November 21, 2024

The Ripple Effect of Moving Away from DEI Programs on Hiring

3 Things To Do On GitHub And StackOverflow to Attract Tech Talent

Last week we wrote about how LinkedIn's decreasing engagement, especially amongst technical talent, is making it increasingly harder to attract these candidates on the platform, and how having a multi-channel, targeted strategy to sourcing and talent attraction is absolutely key.

SmashFly Technologies + Proactive Talent = Technology + Strategy

We think this partnership makes a great equation for building a modern recruitment marketing machine. Check out the post below by SmashFly's Director of Business Development, Lynne Foster, announcing our partnership. You can also read the original post on the SmashFly blog.

Don't Put All Your Recruiting Eggs In The LinkedIn Basket

Let me first preface this article with this: Linkedin is a very effective recruiting tool. For many years it's been the go-to tool for recruiters and companies looking to hire talent, and at the moment, it still is. They've essentially killed the resume and put it online, amassing a large network

3 Facebook Hacks Every Recruiter Should Know

Facebook now has over 1 billion daily active users and 1.59 billion monthly active users. This is 15 times more monthly active users than LinkedIn, who touts itself as the world’s largest professional network. Looking at these numbers, it’s hard to ignore Facebook’s potential for recruiting and

Proactive Talent Strategies Welcomes New Client: GoDaddy

We are very excited to announce new Proactive Talent Strategies client, GoDaddy! GoDaddy is the industry-leading platform for small businesses, offering world-class web and marketing solutions to help companies grow and manage their online presence. GoDaddy was founded in 1997 with the mission to

6 Tips You Need To Kickstart An Effective Mobile Recruiting Strategy

There are 1.86 billion smartphone users worldwide, and this number is expected to reach 2.08 billion this year. This growth is not surprising since you can virtually do anything on your mobile devices nowadays – you can shop, chat with friends and family, watch movies, and yes, even apply for jobs.

Can't Beat 'Em, Buy 'Em: Linkedin Acquires Connectifier

Meme by Kerri Mills, who shared it in the SourceCon Facebook group. Much to the shock and disappointment of the recruiting and sourcing world, Linkedin has just announced today they have bought one of their competitors in the sourcing product category, Connectifier. I'm not sure I know how to

6 Personal Branding Tips for Hiring Managers

We’ve all heard it before: Personal branding is key to job search success. Hiring managers and recruiters are looking for information about candidates online, and when they can't, they are less likely going to select those candidates for a job opportunity. But did you know job candidates are

The 3 Top Social Media Trends in 2016 Translated for Social Recruiting

You've probably seen one of the many articles popping up this week covering the major trends emerging in social media as we head into the new year, like this one on socialmediaclub.org, but how do these new social media trends in 2016 translate over to social talent acquisition in regards to social