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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Google Blog Search: recruiting web 2.0 Source ArticleThe traditional job board business model is outdated, making it unable to compete with the innovation and cost savings of search engines and social media.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)

Sep 28, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: It's down to GDP and population density, says Alan Knott-Craig. (Read More)

Sep 25, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: The new Adidas careers website got a lot of hype pre-launch with a few teaser campaigns being released in the months leading to launch. (Read More)

Sep 22, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: Google have been known for their clever, targeted campaign like this one where the actual campaign doubles up as a pre-screening tool for applicants. (Read More)

Sep 21, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Gray from blog: They’re highly networked, tech savvy, and very suspicious of anything that sounds like traditional marketing. So how can large scale recruiting organizations reach out to Generation-Y candidates in a way positions them as an employer of choice. (Read More)

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