This infographic by Stephens Scown shows results highlighting that employment in the UK continues to be driven by small and medium enterprises (SMES). However, getting employment wrong can be very costly – see why below. Takeaways: SMEs employ 59.1% of people in the UK. 72% of businesses say that their main recruitment difficulty is lack…
Category: Timebound
For most recruiters these days, it’s important to maintain at least a LinkedIn or Twitter presence. However there is no doubt that managing multiple ACTIVE social media accounts is time consuming. Sharing open jobs across different sites with regular updates can often take so much time that there’s not enough opportunity to engage and talk to…
Foursquare is a firm favourite here at the Undercover Recruiter. I’ve already shown you how to use Foursquare for recruitment, and I wanted to fight in defence of the app after recent criticisms. Takeaways Gamification: Foursquare is a great example of gamification – with points and mayorships. Safe: Foursquare is not stalkerish and is safe – as you…
LinkedIn Endorsements – you either love them or hate them. Over 1 billion have now been given, and this infographic (courtesy of LinkedIn themselves) shows the breakdown. Takeaways: Since the launch of the feature, members have given over 50 million endorsements per week. More than 18 million people have endorsed other users, and over 58…
For a significant amount of money, there’s a raft of social media monitoring/listening tools that are currently available. However, if you are a small brand with a limited budget, what options are available to you? Outlined below are several free online monitoring tools available in the market. What exactly does social media or brand monitoring entail?…
Dublin punches above its weight in attracting global tech giants. Microsoft, Intel, Symantec and Oracle are all well-established for years. More recently Internet giants including Twitter, Facebook and Google have made the city their European HQ. This cluster effect creates economic and social benefits that are well-documented. But for the growth to continue one key ingredient is…
Love them? Hate them? LinkedIn Endorsements were launched in September 2012 and 3 months after the launch users had given 550 million Endorsements, growing by 10 million per day. So the Endorsement feature is here to stay, the question is really how do you maximise Endorsements? I decided to ask the most connected woman on…
Have you got the email yet? I haven’t but I have got 20 odd emails from confused people wondering if this email from LinkedIn is a big phishing scam or just a great marketing ploy. First of all, the email is legit as far as we know. If this were a phishing campaign we would…
LinkedIn recently hit 200 million members globally which was a great achievement for the world’s largest professional social network. But questions remain, such as “how many members live in Brazil?” and “which currently serving US president has the most visited LinkedIn profile?” and perhaps most frequently asked, “what is the most common first name of…