user’s feeds which, like all new Facebook changes, caused quite the uproar. Now, if a user likes a Facebook Page, updates from that page can now be featured as a form of advertising. These featured stories are now suggestively placed within a [...]

January 16, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

What Always Worked Before: Learn to Be Flexible

by Ray_anne

Several years ago, I sat in front of the CEO of a small company that called itself a start-up for start-ups. I was new to this type of organization, a technology-based company, trying to get off the ground with little funding and big ideas. I had worked for the whole of my career, up until that point, [...]

December 7, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

3 Ways to Use Social Media to Source Quality Candidates

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Most of us will agree that the most talented people are already in good jobs and doing well. Passive job seekers are just that, passive and not actively looking, that is why sources like Linkedin are such good sources to find talent but just because I can find someone on Linkedin doesn’t mean I can [...]

December 2, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How to Create a QR Code on a Temporary Tattoo

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As part of my mission in training and teaching people on how to leverage social media for their business including human resource professionals, I’m writing several foundation social media topics over time. This is one of those posts for the ToolBox HR resource site. A QR Code stands for Quick Response Code and is essentially a bar code that [...]

August 17, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How to Recruit & Source Candidates on Twitter

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Recruiting on Twitter: A Primer As part of my mission in training and teaching people on how to leverage social media for their business including human resource professionals, I’m writing several foundation social media topics over time. This is one of those posts for the ToolBox HR resource site. This post will cover recruiting on Twitter. It’s [...]

August 10, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Chicken Little — The Job Boards Are Failing

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Will Social Recruiting Kill Job Opportunities and Job Openings on Website Boards? The Job Boards Are Failing. Have you heard? And more importantly, how could you have not heard? There’s been a lot of banter, discussion, and revelation about job boards and their impending failure and doom as an effective source for employers to hire [...]

July 12, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Monster Unveils Facebook Based Social Media Tool BeKnown at SHRM

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Minutes ago Monster Worldwide, most known for its dominance in the job board industry unveiled its Facebook based social media engagement tool BeKnown at the SHRM 2011 Annual Conference. BeKnown is a professional network building platform that integrates with the Facebook API. Users can log in and share connections, build relationships, and search for jobs [...]

June 25, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Resources for HR & Recruiting on Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

First off, I wanted to say thanks for reading Blogging4Jobs, leaving comments, and making this site an amazing resource for HR, Recruiting, and Talent Management. As I’m preparing to co-present a 4 hour pre-conference workshop on Social Media for HR along with my friend, Carrie Corbin, I wanted to share with you some great social [...]

June 15, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

War For Talent & Zero Unemployment

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

What is Zero Unemployment? I don’t get it. Zero Unemployment is a numerical and mathematical improbability. It just can’t happen. A quick Google search finds economists and college case studies and papers. And yet you may find yourself on the Zero Unemployment Facebook Page or visiting the @zeroue or the #zeroue Twitter stream. Zero Unemployment [...]

May 10, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

QR Codes for HR & Recruiting

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

QR Codes: A New Tool In The HR Recruiting Process Yesterday, I received an intriguing new tool for executing effective recruitment strategies– my new shiny business cards arrived (back side pictured above). In many ways they are your standard business cards that include things like my company logo, Twitter ID, my email address and [...]

April 20, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

24 Hours & Counting Till UnSix

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

We are almost 24 hours away from this amazing Tweetup I’ve put together along with my friends at the Gabbin with the Girls show. It’s called the UnSix Tweetup and is in Austin on March 11th starting at 7:30-11 PM. The fantastic news is that we are sold out. However a waitlist is available. You [...]

March 10, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

HR Blogger & Social Recruiting Guide to SXSW

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

You’ve made the decision to go to SXSW interactive media conference starting this Friday in Austin, TX. Awesome, me too. Maybe you’ve never gone to SXSW or you could be just overwhelmed with the sheer volume of tweets, information, and people who are also attending. As a fellow HR Blogger and Social Recruiting personality who [...]

March 8, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Secrets, Twitter Chat Tools & JobHuntChat Anniversary

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

What started as an experiment to help job seekers on Twitter has become a phenomenon. 250,000 (yes, 250,000) #jobhuntchat hash tag tweets later, JobHuntChat has reached its one year anniversary. Monday, February 21st, JobHuntChat celebrates it’s first birthday. And we’d love for you to join us. Every Monday at 10 PM Rich DeMatteo and I host a [...]

February 16, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

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