5 days ago

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: The world has gotten online (well, most of the world, Africa is getting there more slowly) and social networking has gone from consumer darling to corporate bugbear almost overnight. Does social networking have any redeeming features? Brainstorm decided to find out, posing the following question: Twitter – valuable tool or (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: Its great to be able to profile a South African site on our Friday careers website feature. (Read More)

Sep 22, 2009

ERE.net Recruiting the best candidates – something I’m writing a book about, and have a much longer version of this article in the November Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership about — starts with a few basics.The most important aspect is to understand who you are targeting. I’m not talking about recognizing the technical ski (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: Great podcast from legaltalknetwork with co-hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell who look at this important new phenomenon and suggest practical ways that you can find and manage your online reputation, while avoiding the most common pitfalls. (Read More)

Nov 06, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: In our second post on the topic of online reputation, we have an article from Lyndi Lawson from Quirk who outlines 5 Tips for Online Reputation Management. (Read More)

Oct 19, 2009

TIME More employers are using Skype's video feature to screen job candidates. It can be great for job seekers, too, but only if the dog doesn't bark. (Read More)

Oct 23, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: For all the continual media frenzy over Facebook and Twitter, the most remarkable social networking story of all may well be LinkedIn, the global social network for business professionals founded by serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur Reid Hoffman in December 2002. (Read More)

Oct 22, 2009

Google Blog Search: recruiting web 2.0 Source ArticleThe traditional job board business model is outdated, making it unable to compete with the innovation and cost savings of search engines and social media. Employers that are exclusively focusing on job boards for recruitment will come up short in the war for talent as generalised job boards are losing their ef (Read More)

Oct 20, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: SA’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector will generate nearly 100 000 new jobs in the next four years, according to research firm, the International Data Corp (IDC). (Read More)

Oct 14, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: For an average African a cellphone is a digital centre, a library, a laptop, a viable source of news, a vital device for mass telecommunications and a social media tool for communication, leading to self-perpetuating growth and prosperity, says Brett Loubser, Samsung product and technical support manager. (Read More)

Oct 02, 2009

ERE Articles | Electronic Recruiting Exchange The growth, adoption, and momentum of social networking over the past 18 months brings another round of significant change for recruiting departments. The first question that needs to be answered is whether or not you believe social networking is all hype or if it will result in lasting change. Then you can answer the quest (Read More)

Oct 08, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: The credit's crunched, the recession is biting and certain jobs are getting harder and harder to come by, especially by the traditional means of finding employment. To get ahead of the game you need to utilize the social media world in your quest for another job. That's right, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin can all help you (Read More)

Oct 06, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: For an organisation ranked fifth in Marketing Week's Most Valuable UK Brands list 2009, 16th in The Times' Top 100 Graduate Employers list and cited as a 'Top 10 Graduate Brand' by the FT, it is a big surprise to hear Shell's Navjot Singh describe the past few years with the words: "I didn't think we had a good brand". (Read More)

Oct 02, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: Great careers website fridays #7http://careers.microsoft.comThe “Great careers website  fridays” will become a monthly feature post from now on, instead of a weekly feature post – just to let you know!Source“It’s not world peace, but Microsoft has managed to unite 97 countries in a single mission: Recruiting the top talent (Read More)

Sep 30, 2009

ERE Articles | Electronic Recruiting Exchange SourceOne of the worst-kept secrets in recruiting is that source of hire data is inconsistently gathered and rarely accurate. To many corporate recruiters, the validity of source of hire data is a non issue; after all, once the hire is generated, their role is over.However, if you view recruiting as a marketing and sales jo (Read More)

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