Sourcing

Recruitment Sourcing

Recruiters and Their Social Media Fails

Like many of you recruiters out there, things are pretty busy for me right now. Which is great. Hiring intentions are up, stress levels rising accordingly, and there aren't enough hours in the day. Add to that the couple of events we hosted last week for our vRPO recruiters and…

Jonathan RiceOctober 2, 2014

Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

What Are The LinkedIn Fakers Looking For?

What's going on with the recent surge in fake LinkedIn accounts? A few weeks ago I got three "invitations to connect" from the profiles of people purporting to be senior ranking recruitment managers within large New Zealand businesses. The third one was from someone (I forget the name, but it…

Jonathan RiceJuly 24, 2014

Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

Zapping Jobseeker Spam

There's been a ton of publicity over the past week or so since Zappos announced their new careers page Zappos Insider and the fact they will no longer be posting vacancies on job boards. What has been widely acclaimed as a brave and game changing move (but something that Air…

Jonathan RiceJune 5, 2014

Recruitment Sourcing

LinkedIn Almost Got Smart

We've heard plenty of commentary recently about how LinkedIn are revolutionising the way companies recruit and their recent conference fueled those flames of perceived disruptive innovation even more. No doubt the Australasian Talent Conference currently happening in Sydney will pour more kerosene on those flames (probably along with declarations that…

Jonathan RiceMay 22, 2014

Employment Recruitment Sourcing

NZ Budget 2014: Three Key Areas for Recruiters to Consider

It's almost two years to the day that I blogged about the surging Australian economy, their painfully tight labour market, booming agency recruitment desks and snake-charmer enticement of kiwi recruiters to cross the ditch to enjoy recruitment in the promised land. How the tables have turned. Following the Aussie's release…

Jonathan RiceMay 15, 2014

Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

Is the Job Boards Bashing Really Justified?

There's been quite a few blog posts generated in the wake of the #IT18NZ conference last week, including one from me, but there is one thing in particular that I'm keen to zero in on this week: Job-Boards Bashing. Given that the majority of speakers represented the hiring efforts of…

Jonathan RiceMay 8, 2014

Recruitment Sourcing

New Zealand’s Digital Recruitment Revolution Kicks Off

I've often bemoaned the short-sighted behaviour of old school recruiters in stubbornly flogging away at print media, misinformed cold calls and command-and-control KPI management. But this week it's time to take a look at those recruiters out there who are pushing the boundaries, dragging recruitment into the digital future and…

Jonathan RiceMarch 27, 2014

Recruitment Sourcing

What One Million kiwis on LinkedIn means for Recruitment

Two press releases this week seem to suggest that we in New Zealand have hit some kind of purple patch in the social networking and social recruiting stakes. In the well-versed role of plucky underdog we so enjoy playing, it's like all our noise and bluster in this area has…

Jonathan RiceNovember 28, 2013

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

Just Another Week in #NZRec Recruitment

Noting special really happened this week. Oh hang on... Now some flashbacks are starting to filter through the fug of memory. Goodness. Wow. Really? Oh yeah that and that and that. And that! Actually this week has to have been the most edifying, uplifting and satisfying since I dragged my…

Jonathan RiceOctober 10, 2013

Employment Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

Is LinkedIn Losing Its Way?

Hey LinkedIn. What are you up to? You're the professional social network that is supposed to be the future of recruitment... Are you finding it difficult to juggle being the altruistic nirvana for professional networking and a publicly listed corporation monetising and commercialising left, right and centre to to sate your voracious…

Jonathan RiceJuly 25, 2013

Zapping Jobseeker Spam

NZ Budget 2014: Three Key Areas for Recruiters to Consider

Is the Job Boards Bashing Really Justified?

Just Another Week in #NZRec Recruitment

Subscribe here to have The Whiteboard delivered to your inbox every Friday

Categories

Sourcing

Subscribe here to have The Whiteboard delivered to your inbox every Friday

Tags

Categories