5 Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 1.7.12 to 1.13.12

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. In this article, we’ll be talking about social recruiting misconceptions, habits of a successful recruiter, Klout & recruiting, finding your writing voice, top 25 online influencers in recruiting and SEO in 2011.

Here are the articles our that interested us this week (in no particular order), enjoy!:

Are you guilty of one of these 10 social recruiting misconceptions? by Andy Headworth (@AndyHeadworth)

Love this post by Andy.  Great read when thinking about your social recruiting strategy.  I really like points 4, 6 & 8.

5 Habits of Highly Successful Recruiters by Jessica Lunk (@Sendouts)

Nice post by Jessica on RecruitingBlogs.  Agree with all points especially #1.

Is it Time to use Klout/Kred Scores as Part of the Hiring Process? by Dr. John Sullivan (@DrJohnSullivan)

Interesting debate happening on how useful these scores are to recruiting.  I’m of the belief that they definitely hold value as another data point to analyze a candidate on.

Finding your Writing Voice: One Tip From a Non-Expert by Lance Haun (@thelance)

Great article to read as you begin creating content for your recruiting blog and Career Site.

The Top 25 Online Influencers in Recruiting V.5 by HR Examiner (@HRExaminer)

This list is ripe with great recruiting thought leaders.  I’m honored to be included with this great group of people.

2011: The Year Google & Bing Took Away From SEOs & Publishers by Danny Sullivan (@DannySullivan)

Interesting look at what happened in SEO last year.  Great as you are finalizing your Recruitment SEO strategy for 2012.

Hope you enjoy the list.  If you have any articles I should add to the list feel free to add them to the comments or follow us on Twitter @smashfly.