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LinkedIn announced today on their blog a “follow” feature for company profiles.  In addition to the announcement today, LinkedIn has enabled several features for profiles that are a clear move towards a more social platform.  Check out the entire announcement here. As an example, last week LinkedIn announced an easy way to share news with [...]

We call it the candidate experience.  You call it BS.  We call it employment brand.  You just want respect. The first job board was launched in the early 90′s.  Some experts state there are now more than 40,000 job boards.  Add in publisher networks, blogs, and communities and the number quickly surpasses 100,000.  To me, [...]

It’s the “Ask A Recruiter” series on The Talent Buzz.  This post contains 3 questions from job seekers, along with answers from Recruiters.  Job seekers, click here to ask your question.  Recruiters, click here if you want to assist with answering. Job seeker question on college degrees:

Yesterday CareerOverview.com announced their list of the 50 best blogs for HR wisdom.  CareerOverview states you’ll find a wealth of advice, wisdom and insight in these blogs. Categories highlighted in the list include general HR, Workplace, Technology, Leadership, Legal, Recruiting, and Compensation.  The Talent Buzz was highlighted as one of the top 50. See the [...]

We’re just a week away from the next recruiting conference for twin cities recruiting pro’s.  The event is taking place at Best Buy on Friday, April 30th.  Click here for the registration and for event details. I am looking forward to presenting one of the three sessions, and I will be discussing “Online Recruiting:  What [...]

Written by Alan Plantikow, PHR. Branding. As Talent Acquisition professionals, we live it every day and we fully understand the importance of a strong employment brand. We even preach “personal brand” to job seekers. But how effectively are we communicating this to our hiring leaders, and more importantly, are they listening? Here is an email [...]

An exclusive for The Talent Buzz community, which has not yet been published broadly.  It’s the 2010 Trends in Recruiting Report from LinkedIn. The report is free, and contains some great information on overall trends related to recruiting budgets, passive candidate recruiting and pipelining, the use of social media, and more.

Earlier today CareerBuilder and USA Today distributed their Q2 2010 hiring forecast. The report contains several great statistics, including: The rise of social media The importance of branding and messaging The increase in video usage

by @jjbuss. Calling all job seekers and recruiters! #JobHuntChat started on twitter 2 months ago, and is quickly growing.  You can experience the chat every Monday night at 10 pm EST. I had the opportunity to attend and contribute last night, and would highly recommend this venue.  5 questions were tweeted, follow-up questions were submitted [...]

A simple concept…  You think you found the perfect job online, you’re going to apply, and wait for a Recruiter to call. Right? Not so simple. Job seekers beware of job postings from third party sites.  They’re being referred to in the industry as “job jackers”.  If you remember one thing from this post, remember [...]

We’ve all looked for a job at some point, and have probably wondered what really happens after sumbitting our Resume online? Or, what takes so long? When can I expect to hear something? What are some tips for using LinkedIn? Which social media sites? Or how to more effectively negotiate? Etc… We’ve got the answers!  [...]

The Top 50 HR blogs were announced earlier today from Masters In Human Resources. Categories included were HR Basics, At Work, Leadership, Career Moves, Recruitment, HR Law and Compensation. Blogs were selected based on popularity as well as content / updates.  7 of the 50 blogs selected were in recruiting, and The Talent Buzz made [...]