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

  • Yes, at least according to a 2007 survey of 1,500 UK employees, by jobboard Jobsite. The majority of employees said they would begin their hunt on the first Monday of the New Year. In fact 42 per cent of people were planning to look for a new job in January. […] 1

    Will this be the busiest recruitment day of the year 2011?

    Posted on January 3, 2011
    Yes, at least according to a 2007 survey of 1,500 UK employees, by jobboard Jobsite. The majority of employees said they would begin their hunt on the first Monday of the New Year. In fact 42 per cent of people were planning to look for a new job in January. […]

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  • Did you know 4.0 (September 2009) 1

    Video series: Did you know?

    Posted on January 1, 2011
    Did you know 4.0 (September 2009)

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  • At the end of the year we tend to look back in the past. I’ve found an old presentation in my archives about online social networking and LinkedIn in my archives. This presentation was given to the European Recruitment Team of Bearingpoint in September 2004. An interesting look back in […] 3

    My LinkedIn training and presentation in 2004 (!)

    Posted on December 30, 2010
    At the end of the year we tend to look back in the past. I’ve found an old presentation in my archives about online social networking and LinkedIn in my archives. This presentation was given to the European Recruitment Team of Bearingpoint in September 2004. An interesting look back in […]

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  • Although there are many research reports on social networking, most of them are commercial. Good unbiased research is hard to find but the survey from PEW is strong. Read this report if you recruit globally and are making strategic employer branding plans for 2011: 1

    Technology Report: Worldwide usage of Social networking and Cell phones

    Posted on December 29, 2010
    Although there are many research reports on social networking, most of them are commercial. Good unbiased research is hard to find but the survey from PEW is strong. Read this report if you recruit globally and are making strategic employer branding plans for 2011:

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  • …and happy holiday wishes from Jacco Valkenburg and Aaltje Vincent! 0

    Happy holidays from LinkedIn

    Posted on December 22, 2010
    …and happy holiday wishes from Jacco Valkenburg and Aaltje Vincent!

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  • When you conduct a People (Advanced) Search it’s often useful to narrow down your search results on a specific industry. For you as a job seeker, it’s useful to search for decision makers in companies that you prefer or to network with people who currently doing your dream job. This […] 3

    Tip: Refine your LinkedIn search on 147 industries

    Posted on December 22, 2010
    When you conduct a People (Advanced) Search it’s often useful to narrow down your search results on a specific industry. For you as a job seeker, it’s useful to search for decision makers in companies that you prefer or to network with people who currently doing your dream job. This […]

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  • Most resumes are standard and boring. Yet there are many who are creative and beautiful. For example this horror resume from Joe Kelso, a 29 year old Creative Specialist and Digital Photographer: This series of creative CVs, or special online profiles, can be found under the blog category “CV’s & […] 0

    Horror Resume 17.0

    Posted on December 10, 2010
    Most resumes are standard and boring. Yet there are many who are creative and beautiful. For example this horror resume from Joe Kelso, a 29 year old Creative Specialist and Digital Photographer: This series of creative CVs, or special online profiles, can be found under the blog category “CV’s & […]

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  • Newsweek has launched a Career Tree tool, based on LinkedIn API, that traces the branches of your education and work life, and lets you connect with others who share similar paths. Every addition causes your tree to grow a new branch so the bigger the career, the bigger the tree. […] 0

    Build Your Career Tree Today

    Posted on November 22, 2010
    Newsweek has launched a Career Tree tool, based on LinkedIn API, that traces the branches of your education and work life, and lets you connect with others who share similar paths. Every addition causes your tree to grow a new branch so the bigger the career, the bigger the tree. […]

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  • I’m very proud to launch the World’s First* recruitment related website build 100% in HTML5; www.recruit2.com HTML5 is the next major revision of the HTML standard, currently under development. Like its immediate predecessors, HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.1, HTML5 is a standard for structuring and presenting content on the World […] 0

    Launching World’s First HTML5 Recruitment Website

    Posted on November 19, 2010
    I’m very proud to launch the World’s First* recruitment related website build 100% in HTML5; www.recruit2.com HTML5 is the next major revision of the HTML standard, currently under development. Like its immediate predecessors, HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.1, HTML5 is a standard for structuring and presenting content on the World […]

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