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Selection 2.0: The Social Interview Case Study

You are most likely using social media for recruiting. And, according to many surveys, you are probably also using it for pre-screening applicants. But are you also using it for the selection of candidates? Digital Advertising Agency R/GA wanted to try a new kind of job interview: The Social Interview. They asked summer internship candidates to allow them to post three questions to their Facebook wall—not for them to answer, but for their friends to answer.

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IKEA: Career Instructions [VIDEO]

To attract staff to IKEA’s mega store in Sydney, a creative agency came up with idea of inserting career instructions placed inside the famous IKEA flat packs. Customers literally delivered the mailer to themselves. They could then also share it with friends and family.

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Global Employment Outlook Q1-2012

Each quarter ManpowerGroup conducts research to measure employment trends* in 41 of the world’s largest labor markets. Nearly 65,000 employers have been interviewed across 41 countries and territories to measure employer hiring expectations between January and March 2012. Despite continuing economic challenges and widespread uncertainty in the global labor market, employers in 31 of the 41 countries and territories ManpowerGroup surveys expect to add to their workforces in varying degrees during the first three months of the year.

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U.S. employers expect hiring to increase slightly in Q1-2012

According to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today by ManpowerGroup, the Net Employment Outlook for Quarter 1 2012 is +9%, an increase from the +7% Outlook during Quarter 4 2011, and stable compared to one year ago when the Outlook was +8%. This represents the most promising hiring Outlook since 2008.

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Facebook has more job seeking volume overall in US

A new national survey from Jobvite reveals more than 22 million Americans used social networks to find their most recent job opportunity – up 7.7 million from last year’s survey. One in six members of the workforce say an online social network was one of the sources they used to find a job, and those with more contacts get better results. With the national unemployment rate at 9.0% in October, fierce competition has 54% of all job seekers using Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter in their hunt for work.

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Top Career Services and Development Sites in Europe by Unique Visitors

Career Services and Development Sites received largest number of unique visitors to date

In September 2011, nearly 30 percent of the European online audience (108.4 million unique people) visited sites in the Career Services and Development category, reflecting the most unique visitors the category has seen to date. Within the category, the Training and Education sub-category experienced the highest growth with a 28 percent increase, followed by Job Search with a 21 percent increase.

Among the top Career Services and Development sites for September 2011, Monster Inc. received the most unique visitors at 9.4 million unique people. Indeed.com followed, with 8.3 million unique visitors, reflecting a sizeable 39 percent growth from the previous month. Jobrapido, an aggregator of listings from other job sites, ranked third, drawing 7.7 million visitors in September. The fourth largest site in the Career Services and Development category was Espace Emploi International, a site for French companies and French nationals listing international vacancies, which attracted nearly 5 million unique visitors in September 2011. Continue reading Top Career Services and Development Sites in Europe by Unique Visitors

Recruiting in 2015: Industry Leaders on What’s Next

During the LinkedIn Talent Connect conference in Las Vegas last month a panel of recruiting leaders examines the massive shift that is underway in the recruiting business, how you can overcome the challenges of adopting social professional networking, and how the recruiters of tomorrow will make “engagement” the key driver of their success. In this session, recruiting leaders from Autodesk, Deloitte, and PepsiCo will share their predictions for 2015 and their advice on how to prepare for what’s next.

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New on LinkedIn: Group Statistics, Re-arrange Profile, New Events & Alumni

It seems that LinkedIn is roling out a few new and much wanted features and improvements this week. First there was the highly desired option to re-arrange your positions on your profile, then they send me a mailing to check my LinkedIn Alumni, yesterday they announced a new design for LinkedIn Events and today I noticed Group Statistics!

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LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner on Sourcing Top Talent [VIDEO]

How is social professional networking changing the recruiting landscape? Here’s a special recording from LinkedIn Talent Connect 2011.

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