Just going for a ride is one thing that is not feasible within the playing field of recruitment. The communications and technology industry is known to move at a rapid pace that you have to cope with, and also be geared up to look for the most suitable applicants for your IT department. The question is where to publicize your IT recruitment campaign to generate the best response.

With the globe shrinking under the globalization pressures, quick developments in technology and marketing trends, you have to remain alive to the latest in IT recruitment campaign trends to attract the best talent to your business and workforce. More and more smart IT recruiters are turning to the most viewed publication to advertise their recruitment drives and here is a list of best publications for your recruitment campaign:

Your Own Website

Some of you might be amazed to learn that one of the most effective recruitment drive can be your own website or blog (provided you have enough following). This is technically known as “direct or in-house”
recruiting where you publish your recruiting requirements and shortlist the candidates accordingly. Some of the smart businesses are already networking their recruitment database to transfer potentially suitable candidates to their affiliates (suitable for their business requirements).

This mode of publication would require an “in-house” recruitment team. If you happen to run a business that employs pretty often, then this is a cost effective recruitment device.

Social Media

Another extension of online recruitment resource is publicizing your recruitment drive on social media (with daily attendance figure of around 2 Bn). Specialized recruitment an talent spotting applications like LinkedIn Recruiter, ITV and loads of other social media channels afford an ideal opportunity as a recruitment publication channel. With over 200 million members, LinkedIn is one of the most popular recruitment publication applications (estimated 16000 businesses use LinkedIn talent solution and recruitment products).

Talent hunting blogs have been another publication of choice for IT talent hunters lately. A number of highly professional talent hunting and HR Blogs offer an ideal publication platform for your IT recruitment drives (Bersin, TalentedApps, Halogen, HR TechCentral, HR Ringleader are just a few to name).

Online and Offline Magazines

Another important platform for publishing your IT talent hunt is the online and offline HR and talent management magazines. These magazines offer you paid and free publication services for your IT recruitment campaign. Some of the prominent players in the Magazine niche include Talent management magazine, Workforce Magazine, Staffing industry review, Staffing talks, OnRec, EREnet and HR Examiner. These magazines have healthy following and can effectively spread the word about your recruitment drive.

HR Associations

One of the smart ways to publish your IT talent hunt is the HR associations that promote and regulate talent hunt. Some of the leading names in the sector include Talent management alliance, staffing industry analysts, American staffing association and Society for human resource management. Membership of such associations would help you in projecting your IT recruitment drive at the highest possible levels.

Events and Conferences

IT related events and conferences are another publication forum for your IT recruitment drive. A number of such events are held each year at international level that includes HCI Global talent management summit, ERE recruiting conference and expo, HR technology conference etc.