Schlumberger - Ahead of the Game in Online Communities?
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, direct hire, linkedin, online, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, schlumberger, social media on 05 28th, 2008 | No Comments
https://www.slbalumni.com/jsp/Front/login.jsp
Click above. I like this… An alumni section on the Schlumberger website. It gives employees, past and present the opportunity to load a personal profile, network and basically creates an online community for the business.Given the nature of the Schlumberger...
Zubka - An £8K Bounty
Posted by admin in cv, direct hire, internet, job board, la fosse, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, recruitment consultant, zubka on 05 27th, 2008 | No Comments
This looks like the pick of the bountys on zubka at the moment:http://www.zubka.com/board/?country=0&contract=0&keywords=cto&sortmode=1&x=47&y=5
£8k for referring someone sounds like a very good deal to me! Let me check my address books…
Interesting to see a recruitment firm...
The Internet - Disruptive Technology? Ask Zubka and NotchUp..
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, cv, direct hire, facebook, google, indeed.co.uk, notchup.com, online, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, recruitment consultant, smuz, social media, zubka on 05 27th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Those of you who are avid readers of books like Wikinomics and Freakonomics will know all about disruptive technology. Consider it as something that changes the status quo, something that changes how a market works. Anyone who wants more detail, have a look on wikipedia.
Anyone who has read the previous...
Facebook - Kingmaker for US Presidential Hopeful?
Posted by admin in barack obama, internal recruitment, internet, job board, recruitment, recruitment consultant, social media on 05 26th, 2008 | 2 Comments
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/andrew_sullivan/article3997523.ece
If anyone is in any doubt about how much of an impact the internet/ social media is having, please click above.
Do Job Boards and Social Media Not Mix?
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, facebook, google, indeed.co.uk, job board, jobamatic, linkedin, monster, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, recruitment consultant, social media, visual cv on 05 26th, 2008 | 3 Comments
OK, here’s a little quandary.
The job board market in the UK is becoming more and more competitive - you could even argue that its moved very swiftly from an emerging to a saturated market. Everyone involved looking to differentiate themselves in any way possible. Yet it seems noone it seems is...
Visual CV - Next Generation CV? An Example Here
Those of you interested in the post about Heidrick’s deal with Visual CV may be interested in clicking on this:http://www.visualcv.com/scotthermanThe Visual CV for their own VP for Product Development. What do you think? Is this enough to change the way we all view CVs? I wonder…
I’m...
LinkedIn - Some Great New Features.
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, direct hire, internal recruitment, internet, job board, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, social media, staffing on 05 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
I’m sure anyone reading this blog will be well versed with LinkedIn.
22 million profiles worldwide, passed a million UK profiles - and well on their way to 2 million.
Profiles… rather like CVs don’t you think? So far I don’t believe UK recruiters are making enough use of this...
Heidrick’s Go Online - And More Legislation On Temps
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, direct hire, internal recruitment, internet, job board, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, social media, staffing on 05 21st, 2008 | No Comments
Interesting investment from Heidrick’s a couple of months ago (OK its late but hey this is a new blog)
http://www.visualcv.com/www/pr/20080211_VisualCV_Announces_Investments.html
Visual CV look like they’ve got a really interesting product here, and I tip my cap to Heidrick’s for getting...
Online recruiter takes a bow
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, direct hire, internal recruitment, internet, job board, online, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, recruitment consultant, social media, staffing on 05 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments
Well.
May 2008.
How long have we been hearing about the internet radically changing how companies recruit their staff?How many prophets of doom have predicted the end of the gravy train for recruitment companies?
15 years after the worldwide web first poked its nose into all of our lives, how much has...
