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IN THIS ISSUE
Newsletter Sponsors
A Note from the Editor
Breaking News
Today's Recruiting News Headlines
Featured Recruiting Jobs
Weekly
Article:
How to use
online communities to recruit candidates faster
Employment and
Economy Stats
Special Trials and Discounts
Employment Studies and Trends
Layoffs and Downsizing
Report
Recruiting Essential Bookmarks
Upcoming Conferences
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Final Note - On The Lighter Side
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Weekly Article
How to use online communities to
recruit more candidates faster
Online communities generally refer to
internet watering holes where thousands, or in some
cases millions, of people with like-minded interests
meet to share discussions and commerce. Some
well-known examples include eBay, Classmates.com, and
Yahoo Groups. But just like undiscovered farm ponds,
there are lots of lesser known, niche-based
communities that are loaded with talented candidates!
 Many online communities have similar
attributes, such as discussion forums and
resource links of interest to community members. From
a marketing and recruiting standpoint, this is a
treasure trove opportunity to monitor discussions,
pose (relevent) questions to groups, and create a data
base of users as the basis for an e-newsletter (more
on this topic in the next issue!).
Yet, all too often recruiting efforts ignore
online communities as a means to find candidates.
For those who take action, you will find less
competition than other mediums. And you won’t have to
spend vast amounts of money and time, either.
I usually set aside about 30 minutes or so on Monday
mornings to review my settings, profiles, and cyber
“open invitations” I’ve created for the communities I
participate in. Now if adding yet another commitment
to your schedule makes you groan inwardly, consider
these numbers:
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Presently, only 29% of eligible job seekers visit
the "Big Three" (Monster.com, Hotjobs.com,
CareerBuilder.com)
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Less than 12% of all hires actually made are as a
result of these Job Boards (Monster.com,
Hotjobs.com, CareerBuilder.com).
Despite these figures about internet job boards, we
also know that 85% of people conducting research use
the internet. So we know we should be sourcing
candidates on the net...But where are these people?
The answer is: Everywhere! Online
communities exist within specific trades and
professions, hobbies, sports and entertainment genres,
health interests, political and religious beliefs, and
ethnic and cultural commonalities. You can view
professional profiles, find out about specific
projects a manager worked on, and much more.
But the best part is you can work anonymously.
No worrying about posting an ad only to waste hours
and days screening hordes of unqualified applicants
out (unless you’re into that kind of thing).
You can search using specific keywords, hunt within
a given industry, or seek out names. Need some
benchmarking data or other competitive intelligence?
This is a great way to find those people quickly who
might have the information you need.
Okay. Let’s get into the nitty-gritty. Here
are several internet communities, and tools you can
use, to gain ideas from and find those elusive
candidates!
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is probably the largest network to
date. Don’t be put off that many recruiters already
use LinkedIn. The fact is that a great many more do
not. There is ample opportunity to make contacts,
meet candidates, or partner and network with others
in your field.
As of this writing, the beta version still allows
you to have five outgoing “requests for
introductions” to people you’d like to meet (at no
cost). Once those introductions have been accepted
or denied, you gain the slot back again. Recently,
“LinkedIn Jobs” has been unveiled. During the
preview period, employers can post jobs at no cost.
They cite access to 1.8 Million candidates, so this
is a networking tool everyone should check out.
Spoke
Spoke was founded in 2002. While a bit slower to
run and slightly choppier to navigate, this tool
really does have some fantastic features. Spoke is
really designed for those of us in sales.
You can set “multiple alerts” features for those
companies and/or people you’d like to know more
about. Every Monday, Spoke emails me new “Alert”
information. I usually request information
containing a candidate’s name and title only.
Complete contact information (phone and email) can
be a bit harder to come by. But armed with a name
and title, I can usually call into a company and
find the person I’d like to talk to quite easily.
Spoke’s tech support is the tops! Twice I’ve needed
help and gotten a call back the same day, with the
problem solved. Not only that, but Spoke also
follows up with a courtesy call a few days later to
be sure you’re all set. Who does that?
