In a few days 2009 will be in the past, opening up a new year with new opportunities.  Times were certainly tough this past year.  How tough? One organization created job board coupons for Recruiters, while recruiting budgets were hit hard, and attendance at industry conferences was also down significantly – by some projections as […]

I had the chance to connect with Carmen Hudson, CEO of tweetajob at the OnRec / Kennedy Information conference.  I asked Carmen a few questions about the benefits for Recruiters and Companies to utilize their services vs. other twitter job posting services on the market.

At the ERE Expo this week, Kevin Wheeler from the Future of Talent Institute facilitated a session on what 2010 will bring for the workforce globally.  When talking about recruiting specifically, Kevin integrated social media and his views on how organizations may have it backwards. I had a chance to connect with Kevin after the […]

It seems everyday there are more and more “experts” born in social media, including recruiters, recruiting vendors, and consultants.  Many creating more hype than value, and trends to position a product or service. The most insightful opinions come from your clients or target audience… I recently had the opportunity to listen to a presentation and […]

Earlier this year, Ning announced over 1 million social networks have been created on their platform.  How much could one of those with 1,200 members sell for? Lance Haun, and Laurie Ruettimann sold HRMToday, a niche social and blog network for the HR community.  The final bid on ebay last night was $4,075. The auction […]

Taleo released a new white paper on social networking and how it has changed recruiting and the next generation of online tools. The whitepaper gets into the details of the down economy and the new drivers of more effective recruiting – including the growth of social networking, blogs, and Web 2.0 technologies like Twitter, Facebook, […]

The social media craze is alive on many fronts and, for Recruiters, it is no different.  There are companies offering a wide variety of services to advance their presence online for recruiting, skill development for sourcing talent, as well as the first social recruiting conference being held in June, to name a few.

If you’re not an idiot, you’ve seen the movie. Now, with even bigger hair and sweeter dance moves, five hints on social networking from the master, Napoleon Dynamite! 1. Give, like, creative and real compliments. “You have a sweet bike. And you’re really good at hooking up with chicks. Plus you’re like the only guy […]

Written by Lauren Berger for The Talent Buzz blog post contest. Over the course of the past week, I have read the following articles on social media: “Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism” by Christine Rosen “Facebook, MySpace, and Social (Media) Diseases” by Robert X. Cringely “How Twitter Can be Corrosive to Online Marketing” by […]

Social media can be an inexpensive way to communicate with an audience. Websites such as MySpace and Facebook, and even the corporate networking site LinkedIn, can play a role in connecting with your members and enhancing your brand. But before you jump in, make sure you have a good understanding of how best to use […]

Roughly 75% of jobs are gotten through networking. Unless you plan on staying in your city forever… you should be making friends online. (That doesn’t mean creating a Facebook profile.) Traditional social networks (Facebook/LinkedIn/MySpace) are used for maintaining relationships you’ve already built. You meet in person… then you connect online. That’s how they work. But […]

LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Ning, Plaxo, the list goes on. Tech-heavy tools that are being used as sourcing and recruiting aids are becoming more popular by the day and it is truly a cultural phenomenon. There was a time not so long ago when people didn’t have work email addresses. Now if you don’t have […]