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Topical recruitment 2.0 issues, news, and interesting links from NZ and overseas - refreshed daily (or thereabouts)

6 October 2008:

Reverse marketing on Facebook.  See here and here  

17 September 2008:

Asia Pacific Lags Behind in Recruitment-based Social Networking

16 September 2008:

When a recruitment video back fires - check out this - unfortunately the video has been taken down - read to the end of the comments section to see how it all panned out.

2 September 2008:

LinkedIn has added the ability to communicate (eg initiate discussions) with members of LinkedIn Groups.  This is a feature that employers and recruiters should consider in their sourcing endeavours.

25 August 2008:

Don't shoot the messenger, but these sort of evaluate recruiter sites are turning up everywhere (eg1).  Or these ones that just discredit recruiters (eg2).  There's always the risk of a candidate just being peeved for being unsuccessful.  Is there a propensity for a negative skew?

22 August 2008: 

LinkedIn just released their "own" iPhone app - great if you are at a conference or business meeting - makes business cards (and even the dear old CV) seem a bit redundant.  The address book integration is fantastic!

15 August 2008: 

LinkedIn warns social networkers about dangers of 'frolleagues'.

13 August 2008: 

This out-of-the-box careers site platform called Standout Jobs is getting some good press.

6 August 2008: 

What are the Big Trends in Recruiting for 2009?  I personally believe that everybody was talking about Dr John Sullivan's sentiments a year ago.  What's missing off this list?

Aggregator sites vs job boards - some interesting patterns from the USA - they pose the question, what would happen if job boards became obsolete?

22 July 2008:

Quite a lot of buzz in the blogosphere about video interviewing (eg) and video CVs (eg).

14 July 2008:

Is this where recruitment technology will head?  Voice analysis? Are CVs redundant?

Urgent Career from Urgent Matt on Vimeo.

 

Got a candidate's email address - check out what they have been up to across the web ... Spokeo HR launched last week.

9 July 2008:

Facebook ban could lead to staff exodus - 38% of survey respondents said they will leave if their employer banned Facebook and YouTube - is employee retention important to you?

8 July 2008:

"A brand was what candidates and staff said it was, not what the employer wanted it to be"      Kellie Tomney, St George Bank Australia, executive manager recruitment and branding strategy speaking at the Retention and Succession Summit in Sydney recently.  An important mindshift!

7 ways sites drive away recruits - some excellent tips to improve a corporate careers site

7 July 2008:

Online Recruitment Survey Results  - check out questions 8 and 14 - time to rethink the job board pricing model?

1 July 2008:

Reverse Mentoring by Generation Y'ers - a good idea!?

Yell launches first recruitment gadget ad in the UK - the question is, will this be effective?