Original post by volt Building a great company starts with hiring great people, and social media provides a way for you to directly connect to high-caliber employees. The exponential growth of social media sites provides unprecedented access to huge numbers of people who have posted their career experience and other information that recruiters look for. Gone […]
Original post by Jerome Young via Forbes Getting a tech startup off the ground is an exhilarating time. In fact, many of the “firsts” in business tend to be exciting. Getting your first big idea, landing an investor and leasing a startup office space are all significant events. But hiring your first employees comes in at the […]
Original post by Lynda Spiegel, LinkedIn Getting a job was once a matter of scanning job boards like Monster or Careerbuilder – or even the classified ads in print media, back in the day! – but social media trumps them all. Data shows that most positions are filled via some form of networking. According to ABC News, […]
Original post by Sharon Florentine via CIO A whopping 93 percent of the 1,855 recruiting pros surveyed inJobvite’s 2014 Social Recruiting Survey use or plan to use social media in their recruiting efforts. The reason why is simple and powerful. According to respondents, leveraging social media improves candidate quality by 44 percent over those using only “traditional” recruiting […]
Original post by Lola Bailey, careeraddict.com According to Rotterdam-based accommodation company Nestpick, London is one of the best cities to launch a startup. The company recently released its list of the best European cities to begin a startup; a short list based on (their) experience and research into those factors that affect startups: cultural, political and economic. Here are […]
