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#truDublin in 3 Words
Published on 2012-05-24 11:53:54
Thought policing on the internet
Published on 2012-05-23 16:24:18
Reblogged from tobefranktoo: Those of you familiar with the brilliant novel 1984 by George Orwell will know exactly what I’m talking about. If you aren’t, then basically the Thought Police arrest, and quite often kill innocent civilians if they are caught criticizing the government or even if they are suspecting to be thinking bad things [...] > read more
The @CERN Track: Perfect ATS
Published on 2012-05-23 12:48:50
At #TruGeneva I got to meet the Head of Recruiting for CERN James Purvis. It was interesting to hear the challenges they face in hiring some of the greatest brains in Europe if not the world. During the conversation James spoke about the challenge of what an ATS should look like in these social days. [...] > read more
How to fail at on-line advertising (infographic) from Monster
Published on 2012-05-22 05:27:18
I was sent this infographic from Monster which they put together after conducting research among job seekers, and what turns them off when deciding where to apply. Some of it is quite obvious, like spelling mistakes and ambiguous job titles. All of the research I’ve seen recently points to people only applying for jobs they [...] > read more
Finding the needles in the haystacks. A Google sourcers story.
Published on 2012-05-21 05:27:30
One of the highlights of an excellent #truDublin was listening to Google sourcer Wojciech Smailinski talking about the type of candidates that he needs to source for the recruiters responsible for the engineering team in EMEA. It gave a fascinating insight in to how you can find what would be for many of us the [...] > read more
Sunday ShoutOut: Louise Triance @UKRecruiter
Published on 2012-05-19 22:02:33
There’s always a lot of talk about building the elusive community. I think we are beginning to get there with the #tru events, so i know how much time and effort this takes. Communities need purpose, a firm foundation and activity. For a long time when your building them it can seem like you’re battling [...] > read more
Viral Content. Dancing by yourself? #TruDublin
Published on 2012-05-19 12:31:47
At #TruDublin the topic of how to make your content go viral came up. It is a consideration for any social recruiting project. This is where network comes in. For me, that means building a network of internal employees and contacts and understanding what content will entice them to voluntarily get involved. We had some [...] > read more
The Evenbase Quarterly Recruitment Review: My Thoughts
Published on 2012-05-14 11:27:06
I’ve just received the Spring edition of the Quarterly Recruitment Review from Evenbase. I always value this research because it is conducted independently by HPI Research, who conduct on-line surveys of 500 job seekers and 200 decision makers within corporate companies. I have found this research to offer a very good reflection of the market [...] > read more
Light Bulb Moments From New Orleans #LASHRM
Published on 2012-05-12 13:26:11
It’s been a few weeks now since I got back from #LASHRM in New Orleans. I have something I always do a few weeks after an event. I take some blank sheets of paper and I write down a few statements and words under 3 headings: > What do I remember? What were the light [...] > read more
When The S**T hits the fan. A ConSol Partners Story
Published on 2012-05-11 00:17:39
I was on my way back from #truMadrid when I got a message on Facebook from a fairly senior head of recruiting at a business you would all know. The message contained a link to a story published in The Kernel about recruitment business ConSol Partners under the heading “Another Tech Recruiter Lying And Fabricating”under [...] > read more
Whats happening in LinkedIn groups?
