Take Your Best Shot at ‘Purple Squirrels’
A “purple squirrel” is a top-performing tech pro with multiple certs and hard-to-find skillsets. Recruiting guru Dr. John Sullivan refers to them as “super passive candidates” because it’s difficult for competing firms to lure them...
- January 7th, 2016
- 3 min read
Tapping Into Your In-House Experts to Recruit Millennials
Reaching and recruiting millennials — roughly defined as individuals born between 1980 and 2000 — is a hot topic, primarily because research shows by 2025 that generation will make up 75 percent of the workforce. A...
- December 22nd, 2015
- 2 min read
Shopping for Candidates During the Holidays
The end of the year is a tricky period for recruiters. As candidates unplug from their daily workflow to spend time with friends and family, they stop picking up the phone or responding to emails....
- December 15th, 2015
- 2 min read
8 Tools to Help You Recruit Millennials via Social
Words are cheap. If you want to grab the attention of Millennials, you can tell a story 3X faster with visuals. During our latest Social Recruiting Pro Tips Webinar, Ashley Cheretes, Recruitment Marketing Manager at...
- December 10th, 2015
- 3 min read
A Guide to Social Media Monitoring Tools
Social Recruiting In Tech - 2015 Survey from Dice Recruiters are spending more time than ever on social media, according to the results of a recent Dice survey. That being said, social media enthusiasts often...
- December 8th, 2015
- 3 min read
Check Out Dice’s Social Recruiting Survey
Social Recruiting In Tech - 2015 Survey from Dice Social-centric recruiting is the new norm, with recruiters relying on social networks to support their broader efforts to find the right candidates. According to a new Dice...
- December 3rd, 2015
- 1 min read
6 Tips for Engaging Tech Pros via Twitter
Are your tweets falling on deaf ears? You’re not alone. According to a recent study by the iCIMS Hire Expectations Institute, 51 percent of all jobs on social media are posted to Twitter, yet only...
- November 20th, 2015
- 2 min read
Tips for Engaging Tech Pros via Meetup
With an estimated 25 million global users and as many as 20,000 events per day, it’s easy to see why tech recruiters are combing the membership rosters of local Meetup groups to find candidates for...
- November 17th, 2015
- 3 min read
Inside Millennials’ Minds: 5 Key Traits for Recruiting
It is estimated that the labor force will be made up 75% millennials by 2025 (loosely defined as born between 1980 and 2000), talent recruiting professionals naturally want to know what makes this generation tick....
- November 12th, 2015
- 2 min read
Integrating Social Media Into Your Recruiting
In the age of Millennials and Generation X, social networking has become a critical recruiting tool. According to a recent Dice survey, 92 percent of tech recruiters are currently using social media to support their...
- November 5th, 2015
- 3 min read