SimplyHired explains how recruiters use social media
In SimplyHired’s Evolution of Recruitment webinar, Forrester Research Sr Analyst Claire Schooley pointed out several important statistics about how recruiters and hiring managers use social media. According to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM): This content is available to Classified Intelligence Report clients. Want to know more about becoming a client? Click...
Read MoreSocial Media a must-do for sales staff, with Twitter preferred to Facebook
In social sales specialist Jim Keenan’s Social Media and Sales Quota survey of 511 U.S. sales people and sales managers, 78.6 percent of the respondents using social media outperformed those who didn’t go social with their sales efforts. These social-focused staff were 23 percent more successful at exceeding their sales goals by more than 10 percent. In 2012, those who didn’t...
Read MoreSocial-media job offers good idea for employers, publishers
Recruitment publishers need to help hiring managers not only seek candidates via social media, but also make job offers by way of social sites as well. Here’s why. Digital marketing firm EPrize recently hired former intern and recent college graduate Samantha Bankey as a marketing coordinator. After following the new worker on social media for quite some time, EPrize made the offer via...
Read MoreWSJ takes on LinkedIn, for social recruitment perhaps? UPDATE
While The Wall Street Journal’s new WSJ Profile, launching in two weeks, hasn’t been announced as a social recruitment portal, it surely has all the makings of one. This content is available to Classified Intelligence Report clients. Want to know more about becoming a client? Click...
Read MoreCraigslist socialization, whether Craigslist likes it or not
Despite all the digital classified veteran’s litigious efforts to avoid 21st century online sales, Craigslist listings are showing up on social platforms. This content is available to Classified Intelligence Report clients. Want to know more about becoming a client? Click...
Read MoreYelp protests extortion accusations
“No, Yelp Doesn’t “Extort” Small Businesses. See For Yourself“ is the subject of the latest Yelp blog post. Regarding the recent rehash of allegations that the consumer review site manipulates reviews and ratings to reward advertisers or punish non-advertisers, Vince Sollitto, Yelp VP of Communications wrote, “Let me be clear: This claim is not — and has never been...
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