Social Media

Video: Social Media Recruitment in Plain English

In the style of Common Craft videos, Silkroad, a provider of talent management solutions, made a great video about Using Social Media for Employment.   In Plain English and in a fun entertaining way this video shows the power of networking via Social Media versus the 60’s in relation to recruitment. Super!

Social Media Revolution 2010 (video)

Erik Qualman is the man behind a great series of videos in which the the development, in facts and figures, of social media is beautifully portrait. It had been a while since he published his last video, Social Media ROI in November 2009, but now there is an updated version of the original video ‘Social […]

Everything you wanted to know about LinkedIn – statistics and trends 2010

On request and by popular demand, I’ve compiled a list of facts and figures about the most professional networking site; LinkedIn. Did you know that the LinkedIn.com site was launched exactly 7 years ago, on 5 May 2003, and has 66,266,528 members at this moment? LinkedIn corporation has currently 500 employees with its headquarters based […]

Employer Branding – Who Is Your Company’s Professional Friend-Maker?

If your organization is planning a Social Media recruiting initiative, you may have started thinking about what tools to use.  But you should really begin with the goal.  What do you expect to gain from using Social Media, be it for marketing, PR, or Recruiting?  Who is the target audience that you want to attract?  […]

YouTube campaign: Search for the World’s Greatest Salesperson

A great social recruiting campaign was launched on 28 March by Ogilvy on their YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/ogilvy. They are looking for the Worlds Greatest Salesperson. The task is to make a video, selling a red brick and if they think you’re the best you can win a trip to Cannes, a three-month paid fellowship — […]

Cultural challenges with LinkedIn

LinkedIn, more than any other business networking site has a truly global reach. There are now over 60 million users throughout the world and this is growing by a staggering 2 million every month (LinkedIn claim that a new user signs up every second). LinkedIn can be used for many different purposes (finding a job, […]