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2. Society is undergoing dramatic change
FROM TO
Passive recipients of Active knowledge
information sharers/drivers
Constrained by natural
Borderless
(or psychological) boundaries
Face to face ‘Invisible’
Living within our means Have It All
Job for Life Continuous Learning
8. Key facts for candidate use of Social Media
14% of job seekers devote all of their time searching on
social media sites
31% use Linkedin to search for jobs and manage their
professional networks
18% of jobseekers use Facebook to search for jobs
An estimation of 50% of hires are through referrals.
Facebook and Linkedin uncover unknown connections
and can be the key to getting the right job
* Sourced from: Simply Hired, 2010 & Networkmarketingjobs.com
11. People connect on social networks
350
300
250
200 Number of Active
Users in India
150
Facebook – 35 M
100
Job Boards – 2 million
50
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Job Board Facebook
12. Talent communities
People
from career
database
People People
from social visiting
networks website
Content &
Videos Branded
Talent Jobs posted
from social Community
networks
13. Content, Conversations
Company
Develop
People
interested Employees
Engage Attract
People
with Skills
14. Employment Branding: EMC
External employment
branding
- encourages bloggers to
act as organic brand
ambassadors
EMC Careers
- YouTube
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Wordpress
- LinkedIn
Help Save Nick Glasgow – a
social media campaign to
save an employee suffering
from cancer
http://www.slideshare.net/pollypearson/social-media-strategy-and-execution-for-branding-engagement-
and-recruiting
15. Showcase work culture- Employee blogs
HR and recruitment
focused community
platform
Source:
http://www.microspotting.com/
16. Connect recruiters with potential employees
Social recruitment
platform for
potential
employees.
Recruiters help with
job-hunting,
resume writing,
interview
preparation, etc
Share upcoming job
fairs, events,
vacancies
Source: http://microsoftjobsblog.com/
18. Listen and Respond to
Conversations
Across different forums, social networks,
?
PROBLEM
platforms on the social web
Use listening tools to figure out what current and
prospective employees are saying about your
culture, nature and type of work, and other
SOLUTION competitors for your talent.
19. Listening to the social web
Use tools like
Buzzstream,
Techrigy or
Radian6 to conduct
these searches.
Build a process that
would empower
users to respond
and participate in
the conversation
20. Finding & Attracting good talent – How?
“Great Talent Knows Other Great Talent”
•Identify, create and participate in conversations in
relevant online communities
•Showcase organizational culture on own community
and on social outposts
•Advocacy program to build pipeline
•Talent identification campaigns
21. Be present where talent can find you
Listen in on communities
relevant to your
business
Identify active
contributors to the
community
Encourage your
employees to
participate in such
forums
Project your company as
a thought leader
http://drupalmodules.com/
http://knowledgemanagement.ittoolbox.com/
22. Idea: Social aggregation on Corporate site
Online platform that
aggregates
conversations
mentioning :
Company
brand/product
Clients/custo
mers
http://beta.cpbgroup.com/#cpb
23. Social aggregation on Corporate site
Twitter on Zappos:
Online platform that
aggregates all
twitter mentions of :
Zappos
Related
brands/prod
ucts
Clients/custo
mers
http://twitter.zappos.com/
24. Showcase work culture- Employee blogs
HR and recruitment
focused community
platform
Empower employees
to share their work
to showcase how
exciting it is to
work
http://www.microspotting.com/
25. Talent Identification Contest
Idea: Launch a series
of user generated
contest resulting in
exciting jobs
Reference: Severus
Credit Union
launched the
contest and made
the winners their
spokesperson
http://www.youngfreealberta.com/
26. Engaging with active prospects
•Connect active prospects with recruiters
•Connect active prospects with current employees
•Social background check and evaluation
28. Using a Facebook Page
Targets Asia Pacific
candidates
Needs effort for
engagement
29. Social background check & evaluation
Use social tools for a
thorough
background check
on potential
recruits
- Personal blogs
-LinkedIn
recommendations
-Group
memberships on
LinkedIn
-Tweeting pattern