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Ready to say goodbye to 2008?
Posted by admin in 2008, dmgt, economy, google, hays, recession, twitter. linkedin on 12 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
OK, so its a week or so early, but as 2009 is nearly upon us, I was having a think back at what really has been an incredible year. Here’s how I’ll look back…
1. The economy
You’ve got to start here. Uncharted territory? Well we’ve had recessions (and depressions) before...
Some Saturday nonsense - or is it? Heat Magazine has new competitor
Posted by admin in business networking, disruptive technology, facebook, google, information age, internet, online, social media, twitter, web 2.0 on 07 19th, 2008 | No Comments
Twitter to take on Heat Mag?
Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? How could something like Twitter threaten a gossip mag like Heat?Those of you who have already caught the Twitter bug will know that this is a rapid fire communications platform. Users are asked to answer the question “What are you doing?”...
What’s A Train Doing On An Online Recruitment Blog?
Posted by admin in delay, fire, google, information age, internal recruitment, internet, national express, online, train on 06 11th, 2008 | No Comments
Today’s post is about a train. Yup a good old fashioned train.
Why?
Great example this evening about how the web and the accessibilty of info has changed our lives.
Sat on the train from London to Leeds this evening. Train stops, the PA systems starts spouting out some staff announcements.
Pretty...
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...
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...
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...
