Just when HR and Recruiting professionals thought the big boards lost all innovation, CareerBuilder launches job searching for iPhones.  While giving credit for trying to innovate – will successful, passive talent search and apply for their next career move on an iPhone? Meanwhile, Monster puts money where its’ heart is, and like rival Yahoo! HotJobs,  both are focusing on banner ads.  […]

Is an ipo a real possibility in the future for LinkedIn?  Dan Nye, CEO, announced on the LinkedIn blog they have raised another $53 million, after previously raising $27 million.  This brings the overall value estimated at just over $1 billion. Nye stated, “This additional funding will give us even more flexibility to execute on our vision for millions of […]

In the past couple of weeks I have received about a dozen invites to join Plurk.  I haven’t joined yet, not because I don’t want to be an “early adopter”, but more so as a result in how much time in the day there is to blog, network, and connect with others.  Sure, there are tools […]

A Professional Development Seminar from Kennedy Information Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 1pm (ET):  Click here to register. Social Media, Social Networking, Web 2.0, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter – How are these “social media” sites changing the landscape of recruiting? Gone are the days of placing an ad in the paper or on a job board, […]

Join the hundreds of HR, Recruiting, and Marketing Community experts and members in our LinkedIn Group network that launched a couple of weeks ago. This is a great opportunity to network, share ideas, and expand your personal or professional network. Feel free to e-mail the invitation link to those in your network too.

Twitter has proven to be a tremendous asset as a virtual networking tool to over 1 million users. If you haven’t signed up or don’t understand why you should start, here are the top 6 reasons I use twitter and the value that I have gained from it as a recruiting professional, networker, and blogger. […]

The recruiting blog results from the first weekly poll are in. The question: What is the biggest challenge in using social media to source candidates? The results: Internal push back (45%) Lack of time (29%) Fear with loss of control (17%) Don’t know how to use tools (9%) I wasn’t surprised that internal push back […]