Refer or Reefer: Another Social Recruiting Referral Play

Referral programs harness the energies of a few very specific types of people. While automation can reduce the complexity of referral programs, it is unlikely to significantly increase the yield of those programs.
 

HRExaminer v.3.27

The next time you submit a job app online make sure you’re naked in a Hot Pink Boa. Don’t worry, the ATS won’t notice. Chances are, it’ll be the highlight of your candidate experience.
 

What Is A Job Board

Topics: From The Vault, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Even though professions are more malleable than ever before, most of us look for work in our chosen profession for a long time before considering the switch as a possibility. This results in a further segmentation of local markets; they tend to clump along professional lines.
 

Relationships

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, Recruiting Strategy, by John Sumser
No good relationship begins with the proposition that it will depend on my understanding of the value I’ll get. They begin with the question “What value can I give?”
 

The Gift of No

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
No sucks. No dashes your fantasies. But No also lets you move on. No is what gets you to the company that says Yes.
 

HRExaminer v.3.26

HR Examiner Weekly Edition v 3.26 June 29, 2012 Looking BadI’ve been talking to social media experts, lawyers, and HR practitioners for about three days now. There are a lot of questions and few clear answers. But when you distill the discussion to its essence, it comes down to one thing. Read Now » What […]
 

What Are You Trying to Hide?

Social technology introduces transparency into places that used to be very well hidden. What is found in those closets isn’t always appealing. To echo a column from earlier this week, many employers are afraid of looking bad. That’s why they want to control social media.
 

Looking Bad

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
I’ve been talking to social media experts, lawyers, and HR practitioners for about three days now. There are a lot of questions and few clear answers. But when you distill the discussion to its essence, it comes down to one thing.
 

Policies and User Adoption

We are in the very earliest stages of social technology. All that you can be sure of is that things will continue to change and popular usage of the tools will expand. Like the dawn of the printing press and the emergence of the internet, social technology shifts the locus of power in the culture and in our organizations.
 

People. Not Policies.

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
Telling people not to say mean things or act like an idiot won’t stop them from saying mean things and acting like an idiot.  Instead, you need to train them, explain that almost everything they do on social media is public, and show them how to effectively use the tools.