But Job Boards, Online Networking Gain Ground Person-to-person networking continues to be job seekers’ most successful tool, according to a study by Right Management. The firm analyzed job data on the nearly 60,000 individuals throughout North America to whom it provided career transition services over the past three years. Traditional networking was the source of […]
Being a group owner of a 100.000+ LinkedIn member group I’ve seen a lot of spam / fake accounts and block (‘Flag’) many spam accounts every day. Fake accounts are used by spammers who are after your email address by posting discussions or jobs in groups, with links to websites where you need to fill […]
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I really enjoy creative guerrilla marketing techniques in Recruitment. The next case comes from Jung von Matt who were looking for Art Directors. To find them they used Trojan horses: 15 well-known photographers. They show their work regularly to the best creative agencies. So they integrated small job ads in their portfolios. For example as […]
Congratulations of being part of a 100.000 members LinkedIn group! On January 26, 2008, the Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals Group was created to provide a platform for Recruiters with quality contacts, jobs and discussions. It was not the first Recruitment/Recruiter group but soon after a few industry leaders, like Shally Steckerl, joined this group […]
Rapidly growing Mobile Internet usage surpassed Desktop Internet usage in May 2012, in India.
Did you know that Facebook is responsible for 20% of all US Internet traffic? That might explain why they’re worth approximately 100 Billion Dollars these days. Here’s a list of the most compelling facts and figures about Facebook.com. 901 million monthly active users. Most popular page: Facebook, with 67,385,331 fans. 300 million photos uploaded per day, […]
A very creative way to search for new talented Art Directors: Put your job offer into the dummy text on lipsum.com and let the creatives copy your job offer in their layouts.
Since you are a person I trust, I wanted to invite you to join my network on LinkedIn…
Every recruiter/sourcer has it’s own preference when it comes to approaching potential candidates for a career opportunity. Some prefer to call, most choose to send an (in)mail directly to the person, and others prefer to contact someone via a mutual friend or colleague (reverse referral). But which message gets the best response? A short teaser […]