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

  • On Friday 30 June 2012, LinkedIn announced that Twitter no longer supports a full integration with their platform i.e. it’s no longer possible to update your LinkedIn status via Twitter. The idea behind this new strategy, according to Twitter, is about “delivering a consistent Twitter experience”. In other words, they […] 1

    Twitter breaks up with LinkedIn. The beginning of the end of Twitter?

    On Friday 30 June 2012, LinkedIn announced that Twitter no longer supports a full integration with their platform i.e. it’s no longer possible to update your LinkedIn status via Twitter. The idea behind this new strategy, according to Twitter, is about “delivering a consistent Twitter experience”. In other words, they […]

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  • Only in the USA… 0

    Employers demand Facebook passwords [CARTOON]

    Only in the USA…

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  • In this report, Broadbean (a provider of recruitment advert posting and candidate response tracking technology) have taken both a macro and industry-specific view of what they saw happen in the UK recruitment market during 2011. Looking back, it is clear that 2011 was the year in which the depth and […] 0

    UK Recruitment Trends Report 2011

    In this report, Broadbean (a provider of recruitment advert posting and candidate response tracking technology) have taken both a macro and industry-specific view of what they saw happen in the UK recruitment market during 2011. Looking back, it is clear that 2011 was the year in which the depth and […]

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  • Despite a general softening trend from 12 months ago, employers in most labor markets report varying degrees of positive hiring activity for the third quarter. According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey of global hiring trends released today, hiring activity is expected to slow from last year at this time […] 0

    Report: Hiring expectations of 41 countries and territories Q3-2012

    Despite a general softening trend from 12 months ago, employers in most labor markets report varying degrees of positive hiring activity for the third quarter. According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey of global hiring trends released today, hiring activity is expected to slow from last year at this time […]

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  • Do you really care about other people? Would you give up your freedom to help others? Would you enter a room not knowing when you might get out? Tough questions to answers. Who cares? is a controversial, almost creepy, ambient interactive project that challenged the Swedish to prove if they […] 0

    Swedish Armed Forces: Who Cares?

    Do you really care about other people? Would you give up your freedom to help others? Would you enter a room not knowing when you might get out? Tough questions to answers. Who cares? is a controversial, almost creepy, ambient interactive project that challenged the Swedish to prove if they […]

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  • Most resumes are standard and boring. Yet there are many who are creative and beautiful. For example this resume from Naomi Gatt, a graphic designer in Malta. This series of creative CVs, or special online profiles, can be found under the blog category “CV’s & profiles“. 0

    Creative Graphic Design Resume 21.0

    Most resumes are standard and boring. Yet there are many who are creative and beautiful. For example this resume from Naomi Gatt, a graphic designer in Malta. This series of creative CVs, or special online profiles, can be found under the blog category “CV’s & profiles“.

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  • I really enjoy creative guerrilla marketing techniques in Recruitment. The next case comes from Jung von Matt who were looking for Art Directors. To find them they used Trojan horses: 15 well-known photographers. They show their work regularly to the best creative agencies. So they integrated small job ads in […] 1

    Trojan Recruiting

    I really enjoy creative guerrilla marketing techniques in Recruitment. The next case comes from Jung von Matt who were looking for Art Directors. To find them they used Trojan horses: 15 well-known photographers. They show their work regularly to the best creative agencies. So they integrated small job ads in […]

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  • Congratulations of being part of a 100.000 members LinkedIn group! On January 26, 2008, the Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals Group was created to provide a platform for Recruiters with quality contacts, jobs and discussions. It was not the first Recruitment/Recruiter group but soon after a few industry leaders, like […] 1

    Connecting 100,000 Recruitment Consultants [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Congratulations of being part of a 100.000 members LinkedIn group! On January 26, 2008, the Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals Group was created to provide a platform for Recruiters with quality contacts, jobs and discussions. It was not the first Recruitment/Recruiter group but soon after a few industry leaders, like […]

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  • ManpowerGroup surveyed nearly 40,000 employers across 41 countries and territories as part of its annual Talent Shortage Survey. Globally, 34 percent of employers say they are having difficulty filling positions, the three most challenging of which are Skilled Trades, Engineers and Sales Representatives. The reasons most often cited are lack […] 5

    Top 10 jobs employers are having difficulty filling in 2012

    ManpowerGroup surveyed nearly 40,000 employers across 41 countries and territories as part of its annual Talent Shortage Survey. Globally, 34 percent of employers say they are having difficulty filling positions, the three most challenging of which are Skilled Trades, Engineers and Sales Representatives. The reasons most often cited are lack […]

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