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July 20th, 2010 - The Buzz / Recruiting News & Advice

by Keith Robinson Jul 20, 2010

Welcome as usual to your "global recruitment aggregator" that was a description a Media Director at a large media buying agency used to define what our newsletters are...must admit I like that description... it sums up what we do, look at information from around the world that we think you industry professionals might enjoy and edit down to our "dicks pic's".

By way unless you know the worlds greatest rock band The Grateful Dead you might not know the term. They recorded every gig they did and Dick picked his best to best released.

Fun week last week went to the ERE Global Meetup and thanks to Bill Boorman for organizing. See details of Bill next two Unconferences in our "One's to Go To".

Seems like we are going to have a lot of events in the Autumn to go to in the UK again full list at bottom of page. I must admit I'm looking forward to attending a number of excellent US events ONREC in Sept and ERE in Oct. Been a few years since I've attended a US event an have missed many of my pals over their.

In addition their will be links to other sources of advice, best practice and information.

BUT don't forget yesterday's RMM - stories include.

Jobs the winner and losser in volume a Q1&2 Overview.
Facebook, Reckitt Benckiser and a Recruitment Game - awesome.
Those Google Rankings why they are so important.
Plus three great Google videos in One's to Watch.
Dot jobs why the debate matters and some great Job Boards "must evolve" blogs from Matt Alder and Dom Sumers.
Online recruitment picking up across Europe - links to the Monster Index.
Loads of mobile news and a great free download on "Mobile Recruiting".

A great issue if I say so myself...So sign up and get your Recruitment Media Monday,

Enjoy.

Keith Robinson
Site Advisor Ltd

keith@careersiteadvisor.com

Feature of the week

What's Going the Job Boards Way

More great data from our friends at Innovantage; The quarterly breakdown of original job postings by job type shows a considerable increase in IT & Catering jobs. Other categories with large increases are management, consultant & supply chain. The categories losing out are accounting/finance, legal and health/social care. The latter category may well reflect the uncertainty caused by the General Election in May.

Would you believe that there are 118 ways to spell adminstrator? It is quite a long word with 13 letters so that does give some opportunities to mispell. But Senior only has 6 letters and yet we have captured 53 variants of this word!

job board stats part 3

click here to download your copy of the Innovanntage May 2010 market overview

This weeks exclusive interview

Drew Spencer

Drew Spencer - Ex Director of Strategy at EuroRSCG Riley and now Strategy Director at Blackbridge Communication. Drew has huge experience of the digital, social and mobile space a real "one to watch".

To view the full interview

Part One - Watch Here

Part Two - Watch Here

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Elaine Hewens - Click here
Elaine has huge experience in the UK Recruitment Industry; in search, graduate recruitment at TMP and latterly has been running programs to help graduates and MBA's to "find work". Elaine discuss Social Media, Linkedin and Recruitment.

James Mayes - Click here
Founder of Tweetjobs talks about Twitter, Social Media and being a recruiter.

Points of interest

Who Are the Millennials?

From one of my favourite companies in this space Flowtown the visual show;

- The demographics of Millennials or Gen Y as they are also called..

- Top 5 Things that make them unique.

- The most important thing in their lives will be.

- Their relationship with technology, mobile, social media etc

- Millennials are news.

Very cool. One to look at we'll be recruiting them soon.

Social Recruiting 3.0 - Fast Forward to the Era of Leveraging Conversation and Social Interaction

Social Recruiting. Oh, no, not another Social Recruiting post, right?! Not so fast. As I begin today's post, I'd like to make you 2 promises in true FOT style:

This isn't a post about your Grandparent's version

of Social Recruiting.

This will be unlike anything that's been written as

it pertains to Social Recruiting to date.

Let's start with a foundational premise: Social Recruiting 3.0 will be all about conversation and leveraging social interaction.

Before I begin, let me suggest that if you believe #SocialRecruiting

is about finding Candidates through searching Twitter Bios', Facebook profiles that actually list current Employer, etc., you're not pushing the envelope, and you're no different than the leagues of other Recruiters and Sourcers looking at the same pool of Candidates. If you're ok with simply following the crowd and not digging deeper for insights that can enhance your performance, feel free to move on because this post isn't for you. Conversely, if you're an innovator, a questioner of accepted Recruiting dogma, a Recruiter or Sourcer looking for a performance breakthrough, keep reading . . .This is a thought provoking article enjoyed it.

Ones to watch

Social Recruiting Tool: Work for Us Facebook App
Had an interesting conversation yesterday with Stéphane Le Viet, co-founder and investor in the Facebook App Work for Us. It looks like a great tool that allows companies to add a mini- job board on their Facebook Fan page. Great blog and an interesting concept One to Read

Gay and Lesbian Adults are More Avid Readers of Blog and Social Network Users
Maybe not a surprise but interesting reading. Read Now

HR & social media: No more annual appraisals, employee opinion surveys or job interviews by 2015?
The evolving power of social media and their potential integration into HR processes mean that "annual employee surveys, performance appraisals and job interviews [...] won't exist in five years." This is according to Grant Mason of Yackstar.com. Super blog from Michael Carty - One to Read

Great Recruiters Tend To Be Great Networkers and So Can Organizations
Many of us agree that great recruiters are great networkers and relationship builders, and one trend we are seeing is organizations are becoming better at networking on the executive and mid manager levels. Agree and well thought out article. Read More

Dear Recruiters...Stop Ignoring Your Candidates
Okay, everyone...Pop Quiz!

You are recruiting on an open position. You source a candidate, screen him, have him chat with the hiring manager and decide to fly him in for an interview with the team. After a long day of interviews, it is determined that this candidate will not get the job. What do you do? See the answers and a great blog by Reading Now

Top 10 LinkedIn Job Search Tips
LinkedIn also continues its' growth as a major component of sourcing and recruiting strategies worldwide. And, instead of publishing the literally 100's of tips possible, this list is focused on the 10 that I wouldn't overlook, and many that will give you an advantage over the average user of the site. Excellent a Must Read

A Sourcer's Obligation to a Company's Brand

Typically, sourcer apologetics start with, "I just find the talent..." but I tell you as sourcers we have an obligation to the company brand to market the company we work for. Sourcing meets branding + a candidate experience = engagement = a hire.. Good Article Read More

HootSuite for Sourcing

For anyone who hasn't heard of HootSuite, it is quickly becoming one of my favorite social tools for sourcing. To provide some background on what HootSuite is: Amazing what these sourcing guys are up to... but a tip worth knowing so Read More

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