Jobmagic has joined the growing number of vendors offering social media recruiting tools. The company, the successor to job-match provider Vitruva, … Read more
Privacy, Transparency Being Addressed By New Facebook Sourcing Tool
I had an informative, and reassuring conversation this morning with the founder and head of BranchOut, a Facebook app that I wrote about yesterday, which … Read more
New Game for Job Candidates Calls Facebook Home
Games, case-study quizzes, and simulations online aren’t new: the Army poured millions into a game, and the not-for-profit MITRE built one, too. But … Read more
Where Do Your “Friends” Work? BranchOut Can Help
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
Hundreds of Comments Flood in as .Jobs Comments Close
If the sheer number of comments decided the matter, the proposal to expand the use of .jobs addresses would be DOA. In the week since opponents of the plan … Read more
The Case For Job Boards, Strong Employment Brands, and Privacy on LinkedIn
We’re about halfway through our contest looking for the best blog posts from the ERE community in the month of July (still plenty of time to try your … Read more
Google Acquires Metaweb
Google announced today that it has acquired Metaweb Technologies, a company based in San Francisco that developed Freebase, an “open, shared database … Read more
Employees Want Stability, Money
“Give me a job, give me security, give me a chance to survive. I’m just a poor soul in the unemployment line. My God I’m hardly … Read more
Business Intelligence Is Talent Management’s New Mantra
Taleo officially joins the ranks of the repositioned today, declaring that its “next era of talent management” shall henceforth be known as … Read more
.Jobs Comments Flooding In As Comment Deadline Nears
With only one day left in the public comment period, the blitz promised by opponents of the .jobs expansion plan is all but overwhelming the proponents. … Read more