Recruiter
Social networking
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Glassdoors launches Facebook-enabled Inside Connections
Thu, 2 Feb 2012
Jobs and career community website Glassdoor has launched Inside Connections, a new product that uses Facebook to tell jobseekers if they know someone working at a potential employer.
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Analysis: Privacy changes give both sides of recruitment table food for thought
Mon, 30 Jan 2012
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Contracts/Deals: Broadbean partners with SocialReferral to launch Referral
Wed, 25 Jan 2012
Recruitment technology firm Broadbean has finalised an exclusive technology partnership with SocialReferral, launching Broadbean Referral.
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The FIRM: Recruiters must avoid directionless pursuit of Twitter followers
Fri, 16 Dec 2011
Recruiters shouldn’t get hung up on the number of Twitter followers they have, as it is not a good measure of recruitment success.
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Creative is the new motivated, says LinkedIn
Fri, 16 Dec 2011
Professional network LinkedIn has compiled a list of the most overused words and phrases in members’ profiles.
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The FIRM: Be authentic when using social media, experts agree
Wed, 14 Dec 2011
Employers were urged to ensure they used the right tone and remain authentic when creating content for social media, at a conference held in London yesterday.
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Social media for recruitment whitepaper published
Wed, 14 Dec 2011
Social networking consultancy SITEFORUM, law firm Osborne Clarke and the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) have joined forces to present a whitepaper to the government.
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INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Master Burnett to direct strategy at BraveNewTalent
Wed, 14 Dec 2011
Career social network BraveNewTalent has appointed Master Burnett as director of strategy.
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INTERNATIONAL South-East Asia: LinkedIn in Malay, Indonesian and Korean
Fri, 9 Dec 2011
Professional social network LinkedIn has become available in three new languages: Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), Malay (Bahasa Malaysia) and Korean.
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Contracts/Deals: SuccessFactors acquires Jobs2web
Wed, 7 Dec 2011
Recruitment marketing platform Jobs2web has been acquired by cloud-based human capital management solutions firm SuccessFactors.
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INTERNATIONAL US: Facebook opens NY engineering office
Tue, 6 Dec 2011
Social network Facebook will open a New York engineering office, the company’s first outside of the West Coast, early next year and is accepting applications for new roles immediately.
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Generation Facebook dislikes social media shutdown
Tue, 29 Nov 2011
Nearly half of workers aged 16–24 claim they would not work for companies that impose strict policies prohibiting business-orientated social media use, according to research from recruitment solutions provider hyphen.
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Differences across the pond more than a drop in the ocean
Thu, 24 Nov 2011
UK recruiters work nearly an hour a day more than their US counterparts and gain better results, according to research by recruitment technology firm Bullhorn.
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Leading European nations getting ever more social
Tue, 22 Nov 2011
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Contracts/Deals: Kenexa connects with LinkedIn
Tue, 22 Nov 2011
HR solutions provider Kenexa has partnered with LinkedIn, as part of an initiative whose major aim is to reduce the number of applications abandoned due to long and complicated application processes.
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TheSocialCV.com launches CV analysis tool FreshUp
Fri, 18 Nov 2011
WorkDigital, the search technology company operating social network analyser TheSocialCV.com has announced the launch of data system FreshUp.
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Fish4jobs lands cross-platform app
Fri, 18 Nov 2011
Job site Fish4jobs has launched a fully cross-platform mobile app for iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Nokia smartphones.Created by app developers Grapple Mobile, it enables jobseekers to search and apply for jobs on the go, including the ability to make applications from a jobseeker’s LinkedIn profile.The app includes a salary calculator showing jobseekers what they could earn by region and job title.
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RecruitLeads launches specific service for smaller recruiters
Fri, 18 Nov 2011
Recruitment software provider, RecruitLeads are due to launch a new data service specifically aimed at smaller companies and individual recruitment operators.
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Be old-fashioned and do not get too sociable
Thu, 10 Nov 2011
Social media is all the rage as a recruitment tool for many professions – but more traditional methods of scouting for talent may be most effective for entry-level roles in retail and catering/hospitality, according to HR and recruitment directors working in those sectors.
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Recruiters told to wait for more from Google+
Wed, 9 Nov 2011
With Google+ having launched its Pages application on Monday, 7 November, which will allow business and brands more leverage on the social network, recruitment technology experts tell Recruiter that something big is on its way.
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LinkedIn 2 Business launches
Fri, 4 Nov 2011
Social media and HR recruiter Talent Genius has launched LinkedIn 2 Business, a LinkedIn training provider.Managing director Steve Smithson says the training will be provided to businesses and individuals at all levels of experience, including recruitment agencies.
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Video the star for Moneysupermarket.com hires
Mon, 31 Oct 2011
Personal finance site Moneysupermarket.com has welcomed five new specialist IT recruits to the company following an innovative recruitment process.
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Agencies to lead social media drives at smaller firms
Fri, 28 Oct 2011
Smaller employers who lack the financial resources to invest in social media should look to recruitment agencies to help them in this area, says Annapurna HR director James Ballard.
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INTERNATIONAL Sweden: Facebook adds Luleå site
Fri, 28 Oct 2011
A huge new Facebook data centre covering 30,000sq m – the size of 11 football pitches – will create at least 30 full-time roles in Sweden’s arctic circle city of Luleå.
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SMEs turn to social media to promote business
Tue, 7 Sep 2010
More than one in three of SMEs use social media on a daily basis to promote their businesses, according to research from Daryl Willcox Publishing.
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Graduates and recruiters urged to get more social media savvy
Wed, 4 Aug 2010
Three-quarters of graduate recruiters are concerned that accessing candidate information via Facebook and other online networks can get in the way of a “fair and measurable” recruitment process.
