social recruiting Archive
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Looking for Feedback on LinkedIn HR Groups
Posted on October 28, 2011 | No CommentsMy post today is really less a blog post and more a call for help. I’d like to get our readers’ feedback on LinkedIn groups that focus on Human Resources... -
Facebook Success Summit 2011: Week 2
Posted on October 25, 2011 | No CommentsBack for more? Good! Tons of useful information came from week 2 of the summit. Topics that were touched on this week were: F-Commerce, Managing a thriving FB community, Leveraging... -
Putting America Back to Work
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsOn Monday, I joined thousands of Americans to watch President Obama discuss his Jobs Plan during a LinkedIn sponsored town hall meeting. If you missed it you can watch the... -
Can’t seem to get a social media budget? Here’s how to convince that it’s necessary.
Posted on September 12, 2011 | No CommentsSocial media in the workplace is still, unfortunately, not entirely accepted in all companies and organizations. Some don’t see the value, others don’t want to take the time to learn... -
Pessimists Beware: Reports of Death Are Greatly Exaggerated.
Posted on September 2, 2011 | No CommentsUpon hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal, Mark Twain famously said, “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” I’ve been thinking about his... -
A sneaky or savvy approach to recruiting via Foursquare?
Posted on August 10, 2011 | No CommentsRecruiting top talent in the digital domain is no small task – especially for a company not known for being tops in the digital space. Euro RSCG Brussels found themselves... -
How people are using LinkedIn.
Posted on July 12, 2011 | No CommentsPeople are joining LinkedIn at the rate of one new user per second and depending on what they’re doing for a living – or want to do for a living... -
Now Your Online Fingerprint Will Last For 7 Whole Years
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsSo that crazy picture from the 4th of July BBQ was definitely Facebook worthy…or not. I remember the days (actually, not that long ago) when we were warned about the... -
Social Media: Us vs. Them?
Posted on June 22, 2011 | No CommentsI came across this interesting infographic earlier this week via Exploring Social Media. With it came the challenge to those in the social media space to “teach more than preach”... -
LinkedIn IPO: The Beginning of the Great Social Media Bubble?
Posted on May 23, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s official, LinkedIn (NYSE ticker: LNKD) is the first of the major social media players to jump into the stock market with their Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Thursday, 5/19.... -
Using Facebook Ads to Get New Hires
Posted on May 11, 2011 | No CommentsFacebook is not only used as a social networking tool, but it also serves as a massive online medium for advertising to all kinds of people internationally. While several retail... -
Are you utilizing the most popular source on the planet?
Posted on May 4, 2011 | No CommentsMore and more companies today have realized the value of Facebook in building relationships with consumers and applicants, as well as creating a massive fan base of interested contacts. Brands... -
Facebook’s New Advertising Target: Your Friends & Their Friends
Posted on May 3, 2011 | No CommentsThere hasn’t been much fan fare or hoopla (yes, I use these words in everyday life) about a recent enhancement in your ability to ‘find friends’ within your Facebook account,... -
All is fair in Internet Reputation
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsA few months ago we posted a blog about Honestly.com, a website that allows employers to rate employees and potentially rate them poorly on a public forum. But let’s be... -
Curriculum Vitae Interactive Video (or CVIV for short)
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No CommentsThis past week, Alstin had some college students stop by our offices for a tour and a Q&A session. They were a great group of hopeful advertising professionals from Rowan University’s Ad... -
LinkedIn Tops 100 Million Members
Posted on March 23, 2011 | No CommentsLinkedIn topped 100 million members this week and continues to grow at a rate of more than one member per second. Wow, congrats LinkedIn! They created a great infographic for... -
The Social Interview: Trust us. It’ll be fun.
Posted on March 15, 2011 | 3 Comments“Don’t worry, it’ll be fun. Trust us.” I don’t know about you, but that sort of lingo always tends to have the opposite effect with me. The company R/GA, a... -
Yet More Twittering Thoughts from Tony, the Twit who Tweets.
Posted on January 21, 2011 | 1 CommentThis blog will mark the third time (read Part I and Part II here) I’ve written about my experience on Twitter. As I’ve said before, I am the person who... -
Facebook vs. Google: Who will reign in 2011?
Posted on January 5, 2011 | No CommentsHome from work the other day and zoning out from the news coming at me from the television set, I sat preparing a mental checklist of the holiday pictures I... -
The NEW Facebook Profile and what it means for #SocialRecruiting
Posted on December 7, 2010 | No CommentsIf you’ve been living under a rock the past 24 hours, then you didn’t notice the new changes that occurred with Facebook profiles and how they are structured now. Facebook... -
Ask the White House: The Responses
Posted on December 1, 2010 | No CommentsIn November, I blogged about how Monster.com’s Facebook page invited their followers to post questions on what the federal government is doing to create jobs and spur growth. Those that were... -
Facebook.com e-mail: Professional or too personal?
