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Water Cooler Talk & Links 5-21-08

Posted by sharon on May 22nd, 2008

Here is an article by Lester Rosen containing valuable information on the dangers of using search engines, myspace, or facebook for hiring decisions.

Check out the newest recruiting blog to enter the blogosphere - The Talent Buzz, and a post on creating an engaging experience for candidates on your career site. The Talent Buzz also has a LinkedIn group for HR and Recruiting professionals, and features a link on the with recruiting jobs.

CUhire has partnered with Standout Jobs to offer the Reception service, FREE! This free service allows Credit Unions to create a career site in minutes, and leverage the interactive capabilities of the service including a blog, polls, workplace news, and more.

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Future of Recruiting and Sourcing Revealed

Posted by sharon on April 21st, 2008

I just came across a free ERE webinar on the future of recruiting and sourcing. Click here for the FREE registration.

About the webinar, from the registration page:

Survey Results include biggest challenges, what’s working, and role in overall talent management.

Your role as a recruiter is continually evolving. Join this event to learn what over 700 of your peers answered to important questions facing recruiters today. You’ll not only learn the survey results, but understand from Knowledge Infusion leaders what the results mean and how you can take the learnings and apply a solution to you role to be more effective. Topic covered will include:

Current recruiting models and responsibilities in your role
Recruiting effectiveness
Greatest challenges
Sourcing effectiveness
Technologies used including portals, social networking, and candidate relationship management

You’ll leave the event with data to benchmark your own organization against others, and better understand how to address many of the challenges that organizations face.

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The Recruiting Revolution - Web 2.0

Posted by Cara on April 18th, 2008

I ran across a FREE webinar today on The Recruiting Revolution – Web 2.0. This is a great opportunity to hear more on emerging trends, social media, and networking.

Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

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Free Webinar: How To Structure an Effective Employee Referral Program

Posted by sharon on April 11th, 2008

Happy Friday. I found the following free webinar for building effective referral programs. The program is being put on by Kennedy Information, and is sponsored by LinkedIn. The best part – it is FREE!

From the Kennedy site:

In this 60-minute Interactive Seminar, you’ll see why hiring authorities are utilizing referral programs to attract top talent. You’ll explore with the panel how "Social Networking" is impacting referral programs, and learn what a “Retention Referral” is.

In addition, you and your team will explore such issues and real-world solutions as:

What are the common denominators of the best employee referral programs?

Learn referral tools for your business like how people get referred to hiring managers or recruiters, how to forward a job posting to your networks, and how employees can add a link from their LinkedIn profile that says “We’re hiring.”

How to plan referral programs and who should be in charge

Recognition and motivation tips for effective employee referral programs

How to train in house employees on up to date referral programs

See how LinkedIn allows people to refer their connections for positions.

Here is another post on low cost or no cost employee referral program tips that also provides several great ideas within the recognition component of a referral program.

Enjoy the weekend!

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