Chances are that your company is turning to social media more and more to recruit the talent it needs. In 2013, according to recruiting professionals surveyed by Bullhorn, social media ranked third as the most successful source of qualified candidates behind existing candidates from applicant tracking systems and referrals from previous successful placements. Looking to launch a social recruiting program? How Social Recruiting Helps Target Quality Talent. MORE

Applicant tracking has always been one of the most tedious tasks that recruitment managers faced in the past, especially for companies that receive tons of applications for each job opening. Today with the advent of the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), life has become a whole lot easier for recruiters and HR personnel, helping them hire employees that stick around for keeps. What is an Applicant Tracking System? MORE

How to organize resumes your company receives is an on-going dilemma for us recruiters. If you organize them by date received, you have to sift through all of them to find the applicants with the right credentials. Probably the best solution is to list each and every applicant on an Excel spreadsheet before you file them away. That’s where an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) can work for you. MORE

In large teams, HR professionals are usually responsible for storing and retrieving employee data from effective filing systems (e.g. Organize your daily agenda and prioritize your duties with to-do list applications, like Todoist and Evernote. Invest in Human Resources Management software and Applicant Tracking Systems to keep important data and files in one place. MORE

At this stage your company doesn’t have a dedicated recruiting team. The tools you use weren’t designed for recruiting. You don’t have much that amounts to a recruiting strategy. Find employees: social recruiting and job boards. What is social recruiting? MORE

And this is why employers who accept mobile applications are twice as likely to get high quality candidates as those that don’t. There is no magic bullet in recruiting. How do people collect and review applicants? Do I need to hire a recruiter? Think like an applicant. MORE

How to organize resumes your company receives is an on-going dilemma for us recruiters. If you organize them by date received, you have to sift through all of them to find the applicants with the right credentials. Probably the best solution is to list each and every applicant on an Excel spreadsheet before you file them away. That’s where an Applicant Tracking System can work for you. Improved communications with applicants and hiring managers. MORE

We’d love to tell you that the recruitment process is as simple as posting a job and then choosing the best among the candidates who flow right in. There are 10 main areas of the recruitment process that, once mastered, can help you: Optimize your recruitment strategy. What is the recruitment process? Recruitment Marketing – find and attract better candidates. Applicant tracking – plan and streamline your process. Recruitment Marketing. MORE

There are a ton of great HR/Recruitment blogs. Ongig, of course, has its own recruiting blog — you’re reading it right now! This includes general HR blogs, recruiting blogs, talent acquisition blogs, employer branding blogs and more. Awesome HR Blogs (Untrackable) — There’s a second list at the end of this article with blogs that ahrefs didn’t track in a fair, apples-to-apples way. Top 100 HR & Recruiting Blogs. Recruiting Blog. MORE