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ATS, Job Board and Video Interviewing Vendors Beware: You’re Being Disrupted!

This is an unusual article. Not necessarily in terms of the content but because of who it’s written by. If my predictions come true, the entire tech market selling into the recruitment space could be put out of business within 15 years and since my company makes a product for that market, essentially I’m predicting…

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Using Twitter to Recruit: Direct Messages for All

Are you one of the people using the 11th most surfed site in the world? Are you using it to recruit? How do you find the speed, volume of content and noise of the community? How accessible has it made you? Are you an average user spending 9:28 minutes per day on it, looking at,…

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10 Steps to Quitting Your Job to Start a Business

The grass is always greener. As an employee, you hold a single position and, in exchange for your work, you are paid a salary every two weeks. The downside is that many organizations hire weak leadership, provide almost no chance for amassing wealth, and stifle creativity. On the other hand, if you were to quit your…

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How to Hire International Candidates [3 Tech Solutions]

Hiring someone out of town or out of the country presents its own unique set of challenges. You need to find a way to personally connect with a candidate without spending an arm and a leg. You need to be sure that, once hired, the candidate will actually pull up stakes and move to your…

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What is the True Role of Social Media in Hiring?

The rise of the internet, and particularly the rapidly-growing popularity of social media, has transformed the way employers and job seekers communicate and more recently, the way the recruitment process works in general. In the past, sourcing candidates with the right qualifications, experience and cultural fit was a complicated and time consuming process, which is…