I follow a number of recruiting blogs as well as many sourcers and recruiters on Twitter and I see a growing trend of job board bashing – typically … Read more
LinkedIn and Third-Party Recruiters
I received the following email recently, forwarded from Jeff Allen (Jeff’s On Call!) by an upset recruiter: Hi Jeff, I’m a fan of yours and a … Read more
Boolean in Disguise: LinkedIn Recruiter’s Cure for the Common Boolean Blues
Boolean in Disguise is a prescription for easing the pain some experience when wrestling with Boolean strings. The Rx consists of a way of formulating and … Read more
Sourcing 101: Finding Target Organisations, Part 1
Over the next few weeks I will be running a Finding Target Organisations series. A good way to start identifying potential target organisations is by first … Read more
Solved! The Case of the Questionable Quotation Marks
In a previous article entitled “Boolean Beware: The Case of the Questionable Question Marks,” the case was brought forth as to why, when searching both the … Read more
LinkedIn’s Wild IPO: 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
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
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