Published on 2012-05-07 20:46:13
Last weeks post on my view of where LinkedIn is now as a channel attracted plenty of attention and comments from the likes of Matt Alder and Mr.LinkedIn, otherwise known as Mark Williams. my view is that the channel is predominantly becoming a people reference channel, and the place for targeted connecting and content posting/sharing, [...] > read more
Sunday ShoutOut: @Rruxx: Ruxandra Fratescu #TruGrad #CIETT2012
Published on 2012-05-06 14:58:35
I’ve known Ruxandra since #Trulondon3, just over a year ago. I had the privelidge of being her mentor in the #truGrad program, we still speak often. Today is Rux’s birthday, which makes it the best day to feature her for my Sunday Shout Out. Ruxandra was an easy person to mentor. She had a fixed [...] > read more
#OccupyTheConference #CIETT2012 London 23′rd – 25′th May
Published on 2012-05-02 23:06:30
#CIETT2012 is coming to London on 23′rd – 25′th May, and I’m really excited. I’m excited because there is going to be visitors from the recruitment industry around the world here in London. There is a great line up of speakers, but more importantly we are going to be occupying the conference for 2 hours. [...] > read more
Top 10 Countries By Growth In Facebook Users
Published on 2012-05-01 19:19:33
After last weeks post on the number of LinkedIn users by country, I thought it would be interesting to look at the top 10 countries by growth in number of Facebook users over the last 3 months. Thanks again to SocialBakers.Com for the data. The pen figure denotes penetration of the total population. 1. Brazil: [...] > read more
What is LinkedIn Now?
Published on 2012-05-01 00:10:35
Last week I wrote a post on the value of a LinkedIn share. The tracking i completed through Visibli led me to rank the value of a share in the channel as 6 x the value of comparative channels. This is mostly due to the greater relevance of LinkedIn networks, which is the most valuable [...] > read more
Cool Social Recruiting Tools With @Fishdogs #LASHRM
Published on 2012-04-30 06:05:08
At Louisiana SHRM I got the privilege of presenting again with my friend Craig Fisher, better known as @Fishdogs. It is a bit of a geek fest when I get together with Craig. We are always looking at the latest apps that come out, and trying to hack them for recruiting purposes. With 100′s of [...] > read more
Sunday Shout Out:: @WilliamTincup – Community Freak #DTHR
Published on 2012-04-29 01:19:35
I’m stuck at New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport on my way back from what has been an excellent #LASHRM. Thanks to Robin Schooling for including me in 2 great days. During the event I got to see a brilliant opening keynote on social capital by the twosome that make up Talent Anarchy. One of the [...] > read more
The Next Level with @ScottEblin (Liveblog) #LASHRM
Published on 2012-04-27 15:53:11
Scott Eblin is delivering the closing key-note to an excellent Louisiana SHRM. Scott speaks about the behaviors leaders need to adopt or ditch in order to move to the next level in their careers. He begins by talking about how the expectation of results have never been greater. He quotes Einstein: “the definition of insanity [...] > read more
H.R. influencing the 5% with @IncentIntel (Live Blog) #LASHRM
Published on 2012-04-26 14:55:30
Paul Hebert is talking about incentive and reward. He is showing a scientific study that shows when you pay rewards, it has little or no impact on performance, but if you give first then ask for performance, the change is significant. It’s the law of reciprocity. If you ask people to commit to change before [...] > read more
HR: The CEO’s View. (Live Blog) with @hughweber1 and Rose Hudson #LASHRM
Published on 2012-04-26 13:54:43
I’m sitting in the CEO’s session on HR. The panel is made up of Rose Hudson, CEO of the Louisiana Lottery Corporation and Hugh Weber, CEO of the New Orleans Hornets, and being moderated by Mary Ellen Slayter with Reputation Capital Media Services. First question: How do you define leadership. Hugh: Being transparent and open [...] > read more
On the couch with Dr.Dan (live blog) #LASHRM
Published on 2012-04-26 11:14:06
Dr. Daniel Crosby is among other things a behavioural psychologist who specialises in change. He is currently working with the U.S. Olympic tea on behaviours and winning pschology. He is a top line speaker. Daniel runs the incblot organisation. I love his approach to translating science to mortals like me. Dan is talking about change. [...] > read more
Anarchy in the USA (Live Blog) #LASHRM
