SmashFly Recruitment Marketing Technology Blog
The difference between Talent Networks and Talent Communities
If you have been around the HR & Recruiting blogosphere long enough (or been to enough conference booths) you’ve probably heard about Talent Networks or Talent Communities. Both were born out of the concept that every recruitment or sourcing campaign you run should not only be about finding applicants for a specific job but also … Continue reading
5 Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 4.14.12 to 4.20.12
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 Moneyball & recruiting, corporate culture at Rackspace, mobile, Sodexo, the importance of content and creating targeted content. Here are … Continue reading
Deconstruction of the Job Ad
(If you’ve been reading the blog over the past few weeks, we’ve discussed a number of topics around the candidate experience and its importance to your overall recruitment marketing strategy. However, I’d like to take a step back from the macro view of candidate experience and take a look at a few micro issues in … Continue reading
5 Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 4.7.12 to 4.13.12
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 talent sourcing, recruiting being worthless, culture at Rackspace, a CTO with a heart, social network statistics, does of crazy … Continue reading
Where does the Candidate Experience start?
Yesterday, I had a brief but great conversation with Kyle Lagunas on Candidate Experience (which he’s going to be tackling on his awesome blog over the next few weeks). We talked about some cool things organizations are doing as well as major problems that exist in the industry with regards to Candidate Experience. What became … Continue reading
Candidate Drop-Off: The good, the bad and the ugly
The recruitment marketing funnel is like any other funnel, it’s wide at the top and continually narrows with each step of the apply process. From reading the initial job ad to clicking to apply to finishing the job application, there are a number of key steps where a candidate has to either move forward with … Continue reading
5 Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 3.31.12 to 4.6.12
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 talent communities, promoting within, source of hire, thoughts on HR Tech and Google semantic search. I’d also like to … Continue reading
How to Staff Your Organization Like an Apple Store
Today’s post is a guest blog post by Kyle Lagunas. You can view his bio below. Anyone who has stepped into one of Apple’s retail stores can attest to the smooth operation they’re running. The store is a well-oiled machine of many parts, presented in a sleek and sexy package with a smile. What’s Apple … Continue reading
The Resume: Is it alive, dead or just another data point?
With the rise of social recruiting, online profiles and alternative resume solutions, the resume has long been resumed dead by many. However, while the concept makes some sense, much of the recruiting technology out today is still tied to the resume as the main source of information needed from candidates in the apply process. This … Continue reading
5 Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week 3.24.12 to 3.30.12
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 what a CRM is, ERE Expo 2012, ways to piss off candidates, common sourcing mistakes, candidate experience and what’s … Continue reading
