In the 1985 Robert Zemeckis’ classic Back to the Future, Marty McFly saved George McFly from being hit by an oncoming car which set a tailwind of strange … Read more
LinkedIn Closes at $9 Billion on its First Day: Is it Really Worth 5 Times More Than Monster?
Wall Street investors who were bidding up LinkedIn faster than the last seconds of a hot eBay auction pushed the company’s value to $9 billion. Not bad for … Read more
SourceCon Heads West
We’ve know we’ve teased you long enough — and we are happy to share with you that registration for SourceCon’s fall conference is … Read more
Looking Past the “BQs” – An In-depth Look at Resume Review
Sometimes, recruiters bypass even the best and most qualified candidates when they are looking to fill an open position. Why is this? Most of the time, … Read more
FellowUp With Your Social Network Connections
How many times do you make a professional connection on LinkedIn or Facebook, only to forget about following up or staying in touch? Granted, if we are … Read more
Recruitment Drives LinkedIn Revenue as Company Nears IPO
Next week, when LinkedIn is likely to begin offering its stock for sale, the 8-year-old company could find itself worth $3.3 billion. According to filings … Read more
LinkedIn Hack: TextIn
Back in mid-April, an interesting “hack” was revealed on LinkedIn, created by Sudeep Yegnashankaran, a software engineer on the LinkedIn Mobile … Read more
Ask Not What Social Networking Can Do For You…
…but rather what you can do with Social Networking. Very simple and straight forward isn’t it? A lot of time as a sourcer OR a recruiter, you wonder … Read more
Sourcing 101: How To Fabricate an Email Address
Let’s say you wanted to reconnect with an old client you haven’t spoken with in a while. You know she doesn’t like speaking on the phone, you’re not … Read more
Did Apple Mastermind Anti-Poaching Deal? Lawsuit Says it Did
The other shoe is dropping in last year’s anti-poaching case the U.S. Department of Justice brought against six big-name tech firms, and it is … Read more