Build Social Capital to Succeed with Social Media “The Whuffie Factor” is a book about using social networks to build your business. The concept of whuffie … Read more
Referrals Lead; Social Media Thrives; Job Boards Survive as Hiring Source
Job boards are far from dead. For the second consecutive year, internal transfers and promotions were the primary source of hire. A quarter of the … Read more
UPS Says It’s Now Delivering Hires, Not Just Fans and Followers
When we last left off, UPS said that the candidates who were coming its way via Facebook and Twitter were more likely to convert to actual hires than were … Read more
Tweet This
What it takes to get your jobs retweeted Tweeting jobs is an increasingly popular approach to broadcasting jobs. Ideally the jobs are retweeted, increasing … Read more
Glassdoor Gets $12 Million
Glassdoor is $12 million richer this morning, following a third round of venture financing that brings the total for the employer review site to $22.2 … Read more
High-Impact Social Recruiting Errors — The Top 30 to Avoid
Using social media to support recruiting efforts is justifiably a hot topic. Social media tools are one of the top three most powerful recruiting tools, … Read more
How Social Media Hurts Recruiting and What to Do About It (Part III)
This is the final piece in a 3-part series exploring the negative impacts that social media is having on recruiting departments across the world, and … Read more
In Wide-ranging Q&A, Monster CEO Calls Social Media Debate “Waste of Energy”
Friday was a tough day for the world’s stock markets. Rattled by the events in Egypt, investors worried that the upheaval there could worsen, even … Read more
4 Social Media Steps
As I opened up my Twitter log this morning to check out the latest tweets, I was blitzed with an overwhelming amount of social media messaging. It seems … Read more
How Social Media Hurts Recruiting, and What to Do About It (Part II)
In Part 1 of this series, I introduce the argument that in addition to the obvious upsides, substantial negative consequences are also created through … Read more