Want to get your friends to help you raid a company? There’s an app for that. Want an introduction to a hiring manager? There’s an app for … Read more
Facebook Apps Cover Both Sides of Recruiting Coin
Hire My Friend to Work For Us. Sorry if that sounds like a weird request, but I just couldn’t resist the verbal mashup of two, sort of new Facebook … Read more
The Social Media Bubble
Lately there have been a lot of keystrokes generated about the social media bubble, starting with a blog post on Harvard Business Review. A bubble suggests … Read more
Employee Referral Programs Using More Social Media
Employee referrals and social recruiting, which already began melding through Jobvite, Cachinko, and other tools, are growing even closer as new vendors … Read more
How Microsoft Does Social Recruiting
How does Microsoft find the talent to do cool things like develop a gaming platform, or perhaps make that platform operate without a controller like … Read more
Beyond Talent Pools: Building Dynamic Communities
Building a social network is only the first step to getting the best candidates. A social network helps you gather potential candidates together and it … Read more
Eight Elements That Get Your Recruitment Message Noticed Among the Social Media Madness
Whether you’re announcing your job postings or announcing your expertise to the world, getting noticed online these days is like being heard while … Read more
Hiring Outlook Is Positive, But Modestly So
At least no one is saying “Prosperity is just around the corner.” After Friday’s dismal jobs report, anyone even hinting that might be so … Read more
Jobvite Offers Free Tool for Distributing and Tracking Job Posts
The last time I wrote about a product I found useful I got worked over pretty well. So you’ll pardon me if I’m little hesitant to say much … Read more
Laundry List Ads, Job Hopping, and Facebook Sourcing
The #socialrecruiting summit was a real blast and we’re looking forward to seeing you at the next one in Seattle (more details coming on that later). … Read more