About Author: Jacco Valkenburg

Jacco Valkenburg is an international recruitment expert, trainer and author (5 books). He has more than 20 years experience in global recruitment strategies and execution spanning numerous countries for leading companies. As founder of Recruiter University and Recruit2 he provides companies with recruitment training and consultancy. His mission is helping companies ‘from good to great staffing’.

Posts by Jacco Valkenburg

  • But wait there is more… This 167-slide presentation contains over 1.000 facts & figures about social media in more than 30 countries. Wow! Topics cover main adoption & usage, brand interactions, role of employees in using social media and much more. 1

    20 eye-catching facts about Social Media around the world 2011

    Posted on September 14, 2011
    But wait there is more… This 167-slide presentation contains over 1.000 facts & figures about social media in more than 30 countries. Wow! Topics cover main adoption & usage, brand interactions, role of employees in using social media and much more.

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  • Social media not only connects consumers with each other, but also with just about every place they go and everything they watch and buy. Nielsen’s new Social Media Report looks at trends and consumption patterns across social media platforms in the U.S. and other major markets, exploring the rising influence […] 0

    The State Of Social Media Report Q3-2011

    Posted on September 13, 2011
    Social media not only connects consumers with each other, but also with just about every place they go and everything they watch and buy. Nielsen’s new Social Media Report looks at trends and consumption patterns across social media platforms in the U.S. and other major markets, exploring the rising influence […]

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  • According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey of global hiring trends released today, employers in 21 of 39 countries expect the fourth-quarter hiring pace to soften from the third quarter. However, Net Employment Outlooks remain in positive territory and are stronger than they were last year at this time in […] 0

    Employment Outlook: Hiring expectations in Q4-2011 weaken but remain positive

    Posted on September 13, 2011
    According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey of global hiring trends released today, employers in 21 of 39 countries expect the fourth-quarter hiring pace to soften from the third quarter. However, Net Employment Outlooks remain in positive territory and are stronger than they were last year at this time in […]

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  • Is recruiting via social media effective? And how do you determine wether those efforts are succesful? That’s the question being asked as more and more businesses are investing in increasing amounts of social media recruiting.  With no standard means of measurement, there’s a wide variety of goals and metrics used […] 2

    80% of all companies use Social Media to recruit

    Posted on September 12, 2011
    Is recruiting via social media effective? And how do you determine wether those efforts are succesful? That’s the question being asked as more and more businesses are investing in increasing amounts of social media recruiting.  With no standard means of measurement, there’s a wide variety of goals and metrics used […]

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  • Dutch product development Cureka! introduced for global recruitment market Cureka! Is officially launched on August 7th in the Dutch and the  world’s first tool that enables recruiters and managers to screen resumes on the iPad and simultaneously enrich and classify CVs. By adding ‘(dis)likes’, ‘sticky notes’ and photos, CVs become […] 0

    Screening CVs with iPad becomes ‘social’ and enriches talent pools

    Posted on September 12, 2011
    Dutch product development Cureka! introduced for global recruitment market Cureka! Is officially launched on August 7th in the Dutch and the  world’s first tool that enables recruiters and managers to screen resumes on the iPad and simultaneously enrich and classify CVs. By adding ‘(dis)likes’, ‘sticky notes’ and photos, CVs become […]

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  • “We believe that the traditional text resume is boring, lengthy and long overdue for a makeover. We are creating an online resume format that is beautiful, relevant and fun. We want to enable people to express their professional accomplishments in a simple yet compelling personal visualization. Our vision is to […] 6

    HOW TO: Create your own infographic resume

    Posted on September 5, 2011
    “We believe that the traditional text resume is boring, lengthy and long overdue for a makeover. We are creating an online resume format that is beautiful, relevant and fun. We want to enable people to express their professional accomplishments in a simple yet compelling personal visualization. Our vision is to […]

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  • In four articles I’ll describe the developments in mobile recruitment. In Part 1 the explosion of mobile internet in the coming years and the evolution of online recruitment to mobile was discussed. The implications of mobile devices and the required actions for HR / Recruitment Managers were described in part […] 0

    The Future Of Mobile Recruitment: Checklist (part 3)

    Posted on August 29, 2011
    In four articles I’ll describe the developments in mobile recruitment. In Part 1 the explosion of mobile internet in the coming years and the evolution of online recruitment to mobile was discussed. The implications of mobile devices and the required actions for HR / Recruitment Managers were described in part […]

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  • Have you ever seen a remarkable resume? Probably in negative way because the document contains many different fonts, font sizes, images, tables, etc. Luckily, there are also very creative and beautiful specimens. Often designed by graphic designers who use this opportunity to showcase their work. Unbelievable how creative certain CVs […] 0

    Curriculum Vitae Wanted 20.0

    Posted on August 24, 2011
    Have you ever seen a remarkable resume? Probably in negative way because the document contains many different fonts, font sizes, images, tables, etc. Luckily, there are also very creative and beautiful specimens. Often designed by graphic designers who use this opportunity to showcase their work. Unbelievable how creative certain CVs […]

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  • Did you know it’s possible to re-arrange certain sections of your LinkedIn profile to put more emphasis on your education, work experience or a presentation that you’ve added to your profile? Just go to Profile in the top menu, select Edit Profile and drag the section wherever you want them. […] 0

    Tip: organise your profile on LinkedIn

    Posted on August 19, 2011
    Did you know it’s possible to re-arrange certain sections of your LinkedIn profile to put more emphasis on your education, work experience or a presentation that you’ve added to your profile? Just go to Profile in the top menu, select Edit Profile and drag the section wherever you want them. […]

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