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 […]
Jobvite’s solutions have already been adopted by companies including Starbucks, Twitter, Zynga and Yelp. Earlier today they announced they are advancing their technology solution to deliver real-time recruiting intelligence to optimize the sourcing and hiring of talent. An intuitive, personalized dashboard built into the Jobvite recruiting platform now integrates all the relevant data from any […]
There are many opportunities for both HR professionals and Recruiters to engage in (and leverage) social media (coming out your mouth with your blah blah blah) – both personally and professionally. But buyer beware, don’t just fall for the hype (zip your lips like a padlock)– and be sold worthless goods. If you filter through […]
I had the opportunity to present at the Minnesota Recruiters Conference last week on Online Recruiting. A big thanks to the co-founder of the group, Paul DeBettignies, for another great event. I focused on this topic as a follow-up to an article I wrote a few weeks ago called “Job Seekers Beware“. These are a […]
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, […]
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 […]
Jobster – what seemed to have a shift in strategy or direction frequently years ago has possibly seen some daylight. The site has a new home and has been acquired by a start-up that offers Talent Management applications in the Human Resources space – Zapoint. Previous news on Jobster from The Talent Buzz: Job Aggregator […]
Written by Kristin Dziadul. Mike D is now following you on Twitter. Mike D has accepted your friend request. Comment posted by Mike D Text Message from Mike D The above is a prelude to a love story. Yes, love can occur by meeting in class, meeting through a friend or at a party, but […]
In Lewis Carroll’s famous novel, Alice was a precocious child with her own idiosyncrasies. In my imagination, Alice did not fall into a rabbit’s hole into Wonderland. She was thrown into the 21st century instead. Within a year, she became the most famous Twitterer ever. How did Alice fit in the Twitter scene? With these […]
It’s that time of year… Announcing the 3rd annual Talent Buzz blog post / article contest. If you write, or have ever thought of writing, this is for you! I am excited to announce the $1,500 blog post contest on The Talent Buzz. This time around, the stakes are higher as the winner will receive […]
Blast applications announced today the official launch of Twedemption, a new “mass delete” direct message service for twitter. For Recruiters and other twitter users that frequently communicate with their followers, Twedemption allows users to mass-delete direct messages. For a a one-time fee of $5.99, you can safely and securely delete multiple or all DMs from […]