People are using location-based phone applications more regularly now; for check-ins, offers and special events. FourSquare is an app that uses the location services on a smart phone to check people into to nearby registered places, with the ability for users to become ‘Mayors’ and collect special offers. This freely available data is a great…
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Hope everyone has stayed safe as many of us deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the possibility of another storm this week. I live in northern NJ and can speak from personal experience how the Hurricane is impacting our daily lives. It can be challenging to think of maintaining business relationships when there…
This year, Link Humans partnered with LinkedIn to run the ‘Profile Makeover’ booth at the annual Talent Connect Europe 2012 event. The three of us (Laurence, Jorgen and Laurent over from Paris especially), had over a hundred people coming for profile makeovers, including some of the keynote speakers. Almost all of our attendees were part of…
n 23 October we partnered up with LinkedIn to man their Profile Makeover booth at the annual Talent Connect conference in London. The three of us (Laurence, Jorgen and Laurent over from Paris especially), had over a hundred people coming for profile makeovers, including some of the keynote speakers. Almost all of our attendees were…
How do recruiters and HR professionals in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia use social media? Thanks to AMS and Chapman Consulting Group for this infographic of the use of social media in HR and recruitment in Asia Pacific. Takeaways: 100% of HR and communications workers in Asia Pacific utilise social media – compared to 78% of…
Social sharing is an art – it needs to be done just right for something to go viral and for the hits to start rolling in. This infographic from Venturebeat and Compendium explains what works for social sharing. Takeaways: The social media message needs to be the ideal length – for B2B on LinkedIn ideal length is 16-25…
Facebook better than LinkedIn for recruitment? Never surely?! Well, it’s time for another social job seeker study from our friends at Jobvite who have surveyed 2,108 adults, 1,266 of them were in jobs, on how they feel about their careers. Jobseekers in 2012 clearly understand the importance of social networking when it comes to connecting…
TalentBin, founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, describes themselves as finding “all the wonderful things candidates do across the entire social web”, then combining them all together into a “one-stop search stop for talent pros to find candidates and reach out”. TalentBin takes information from people’s Facebook profiles, Twitter profiles and LinkedIn profiles…
Have you noticed how it is getting easier and easier to find people online? Nowadays you can find Java developers on GitHub, accountants on LinkedIn, journalists on Twitter and your neighbour’s cat on Facebook. Everyone is leaving an online footprint somewhere, whether it’s actively pushing content out on Google Plus or just being listed for…