Social recruiting and HR

New research conducted by recruitment software provider Zartis shows that the UK are falling behind compared to the US when it comes to using the web and social media for what is now known as social recruiting. LinkedIn is still the most popular social network among recruiters and companies looking to hire new staff. One [...]

First of all, forgive me for the silence during the past few weeks, but I spent some time off with my family while doing some random “free lance” work and now, well, I’m still doing random and very occasional work, while being back to college, taking part in an experimental new course. It’s scary and [...]

In an increasingly global job market, making your CV stand out from the pile and catch the attention of a recruiter has become a strenuous task. Fear nothing though, social media can help you. After the classic paper CV, plenty of details about your life story and perhaps even a photo, the “European format” CV [...]

The basics What does “social media” mean to you? Only few months ago, if you asked me what did I think of social media I would have had no idea. I wasn’t using any of the social network (not Facebook, not LinkedIn, not Twitter – at least, I wasn’t discriminating!) nor I was planning to start [...]

As you’ve probably noticed, these past few days have brought us a wealth of information about happenings in the social recruitment sphere. First off, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) reported an increase in the number of companies using social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter for recruitment purposes (click here for power point [...]

LinkedIn is certainly causing a bit of a ruckus in the social media sphere. BeKnown, BranchOut and others have been denied access to LinkedIn’s API due to violations: According to TechCrunch, BranchOut was “Charging fees for access to LinkedIn’s content, is a no-no, says the network.” Whereas BeKnown was “using the LinkedIn APIs to send [...]

It’s obvious to anyone not living under a rock that the internet is basically everywhere. With the internet, comes social networking which brings on a revolution not only in our lives but also in the way recruitment is done. If you want to keep up to pace, The Recruitment & Employment Confederation has a report done [...]

Unemployment is slowly decreasing. According to the Office for National statistics (UK), “the unemployment rate for the three months to April 2011 was 7.7 per cent”. The situation is slowly getting better, but there’s still 2.43 million people unemployed. This numbers make way for the job seeking and recruiting dance. Who doesn’t have a job is [...]

I love infographics and “did you know…?”. I’m a curious and visual person so maybe that’s why. Anyway, this infographic made by the pretty cool guys at Go-Gulf.com is packed with interesting info! Did You Know That – In 60 SECONDS….. Search engine Google serves more that 694,445 queries 6,600+ pictures are uploaded on Flickr [...]

In our last post, we discussed the power of LinkedIn and social media for the now so called “social recruitment” field. Only few days since writing up about it, and LinkedIn announces they will launch a job application button, to apply for a job without having to leave LinkedIn. If you want to read the [...]