Research & reports

LinkedIn Talent Brand Index explained and discussed

Is this index a smart sales tool for LinkedIn Account Executives to sell more professional solutions, such as career pages and jobs, that should be ignored? Or a free and reliable way of scoring your Employer Brand against industry peers that makes other (expensive) surveys obsolete?

Does Social Recruitment Monitor rank the best pages?

No, but the new Social Recruitment Monitor does contain an interesting list of Facebook Career Pages from the Top 200 firms in the world. According to its press release: The Social Recruitment Monitor is the world’s first online tool to accurately measure and rank the social media recruitment activities of employers on social media channels […]

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 […]

10 facts why Facebook matters for Employer Branding

So you don’t have a Facebook Fan Page yet? And you don’t have a LIKE button on your Career Site or Job Pages? Think again. Here are 10 quick facts you should know about consumer behavior on Facebook.

What makes people want to follow a brand? [Infographic]

Without a doubt, a positive online brand experience creates loyal customers and potential candidates. As several studies have discovered, the majority of consumers who engage with a brand in the digital space – whether by participating in a contest or by ‘liking’ a brand on Facebook – tend to not only purchase the products, but […]

The Netherlands Ranks #1 Worldwide for Twitter and Linkedin

Hyves Maintains Position as Top Social Networking Site in the Netherlands Despite Facebook’s Rapid Advances ComScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of social networking usage in the Netherlands. The study reveals that the Dutch social networking market continues to grow strongly as sites like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin extend […]

Worlds Largest Social Networking Sites (2011)

Looking for the current highest traffic social networks? Check out this infographic with 29 very active social networks that have at least one million visitors per day. Of course Facebook dominates the list. Interestingly, if you combine all the daily visitors for the other 28 social networks on this list you end up with two-thirds […]

Where do employers and job candidates meet?

CareerXroads Finds Out in Annual Source of Hires Study CareerXroads releases its 10th Annual Sources of Hire (SOH) Study – a snapshot of how large, highly-competitive, high-profile firms find their employees. Tracking and monitoring the sources of actual hires tells companies where to dedicate their hiring resources and tells job seekers where to direct their […]

Everything you wanted to know about Facebook

This infographic (and presentation) is all about Facebook statistics and it shows a demogrpahic breakdown by continent, macro-area and countries of the 596,371,760 users worldwide.

Results of the Job Board Future survey are here!

(Note: Today’s guest post is by Jeff Dickey-Chasins . You can read more at his Job Board Doctor blog) In August, I began gathering data from job seekers, HR professionals, recruiters, and job board employees and operators on the future of job boards and the methods for finding jobs and candidates. Now, 275 responses later, […]