{"id":999881300,"date":"2012-05-31T01:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T01:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dice.com\/?p=253619705"},"modified":"2012-05-31T01:23:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T01:23:00","slug":"building-a-talent-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dice.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/building-a-talent-network","title":{"rendered":"Building a Talent Network of Potential Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"height:0; overflow:hidden; padding-bottom:56.25%; padding-top:30px; position:relative\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\";\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sXFdBf5WQXc\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As an affirmative action government employer <a href=\"http:\/\/att.com\/\">AT T<\/a> can\u2019t accept resumes unless the company is actually accepting applications for a position. In an effort to maintain a connection to potential candidates, AT T has created a talent network which the company uses as a marketing database for talent, explained Carrie Corbin (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/attjobs\">@attjobs<\/a>), Associate Director Talent Attraction for AT T. The talent pool has turned into a step beyond the traditional job alert, said Corbin. Their regular newsletter has information about hot jobs in certain areas, company news for which candidates are actually eager to hear about, and if you stay in the talent pool AT T gives away a prize every month. <strong>Get the details from Carrie in the short video above.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an affirmative action government employer AT T can\u2019t accept resumes unless the company is actually accepting applications for a position. 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