Recruiting 3.0 and Social Networking

Roger Lear, President OrlandoJobs.com

How is your company going to connect with and hire candidates in the future? In today’s 3.0 recruiting world, the internet is opening up tremendous opportunities that will allow your company to find, attract, hire and retain the best.  This new “social medium” cannot be ignored if your company wants to be competitive for the best talent in the future.  You will learn about how to actually use Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace for recruiting.  You will be shown what other companies are doing with video, podcasts, interviews, ad placement, blogs, niche social networks, search engines, corporate employment websites and employment branding.  What is the future of job boards and how can I use this knowledge to my advantage?  I will tell you what is working and what is a complete waste of time.  In the end, you will have a great perspective on the opportunities awaiting your company that will help you build an online employment brand that will increase your hires and lower your online recruiting costs.

PROGRAM

1.      What is Recruiting 3.0

a)     Employers applications

b)     Candidate applications

2.      What is Social Media Recruiting

3.      How to recruit (as a company) on MySpace

4.      How to recruit (as a company) on Facebook

5.      LinkedIn.com – The best thing since email.

6.      Behavior targeting for Candidates- Strategies

7.      Company Examples.  Who is doing what today and is it working?

8.      Final thoughts. Passive candidates still need to be recruited.

Biography of Roger Lear  

Roger Lear, President of OrlandoJobs.com and Lear & Associates

Roger Lear has long been a leader in the executive search and internet recruiting industry. Since 1987, he has recruited for some of Central Florida’s as well as the nation’s finest companies. After graduating from Florida State University, Roger started Lear & Associates in 1987 (www.learsearch.com), which averages over 100 candidate placements per year.  For over 20 years, his work has afforded him the opportunity to work with thousands of people who have found themselves in career transition.  

In 1995, he built his first employment website.  Only four years later, together with his partner Scott Kotroba, he created www.GreatInsuranceJobs.com.  Today, GIJ is the #1 insurance employment niche site in the country.  In 2005, Roger applied this technology to www.OrlandoJobs.com.  As President of OJ, over 1,300 central Florida companies and 48,000 candidates have utilized the site. In today’s internet driven recruiting environment, Roger is dedicated to understanding the effects internet recruiting and social media (social networks, employment branding) have on companies hiring goals OJ is the official website of the Central Florida Human Resource Association (CFHRA) and a top recruiting resource in Central Florida