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Selection 2.0: The Social Interview Case Study

You are most likely using social media for recruiting. And, according to many surveys, you are probably also using it for pre-screening applicants. But are you using it for the selection of candidates too? Digital Advertising Agency R/GA wanted to try a new kind of job interview: The Social Interview. They asked summer internship candidates […]

IKEA: Career Instructions [VIDEO]

To attract staff to IKEA’s mega store in Sydney, a creative agency came up with idea of inserting career instructions placed inside the famous IKEA flat packs. Customers literally delivered the mailer to themselves. They could then also share it with friends and family.

Launching Google Plus Business Page

Google has unveiled today brand pages for Google+, allowing businesses and brands to join Google’s social network, and of course we were one of the first to try it out and you can see the result here: Recruit2 on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108865775393321620539/ But wait there is more! We also created a page for the Recruitment […]

Global Employer Branding Study Results [incl infographic]

Executives now challenging HR and Marketing for responsibility of the Employer Brand strategy In an era of social media dominance where employer branding continues to develop around the world, HR and Marketing are now being challenged by Executives for control of the Employer Brand strategy in new survey findings from Employer Brand International. The global […]

Get the latest Recruitment news via Twitter

On 20 April 2009 we created the Twitter account @Recruitmentjob to inform you about you the latest global news, blogs, tips, training & jobs for Recruiters. It’s a microblog that aggregates links about Employer Branding, e-HRM, Recruitment & Selection news, articles and blogs from around the world. Messages come from the major news sources and […]

Join the #1 LinkedIn group for Recruitment Consultants

On 26 January 2008 we created a dedicated group for Corporate Staffing Professionals, (Agency) Recruiters, HR Managers / Directors and Employer Branding Experts on LinkedIn to expand our network of people, ideas and share leads. Within a very short time it became one of the largest groups for Recruiters. In fact, it has been in […]

Our short URL: rcru.it

Reducing the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) length makes sharing easier. Therefore we were keen on having our own short URL domain: RCRU.IT So next time you see an URL that that starts with http://rcru.it, you know the information is brought to you by Recruit2. URL shortening is a technique in which an URL is made […]

Book ‘Career management via LinkedIn’ now available via Amazon UK

Our book ‘Career management via LinkedIn‘ is now available via Amazon UK! Networking is the way for finding new work. And this is done more and more online. LinkedIn has become an enormously popular network for maintaining business contacts, making it the perfect tool if you want to be found. How does LinkedIn work exactly? […]

Canon recruitment project

We are very pleased to announce that Canon Europe has chosen Recruit2 as their recruitment partner for a high-profile international transformation programme.