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Recruiting For Minnesota Tech Companies & Startups:
Checklist
v1 - April 2012
• 14 years as an IT Recruiter• Author of Minnesota Headhunter blog• Frequent local and national speaker on Recruiting, HR, Career
and Social Media topics• Co-Founder and Coordinator of Minnesota Recruiters• Active in the Minneapolis & St Paul technology, marketing and
social media community as a sponsor, volunteer & mentor
This is a checklist from what are topic, ½ or full day trainings
Minnesota IT unemployment is likely < 2%
Flashback 4 Years
Post n PrayThe “War For Talent”
Baby Boomers retiringHow to recruit Gen Y
How are you preparing for the new/old employment market?
The War for Talent v2
Myth vs Reality
Source of Hire
CareerXroads 2012 Sources of Hire: Channels that Influence
Source Of External Hire
55% of all hires: Internal employees, employee referrals and company career sites
SilkRoad 2012 External Source of Hire
Take off your company hat and be an IT professional…
Would you know you are hiring?
Would you be intrigued by what you see to apply?
Recruiting = Marketing + Sales
Web site… you have a jobs page, right?
Your job posts (likely) SUCK
Sourcing, Recruiting and Closing is like Dating
Where To Post Jobs
Colleges, Universities, Tech Schools
Post ‘n Pray is one (not the only) tactic
Are you passive or aggressive?
“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to
go to them sometimes.”
Recruiting Is A Contact Sport
Go Where IT Folks Hang Out
User Groups, Meet Ups, Events
YouTube & SlideCast
More Tools…
Aggregators: Indeed, LinkUp & SimplyHired
RSS & Email FedsBlog & Newsletter
Candidate Pipeline: Hunting and Farming
Referrals
What about…
Google+, Pinterest, (fill in the blank)
Success in using Social Media as a recruiting tool depends on (in part)
candidate:
LocationSkill SetIndustry
And the Recruiter’s ability to use the tools
Tools In The (My) Recruiter Tool Chest
“Online”:
•Ning Groups
•Blogs
•YouTube
•RSS/Email Feeds
“Traditional”:
•Phone
•Web site
•Career Page
•Big Job Boards
•Niche Job Boards
•Newsletter
•Networking Events
Analytics
Visits to your web siteCareer page
BioKeywordsReferrals
Articles & Links
Use Google Analytics & URL Shortners
-> -> RETENTION <- <-
Whew… what did I miss?
Paul DeBettigniesPaul DeBettigniesVP RecruitingVP Recruiting
HireCast ConsultingHireCast [email protected]
