Archive for December, 2009
Employers have a spanking new site now.
As you would have noticed, we have reorganized JobsByRef.com over the weekend. So now as an employer, you have a separate section for yourself under employer.jobsbyref.com.
While this is the most obvious change, this is not the only change you will see, by any means. We have made the employee referral process and the social recruiting [...]
Talent acquisition is an organization-wide activity.
More and more companies are realizing that in order to acquire great talent, the HR team needs to be empowered to involve the entire organization in the hiring process - from identifying requirements, drafting job postings, defining the ideal candidate, promoting jobs openings, referring candidates, short-listing applicants, interviewing potential employees and selecting the right talent.
Here [...]
Reaching out to Recruitment Firms.
This week, I thought I would write about ways in which you can use recruitment firms, also called as placement agencies, to get great jobs.
Recruitment firms typically work with companies in sourcing candidates for open position. However, they do not usually work with individual candidates except at executive levels. Nevertheless, you can use them to [...]
Unify and harness the power of your network.
Most companies rely heavily on their employees and their employee referral programs to find great candidates. If you are looking for a job, this is where your network of friends, colleagues and classmates can come in very useful. For, not only will they be able to identify job openings within their company, they will also [...]
Avoiding email clutter
In many companies, the email client is still used as the primary hiring tool. All applications are received via email. The email client (gmail, outlook, outlook express, …) has folders where different kinds of resumes are stored and all communication between candidate and company happens through email accounts of the different people involved in the [...]
Finding talent is never easy
Now that the economic revival is truly on, there are a lot more job seekers out there in the market. Yet I hear employers are continuing to find talent acquisition a difficult process. The truth is whether we are in boom time, bust time or in between times, finding the right talent is never easy.
One [...]
Attracting candidate through your career page.
Almost every company that has a website has a career page in it. I am sure your company’s website has one too. This is the page where you highlight all the current job openings in your company. This page should be getting you the best-fitting candidates for you, after all if a person has come [...]
We are building your database of candidates for you.
We are building your database of candidates for you.
I don’t know if you have noticed it yet, but under your organization menu, there is a new item called ‘My Resume Database’. This is where we are building your own resume database for you. Every time somebody applies for one of your job openings, we add [...]
Crafting an effective job posting
After analysing thousands of job postings, we have reached the conclusion that a well crafted and clearly written job posting results in a quantum jump in the quality of respondents. ‘Stating the obvious’, you say? I guess you are right and I suppose it is obvious to many of you. Yet, the number of incomplete [...]
How to connect on social networks.
One of our core principles at JobsByRef.com is to encourage people to connect with their friends, ex or current colleagues and classmates. We attach a price to every connection you make on JobsByRef.com and give you a Credix Score, which tells potential employers and recruiters as to how genuine you are. We want to motivate [...]