Recruiting is a social act, so what's so new about Social Recruiting? Aside from the numerous articles from blogging pundits, what is the real potential for social recruiting in the enterprise and just how widespread is it? Finally, what benefits does a recruiting program that entails social media outreach accrue? In this talk, Todd Nilson of 7 Summits, one of the top 20 social media agencies in the United States, will offer some ready-to-use ideas from how to get started with a social recruiting program, from eliciting executive sponsorship to what key performance metrics can be used to justify the program.
3. How widespread?
94% “use” social recruiting
93% LinkedIn, 66% Facebook, 54% Twitter
73% say they have made successful hires
49% say candidate quality has improved
43% say candidate quantity has increased
33% say it takes less time to hire
32% say they have gotten more, better referrals
Source:
Jobvite
2013
4. The executive team has asked her to recruit using
Facebook.
… I think she is going to jump.
6. What does it mean to be a
Social Recruiting
Organization?
7. 5 Definitions of Social
Recruiting
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Old School Social Recruiting
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Intersection of recruiting and social
media for sourcing and job distribution Wikipedia
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Tools definition: using LinkedIn,
Facebook, Twitter to source and recruit
candidates - Allison Doyle, About.com
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Push, Pull and “Genuinely Social” - Matt
Adler, MetaShift
Two-way process, expanded to social
media, web-based and mobile platforms
- Robin Richards, TweetMyJobs
9. Implementation Approach
Strateg
y
Align
Define
Assess
Build & Deploy
Plan
Define solution direction
leveraging social recruiting
Design
Config
Launch
Define, build, test solution.
Activate solution.
Purpose:
Purpose:
Identify business and audience objectives and scope
(leveraging social platform / channels)
Establish use cases and related requirements
Map requirements to recruiting outreach elements
(potential enterprise community platform, select social
media channels)
Finalize solution approach
- outreach features
- connections / integrations
- content
- communication / collaboration
- measurement / success factors (KPI’s)
Develop deployment roadmap – what, when, who
Detailed Design:
- Overall outreach plan
- User Experience
- Referral / Ambassador plan
- Content plan
- Access and Authentication
- Activation approach
Configure the solution:
- Themes/Structure
-- Interactions w/other systems (ATS)
Test / validate approach
Deploy base solution (initial use cases)
Outcomes:
Internal Collaboration / Social Business Platform
established
Initial activation of outreach
New recruiting practices
Strategy Output
Development / deployment plan (scope, requirements)
Outcomes:
Nurture
Moderate
Measure
Evolve
Nurture / evolve approach.
Plan future stages.
Purpose:
Manage outreach activity
- Foster engagement
- Promote connections, content and members as
appropriate (based on objectives)
Assess/monitor activity – correlate to business
outcomes (KPIs)
- Vitality
- Community
- Business
Optimize channels – based on usage/engagement
Outcomes:
Outreach Management
Initial Results Management
Shortened transition time to new way of recruiting
10. Social Recruiting Strategy
Overall Business Goal
Drive sustainable growth and competitive advantage.
Business
Objectiv
e
Business
Objectiv
e
Business
Objectiv
e
WHY
Hiring
Objectiv
e
Hiring
Objectiv
e
Hiring
Objectiv
e
WHAT
Social
Recruitin
g Tactic
Social
Recruitin
g Tactic
Social
Recruitin
g Tactic
HOW
11. Social Recruiting Tactics
Direct sourcing
Is it social
recruiting?
Job distribution
Branding
Employee referrals
Conversation, engagement, and value-adding contributions
12. Audience Objectives
I know I’m learning
about work
opportunities that are
real and relevant to
me.
I can learn about what
it’s like to work here.
I can easily find and
interact with company
representatives about
job openings.
I can easily apply for
new positions at the
company.
People like me work
here.
I get a customized
experience.