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Will TV kill the internet star or will Jobsite make it as a TV star?
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, candidate sourcing, direct hire, internal recruitment, job board, job cuts, jobsite, online recruitment, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, recruitment consultant, slowdown on 09 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments
Jobsite last week announced a £15 million pound brand campaign which include extensive TV advertising. It seems not even Corrie, X Factor and the Champions League are outwith the reach of online recruitment…
Since this was announced there’s been quite a bit of talk on various blogs, twitter...
Use of video in recruiting - check out Deutsche Bank, Citrix and how one recruiter uses video to chase new business
Posted by admin in Deutsche Bank, Visualcv, candidate attraction, candidate sourcing, facebook, graduate recruitment, monarch, recruitment 2.0, recruitment consultant, video on 08 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments
I’ve had some mails since yesterday’s post. it looks like quite a few businesses are getting switched on to the potential video has in hiring. Below are examples of how Deutsche Bank and Citrix approach this. I’ve also had an email from a hiring manager showing how one enterprising...
Is video helping employers get an edge over recruiters?
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, candidate sourcing, disruptive technology, online branding, online recruitment, recruitment 2.0, video, web 2.0, web ad on 08 7th, 2008 | No Comments
A quick scan on the web will show you some great integration of video content to recruitment sites.
Have a click to see some examples for the likes of 3, PwC and of course Google. There’s a big difference between visiting a site like this and a visit to a text only site. Employer brands, differentiation...
The CV - Unchangeable part of recruitment cycle? Not if VisualCV have their way
Posted by admin in Visualcv, candidate attraction, candidate sourcing, internet, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, social media, web 2.0 on 07 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Everyone knows the internet has changed how people look for work. Recruiters have had to adapt (and will have to continue to adapt) their businesses for this. Want a new job? Time to visit Google and see all the different options - recruitment consultancies, employer careers sections, referal sites…...
Hudson IT in the US join the blog set - who is next?
Posted by admin in blt, candidate attraction, hudson, internet, online branding, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, recruitment blogs on 07 24th, 2008 | 2 Comments
Hudson’s IT division in the US have launched a blog. The first step into the blogosphere for them.
Nothing new there then. There’s a stack of recruiters out there that are now using blogs to put a “human” face on their communications. You can see their blog here. Also worth a...
Does this rapper have the secret of successful online marketing?
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, recruitment 2.0, recruitment consultant, web 2.0 on 07 23rd, 2008 | No Comments
You can find this guy on youtube - search for seo rapper.
Very amusing… and very much on the money - no point in investing in online marketing unless you’re willing to put the graft in to follow it up.
Oh one more… his insight into site design!
More disruptive technology for the recruitment market. Will this be the one that changes the game?
Posted by admin in business networking, candidate attraction, candidate sourcing, internet, online recruitment, recruitment consultant, social media, web 2.0, wikinomics on 07 21st, 2008 | No Comments
Yet another new business with their eye on disrupting the recruitment market.
Have a click here to have a look at the Alliance Q website.
Here’s the crux of their pitch:
1. Fortune 500 businesses have most of the US jobs (lets take that one as read, really don’t want to go into detail on...
Twitter – useful for business or just a bit of fun?
Posted by admin in business networking, candidate attraction, candidate sourcing, disruptive technology, internet, linkedin, personal brand, recruitment, staffing, twitter on 07 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments
ALL - WORTH CHECKING THE COMMENTS TO THIS POST FOR MORE TWITTER SOURCING TRICKS - THANKS KELLY!
So picture the scene. You walk into your office – having just come off the phone to your Chief Exec (or worse still the Bank Manager) discussing the impact of the latest economic woes and the potential impact...
Will Web 2.0 Power Obama to the White House?
Posted by admin in barack obama, candidate attraction, disruptive technology, drudge report, internet, online recruitment, recruitment 2.0, recruitment consultant, the west wing, web 2.0 on 06 20th, 2008 | No Comments
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Not content with raising stacks of campaign cash from Facebook, Barack Obama is now pushing his plans for keeping the US competitive in the future. So far 590 responses in 12 hours. Bearing in mind that a big portion of that 12 hours has been overnight in the...
So how much is LinkedIn worth then?
Posted by admin in HR, candidate attraction, crm, cv, direct hire, information age, internet, job board, kevin eyres, linkedin, monster, online recruitment, recruitment, recruitment 2.0 on 06 18th, 2008 | No Comments
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7460548.stm
LinkedIn have raised £27 million from investors - valuing the 5 year old business at a billion dollars. Not bad going.
Trick here is going to be what exactly LI are going to use the funds for. Clearly they’re in a great position already with first...
