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4 Ways to use Tumblr for Recruiting
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Being in to the Recruitment industry for so long, I’m sure you’ve heard of Social Networking sites and their effectiveness in recruiting. If you are familiar with the popular Social Media channels such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter, then understanding Tumblr will be relatively easier.

Unlike the popular Social Media channels that are designed for different purposes there is one that combines most of the features that a collection of Social Media sites cover separately i.e. Tumblr. Apart from this there are some other aspects such as its optimization, a steady product release and the ease of use on mobile devices that explain why Tumblr became the fastest growing social network in just 6 months. With that being said, the main question still remains unanswered i.e. what are the 4 ways to use Tumblr for Recruiting as a Social Media recruiting channel?

The ways in which one can use Tumblr for recruiting to a major part depends mainly on the type of candidates you’re interested in recruiting.

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Recruiting the Y Generation Candidates

If the individuals you’re targeting are under 35 years then it’s a great place to start. As a recruiter, if you’re looking to understand the Y generation and how they talk then this is the perfect place to begin as it’s crowded with individuals between 18 – 29 years.

Looking to Catch Creative Candidates

By now, you’re pretty familiar with the popular Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Tumblr’s features too. The familiarity with Social Media makes it a perfect platform for capturing creative individuals that are usually on your radar. Tumblr’s layout isn’t professional in appearance such as LinkedIn and the information you get about candidates may not be very helpful. To compensate for this drawback Tumblr does have a good data base of samples of the work done by creative individuals. What better way is there to get the right candidate for the job?

Selecting candidates for the Entertainment Industry

As a direct result of Tumblr’s features you can depend on this platform to seek out the candidates that you are looking for. Besides you’re bound to encounter something worthwhile when you sift through the posts on this incredible channel. It is the perfect channel to view the work your candidates have accomplished that too displayed in an efficient manner.

Create Company Career Pages

Most social networks are constantly focussing on improving the experience of their user base this limits the chances and channels through which companies wish to conduct their branding efforts. In such a scenario Tumblr is the perfect alternative to branding needs of companies. This is possible because you’ll definitely have access to a better database to promote your company and its products due to its growing user base.

Are you convinced of the effectiveness of Tumblr in fulfilling your branding efforts as well as your recruiting needs? Well there you have it all the information that can help you decide on whether or not Tumblr is a good platform to meet all your needs. Do you have some other points to add that I’ve not covered? If yes, then you can mention them in our comments section and we’ll be glad to add them in our next post.

Jun
23
Recruiting ADDA
Insights into Social Media Monitoring
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Social Media monitoring has now become essential for every individual who refers to themselves as a recruiter or Sourcer. The concept of Social Media Monitoring has recently caught up with the current trends due to the realisation of its effectiveness in almost all aspects of a successfully run business.

So if you’re wondering what these “Insights in to Social Media Monitoring” are then you’ll be glad to know that this is exactly what will be covered as you move forward. These are the things that you should be focused on while monitoring either yours or the company’s page. So let’s begin with the basics.

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Watch the Opinions expressed

Well individual opinions matter a lot, so check if the opinions mentioned are positive or negative. If negative, you need to check if it is following a certain pattern. If that is the case then you need to identify all the possible reasons for the case.

Focus on the Feedback

Even paying attention to the feedback given by customers about your product or services and the feedback floating around Twitter too can give you information that you wouldn’t come across otherwise.

Check the Questions Mentioned

Even the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) can help a great deal as these common questions is what your consumers are looking for answers to. So you can use this opportunity to create a piece of content that helps answer all these queries.

Keep Track of your links

By keeping track of who’s linking to you, helps so that you can link back to them. Remember that social media is all about linking and connecting to more individuals to expand and build your connections. Simply because you need to build your brand up if you are seeking individuals to join your firm.

Language used

Remember that the language used is simple and easy to understand by the masses in general. So it has to be precise and to the point as far as possible because you want your potential customers or in this case your recruits to understand full well about the company they are hoping to work for. Another aspect that plays a role is if your company has information in different languages make sure that it is appropriately and correctly translated. You don’t want to miss guide your visitors.

Resolve Issues

If most of your customers are complaining of the same problems with your product, you can utilise this opportunity to fix the problems and let your customers know that you have resolved the issue. Your audience is likely to respond to you if they know that their issues have been taken in to consideration and not fallen onto deaf ears. This needs to be rectified at the earliest, as this will boost your response rate.

Content monitoring

Apart from the language used you also need to check if there are repeated topics, because this will give you insights into the common and recurring topics that most people are interested in. So you know what interest’s your audience hence you can put in measures in place that keeps them glued and wanting for more, thus they are engaged. This is supposed to be your main goal.

