Recruitment Archive

  • Wow, what a week it was. First I went to TruLondon6, the excellent unconference (un)organised by Bill Boorman, then to LinkedIn Talent Connect and an exclusive lunch meeting with Mike Gamson, SVP Global Solutions and Ariel Eckstein, MD EMEA at LinkedIn. I have enough information to write dozens of articles […] 1

    LinkedIn Talent Connect Europe 2012 Key Takeaways (#intalent)

    Wow, what a week it was. First I went to TruLondon6, the excellent unconference (un)organised by Bill Boorman, then to LinkedIn Talent Connect and an exclusive lunch meeting with Mike Gamson, SVP Global Solutions and Ariel Eckstein, MD EMEA at LinkedIn. I have enough information to write dozens of articles […]

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  • The brand new Mobile Recruitment Conference takes place in London on the 23rd October 2012 featuring the latest case studies and information from leading practitioners and companies. Mobile Is No Longer An Optional Extra Only having your careers and jobs information accessible via a desktop or laptop is no longer […] 0

    Mobile Recruitment Conference – 23rd October 2012 – London

    The brand new Mobile Recruitment Conference takes place in London on the 23rd October 2012 featuring the latest case studies and information from leading practitioners and companies. Mobile Is No Longer An Optional Extra Only having your careers and jobs information accessible via a desktop or laptop is no longer […]

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  • While LinkedIn continues to dominate social recruiting at 93% adoption (up from 87% in 2011 and 78% in 2010), Facebook and Twitter saw bigger growth margins in the past twelve months. 1

    93% of recruiters use social media in 2012, up from 87% in 2011

    While LinkedIn continues to dominate social recruiting at 93% adoption (up from 87% in 2011 and 78% in 2010), Facebook and Twitter saw bigger growth margins in the past twelve months.

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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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  • It’s likely you “fell” into recruitment by chance, according to a popular poll on LinkedIn that was started by Claire Barrow. Two out of three respondents fell into recruitment and only 13% choose it as a career. 0

    How did you end up in recruitment?

    It’s likely you “fell” into recruitment by chance, according to a popular poll on LinkedIn that was started by Claire Barrow. Two out of three respondents fell into recruitment and only 13% choose it as a career.

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  • Corporate recruiters are the sales persons of the HRM department. They are the eyes and ears of the organisation due to their frequent contact with the outside world. However they are often act more like marketers (aimed at generating CVs), buyers (focusing on selection), or administrators (doing logistics). A lot […] 0

    Recruitment is Sales (not Marketing)

    Corporate recruiters are the sales persons of the HRM department. They are the eyes and ears of the organisation due to their frequent contact with the outside world. However they are often act more like marketers (aimed at generating CVs), buyers (focusing on selection), or administrators (doing logistics). A lot […]

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  • To attract staff to IKEA’s mega store in Sydney, a creative agency came up with idea of inserting career instructions placed inside the famous IKEA flat packs. Customers literally delivered the mailer to themselves. They could then also share it with friends and family. 0

    IKEA: Career Instructions [VIDEO]

    To attract staff to IKEA’s mega store in Sydney, a creative agency came up with idea of inserting career instructions placed inside the famous IKEA flat packs. Customers literally delivered the mailer to themselves. They could then also share it with friends and family.

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  • During the LinkedIn Talent Connect conference in Las Vegas last month a panel of recruiting leaders examines the massive shift that is underway in the recruiting business, how you can overcome the challenges of adopting social professional networking, and how the recruiters of tomorrow will make “engagement” the key driver […] 0

    Recruiting in 2015: Industry Leaders on What’s Next

    During the LinkedIn Talent Connect conference in Las Vegas last month a panel of recruiting leaders examines the massive shift that is underway in the recruiting business, how you can overcome the challenges of adopting social professional networking, and how the recruiters of tomorrow will make “engagement” the key driver […]

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  • Launching our Global Recruiting Roundtable WP7 App Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users had to wait a bit longer than iPhone and Android user but they can now download our ‘Recruiters‘ App. Read the latest Employer Branding and Recruitment news and advice at your fingertips.It contains a large collection of expert […] 0

    Recruitment news now also on Windows Phone 7 at your fingertips

    Launching our Global Recruiting Roundtable WP7 App Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users had to wait a bit longer than iPhone and Android user but they can now download our ‘Recruiters‘ App. Read the latest Employer Branding and Recruitment news and advice at your fingertips.It contains a large collection of expert […]

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  • What are the current hot topics in Recruitment? What’s being discussed by HR Managers and Recruitment Consultants? We’ve made a selection from the most popular discussions within the LinkedIn group Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals. This group is dedicated to Recruiters and has almost 70.000 members which makes it one […] 0

    Now on LinkedIn: the most discussed recruitment topics

    What are the current hot topics in Recruitment? What’s being discussed by HR Managers and Recruitment Consultants? We’ve made a selection from the most popular discussions within the LinkedIn group Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals. This group is dedicated to Recruiters and has almost 70.000 members which makes it one […]

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