If you LIKE our Facebook page now then you automatically have a chance to win a copy of the book ‘Recruitment via LinkedIn’ (international edition). Click on LIKE or go to http://www.facebook.com/GlobalRecruiting. The deadline is Saturday, February 4, 2012 so act quick! Recruitment via LinkedIn Recruitment via LinkedIn is a practical and efficient guide [... […]

You are most likely using social media for recruiting. And, according to many surveys, you are probably also using it for pre-screening applicants. But are you also using it for the selection of candidates? Digital Advertising Agency R/GA wanted to try a new kind of job interview: The Social Interview. They asked summer internship candidates [...]Selection 2 […]

To attract staff to IKEA’s mega store in Sydney, a creative agency came up with idea of inserting career instructions placed inside the famous IKEA flat packs. Customers literally delivered the mailer to themselves. They could then also share it with friends and family. Click here to view the embedded video. Not only did it [...]IKEA: Career Instructions [VI […]

Each quarter ManpowerGroup conducts research to measure employment trends* in 41 of the world’s largest labor markets. Nearly 65,000 employers have been interviewed across 41 countries and territories to measure employer hiring expectations between January and March 2012. Despite continuing economic challenges and widespread uncertainty in the global labor m […]

According to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today by ManpowerGroup, the Net Employment Outlook for Quarter 1 2012 is +9%, an increase from the +7% Outlook during Quarter 4 2011, and stable compared to one year ago when the Outlook was +8%. This represents the most promising hiring Outlook since 2008. This quarter’s [...]U.S. employers […]

A new national survey from Jobvite reveals more than 22 million Americans used social networks to find their most recent job opportunity – up 7.7 million from last year’s survey. One in six members of the workforce say an online social network was one of the sources they used to find a job, and those [...]Facebook has more job seeking volume overall in US is […]

Career Services and Development Sites received largest number of unique visitors to date In September 2011, nearly 30 percent of the European online audience (108.4 million unique people) visited sites in the Career Services and Development category, reflecting the most unique visitors the category has seen to date. Within the category, the Training and Educ […]

During the LinkedIn Talent Connect conference in Las Vegas last month a panel of recruiting leaders examines the massive shift that is underway in the recruiting business, how you can overcome the challenges of adopting social professional networking, and how the recruiters of tomorrow will make “engagement” the key driver of their success. In this [...]Recr […]

It seems that LinkedIn is roling out a few new and much wanted features and improvements this week. First there was the highly desired option to re-arrange your positions on your profile, then they send me a mailing to check my LinkedIn Alumni, yesterday they announced a new design for LinkedIn Events and today I [...]New on LinkedIn: Group Statistics, Re-ar […]

How is social professional networking changing the recruiting landscape? Here’s a special recording from LinkedIn Talent Connect 2011. Click here to view the embedded video. Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn CEO, reveals: LinkedIn’s vision for sourcing talent in a social networking world What new recruiting tools LinkedIn will unveil What it means for you and your recru […]