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

  • LinkedIn is working on a re-design of Company Profile pages. It includes rich information about a company, including new hires, employees, recent tweets, activities, news articles and insightful statistics based on LinkedIn user profiles. Currently 60% of the Fortune 100 companies are using the professional LinkedIn Recruiter products. These companies […] 1

    New LinkedIn Company Profiles (Beta)

    Posted on September 17, 2010
    LinkedIn is working on a re-design of Company Profile pages. It includes rich information about a company, including new hires, employees, recent tweets, activities, news articles and insightful statistics based on LinkedIn user profiles. Currently 60% of the Fortune 100 companies are using the professional LinkedIn Recruiter products. These companies […]

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  • At the truManchester unconference last week I lead, together with Mark Williams, two 2 tracks about LinkedIn. During both tracks the usage and penetration (i.e. the percent of Internet users visiting the site) of LinkedIn was discussed. I knew that the Dutch are world champion in LinkedIn but it’s always […] 3

    Who are the most active users on LinkedIn.com?

    Posted on September 13, 2010
    At the truManchester unconference last week I lead, together with Mark Williams, two 2 tracks about LinkedIn. During both tracks the usage and penetration (i.e. the percent of Internet users visiting the site) of LinkedIn was discussed. I knew that the Dutch are world champion in LinkedIn but it’s always […]

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  • Recruiters and Hiring Managers have a few options for advertising jobs on the LinkedIn network: Using status updates. Your direct connections will see this update on their homepage. Post jobs in LinkedIn groups you are member of. Promote jobs via the LinkedIn profile i.e. write in your profile headline or […] 0

    LinkedIn finally got all the functionality of a Job Board, and more

    Posted on September 9, 2010
    Recruiters and Hiring Managers have a few options for advertising jobs on the LinkedIn network: Using status updates. Your direct connections will see this update on their homepage. Post jobs in LinkedIn groups you are member of. Promote jobs via the LinkedIn profile i.e. write in your profile headline or […]

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  • Most resumes are standard and boring, yet there are many who are creative and beautiful. Or should I say creative with doodles… In any case, here is the resume of Veon Watson, a Junior Art Director in New York: This series of creative CVs, or special online profiles, can be […] 0

    A creative CV with doodles 15.0

    Posted on September 7, 2010
    Most resumes are standard and boring, yet there are many who are creative and beautiful. Or should I say creative with doodles… In any case, here is the resume of Veon Watson, a Junior Art Director in New York: This series of creative CVs, or special online profiles, can be […]

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  • We are very happy to release a new iPhone / iPad App with the latest news, tips and tricks for job seekers from career coaches and recruiters around the world. This App is aimed at English, Dutch and German readers and contains many references to online career sources. It also […] 0

    Now available! Free iPhone App for Job Seekers and Career Coaches

    Posted on September 6, 2010
    We are very happy to release a new iPhone / iPad App with the latest news, tips and tricks for job seekers from career coaches and recruiters around the world. This App is aimed at English, Dutch and German readers and contains many references to online career sources. It also […]

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    How to Use LinkedIn to Find a New Job explained in 3.12 minutes

    Posted on September 3, 2010
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  • Do you remember the time when… 0

    Before the internet was born

    Posted on August 27, 2010
    Do you remember the time when…

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  • LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, today announced two million members in the Netherlands, putting the total of Dutch professionals now on the site at more than 50%. The Netherlands is the network’s most engaged market worldwide including more than 32.000 Dutch LinkedIn Groups. By joining groups, Dutch professionals are […] 0

    Half of Dutch professionals join LinkedIn: 2 Million Members

    Posted on August 25, 2010
    LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, today announced two million members in the Netherlands, putting the total of Dutch professionals now on the site at more than 50%. The Netherlands is the network’s most engaged market worldwide including more than 32.000 Dutch LinkedIn Groups. By joining groups, Dutch professionals are […]

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