When it comes to analyzing what works and what doesn’t work on your recruiting desk, you also should include technology tools in that analysis. For the purposes of this blog post, “technology tools” also includes social media sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
According to recruiting industry trainer Jon Bartos of The Global Performance Group, failure to conduct that analysis could have a detrimental effect on your recruiting desk next year.
“Recruiters should narrow down their technology tools and become masters of the tools that they’re using,” said Bartos. “They could be using seven tools, but be masters of none of them.”
Bartos recommends that recruiters should choose one—and maybe two—tools and then set about the task of knowing them inside and out.
“You have to be a talent hawk, no matter what tool you’re using,” said Bartos. “If you’re using LinkedIn, you’d better be fantastic with it. You get much better bang for your buck that way, and you’ll see a greater return on your investment.”
According to Bartos, there are many recruiters who become almost enamored by all of the technology tools that are available. As a result, they dabble in many of them, but don’t acquire enough knowledge to become as proficient as they need to be in order to generate significant amounts of revenue.
“They invest in all of these tools, but they’re seeing limited results from them,” said Bartos. “Now is the time to start deciding which tools you’ll use more, both this year and next year.”
Which technology tools do YOU use as a recruiter? How many tools do you use? Would you say that you’ve mastered those tools? If so, which tools have you mastered . . . and which ones would you like to master in the future?
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Jon Bartos is a premier writer, speaker, and consultant on all aspects of personal performance, human capital, and the analytics behind them. In 2010, Bartos founded Revenue Performance Management, LLC. The RPM Dashboard System is a business intelligence tool used worldwide for metrics management for individual and team performance improvement. In 2012, Bartos achieved national certification in Hypnotherapy, furthering his interest in learning the dynamics behind what motivates others to achieve higher levels of success. Click here to visit Bartos’s website.
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