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How to Use the Holiday Season to Network for Jobs

December can be one of the best times to network and look for your next opportunity for several reasons: Fewer people are looking for their next opportunity because they assume it’s not a good time to do so. People tend to be in a better frame of mind. There are many social gatherings that can…

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How to Do the Perfect LinkedIn Status Update

Have you ever wanted to post a perfect LinkedIn status update on your company page that gains a high level of engagement? In this video we outline the important parts which can help it do just that (some of these work for your personal status updates too!) – you can follow our LinkedIn company page…

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Recruiters: How to Survive the Holidays

I wanted to offer some advice to you all in what is usually a hectic, stressful, waist-fattening time of year for us all. However, for recruiters, it can be a poisoned chalice, can’t it? The sound of Christmas songs in the shops and flashy lights on the high street can mean a slow down in activity as…

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Should Recruiters Use Klout?

A little while ago, there was a lot of chatter in the blogosphere when the CEO of Klout, a social media analytical tool which attempts to measure ‘influence’, tweeted a Salesforce job post that required a Klout score of 35 or above. This kicked off a debate about whether a Klout score is a useful…

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LinkedIn: The Facts and Figures [INFOGRAPHIC]

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional social network and a fantastic place to find a job or to recruit. Here are the facts and figures you need to know, courtesy of Website Monitoring. Takeaways: LinkedIn has 187,000,000 members in 200 territories – with 2 members signing up every second. There are over 1,000,000 LinkedIn groups…