Jobvite, the company that helps recruiters tap the referral power of employees’ social networks, got a $15 million injection of new capital that it … 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
Three Ways to Make Mobile Work for Your Employee Benefits
There’s so much excitement about mobile phones and mobile apps. And, rightfully so. Mobile devices are closing the gaps in under-served demographics faster … 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
The Sourcer’s Playbook: Planet Google
Google is slowly taking over the planet, one product at a time. Google can practically run your staffing department with its products, if you want it to. … Read more
Are You Are Becoming A Technology Dinosaur?
Technology is evolving at the fastest rate in recorded history, and tools relevant to recruiters are not exempt. Every day a new piece of hardware, … Read more
The Sourcing Bull’s-Eye – Are You Using Your Resources or Wasting Money?
Whether or not you want to admit it, we all use some paid resources for our recruiting efforts. This could include any of the following products: job … Read more
Turn Post and Pray into Post and Placement
I often run across criticism of the recruiting practice dubbed “Post and Pray,” the method of posting online job ads with the hopes the right candidates … Read more
Boolean Beware: The Case of the Questionable Quotation Marks
As a recruiter I rely heavily on writing Boolean search strings. This has served me well over the last twelve years, so whenever I find a search string … Read more
ERP Provider Lawson Going Private in Purchase by Equity Firm
Lawson Software, provider of a wide variety of business management programs including enterprise human capital management, will be acquired by … Read more