These are but a few that I’ve come across, so if in case you know of a few more or are aware of some that I haven’t yet mentioned and that are part of the points discussed, then you can always mention them via our comments section. It is designed just for that, so make sure that you use it and helps us improve and update the information that we already have.

Jun
19
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WhatsApp Group Chat – Tips to engage Passive Candidates
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There we go yet another insightful Chat with a lot of take a ways. As always we’ve been hosting WhatsApp Group Chats in 6 different cities namely Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. These chats help you interact with influential people where you gain solutions to issues and valuable insights. If you’re not part of either one of these Chats, you have no idea what you’re missing.

Nevertheless being a Part of Sourcing Adda (@sourcingadda) does have its advantages you get to know what went on during the discussions and even stay updated with the current happenings. Therefore here’s what was discussed amongst Talent Acquisition Professionals on the Tips to Engage Passive Candidates…blogWell there you have it, everything that was discussed. Now wasn’t that refreshing from a mundane day. Tell me how many of you thought of these aspects to win more Passive candidates? And wasn’t it great that you found solutions to your problems in the process. Doesn’t that make a difference and lighten the load a bit. Do you have any pointers to add? Do tell.

Jun
16
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Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclave (#TASCON15) – Activities
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The Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Conclave (#TASCON15) was a grand success and began with an opening session by Yusuf Pathan, the Managing Director of Key Resourcing. He gave a brief introduction about Sourcing Adda (@sourcingadda) and #TASCON15. The launching of Sourcing Adda was based on the realisation of engaging our patrons. With that in mind several activities were started like Webinars, Tweet Chats, Mega Sourcing Contest, Meet Ups etc. Here’s a description of the activities that were conducted…Tascon

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We had planned some activities which were thus announced…

  • Highest number of Tweets would win a prize
  • A Selfie contest where the most innovative and engaged on Twitter would get a prize
  • A Standee with the statement “One thing you learnt today!!!” where all the delegates or participants had to write about what they learnt.

The winners of the activities would be announced at the end of the event. When Tweeting the audience, participants including speakers were requested to use the hash tag “# TASCON 15” and the activities took off with Yusuf clicking a Selfie himself.

Standee with the statement “One thing you learnt today!!!”

Some of the interesting things that the participants learnt, appreciated and mentioned were…

  • LinkedIn candidates information, dated knowledge were great leads for all of us
  • It was a good leaning, as well as knowledge sharing session
  • Make Sourcing your passion to succeed
  • Excellent Initiative, hope to see more of TASCON
  • Amazing learning with new tools and many more

Sponsor SourcePRO

SourcePRO had a treat of its own to offer which was highlighted when Angeline Peters addressed the crowd during the opening session.

  • A Lucky Draw wherein a Lucky winner would receive a free SourcePRO Talent Sourcing Training & Certification Program.
  • To get listed for the lucky draw all our Speakers and delegates were asked to drop in their visiting cards into the 2 drop in boxes at the registration desk.
  • If registered today (15th– Apr – 2015) you would receive a 10% discount on the SourcePRO Talent Sourcing Training & Certification Program.
  • They also had a test for Talent Acquisition Professionals to challenge themselves on their Sourcing Knowledge and if they were able to get all the answers right they received a white badge.

I bet your impatiently waiting to know who the lucky winners are so I’ll not keeping you waiting and let yo0u in on who the winners are –

  • The Twitter Contest – Vaishali Wanchoo (Capgemini)
  • Selfie contest – Ankita Gupta (for her Selfie with the entire Capgemini Team)
  • SourcePRO’s Lucky Draw – Prashant Shah from Sapphire Management Training Consultancy

Overall, I think it’s safe to say that the Conference was a success with lots of fun and take a ways to treat your-self with to generate best results. I’d like to say that “This was the perfect end to such a grand event and we hope to receive the same response at an even grander scale at # TASCON 16.”

Jun
12
Recruiting ADDA
WhatsApp Group Chat – What are the best websites to find Technical IT people?
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The WhatsApp Group Chat that was held this week was quite informative as we received interesting insights that we as Recruiters and Sourcers haven’t thought of before while hiring. Having said that, you’re probably wondering what I’m talking about therefore I’ll come right to the point. The discussion was about what are the best websites to find Technical IT people (developers or programmers) besides job portals and LinkedIn? Here’s what came up during this interesting discussion…blog123Well there you have it all the resources at your disposal that you can make use of to your advantage and meet the rate of hires that is required. Now tell me, did you ever come across such alternatives? Well you can now so why not implement them in your strategy and boost your performance overall. Do you have any to add? Do tell and we’ll be glad to include them in our next post.