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.

Everyone’s taxes are done, right? Well then, it’s time to blog! This morning I found a link with a very short video from the SHRM Staffing Management Conference this week on the importance of driving candidate traffic to your web site.  If you think candidates may not have the greatest experience on your site, create a leading edge career site - for FREE!

Another story for the SMA Conference this week, is Gen Y really stating "newspapers are for losers"?

Check out our re-designed Credit Union Jobs site, and join the Credit Union LinkedIn group if you haven’t had a chance.
 

You either love or hate them – regardless – they are one tool both candidates and employers use.  A lot of activity has been happening in the job board space recently, but first, consider this:  Over the past 3 years traffic to large job boards has been declining, while the number of niche sites popping up is increasing.  As the big guys try to continue their attempt at increasing their value proposition (and traffic) change is imminent. 

Here is a graph pulled from Alexa.com showing CareerBuilder and Monster – with their overall traffic for the past 3 years.  The picture tells the story.

So, what’s been happening in just the past few weeks?

• Specialized recruiting ads will promote CareerBuilder and employers’ sections within Facebook


• HotJobs will no longer list job postings in date order


• Microsoft’s current bid to buy Yahoo:  $44.6 billion


• Indeed adds video to employer profiles


• Monsters stock is down with possible rumors about layoffs


• Job board acquisitions continue

The internet (including job boards and a company’s career site) combined equate to approximately 26% of external hires, according to a recent Workforce article.  This is 3rd on the list, following internal transfers/promotions, and referrals.  As niche sites continue to grow, an important aspect from my perspective is the ability to attract, sell, and hire passive candidates.  This is something the traditional "post and pray" methodology won’t get you.  For niche sites, look at both how and where they market your career opportunities at.  Good examples include (user groups, associations, networking sites, blogs, etc.).  A leading Credit Union job site like CUhire actively markets to both passive and active candidates.

In the end, the important thing to remember is job boards are just one tool, in the many we have access to as recruiting professionals.  A balanced approach is always the best, and typically yields the best results – time, quality, cost, and retention.

There is a lot of conversation about the competitive labor market, and the importance of creating an engaging experience for candidates.  As noted in a recent CUhire Press Release, one quick, easy and FREE way to do this is through the partnership CUhire created with Standout Jobs.

With the Reception service from Standout Jobs, you are able to give candidates the information and interactivity they have come to expect.  Key benefits to the Reception service include:

• Creating a career site to showcase your culture and team
• Managing the hiring process more efficiently
• Marketing and tracking jobs
• Building on-going relationships and finding great talent

To showcase the Reception product, CUhire created the following Credit Union Jobs page to reinforce the overall ease of use and effectiveness.  Besides the fact the product is FREE through the partnership, you do not need to have IT expertise to get your own site up and running…  Ours took about 20 minutes, take a look here:

We’d like to challenge you to create a more engaging and interactive career site for your candidates! The first Credit Union to create their site through Standout Jobs will receive a free "platinum" job posting on CUhire’s Credit Union job board.  Just post a comment on this blog post once it is completed.

A FREE job site, FREE job posting, and a more engaging experience for your candidates.  There is no catch, it’s a win-win.

The CUhire blog post for Wednesdays is about delivering recruiting news and hot topics from other sites and blogs. 

This week I came across a great blog post from Jobs in Pods called "2 things every corporate recruiter should see and hear about recruiting with social media".  The videos are very telling.

Next, a post about job boards from John Sumser.  I have appreciation for John’s last comment about the importance of sites building alliances and partnerships across the web.  This is true for us too, and is a competitive advantage.  When you post a job CUhire’s Credit Union Jobs site you are leveraging our technology and partnerships with a growing network of general and niche job boards (including Monster.com), blogs, user home pages, professional networking, and association sites.  We target both passive and active candidates by also searching and marketing to a variety of associations, databases, and professional networking sites to drive targeted candidate traffic to your posting.

I’ll close out this post with some food for thought on a post I came across today on filling positions vacated by baby boomer retirements.