Online skills tests platform Smarterer describe themselves as a “simple, fun, and authentic way” for people “to show what they know”. Allowing users to take tests and assessments on a variety of subjects and skill areas, Smarterer score correct answers and rank the users. These scores can then be shared on their profiles and on social…
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Big news coming out of the UK; forget the Olympics, the Diamond Jubilee or the Great British Bake Off… LinkedIn have just announced they now have 10 million users in Great Britain. This means 4 out of 5 British professionals are now LinkedIn members. The UK is currently LinkedIn’s third largest member market globally –…
UPDATE: LinkedIn has discontinued all apps, meaning none of these work. — LinkedIn, the most widely-used social recruitment site, provides a directory of applications available for users to add to their profiles. Applications cover a variety of subjects – from creative portfolios, to travel, to blogs – and having already covered the blogging and presentation applications, I…
Have you heard of Identified yet? It is still in its beta stage and purveys itself as a site for ‘Young Professionals’. Identified was launched to the public in November 2011, and topped 1 million members in January of this year. I decided to try it out to see whether it was actually useful in…
Just in case you were thinking of recruiting in China, and doing it via social media, we’ve got the infographic for you today. Our friends at Maximum have put together stats from a big social recruiting survey in China. Top websites in China (how many have you heard of?): Baidu QQ Taobao Sina Google Weibo…
Have a look at this video starring LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner and co-founder Reid Hoffman, looking at new branding for LinkedIn. I haven’t seen any changes to the branding myself just yet but who knows what might happen – I’d go KittenTown personally. Related: LinkedIn Gets a 1980s Makeover [Video]. Image: Shutterstock
Google’s answer to Facebook recently announced 100 million users. While that’s still nowhere near Facebook’s one billion, it clearly has a lot to offer its users – especially those who use other Google services. Unlike Facebook, on Google Plus you can search for users very easily and it is becoming a contender to LinkedIn –…
I was recently interviewed about LinkedIn and Social Recruiting in the Australian version of Men’s Health and as most of our readers live outside Oz (including myself) I thought I’d republish a little bit of the article here. Please note that I only endorse my blog and LinkedIn, the other tips are from Men’s Health.…
Social media is an absolute necessity in these modern times when recruiting new talent. Twitter is an extremely useful tool for posting job opportunities as well as researching applicants. Alongside applications such as Hootsuite (which can post tweets and job posts) and FollowerWonk (which can analyse statistics about potential candidates), here are the top 5…