Posted on November 29, 2010 | No CommentsFacebook.com recently unveiled its response to e-mail with its new “modern messaging system” according to an article from Wired.com. This service “combines all the ways people send messages — including... -
Facebook and the Elusive News Feed for Continued Fan Engagement
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsDid you ever wonder why certain friends’ posts always show in your Top News Feed vs. other friends? Or, why specific page’s or group’s status updates appear more consistently in... -
Mobile and Recruiting and Job Search – Create a Recruiting App for mobile devices
Posted on October 6, 2010 | No CommentsI’d like to take a minute and talk about Mobile. Social and search go hand-in-hand in my mind. Like someone once said (I forget who, so apologies for not giving... -
If you blog about how lame we are, you’re fired!
Posted on September 15, 2010 | No CommentsTony Rosato sent me this pretty funny Dilbert cartoon the other day. I am sure many of you will also get a laugh from it, as well as relate: A... -
Using LinkedIn to Recruit? Here is some “Sage” advice.
Posted on September 8, 2010 | 1 Comment“Over 75 million professionals use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities.” At least that’s what LinkedIn’s home page says, and I bet you are one of that 75 million.... -
The Results: How Are You Using Social Media?
Posted on August 11, 2010 | No CommentsLast week, I added a quick survey to the a-team blog that posed three questions on how you’re using social media these days. I only promoted the poll via social... -
We’re Curious: How are you using social media?
Posted on August 4, 2010 | No CommentsWe’re curious over here at Alstin about how our blog readers – many of them our dear friends and partners in HR – are currently using social media. We’re also... -
Social Media Recruiting Mistakes to Avoid
Posted on July 20, 2010 | No CommentsI’m a member of many groups on LinkedIn. Like many of you, I’m sure receive dozens of emails every day updating you about your LinkedIn Group activities, hundreds of email... -
Facebook Privacy Settings: Who said what, when, about who? (And why didn’t they use some common sense!)
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No Comments“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” - Gertrude Stein I had a conversation that I (almost) can’t believe I am still having... -
Summer Camp for Recruiters
Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments“No more hiring managers, no more budget freezes, no more applicants’ dirty looks.” Haven’t heard that one? Unfortunately, school is never really out when you’re a recruiter. But rather than... -
Social Network Landing Pages: One Stop Shopping?
Posted on June 10, 2010 | No CommentsI love working in Center City for many reasons, but the easy lunchtime access to great stores has to be one of the biggest. Just a few steps out the... -
LinkedIn, We Have a Lawsuit.
Posted on June 2, 2010 | No CommentsSay you are a recruiter. A real good one. A recruiter that uses a wide variety of tools to recruit candidates on behalf of your employer. You’ve built quite a... -
Recruiting Lessons Learned from the Social Media Plus Summit
Posted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsRecruiting is Social! Twitter Job Channels, Facebook Career Pages, LinkedIn Company Profiles, Blogging, Video Blogging … its all part of what makes up Social Media and most of us are... -
YouTube Turns 5 (Another reminder to get that recruiting video in the works.)
Posted on May 19, 2010 | No CommentsFive years ago with the invitation to “broadcast yourself,” YouTube launched on the web. Google (which owns YouTube by the way) in celebration of YouTube turning five this month announced... -
May 2010: “Social Media Month”
Posted on May 11, 2010 | No CommentsI’m proposing that we should highlight the month of May as “Social Media Month.” There is so much activity on the subject! From the terrific first week of the Social... -
Facebook f8 Conference, Open Graph and Why You Should Care Within the Recruiting World.
Posted on April 27, 2010 | 1 CommentI knew there was something motivating Mark Zuckerberg to switch the “Fan” terminology to “Like.” And, I knew it wasn’t because “liking” something was ‘more lightweight’ than being a Fan... -
Proactive or Borderline Stalker: When job applicants go down the wrong road to Stalkerville
Posted on April 8, 2010 | No CommentsThey call. They email. Sometimes they even show up, bright-eyed and bushy tailed with resume in hand. Unannounced and with no appointment. (Fill in screechy Psycho music here.) If you’re... -
Your Daily Facebook Folly: U R Fired! C U L8TR!
Posted on March 31, 2010 | 1 CommentNot sure what is more pathetic here – the fact that the 16 year old employee was fired for losing a “tenner” she was given to run a biscuit fetching... -
A “Spring Cleaning” Checklist for Recruiters
Posted on March 26, 2010 | No CommentsBeautiful spring weather has hit the Philadelphia area–finally! Hopefully, the warm weather will also coincide with a thawing of frozen recruiting budgets, icy austerity programs and the glacial pace of... -
Employee Collaboration: Crowdsourcing for the Team
Posted on March 24, 2010 | No CommentsAre you a natural problem solver? A wellspring of ideas? Wish you had been the first person to turn a robe worn backwards into big bucks? Innocentive, a website that... -
Using Skype for Video Job Interviews
Posted on March 11, 2010 | No CommentsFor me the answer to the chicken-or-egg question is: Oprah. It was watching Skype in action on her show – not all the great reviews I kept reading – that... -
Should Blogging be the Hub of Your Social Media Strategy? My take aways.
Posted on March 9, 2010 | 2 CommentsChris Baggott and Jay Baer’s webinar “Should Blogging be the Hub of Your Social Media Strategy?” had so many great facts, tips, pointers and humorous analogies I ended up writing...
