Crystal Ball Stuff Top 7 Recruiting Fails For 2012

Crystal Ball Stuff Top 7 Recruiting Fails For 2012 You know I love reading Recruiting Blogs.  I get great insight from the other side of the job search.  I found a post I really liked titled: The Top 7 Recruiting Fails For 2012 One reason I love this post is that there is a lot of hype about new stuff for job seekers but this post shows that not everything actually adds value.  Here are Jason Busss 7 failures, with my comments (out of bold): #7 â€" Recruiting with Pinterest: I love what he said on his post: Gag.  Enough said.  Just because Pinterest is so successful, and it is social, doesnt mean you should recruit there.  Maybe it has happened, but I wouldnt recommend you spend time there. #6 â€" Mobile Recruiting: Jason says there is still time left for this to work out, but it the idea of recruiting people using mobile devices as a tool just hasnt happened yet. #5 â€" The Taleo Acquisition: If you apply to openings online, youve probably seen the  Taleo name.  Oracle acquired them, but Jason says that was a failure.  Not sure what he thought the acquisition should lead to, but he says the acquisition was catastrophic. Not for the owners of Taleo maybe for Oracle.  Im not sure job seekers have seen any change, though. #4 â€" Social Recruiting: Read the link on Jasons post about social recruiting (not just Pinterest) #3  Talent Communities: This idea is that companies would create communities they can tap into, more than just have a database of resumes they are creating.  I think this is going to be a hard nut to crack, but I have some ideas on how to crack it. #2 â€" BranchOut: Wow.  The numbers are nasty on this one.  Read Jasons post. #1 â€" The Facebook Job Board: Hes sour on this Im not real big on job boards but I think Facebook might have a chance to provide value to people with job postings only because they are so big and have so many users.   But, no one thinks the job board thing at Facebook has been successful.  It doesnt matter.  Facebook has so much money this wont make-or-break them, but it could be a strong revenue stream and they *could* reinvent the job posting world.  I doubt they will but they could. There you go again, Im sharing this because I think understanding what recruiters think helps us with job search and career management. Do you think any  failures should be added to the list? Crystal Ball Stuff Top 7 Recruiting Fails For 2012 You know I love reading Recruiting Blogs.  I get great insight from the other side of the job search.  I found a post I really liked titled: The Top 7 Recruiting Fails For 2012 One reason I love this post is that there is a lot of hype about new stuff for job seekers but this post shows that not everything actually adds value.  Here are Jason Busss 7 failures, with my comments (out of bold): #7 â€" Recruiting with Pinterest: I love what he said on his post: Gag.  Enough said.  Just because Pinterest is so successful, and it is social, doesnt mean you should recruit there.  Maybe it has happened, but I wouldnt recommend you spend time there. #6 â€" Mobile Recruiting: Jason says there is still time left for this to work out, but it the idea of recruiting people using mobile devices as a tool just hasnt happened yet. #5 â€" The Taleo Acquisition: If you apply to openings online, youve probably seen the  Taleo name.  Oracle acquired them, but Jason says that was a failure.  Not sure what he thought the acquisition should lead to, but he says the acquisition was catastrophic. Not for the owners of Taleo maybe for Oracle.  Im not sure job seekers have seen any change, though. #4 â€" Social Recruiting: Read the link on Jasons post about social recruiting (not just Pinterest) #3  Talent Communities: This idea is that companies would create communities they can tap into, more than just have a database of resumes they are creating.  I think this is going to be a hard nut to crack, but I have some ideas on how to crack it. #2 â€" BranchOut: Wow.  The numbers are nasty on this one.  Read Jasons post. #1 â€" The Facebook Job Board: Hes sour on this Im not real big on job boards but I think Facebook might have a chance to provide value to people with job postings only because they are so big and have so many users.   But, no one thinks the job board thing at Facebook has been successful.  It doesnt matter.  Facebook has so much money this wont make-or-break them, but it could be a strong revenue stream and they *could* reinvent the job posting world.  I doubt they will but they could. There you go again, Im sharing this because I think understanding what recruiters think helps us with job search and career management. Do you think any  failures should be added to the list?