Konnects
Launched in February of 2000,
Konnects is a free tool you can use to expand
your professional circle. Konnects also has a
notification feature to alert you to new contacts.
Very easy to use.
OpenBC
OpenBC is a European community and is available
in 11 languages. Do you recruit internationally?
Would you be open to considering international
candidates for those hard-to-fill positions? This
might be a fantastic tool for you.
I receive a short report each week that tells me how
many times my profile has been viewed, as well as
how many new contacts I’ve made. There is no charge
for Basic membership. Plus, OpenBC offers a contact
page with guestbook, as well as the ability to
receive messages from other members.
Premium membership is reasonably priced at 5.95
euros per month. While probably not a ‘must-have’,
this does offer the ability to see who
visited your contact page and why…Would
having this information be valuable to you?
You really can put online communities to
work for you while you’re awake or sleeping to find
talented job candidates. I just recently
received a batch of unexpected key referrals from
candidates, as well as a job order for a new client
I’m now working with, all of which came only after
months of collaboration within a niche biotech
community.
If you make even a modest, but consistent
commitment to working online communities, you’ll see
returns that soar way beyond your time and expenses.
So make the habit of fitting these activities into
your week. Soon enough you’ll be giving all those new
hires “Welcome Wagon” packages to your
neighborhood!
About Author
Lucia Apollo Shaw is the President
and CEO of HireWorks, Inc. HireWorks is a professional
search firm specializing in the Life Sciences. HireWorks
offers research services, contract staffing, and
permanent placement services.
http://www.hireworks.com
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Employment and Economy Stats
|
Current Stats
Unemployment Rate:
5.2% in Jan 2005
Payroll Employment:
+146,000(p) in Jan 2005
Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.03(p) in Jan 2005
CPI:
+0.1% in Jan 2005
ECI:
+0.7% in 4th Qtr of 2004
Productivity:
+0.8% in 4th Qtr of 2004
Source:
BLS.gov
(p) = projected |
Trends Unemployment Rate
5.2% in Jan 2005
5.4% Dec 2004
5.4% Nov 2004
5.5% Oct 2004
5.4% Sept 2004
5.4% Aug 2004
Employment Cost Index
+0.7% in 4th Qtr of 2004
+0.9% in 3rd Qtr of 2004
+.9% 2nd Qtr of 2004
+1.1% 1st Qtr of 2004
Change in Payroll Employment
+146,000(p) in Jan 2005
+157,000 in Dec 2004
+112,000 in Nov 2004
+337,000 in Oct 2004
+96,000 in Sept 2004
+144,000 Aug 2004
Source:
BLS.gov |
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Employment Studies
and Trends
Job Satisfaction Study Reveals
New Englanders Least Satisfied in the Workplace, Midwest
and South Offer Best Work-Life Balance.
A study conducted by Tickle Inc.,
the online leader in career assessment testing, has
found workers in the Northeast fall far below other
regions in many key areas of job satisfaction. Survey
results show overall job happiness is strongly tied to a
healthy work-life balance and strong company leadership.
New England falls far below the national average in both
categories, while the Midwest and South lead the country
in both areas. Tickle's study, conducted by the Tickle
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that women maintain a healthier work-life balance than
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Layoffs and Downsizing
Report
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a layoff and downsizing report section to its
newsletter. This section can be a great leads source for
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More information on how to use this section >>.
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Site of the Week
RecruitingSurvey.com wants to know about your
opinions and experiences of recruiting online. Take our
first survey, “Measuring
the Effectiveness of Major Job Boards”, to rate top
job boards such as Monster, Hotjobs, and Careerbuilder,
and hear what your peers have to say.
- What percentage of
applicants meet stated requirements?
- How many major board
candidates make it to the short-list?
- What is the quality of
the average applicant?
Want to see the results?
Take the survey to get access.
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Final Note - On The
Lighter Side
HR as we know it stand
for Human Resources.
Check out this funny look
at the various definitions of what
HR could
stand for.
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