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How Rewarded Jobs Can Elevate Your Recruiting Strategy

06.09.2023 · DigitalWisers
How Rewarded Jobs Can Elevate Your Recruiting Strategy

In the rapidly evolving world of business, attracting and hiring  top talents is becoming increasingly crucial. DigitalWisers makes this challenging task easier and faster with its rewarded job solution where Blok owners refer only the best-fit candidates to employers. Here are 7 compelling reasons why you should consider publishing a rewarded job on DigitalWisers:

1. Faster recruitment 

Time is a precious commodity in the business landscape. Rewarded jobs enable you to swiftly identify the best-fit candidates for critical and time-sensitive positions. This advantage proves invaluable for quickly filling urgent staffing needs and addressing pivotal roles within your organization.

2. Work with multiple experts at the same time

DigitalWisers' rewarded jobs create an environment where industry experts and community leaders compete, resulting in the referral of only the best-fit candidates. This collaboration ensures that you're presented with candidates whose skills & expertise aligns with your requirements.

3. Reach an exclusive audience

Through the extensive networks accumulated by Blok owners over years, rewarded jobs grant access to a pool of candidates that might have otherwise been unreachable. These allow you to connect with a carefully curated audience, enhancing the overall quality of potential candidates.

4. Tap into passive candidates

Not all qualified candidates actively seek new opportunities. Rewarded jobs can also reach passive candidates – individuals content with their current roles but open to more promising prospects. Blok owners enable you to connect with passive candidates who might consider a better offer if presented.

5. Expertise in industry-specific roles

Blok owners on DigitalWisers possess expertise in various fields. This means they can effectively pre-screen candidates for positions that demand specialized skills or technical know-how. Their insights ensure that the right candidates are recommended for roles requiring specific industry expertise.

6. Beyond the resume

A Blok owner’s insight extends beyond what's written on a resume. Their expertise allows them to uncover qualities, skills, and potential that might not be immediately evident. This offers a gateway to discovering diverse talents that might have gone unnoticed due to biases or conventional application processes.

7. Leveraging AI algorithms

DigitalWisers incorporates powerful artificial intelligence algorithms that evaluate the compatibility of recommended candidates with your jobs. These algorithms are encapsulated in the DWS Score, which ranks all recommended candidates according to their suitability. This feature streamlines your decision-making process.

In conclusion, leveraging DigitalWisers' rewarded jobs accelerates your recruitment process, enhances your candidate quality, and ultimately advances your business goals. By swiftly connecting with the best-fit talents, you can propel your business forward efficiently and effectively.

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06.09.2023 · DigitalWisers
How to Build Thriving Communities: Based on 20+ Years of Insights

