Should job seekers "hard close" the interviewer?

Louise put this question to her followers on LinkedIn this week ahead of one of her live chat shows for job seekers. She got some excellent responses from recruitment agencies, hr recruiters, hiring managers and job seekers themselves. Check out the discussion here.

Profile’s data intelligence means you no longer need to remember every call to make, email to send or which actions to take next. Profile works like an assistant, proactively guiding your team to make more placements and more profit. Take a closer look here.

Biggest Recruitment Tech breakthrough in 15 years! Power your recruitment with the first fully Deep Learning powered CV parsing solution. Process applicants in one click, optimize candidate data quality and find the right talent faster. Read more.

Zoho Recruit is a One-Stop Online Recruitment Software and Applicant Tracking System for recruitment business across the globe. Its automated workflow streamlines the entire recruitment process.

"If you’re trying to attract talented people, then it’s vital you find a way to get your job post to stand out from the crowd."

"There’s no second chance to make a good first impression."

"In today’s highly competitive business landscape, it’s critical for any business to establish and maintain a strong online presence. Digital channels present new markets and new opportunities for businesses."

“When people think they’re multitasking, they’re actually just switching from one task to another very rapidly. And every time they do, there’s a cognitive cost in doing so”.

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10 Ways to Convert More Vacancy Leads
Monday March 19th 2018, 2pm Online
For many recruiters, chasing leads is just smashing the phones and talking about the "perfect candidate". On this show, Alex will dispel some of these myths and show 10 ways Recruiters can convert more leads into live vacancies that can convert into fees. Alex will also be taking questions from the audience. So please bring your lead conversion challenges. Find out more here.

Intelligent Talent Attraction
Tuesday March 20th 2018, 1pm Online
Scot McRae, Co-founder of Candidate.ID will be joined by Richard Collins, Chief Executive of ClickIQ, to discuss how new technology can be used to transform the talent attraction process. Making use of the best tech tools out there,recruiters can take advantage of machine learning to do things like predicting response rates to job advertisements, the amount of people likely to apply for each job, as well as tracking and scoring potential candidates engagement with you to identify who is ‘hire ready’ and needs immediate follow up. Find out more here.

Alexa find me a candidate; Broadbean's new offering to Recruiters
Wednesday March 21st 2018, 4pm Online
What if you could reach candidates in a way your competitors can't? Louise will be chatting with Ashley Buckingham and Steve Barnhurst from Broadbean about their new smart job alerts. We will also be talking about better candidate engagement and communication tools and techniques on the show. Find out more here.

The #SocialRecruiting Show Ep.80: Employer Branding: Fad or Fab?
Friday March 23rd 2018, 3pm Online
Katrina Kibben and Audra Knight chat to Jörgen Sundberg, Employer Brand Consultant & CEO of Link Humans, to debate if employer brand is a fad or indeed is fabulous! With 3 marketers on the show, the sparks will fly! Find out more here.