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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...
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...
Downturn? Consumer Confidence Low? Not If You’re Online
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, direct hire, google, internet, job board, job flow, linkedin, recession, recruitment, recruitment consultant on 06 9th, 2008 | No Comments
http://www.datamonitor.com/industries/news/article/?pid=8189052D-13E4-4C50-9639-0ECD25525555&type=ExpertView
Link above is to an article quoting recent research in UK consumer buying behaviour. There’s quite a few of these flying around the web at the moment. Crux of it is as follows: we aren’t...
Bradford & Bingley Credit Crunches UK Recruitment Market?
Posted by admin in bradford and bingley, direct hire, disruptive technology, google, internal recruitment, job flow, monster, online, online recruitment, recession, social media, zubka on 06 2nd, 2008 | No Comments
OK, so after a couple of months of rumours, Bradford and Bingley emerge as the latest victim of the credit crunch and you don’t have to work very hard to find yet more bad news on the economic horizon (but hey in the information age, or should that be the Google age (?) do you ever have to work...
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...
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...
