Trends & innovation Archive

  • The increasing use of social media by recruiters, direct hiring firms and jobseekers is having a profound impact on how people find jobs and jobs find people. Indeed,the recent successes of social media technologies like BranchOut and Glassdoor have added further weight behind the notion that social media will eventually […] 0

    JobVidi – A new approach to social recruitment?

    The increasing use of social media by recruiters, direct hiring firms and jobseekers is having a profound impact on how people find jobs and jobs find people. Indeed,the recent successes of social media technologies like BranchOut and Glassdoor have added further weight behind the notion that social media will eventually […]

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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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  • Rapidly growing Mobile Internet usage surpassed Desktop Internet usage in May 2012, in India. 1

    This is why Mobile Recruitment Matters

    Rapidly growing Mobile Internet usage surpassed Desktop Internet usage in May 2012, in India.

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  • You are most likely using social media for recruiting. And, according to many surveys, you are probably also using it for pre-screening applicants. But are you also using it for the selection of candidates? Digital Advertising Agency R/GA wanted to try a new kind of job interview: The Social Interview. […] 0

    Selection 2.0: The Social Interview Case Study

    You are most likely using social media for recruiting. And, according to many surveys, you are probably also using it for pre-screening applicants. But are you also using it for the selection of candidates? Digital Advertising Agency R/GA wanted to try a new kind of job interview: The Social Interview. […]

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  • Today LinkedIn announced during Talent Connect 2011, LinkedIn’s second annual Recruiting Solutions customer conference, LinkedIn Talent Pipeline. This promises to be “a powerful new solution to help companies more quickly and efficiently recruit top talent.  LinkedIn Talent Pipeline enables recruiters to create a single place to grow, track and stay […] 0

    BREAKING: LinkedIn Talent Pipeline to manage your sourcing activities

    Today LinkedIn announced during Talent Connect 2011, LinkedIn’s second annual Recruiting Solutions customer conference, LinkedIn Talent Pipeline. This promises to be “a powerful new solution to help companies more quickly and efficiently recruit top talent.  LinkedIn Talent Pipeline enables recruiters to create a single place to grow, track and stay […]

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  • In the past three articles I’ve described the latest 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 reviewed. The implications of mobile devices and the required actions for HR / Recruitment Managers were […] 1

    12 Mobile Recruitment Applications (part 4)

    In the past three articles I’ve described the latest 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 reviewed. The implications of mobile devices and the required actions for HR / Recruitment Managers were […]

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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

    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

    “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)

    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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  • If you are living in the USA you are probably aware of Monster new semantic search engine called 6Sense aka Power Resume Search for Recruiters or Job Search for candidates. This new way of searching through the Monster database will be available in other countries soon. It’s a new concept-matching […] 0

    6Sense from Monster explained [VIDEO]

    If you are living in the USA you are probably aware of Monster new semantic search engine called 6Sense aka Power Resume Search for Recruiters or Job Search for candidates. This new way of searching through the Monster database will be available in other countries soon. It’s a new concept-matching […]

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