For Communities

How to Build Thriving Communities: Based on 20+ Years of Insights

Have you ever wondered why some communities experience continuous growth and sustained engagement while others seem to stagnate? Heather VanCura, a seasoned community manager with 20+ years of experience, has had a front-row seat to the evolution of community-driven growth. In her article featured on Community Led Growth, she highlights the commonalities among numerous thriving communities, from her involvement in the Java Community at Sun Microsystems to her tenure managing technical and non-technical communities at Oracle:Throughout my career, I've employed a diverse range of community strategies across various technical and non-technical groups, including Java and MySQL communities. This article distills some key insights I've gleaned regarding community interaction, the motivations behind participation, and core community values. These insights can serve as a valuable resource for enhancing your community management practices:The Foundation of Successful Communities: Community Values The first step in building a community is establishing a solid value system. Community management is fundamentally about human relationships and the connections people form with one another. Successful communities are built on values that are long-term, inclusive, and practical. For example, the Java Platform community has focused on principles like "quality and security, performance, sustainable code, compatibility, and community ownership" for over 20 years.Taking time to engage in sincere conversations about these values with both current and potential community members is crucial. Remember, one of the most important aspects of community building is listening. As VanCura often says, "Listen more than you talk, especially if you're managing a community."Establishing the Foundations of Your Community Once you’ve defined your values, it’s time to consider the foundational structure of your community. This includes:Membership typesGovernance modelsContributor agreementsCommunity platformsWhile these elements should remain relatively stable, they can evolve over time. Engaging in strategic discussions about these aspects before launching your community is essential. If you work within an organization, discuss these with your leadership chain and gather feedback from potential community members.Creating Member Personas To truly understand and best serve your community, it’s essential to create member personas. Who are the people you’re trying to reach? What motivates them? What benefits will they gain from joining your community?Communities often have multiple personas. For example, a technical community might include:Business-focused individualsTechnology-focused developersDeveloper customersContributing developersDesigners or data scientistsUnderstanding these different personas will help you tailor your engagement strategies and ensure you meet the diverse needs of your community members.Providing High-Quality Content When starting a new community, it’s crucial to begin with a strong foundation of high-quality content. You don’t want to present an empty community to your first members. Collaborate with other teams or external content creators, such as agencies or freelancers, to create engaging, value-driven content that aligns with your community’s goals and values.Collaborating with Internal Teams If you’re launching a community within an organization, it’s important to engage with other departments, such as marketing, sales, and engineering. Ensure that they are aware of the community and can direct potential members to you. Remember, a community cannot be built in isolation—internal communities require collaboration across the organization.Building Partnerships Even if you have the backing of a large organization, partnerships are crucial for community growth. Consider partnering with:User groupsBrand ambassadorsInfluencersRelated organizations or communitiesThese partnerships can help amplify your message, gather feedback, and scale your community more effectively.The key to building a successful community lies in constructing it around human relationships and shared values. Community management is, at its core, about the connections people form with one another. Clearly defining your community values, building a structure based on these values, and understanding your member personas are essential steps in laying a solid foundation for your community. Additionally, producing high-quality content, collaborating with internal teams, and establishing strategic partnerships will contribute to the sustainable growth of your community.

02.09.2024 · DigitalWisers
What is a Rewarded Job?

For Companies

What is a Rewarded Job?

Rewarded jobs are attractive offers that employers post on an exclusive job board on DigitalWisers for industry experts to find and refer candidates. These offers work according to a system specifically designed to reach only the best-fit talent as quickly as possible. Rewarded jobs are only available to a special group of people called "Blok owners" and are not visible to candidates or companies. (For more info: Who is a Blok owner?)What are the advantages of rewarded jobs?There are several important advantages of rewarded jobs:Access to a wider talent pool: Rewarded jobs allow you to discover talent that you may not have reached before. This is an advantage considering that the network of Blok owners are usually experienced and highly-skilled.Faster candidate referrals: High-amounts of rewards attract more attention from Blok owners, which leads to faster candidate referrals. This allows the position to be filled sooner.Only the best-fit candidates: As Blok owners are experts in their industry, they focus on finding not only the "top" but also the "best-fit" candidate. While trying to understand the needs of open positions in detail, they also try to find the best talents in terms of skills, experience and personality traits that best fit the company and the position.Paying the reward when the candidate starts: Blok owners receive the reward when the candidate starts working.How is the amount of the reward determined?The amount of the reward is determined by the employer. The employer sets a reward amount based on the requirements of the position, industry standards and the importance of the position. This reward is a critical factor in attracting the attention of Blok owners who see the advertisement and accelerating candidate recommendations.How does it work?Posting a rewarded job is quite simple:The employer creates the job on DigitalWisers and sets the reward amount.The job is published on a board accessible only to Blok owners.Blok owners view the rewarded job and refer candidates.The employer ranks the candidates based on their DWS Score and selects the best-fit candidate from the referred candidates.When the selected candidate starts working, the Blok owner who referred the candidate is paid the set reward amount.Rewarded jobs are an effective way for employers to quickly attract the best-fit candidates. In rewarded jobs, all Blok owners compete with each other to recommend only the best-fit candidates. The AI algorithm DWS Score calculates the candidates' match with the job. All referred candidates are ranked according to their DWS Score.Post your rewarded jobs on Digital Wisers and find the best-fit candidate easy and fast!

06.09.2023 · DigitalWisers