When the right person is hired, there is a story...
Well, actually, two stories: the employer’s story of the search for
the best applicant, and the new employee’s story of his or her job
search.
These stories begin apart and can cover weeks or even months with
multiple steps and behind-the-scenes activities before converging in the
new hire’s first day, when a new story begins.
This month we’re interviewing Krissa Corbett Cavouras, a recent hire at the Brooklyn Public Library, about her experience applying for the position of Engagement Manager in Marketing & Communications.
Ellen Mehling: Where did you go to school? What degrees and/or certificates do you hold?
Krissa Corbett Cavouras: I attended Sarah Lawrence for my
undergraduate degree and earned my masters from Pratt School of
Information and Library Science (SILS) in 2011.
EM: Were you employed elsewhere when you applied for this job? For how long had you been job hunting?
KCC: I was working for a small e-commerce company, as a knowledge
manager on their marketing team, for two years prior to starting at
Brooklyn Public Library. I had probably been actively looking for about
three months when I had my first interview here.
EM: How did you learn about the position? Did you have any connections via your network to that workplace?
KCC: I heard about the position on a couple of fronts -- first,
because I’ve had Brooklyn Public Library’s job page bookmarked for
years, ever since I graduated from library school! Second, my manager
Robin and I have several mutual friends from our early days as bloggers,
so I saw the job shared around that mutual circle on Facebook. (I do
think that’s how I knew it was in serious recruitment, because sometimes
you don’t know from a website job posting if it’s a really open
position.) I also have several library school colleagues who now work in
the system, although I don’t think I saw this specific posting on my
library school listserv. read more...
Showing posts with label recruitment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recruitment. Show all posts
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Find Unadvertised Job Openings with a Clever Google Search
Most job openings at most companies go unadvertised—that is, they're posted on their site, but they're not farmed out to recruiters or posted on massive job boards. That also makes them harder to find.
Thankfully, Google can do the job for you. Use these search strings to uncover matching gigs.
The market for new jobs is so competitive that most companies don't see a need to spend a ton of money hiring third-party recruiting firms or posting their jobs to the top of big job boards just to get candidates to apply. Between internal referral programs and word-of-mouth, posting a job to the company's "Careers" page is usually enough. To uncover those unadvertised openings, all you need is a little Google-fu. The folks at the Glassdoor Blog explain that all you need to do is cast your net over the major employee applicant tracking systems that companies use to post and manage responses to their job postings:
Do you know what an applicant tracking system is? Wikipedia defines it as “a software application that enables the electronic handling of recruitment needs.” As a jobseeker, you refer to it as the electronic blackhole that eats up resumes. Specifically, it’s the system you interact with when you apply for a job on a company careers website. One of the more popular applicant tracking systems is produced by a company called “Taleo.”
With a little help from Google, you will be able to search company websites that are using the Taleo system. In this way, you will be able to find jobs that are not posted on (insert leading job board name here) and have an edge on your competition. Let me show you how. Read more...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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