Social technology is one of the hottest trends in talent management. Organizations are seeking ways to harness social technology to spark innovation and motivate employees but many have yet to fully embrace it. Social platforms and networks have already started to emerge in all facets of talent management but this survey from Silk Road found…
I’ve got a secret. When I left university, I didn’t know what to do with my career, so I became a recruitment consultant. I’d only turned up to register for temporary work and they offered me a job which my student overdraft couldn’t turn down. When I joined this large recruitment firm, which shall remain…
What are the weirdest interview questions you ever heard? Here’s a compilation from our great friends at Jobs Today including some good comebacks. Classic weird interview questions: How many times in one day do a clock’s hands overlap? Why are manhole covers round? What’s the connection between Turkey and Turkmenistan? If you were an animal, what…
Google Plus has got more and more useful for me personally; great user interface, it’s dead simple to share stuff and to keep conversations going there. And it’s useful for sourcing candidates, especially tech talent. Is it a serious contender to Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn? Don’t know yet, but it’s definitely worth testing out. Guy…
Here’s a quick video from technology job board Dice listing 13 social media facts and 7+ benefits of social recruiting. Main takeaways for me here were: 85% of tech professionals use Facebook and 41% use Twitter In January 2012, users spent on average 405 minutes on Facebook 30% of Twitter’s audience make more than $100k…
Ever heard of SlideShare? It’s a site that hosts your slide decks from Powerpoint or Keynote. It’s one of those great content marketing platforms most people have never heard of, let alone recruiters. Some impressive stats first of all: SlideShare is one of the top 150 sites on the web, they get 60 million visitors…
Companies like social media for brand promotion but are hesitant about employee use. Sound familiar? On the one hand, social media and indeed social recruiting can be a fantastic way to save money. On the other hand, there is of course a risk that employees spend too much time on Pinterest when they should be…
Everyone needs inspiration – especially when it comes to jobs. Here are the best career quotes of all time. What’s your favorite career quote? Please let us know in the comments below! A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does…
Just how important is your resume? The answer, depending on whether you ask an employer, a career search professional, or someone recently hired, can range from almost irrelevant, to a matter of career life or death. In any case, you want it to optimize it so that it helps with the networking that obtains most…