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Madgex Onrec 2010 Social Media Dreams and Digitally-enabled Fantasies Simon Conroy - CEO

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Talk at Onrec Chicago 2010 exploring one view of the underlying truths of social media recruitment and the need to focus on enduring relationships

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Madgex Onrec 2010Social Media Dreams and Digitally-enabled FantasiesSimon Conroy - CEO

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Madgex’s Mission:To help job seekers find the best jobs and recruiters find the best candidates by delivering inspirational and innovative online recruitment

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First stage of our mission:To be the most successful global provider of trusted job site and resume software and services

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Why?Technology is improving market liquidity and reducing human costs in the matching of best jobs and best candidates.

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We believe technology can improve market liquidity

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But the web is all about relationship mediation

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Unleashing the Killer App – Larry Downes

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How do you expect to find your next job?

Job BoardsDirectHeadhunterNetworking

Weddle’s 2009 Source of Employment Survey

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79% of employers use social media sites

- IAEWS 2009

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Recruiters want a ready pool of well qualified and experienced candidates

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so the web is all about relationship mediation

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JobBoards

Niche sites

Referral sites

Online recruiters

Twitter

FacebookLinkedIn

Search engines

Blog

MySpace

YouTube

Agency/ Headhunter

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Step 1:improve mutual findability - recruiters & people

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Ambient Findability by Peter Morville

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Building Findable Websites by Aarron Walter

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18%60%

20%

2%

Active vs Passive

ActivePassiveSemi

Strategic Search

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20%

60%

20%

Job board listings

Search engines (organic & paid)

Aggregators

Jobs by email

Email marketing campaigns

Twitter job feeds

Contextual job ads

Resume databasesStrategic search

Social recruiting

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Building Findable Websites by Aarron Walter

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Madgex (StarTribune)

Adicio (Seattle Times)

Careerbuilder (LA Times J obs)

Independent User Experience research

2/2

Usability

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Information ArchitectureSEO Marketing

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Desktop

Mobile apps

Mobile webWeb

widgets

Jobs by email

Web

Social Networks

APIs

Job seeker engagement

Jobs

Accessibility

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Impact of targeted email campaigns

…71% increase in job applications

Marketing

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Job advert content optimisationCopywritingSEOInformation

Architecture

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Employer website/ facebook page/ linkedin profile

Marketing Copywriting

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Marketing Copywriting SEO

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Maximizing your reach and application rate

Job ad upsells

produce

measurable

application rate

uplifts –

giving recruiters

a compelling

incentive to

spend more!

Source: Madgex V3 Analytics, January 20101/3

Marketing

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Step 2: relationship mediators want to be an enduring mediator of recruiters & people

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Aggregation

Objects

Conversation Activity

Social Media

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Aggregation

Objects

Conversation Activity

Identity Relationships

Social Media

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Individual LinkedIn profile

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Professional/ niche user engagement: the attraction of the passive

Community

Recruitment

Content

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Stackoverflow is a great model of a professional social media site for the recruitment industry

It’s niche and has chosen the right social objects for its audience. It has a good reputation system and it mediates relationships well.

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Do we put professional socialnetworking features into job boards?

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Or do we put job board features into professional social networking sites?

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Uses of Social Media for Recruiting

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Unleashing the Killer App – Larry Downes

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For both candidates and companies, social media offers a way to digitize referrals, marketthemselves, conduct research, publicize theirintentions and needs, and connect with those who have similar interests and goals.

Jobvite Social Recruiting Report 2010

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The web is all about relationship mediation

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Focus on Findability and enduring relationships

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Simon ConroyCEOe: [email protected] t: +44 (0) 1273 775 100

www.madgex.com

Startribune.com

After switching to Madgex:

67% uplift in

applications

38% uplift in searches

56% uplift in email alert

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