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

  • I’m finalising my research for a new 2011 edition of my book ‘Recruitment via LinkedIn‘ and noticed a strange thing. The number of Tweets in my growing list of connections has dropped considerably. Four months ago, on 20 September 2010, I had 425 direct connections out of approximately 1150 who […] 4

    Twitter and LinkedIn. What’s happening?

    Posted on February 7, 2011
    I’m finalising my research for a new 2011 edition of my book ‘Recruitment via LinkedIn‘ and noticed a strange thing. The number of Tweets in my growing list of connections has dropped considerably. Four months ago, on 20 September 2010, I had 425 direct connections out of approximately 1150 who […]

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  • LinkedIn showed today a new prototype of a tool to visualise all the ‘buzz’ that’s on LinkedIn. What are today’s most searched companies (per industry), job titles and shared news? Explanation and visualisation of LinkedIn Swarm. 0

    Now LinkedIn data gets visualised with Swarm

    Posted on January 26, 2011
    LinkedIn showed today a new prototype of a tool to visualise all the ‘buzz’ that’s on LinkedIn. What are today’s most searched companies (per industry), job titles and shared news? Explanation and visualisation of LinkedIn Swarm.

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  • The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) report provides the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market. Taking into account macroeconomic trends and forecasts, the GET includes a […] 0

    Global Employment Trends 2011: The challenge of a jobs recovery

    Posted on January 25, 2011
    The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) report provides the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market. Taking into account macroeconomic trends and forecasts, the GET includes a […]

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  • Looking for a better understanding of the relationships between your LinkedIn network? How they relate to each other? Be able to identify the connectors between your professional networks? Would your connections form clusters or groups? LinkedIn introduces a new product from their labs; InMaps. It visualises your network in a […] 0

    How does your LinkedIn network looks like? Visualise it!

    Posted on January 24, 2011
    Looking for a better understanding of the relationships between your LinkedIn network? How they relate to each other? Be able to identify the connectors between your professional networks? Would your connections form clusters or groups? LinkedIn introduces a new product from their labs; InMaps. It visualises your network in a […]

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  • #trulondon is The Recruiter Unconference,thats not just for recruiters. Attendees will be made up of a mix of Agency and in-house recruiters, HR, technologists and anyone with an interest in people. It is an annual event that attracts track leaders and attendees from around the world. Attendance is restricted to […] 2

    The Recruiter Unconference, #TruLondon, is back on 17 & 18 Feb 2011!

    Posted on January 24, 2011
    #trulondon is The Recruiter Unconference,thats not just for recruiters. Attendees will be made up of a mix of Agency and in-house recruiters, HR, technologists and anyone with an interest in people. It is an annual event that attracts track leaders and attendees from around the world. Attendance is restricted to […]

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  • This infographic (and presentation) is all about Facebook statistics and it shows a demogrpahic breakdown by continent, macro-area and countries of the 596,371,760 users worldwide. 0

    Everything you wanted to know about Facebook

    Posted on January 24, 2011
    This infographic (and presentation) is all about Facebook statistics and it shows a demogrpahic breakdown by continent, macro-area and countries of the 596,371,760 users worldwide.

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  • If you are wondering how to search for jobs on Twitter, the largest job board in the world according to some people, here’s a great instruction video from Mashable. It shows you how to use the advanced Twitter search to find a job. What are you best tips and tricks […] 0

    How To Use Advanced Twitter Search To Find A Job

    Posted on January 9, 2011
    If you are wondering how to search for jobs on Twitter, the largest job board in the world according to some people, here’s a great instruction video from Mashable. It shows you how to use the advanced Twitter search to find a job. What are you best tips and tricks […]

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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 beautiful certain CVs […] 0

    Remarkable graphic resume 18.0

    Posted on January 7, 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 beautiful certain CVs […]

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  • On request by UK newspaper City A.M., I’ve compiled a list of facts and figures about the usage of LinkedIn in the United Kingdom. Did you know that the LinkedIn.com site has 4,712,656 UK members at this moment? This month I expect they will break the 4 Million barrier of […] 4

    Everything you wanted to know about LinkedIn – UK statistics and trends 2011

    Posted on January 7, 2011
    On request by UK newspaper City A.M., I’ve compiled a list of facts and figures about the usage of LinkedIn in the United Kingdom. Did you know that the LinkedIn.com site has 4,712,656 UK members at this moment? This month I expect they will break the 4 Million barrier of […]

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