Working with startups has made me reflect a lot on the similarities between now and the former dot com boom period of the late 90’s. In doing so I’m driven to speculate what the next big thing is and when the next significant shift will happen. Lets look at the timeline. Check out my crappographic…
An interesting and somewhat lively event is how I would sum up the Social Recruiting Conference 2011, laid on by Alan Whitford and Vic Okezie – well done fella’s! After a few days off, my reflections and thoughts: What about the internal talent? Acquisition is the obsession it seems. It is incredible to see how pre occupied…
As a follow up to something I mentioned in my last post I wanted to share some of my thoughts around social media strategy in recruiting ahead of the panel session on the same subject at the Social Recruiting Conference on Thursday the 30th June 2011. These thoughts were also inspired in part by the recent post…
I read an interesting post from the formidable @garyfranklin the other day entitled ‘Recruitment fraud – whatever next. Outlining the disturbing trend of how criminal gangs are using spoof corporate websites in order to farm personal details for identity fraud and or solicit money for visa applications that never materialise. Truly shocking, but we should…
I have been thinking a lot about job boards recently, as both a customer and a jobseeker. In these socially enabled times, it strikes me that the job board user experience should be something like this: Jobs are displayed in easy on the eye tag clouds, instead of ordered lists we know are manipulated…
Sometimes life can be a real bitch. You think the world is totally against you. One door closes and another one slams in your face… But not this week. I laugh in the face of adversity as I find myself sitting in a rather nice restaurant (a not often enjoyed treat) having just finished an…
This post first appeared on http://www.recruitingblogs.com – click here to see the comments it generated. Before I got into recruitment I spent a period of time developing and implementing technology solutions for the recruitment industry. For years ‘the database’ has been a key competitive edge, the USP for many recruitment businesses, especially those that operate…
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make the ‘aftershow’ curry tweetup last night (although the #pubtrack was rather good!) but it gave me a chance to reflect on the day and note down my key takaways, which were: Its taken 10 years for clients and recruiters to start thinking about the candidate lifecycle and experience in…
All the traditional channels of recruitment seem to be in for a kicking right now and the job boards seem to be the latest victim! The recruitment agency model reached middle age before its viability was questioned but the job boards are merely teenagers. One wonders if social media will make it out of nappies…
I have noticed that more and more people are asking for performance statistics for Job Boards and since I have been active on Twitter, the requests have increases significantly. So, to save me repeating myself, I am sharing my experience and stats here. Below is a response to a question on Linked-In by an individual…
