There has been a lot of talk the past few years about “the shift to mobile” from recruiting leaders, with a primary focus on effectively managing the mobile experience. Examples of solutions have primarily focused on the mobile optimization of a career site to some larger employers building apps. While these and other areas are [...]

Remember 15 years ago when the experts were scaring everyone with “the war for talent”? Saying by 2010 unemployment would be at historic lows? How about a little over a decade ago when job boards and applicant tracking systems would forever change a recruiters life (and make it simpler)? Or when 8 years ago when [...]

At last weeks mobile recruiting conferene in San Francisco, it was abundantly clear mobile recruiting should be a component of every companies recruiting strategy. Why? Candidates are using mobile and other handheld devices – whether you like it or not. Recruiters from several organizations I spoke with are already experiencing traffic between 5-15% to their [...]

In yesterday’s post, “The Effectiveness (Or Not) of Job Postings“, we shared an example of what not to do, and also highlighted the non-traditional approach to posting jobs that Deluxe Corporation is taking with the use of video. Deluxe’s feedback from their customers (both candidates and hiring leaders), and their results, speak for themselves. Using [...]

Mobile is “it”.  With over 11 billion apps downloaded, we’re just getting started.  The prediction that mobile will overtake PC’s by 2013 as the most common web access device doesn’t seem too far fetched.  But…  Will mobile recruiting be “it” in the job search and recruiting space? We know organizations are investing in mobile recruiting, [...]

Conference season is in full swing. I am looking forward to a session I am co-facilitating tomorrow called “Social Media – The Impact to Diversity Recruiting”. It’s at the 2011 Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity, in Minneapolis. In building out the content and research for the topic, a lot of information has been published from [...]

A few weeks ago we highlighted the “Top 7 Mobile Recruiting Apps for 2010“.  One of those apps,  The Hire Syndicate is making waves with the future of split recruiting. I had an opportunity to connect with recruiting veteran Allen Ackerman, The Hire Syndicate’s Founder and CEO, to discuss the technology further – and his [...]

We recently shared the list of the top 10 Job Search & Job Seeker iPhone Apps.  A couple of months later (yesterday) Apple announced another milestone, with 3 billion downloaded Apps.  That’s an increase of a billion in 3 months. While Mobile Recruiting is evolving for both Candidates and Recruiters, it is about a lot [...]

Over 2 billion apps downloaded on the App Store and counting… And as you can probably guess, yeah, there’s and app for that (anything you can imagine related to a job search including, researching companies, developing or beaming your Resume, prepping for an interview, searching for jobs, and career counseling). Don’t waste your time or [...]

Offering recruiters the ability to scour the Internet for top prospective candidates and leads without spending hours on dozens of individual sites or forming complicated Boolean search strings, AutoSearch recently unveiled its AutoSearch Mobile iPhone and iPod Touch application. It’s powered by AutoSearch’s web-based sourcing platform and unique filtering technology. It’s obvious there are several [...]

Looking for a new job? JobCompass, a newer iPhone application wants to help! It will cost you $3.99, if you didn’t get a 99 cent copy before Christmas. It’s worth the money, even compared to a free iPhone or iPod touch app from CareerBuilder. If you are considering a job search app, I would recommend [...]