To Recruit Your Next Great Candidate, Just Swipe Right

Alex Douzet, CEO and co-founder of TheLadders.com, remembers the days of "old-school recruiting," when recruiters had to reach out to prospective candidates by stealthily tracking down their work extensions or personal home phone numbers.

Those days are long gone, and — as Douzet recognized nearly two years ago — there's a platform shift on the rise when it comes to developing an efficient and reliable method of matching candidates with careers

"If you look at most categories — games, social media, photos, maps -– about 70-90% of usage comes from mobile devices," says Douzet. He places the distribution of career search activity on mobile at about 35% today, with around 65% still relying on desktop; but he anticipates that a rapid shift will occur in the coming months and years, landing the eventual numbers for mobile job search at closer to the 70-90% mark. When this shift occurs, Douzet plans to be ready — and make TheLadders first in the space. With the launch of its new mobile app for recruiters, the company has a good head start. Read more...