Archive for January, 2012

January 26, 2012

3 Biggest Takeaways from the state of Social Media Recruiting

Why am I looking at the “State of Recruiting” when I need a job…or a better job?

“Know your companions on the field of battle.”  Which sounds like Sun Tzu, but I just made it up. (83% of the best quotes are fabricated completely. Stats too.)

The biggest Job Seeker takeaways from this lovely and genuine infographic?

  1. Companies are growing and hiring.
  2. The biggest problem recruiters face is finding the talent.
  3. Linkedin is the #1 Social Network for Recruiters.

Which means, you should be focusing on your find-ability on Linkedin. More to come in the next post on a Linkedin Bootcamp Strategy…sign up to get the emails over on the right. >>

P.S. Thanks to Blogging4Jobs‘ Jessica Miller-Merrell (aka @Blogging4Jobs) for sharing this TalentTechnology infographic.

And for being awesome.

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Post by Bryan Chaney, founder of CareerConnects and Getting the Gig, current Global Social Media Strategist for Talent Acquisition at Aon Corporation.

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