There has been no shortage of recruiting conferences going on the past couple of months from national events like ERE and SHRM Talent to regional events including Minnesota Recruiters, recruitDC, Seattle SMA, Nashville TANS and the list goes on and on. As Talent Acquisition professionals look to arm themselves with bite size information and stats to build business cases internally for new programs to drive change, twitter remains a great channel for networking with conference attendees and information sharing.

With 6TB of job search data collected everyday, the Indeed Interactive conference this week had no shortage of great content and information shared. Thanks to @indeed, @a1mcfad, @karinlash, @paul_j_darcy, @barb_bidan, @Cour10AV, @SussexMatt, ?@Mike_Recruiter, @JenniferMcClure, @WillRecruits, @AdStrategies, @recruitcs, ?@EmilyRPO, @NYCtoCincy, @ttrecruiter, @PeteSuchy, @BESever, @chrisrussell, @JustinWolfers and @JoshGampel for sharing their key insights, included in this list of 50 recruiting takeaways from #indeedinteractive.
- 220 million job alerts each week. What do the posting look like in gmail? Mm. Haven’t checked. ???? #indeedinteractive\Company Pages. The gloves are off! GlassDoor Vs Indeed. Easily going to be a better fight to watch than Mayweather/Pac #indeedinteractive
- “remote” jobs one of the fastest growing search terms #indeedinteractive
- After family and health issues, career decisions are the most stressful of life situations. #indeedinteractive
- Don’t think job seekers behave like consumers? Think again! #indeedinteractive
- 8 million employer reviews on Indeed. #indeedinteractive #thatsimpressive
- 83% of candidates use employer reviews in decision making. @TheCandEs: 19.9%. Interesting disparity in data. #indeedinteractive
- 83% of candidates say reviews impact whether they apply for your jobs or not #indeedinteractive
- Recruiting technology will look more like marketing technology #indeedinteractive
- Believe this too: If ur candidate experience didn’t force people to jump through flaming hoops, you’d need less outbound #indeedinteractive
- Complicated application processes will lose your best talent–they have better options to go to
- 5 things that shape your talent: job titles, job descriptions, career site, application process & company reviews. #indeedinteractive
- More than 1/2 of job search traffic on @Indeed is from a mobile device. Only 32% of candidates browse jobs desk-top only
- Hired a great candidate? Ask them for a review. Start building a full picture of what it’s like to join your company. #indeedinteractive
- If you don’t know where your candidates are coming from, how are you going to get more? @jterryrecruit #indeedinteractive
- Great discussion if potential of “buyers remorse” is real when hiring a passive vs. active job seeker #indeedinteractive”
- Nearly 20% of employers surveyed say they review source data yearly/never. #indeedinteractive
- Interesting (or sad?) > 10% of Talent Acquisition leaders never review source of hire data. 9% yearly and 31% quarterly. #indeedinteractive
- Multiple audience comments at #indeedinteractive – “We don’t have a problem getting applicants for our jobs. The problem is QUALITY.”
- The jobseeker experience should be viewed as a journey. #indeedinteractive
- Candidates will actively look for a job 28 days after they start. Staggering #indeedinteractive #active #passive candidates. <<Thoughts?
- When does a candidate stop being a candidate? You’re always a candidate #indeedinteractive
- 1.5 million applications to AT&T since they put in a chat help function but only 500 people actually used it!! #indeedinteractive
- More than 1/2 of job search traffic on @Indeed is from a mobile device. Only 32% of candidates browse jobs desk-top only
- “We’re not data people; we’re hiring people.” Jennifer Terry, AT&T Director of Talent Acquisition #indeedinteractive
- 60% of HR/recruiters ask hiring mgrs and/or continue historic use of sources of hire vs. 40% who actually track the data. #indeedinteractive
- In 2014, 70% of @indeed software engineer hires came from Recruiters; not job postings. #indeedinteractive 1 of 2
- 2/2 Yet 70% of software engineer hires had their resume on Indeed. #FindHiddenTalent #indeedinteractive
- Jobs with IndeedApply convert at ~24%…3X higher than jobs that don’t.
- For every minute your application takes, you lose 6% of candidates. #indeedinteractive
- Got data? Indeed does. 6TB of search data collected each day. #indeedinteractive
- 70% of all job seekers touch http://indeed.com #indeedinteractive
- The labor market is unique because the supply is people and they make decisions. #IndeedInteractive
- #indeedinteractive – the new company pages will be EXCEPTIONALLY beneficial #cantwait
- @Indeed records 360 pieces of data for every job search. You’re not going to beat them doing SEO in house. #justsaying #indeedinteractive
- Talent attraction vs. Talent acquisition. People want to be attracted vs. acquired
- Does cultural fit require a culturally homogeneous company?
- Candidate experience will only be excellent + honor our consumer brand when we begin to truly think of them as customers #indeedinteractive
- 75% of candidates who wouldn’t respond to e-mail responded to text @ATT ; 87% that re-engage accept offers #indeedinteractive
- In reality, 71% of #jobseekers are actively looking for or open to a new job #indeedinteractive
- “Always on” job search: 65% of people who get hired look at new jobs again within 91 days of being hired. #indeedinteractive
- The idea that 80% of #jobseekers are passive and only 20% are active is a myth. @paul_j_darcy #indeedinteractive
- 44% of people in the labor force have job alerts sent to them. They’re passively-active. @paul_j_darcy #indeedinteractive
- 90% of people in 18 – 34 age group are actively looking for jobs – always keeping options open. @paul_j_darcy #indeedinteractive
- 81% of people actively *look* at job opportunities – 58% at least monthly. People are keeping options open. @paul_j_darcy #indeedinteractive
- A candidate hired from @indeed typically looks at only 33 jobs – @kpwalk #indeedinteractive
- When looking for Talent, you have 2 choices – make or buy. In Talent shortages [now, you have to make. #indeedinteractive
- If you’re still going to a career fair for targeted schools, you should probably try Facebook Open Graph search. #indeedinteractive
- 61% and rising of those 55-65 are still in work. Baby boomers are more engaged with work than people may think. #indeedinteractive
- 34% of 18-34 year old workers have a felony on their record. Ban the box or banish the thought? #indeedinteractive
- One in three unemployed people have been out of work for half a year or more. #indeedinteractive
And last but not least, a bonus tweet: Recruiting is the number 1 source of impact on an organization” -Paul D’Arcy #indeedinteractive