The Sound of Mobile Sourcing

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The Sound of Mobile Sourcing

Shannon Van Curen CIR, ACIR, CDR, CSSR, PRC, ECRE AIRS Trainer & Recruitment Specialist

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Agenda

t  Importance of Mobile t  Stats on Mobile t  Mobile Apps for Sourcing t  Social Media Sync & Apps t  SMS Through Outlook t  QR Codes t  Future of Mobile Sourcing

Importance of Mobile


Importance of Mobile t  Its growing

§  Q4 2011, 46% of US mobile consumers had smartphones (Nielson) t  Its here to stay

§  60% of new cell phone users prefer smartphone (Nielson)


Importance of Mobile t  Key opportunity in 2012

§  Innovation and creativity §  Over 1 million apps (Mobilewalla)

•  Average of 543 apps released/day for Android, 745/day iPhone t  Mobile market share: Android 51%, iOS 37%, Blackberry 6%


Importance of Mobile t  Broader reach

§  U.S. internet users will access the web through mobile devices rather than through PCs by 2015 (International Data Corporation)

t  Opt-in participation §  Mobile marketing SMS campaign


Importance of Mobile t  Better experience for Candidates

Stats on Mobile


Mobile Stats t  The growth of the iPhone was 10 times faster than the growth of

America Online. (Source: Nielsen)

t  It takes 26 hours for the average person to report a lost wallet. It takes 68 minutes for them to report a lost phone. (Source: Unisys)

t  There are 6.8 billion people on the planet. 5.1 billion of them own a cell phone, but only 4.2 billion own a toothbrush. (Source: Mobile Marketing Association Asia)

t  In some countries, there are more mobile subscriptions than there are people. (Source: Mobile Marketing Association)


Mobile Stats t  It takes 90 minutes for the average person to respond to an email. It

takes 90 seconds for the average person to respond to a text message. (Source: CTIA.org)

t  70% of all mobile searches result in action within 1 hour. (Source: Mobile Marketer)

t  One half of searches are done via a mobile (DigitalBuzz Blog) t  There are more mobile phones on the planet than there are TVs.

(Source: Jupiter)

t  91% of all U.S. citizens have their mobile device within reach 24/7. (Source: Morgan Stanley)

Mobile Apps for Sourcing


Rapid Search t  A single search screen which will help the user to choose the search

results from Google, Ask, Yahoo or Bing using scroll gesture t  Blackberry, iPhone, iPad


Rapid Search - Android


blekko t  Use slashtags to search for candidates t  Android, iPhone


blekko – Android


Portal t  Designed for mobile research, allows for bookmarks, extensive list

of search engines, download/email files & URLs, highlight feature t  iPhone


Power Search Utility t  Boolean Cheat Sheet t  iPhone


Power Search t  Android


Power Search


JobSpeek t  Its a job that speaks. Create a job description & 60 second audio

recording. Job posted on jobspeek.com & major job search engines. t  iPhone


Craigslist t  Post jobs and search resumes t  iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry


Craigslist - Android


411 Portal t  People Search Engine t  Android, iPhone, iPad


411 Portal - Android


Hoover’s Near Here t  Company/People Search Engine t  iPhone


Hoover’s Near Here


Quora t  Search Questions, Topics and People t  Android, iPhone


Quora


Sonar t  An app that lets you search apps t  iPhone

Social Media Sync & Apps


G-Whizz t  Syncs Google Apps & Social Media sites t  Android, iPhone


CardFlick t  Allows you to create and share a business card through your phone t  iPhone


CardFlick


LinkedIn t  World’s most popular professional networking site on your phone t  Blackberry, Android, iPhone


CardMunch t  Owned by LinkedIn – allows you to quickly connect with contacts t  iPad, iPhone


Plaxo t  Your online social & professional rolodex t  Plaxo.com


Plaxo


Plaxo t  Blackberry, iPhone t  CardSharing (Android)


Plaxo t  Go to your contacts and search synced contacts by position


CardSharing - Android

SMS Through Outlook


SMS Through Outlook t  smsofficer.com


SMS Through Outlook

QR Codes


Are you using them? t  iPhone – QR Reader t  Android – QR Reader t  Blackberry – QR Code Scanner Pro


QR Codes

Future of Mobile Sourcing


Future of Mobile Sourcing t  Greater expectation from candidates

§  Not just a feature

t  More career focused company apps §  Raytheon Jobs

t  QR codes §  Not fad

t  Mobile integration §  ADP Mobile

Thank You! §  [email protected] §  @ShannonVanCuren §  www.linkedin.com/in/shannonvancuren

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