Here’s a question I bet didn’t come up at the Social Recruiting Summit on Monday: Should I add my boss as a Facebook friend? What prompted this … Read more
Recruiters’ Role as We Emerge from the Recession
Unemployment is an ugly thing. It not only injures people financially, but socially and emotionally. I was reading a fascinating article by Arthur Brooks … Read more
Cytiva Grows Revenue In 1st Quarter; Reduces Loss
Bucking an industry trend caused by the recession, Cytiva Software, maker of the SonicRecruit line of talent management software, has posted a … Read more
Apollo 11: Rocket Science and the Future of Hiring
We are approaching the 40th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission in which the world witnessed the first human to walk on the moon. This event was … Read more
Reid Hoffman: Recruiters Will Need to Adapt
The recruiting profession, just beginning its use of social media, will be among a handful of professions that will need to quickly adapt to the big … Read more
Play Claydough And Win $100
We interrupt today’s wall-to-wall social media coverage to bring you this bit about something old school in the way of promotion: The human … Read more
LinkedIn Sourcing Now Faster Than a Speeding Boolean
LinkedIn became easier to use last week, quietly introducing a new user interface for Boolean-challenged recruiters that we suspect even top-tier sourcers … Read more
Recruiting’s Smart Experiment With Social Media
As the summer’s gathering of social-media-using recruiters kicks off at Google’s headquarters in Silicon Valley, recruiters at DaVita, KPMG, CO-OP … Read more
Recruiters Amping Up Interest In Social Media
ERE’s first Social Recruiting Summit gets underway Monday, appropriately enough, at Google world headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley. That … Read more
Kenexa Faces Claim it Mislead Investors
A class action suit has been filed against Kenexa alleging the HR technology provider and RPO firm mislead investors in 2007 by not disclosing problems it … Read more