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2013 TalentEgg Campus Recruitment Awards: Finalists, best practices and winners

By on May 15, 2013 in Awards and Conference, What students want

On May 14, TalentEgg founder Lauren Friese revealed the winners of the 2013 TalentEgg National Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards to a few hundred campus recruiters, human resources professionals and career services staff during an awards ceremony held at the Arcadian Loft in downtown Toronto. She also shared some of the best practices for each of the [...]

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Social media for campus recruitment: 10 Twitter tips for tweeting effectively

By on March 6, 2013 in Online, Social networks: Twitter

Still new to Twitter? Reference this handy infographic to help you make the most of Twitter for campus recruitment. These top 10 tips for tweeting effectively could apply to anyone, but they are great rules of thumb to follow when you’re trying to get the hang of it quickly and with limited time to devote [...]

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2013 TalentEgg National Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards

2013 TalentEgg National Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards: Next steps

By on March 1, 2013 in Awards and Conference

On behalf of the whole TalentEgg team, we would like to extend a huge thank-you to all of the campus recruiters and HR professionals, and your teams, who took the time to create and submit applications for the 2013 TalentEgg National Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards by the deadline yesterday. We are truly blown away by [...]

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Next generation employer branding: Twitterviews

By on February 28, 2013 in Case studies, Employer branding, Online, Optimizing for Gen Y, Social networks: Twitter

Looking for an innovative way to stand out from the competition? A new trend that combines employer branding with a unique candidate experience could revolutionize the way you interact with students online. It’s called the Twitterview and, in its purest form, eliminates resumes and applicant tracking systems from the hiring equation altogether. A Dallas-based promotion [...]

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How student leaders choose where to work: Exploration

By on February 12, 2013 in Campus career website, Employer branding, Information sessions, Job boards, On-campus, Online, Optimizing for Gen Y, Social networks: Twitter, What students want

Phase 1: Exploration How students find jobs may seem simple enough – they just go online, apply and either get hired or they don’t, right? Well, sure, that’s how some students find jobs – but not our fascinating group of Engaged Leaders. They go through three distinct phases – Exploration, Connection and Decision – before ultimately accepting [...]

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Exploration, Connection, Decision: How Student Leaders Choose Where To Work

How student leaders choose where to work: Introduction

By on December 11, 2012 in On-campus, Online, What students want

If you asked many new grads how they chose which employer to start their careers with, they’d probably tell you that they waited until the last minute (i.e., April) and frantically applied to any employer that was hiring for roles they were somewhat qualified for. As we’ve discovered through our award-winning Student Voice initiative, which [...]

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Communicating career paths: How retention can start with campus recruitment

By on November 6, 2012 in Case studies, Employer branding, How to write job descriptions, Optimizing for Gen Y, What students want

We’ve all heard this tired, old Generation Y stereotype: “They expect to start as an intern on Monday and be the CEO by Friday.” While it’s not necessarily true, it does tap into students and recent graduates’ strong desire to know where their careers will take them – not just at the entry level, but [...]

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How to write job descriptions that will appeal to students and recent grads

By on October 24, 2012 in Employer branding, How to write job descriptions, Optimizing for Gen Y, Video

Let’s face it: student and new grad job seekers will probably look at dozens – if not hundreds or even thousands – of job listings while they’re on the hunt for their dream internship, co-op, summer job or entry level job. While some employers do a great job of optimizing their job descriptions for students [...]

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How to make the most of Twitter for campus recruitment: Part 1

By on July 24, 2012 in Online, Social networks: Twitter

I know what you’re thinking: it’s 2012 and haven’t we all heard enough over the last few years about why campus recruiters should be using Twitter? Probably. The problem is that it’s not just good enough to be on Twitter, and tweeting regularly may not be very effective either – it all depends on what you [...]

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6 easy ways to improve your campus career website before September: Part 1

By on June 25, 2012 in Campus career website, Online

While the feedback submitted by the more than 200 student and recent graduates on our 2012 TalentEgg Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards judging panel was positive overall, the thousands of carefully-written comments on everything from campus career websites to campus recruiters also provided some fascinating and instructive insight into what Canadian employers can improve upon. We [...]

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