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How Insurance Giant Aon Uses Social Media to Recruit

Here’s an interview Jorgen Sundberg of Link Humans did with Bryan Chaney, who is the global social media strategy manager at the global re-insurance company Aon. We discussed the recruitment challenges they are facing and how social media is increasingly helping the company acquire the best talent. From which social networks Bryan finds useful for recruitment…

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Talent Acquisition

The Evolution of Recruitment Software

More and more applicants are searching for jobs through their social media connections, which has given rise to a networking evolution and the ever-increasing need to have a recruiting technology that adapts to the social media era. Take a few moments to look at some of the greatest innovations in recruiting over the past 20…

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Employer Branding

How Julius Caesar Invented Employee Referrals

From leaders Julius Caesar to smart HR departments, there has always been a need for recruitment. Our friends at Zartis have had a look at how employee referrals came about (the Roman legion), when headhunting got popular in Borneo, how press gangs forces civilians into working on navy ships and then the dawn of agency…

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Workplace

The Do’s and Don’ts of Professional Networking

The ability to network is not an innate, God-given quality. It is simply the process of developing mutually gratifying/advantageous relationships with like-minded people and businesses and, more importantly, can be learned, honed, and developed. Networking is a marketing tool; crucial to the success of you and your business that can take a variety of different…

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Workplace

How Graduates Can Make the Most of LinkedIn and Twitter

“77% of recruiters suggest that they would run an online search for the candidate” “Only 29% students use social networking sites to promote themselves” The UK economy is set to go into a double dip recession (BBC, 2012), as the market shrinks by 0.2%. Although this is set to be revised at least twice, this…

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Talent Acquisition Timebound

How Agency Recruiters Can Use LinkedIn [SLIDES]

Here’s a LinkedIn for recruitment agency briefing delivered by Link Humans in London last week at an APSCo and M Squared event. The brief was to talk about the bigger picture as in stats, why people use LinkedIn, the future AND to throw in some tips and tricks there. If you are interested in learning more about…

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Employer Branding

How the Swedish Army Uses Social Media to Recruit

The Swedish Armed Forces are very keen on using social media to drive recruitment. They have used Facebook for recruitment for years and they have been experimenting with some very creative recruitment campaigns. This campaign was all about making a difference. The title was “Who cares?” and it aimed to see who would be keen…

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Workplace

Top 7 Ways to Improve Your Resume While Employed

It’s a competitive job market out there. When you apply for a job, no matter how qualified you are for the new position, it’s absolutely imperative that your resume stands out from the crowd. After all, it’s your resume that will get you noticed out of a stack of resumes on a future employer’s desk.…

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Employer Branding Workplace

The Most Common AND Uncommon Interview Questions

Here are your essential parts and pieces to impressing your future employer, thanks to this infographic from our pals at HighestPayingCareers.org. Do you have any others? Let us know in the comments below! Takeaways: 65% of bosses say the dress could be the deciding factor between two similar candidates The average interview is approximately 40…