I am supposed to be presenting on this topic at the Radical North recruiting unconference in Toronto right now. Instead, due to mechanical issues on the plane that would fly me to my first hop, I was delayed such that the whole trip went up in smoke. So I’m now flying back to Dallas andRead more
I was interviewed recently by Undercover Recruiter author, Jorgen Sundberg. I met him earlier this year in London when I spoke at the TRU London unconference. Great guy. I hope to be back in the UK and maybe see Jorgen again at TRU Manchester in September. Jorgen’s blog is great and this interview offers someRead more
When it rains, it pours. I’ve been so busy speaking a training that I’m scrambling to keep up with the new business that those appearances are creating for my "day job". I suppose there are worse problems to have. I had such a great day doing Social Media training this week with the JC PenneyRead more
Who is your target audience in social media? If you are just there for fun and enjoy wasting lots of time, it doesn’t really matter. But if you are trying to build up your business, you need to be conscious of who you are trying to attract, or network with, and why. What you postRead more
Technorati Tags: Craig Fisher,Fishdogs,Social Media,Social Recruiting,Recruiter,A-List Solutions,Get Social Conference,Onboarding,Employee Retention,Staffing The term Social Recruiting is overused. And It is largely misunderstood. Social Recruiting is not just about finding more candidates through social media. And it is not about replacing job boards with free services. It is about building targeted and trusted referral networks and talentRead more
If your organization is planning a Social Media recruiting initiative, you may have started thinking about what tools to use. But you should really begin with the goal. What do you expect to gain from using Social Media, be it for marketing, PR, or Recruiting? Who is the target audience that you want to attract? Read more
On Tuesday, 3/31/10, I appeared on the DriveThru HR blogtalkradio show. Here is the podcast of the show. Show Name: (Replay) – "LinkedIn should be your friend" – DriveThru HR Show Date / Length: 3/31/2010 11:00 AM – 30 min Description: Host Bryan Wempen will be visiting about LinkedIn with Craig Fisher @Fishdogs ownerRead more
"If you could only have one social network to use as your main tool in recruiting, which one would it be?" This question was deftly posed to the panel by Chris Hoyt, the ending keynote speaker for the event at which I presented last week. I was on a panel for Jobing.com’s Spring Symposium withRead more
Talent professionals in social media love labels. Thus, those of us who use social channels for recruiting and networking together have brilliantly entitled our scene "Social Recruiting". We’ve been doing this "social recruiting" thing for years with LinkedIn and recruiting networks like RecruitingBlogs.com. But with the explosion of Twitter, Facebook, and personal blogs, et al,Read more
Over the summer I did some Twitter and Social Media recruiting/branding training for the Dallas office of Matrix Resources. I worked at Matrix from 1996 to 2000 and was a top performer on the contract IT staffing side. That training led to a webinar I did recently for Matrix job candidates to help them promoteRead more
By Craig Fisher www.fishdogs.com I see quite a few posts lately about "old school" recruiting, about how all this social media and web2.0 stuff is just a waste of time. And it makes me wonder if we are really talking about old school, or just recent school. My first recruiting job in 1995 was forRead more
I heard recently about a company that didn’t want their corporate recruiters to have their Twitter profile connected to their Linkedin profile because they were concerned that the recruiters might say something on Twitter that would reflect badly on the company. Amazing. I wonder if they are going to ask them to stop sending emailRead more
I can’t go to Recruitfest this year on September 23rd and 24th, and I’m pissed. It has the unfortunate fate of falling in a month that contains two of my kids’ birthdays, my anniversary, my Shriner initiation, and a guest spot on The View. Plus the fact that I’m helping to put on the firstRead more
She didn’t actually grill me. But Stephanie Lloyd did ask the appropriate questions to uncover some of my methods for social recruiting on Twitter. In an interview posted yesterday on her blog, Radiant Veracity, we discuss some techniques that are helpful to both recruiters and job seekers. I have been networking with Stephanie for aRead more
Come be a part of the kick off meeting for the newly formed Texas Recruiters Association. The Texas Recruiters Association is a new and growing professional recruiters association; membership is open to recruiters, human resources, and sourcing professionals. During our unconference workshop you will learn about “The future of recruiting after the recession." This isRead more