Published on 2012-04-26 10:10:58
I’m at Louisiana SHRM in New Orleans, watching the opening keynote from Jason Lauritsen and Joe Gerstandt, the Talent Anarchy duo. Jason is the more corporate looking, and Joe is the angry looking one. They’ve been brought in to #LASHRM to do an intervention to spread their vision. They believe that getting on in HR [...] > read more
Women @ Work (Infographic)
Published on 2012-04-26 01:00:38
Most days I get sent an infographic that the producer is certain will be of interest to my readers. Usually they are of no interest to anyone. A thinly disguised link back or self promotion, but I got this one yesterday from On-Line MBA that is a bit different and got me thinking, with regards [...] > read more
New LinkedIn Sourcing App: Pealk
Published on 2012-04-25 15:19:05
My friend and top UK Sourcer Martin Lee, who runs the cool free tools group on LinkedIn sent me over a link to a new app recently to have a look at, and when I took a peek, I was impressed with what I saw. Whenever I look at a new tool or app, and [...] > read more
The Value Of A LinkedIn Share: 6 – 1
Published on 2012-04-23 16:45:39
I’ve been tracking shares for the last 6 weeks since installing the Visibli.Com bar. as outlined in this post. Visibli is set as the default link shortener in Bitli.Com and Tweetdeck. By shortening links using the default shortener before sharing in Google+, Facebook and LinkedIn, I’ve been able to track all shares and opens, and [...] > read more
Top 10 Countries By User On LinkedIn
Published on 2012-04-23 05:01:57
This weekend I put together a report on social-media use by country, applications used and use, time spent on-line and demographics. Among other reference sources, I referred to Socialbakers.Com, which I find to be one of the best sources of free data on-line. the top 10 countries by LinkedIn users made for interesting reading, along [...] > read more
Sunday ShoutOut: Oscar Mager @OscarMager #TruPaperazzi
Published on 2012-04-22 13:01:10
This past week was the first #truEurope in Brussels. The concept of #truEurope was the brain child of Oscar Mager, who has been a regular attendee at #tru events over the past few years. Oscar is a contract recruiter based in the Netherlands, through his company Recruiting Essentials. Oscar founded Recruiting Essentials in 2005 to [...] > read more
A recruiting manifesto #truEurope
Published on 2012-04-19 20:18:04
this document is not my original thought, though I concur with much of the thinking. This is a manifesto from Bjorn veestra, the founder of Employer brand Insights, prior to his track at #truEurope, in a bit of a Jerry McGuire moment. Enjoy and comment, Bill MANIFESTO – #trueurope ‘The future of labour: The Talent [...] > read more
New interactive career site from Barclays
Published on 2012-04-17 23:48:58
My friend Andy Hyatt of Bernard Hodes sent me over a link today to a new career site from Barclays that he has been working on with his team. After #truLondon I blogged about the Barclays future leaders career site and social hub, and the results were achieving since integrating social features and channels in [...] > read more
It’s official: TruDublin will kick off again on May 16-17
Published on 2012-04-17 09:45:46
I am delighted to announce the third TruDublin Unconference will take place on Wednesday and Thursday May 16th and 17th, in the Sycamore Club Temple Bar in Dublin, for two days of all things recruiting and technology. Early Bird Tickets for TruDublin at just €99 each until May 5th (normal price €199) from Eventbrite, Click here [...] > read more
Breaking News: Evenbase announces acquisition of Jobrapido
Published on 2012-04-16 02:01:16
In January, I blogged about the launch of Evenbase, and what this might mean for the digital recruiting space. The Evenbase portfolio comprises of the market leading digital recruitment assets within the DMGT Group,including Oilcareers, Jobsite and 10 other niche, generalist and vertical sector job boards, the leading multi-poster and unified search provider Broadbean, and [...] > read more
The history of recruiting according to @Zartis #Infographic
Published on 2012-04-13 08:37:17
This is a bit of a fun infographic created by my friend John Dennehey from Zartis. I think he makes an interesting point that referral recruiting is far from a new concept. Although technology changes the possibilities in terms of reach and relevance, theres lessons we should have learnt from the past, not least that [...] > read more
Abba – A Recruiter’s Lament
Published on 2012-04-12 07:19:12
Guest post by Elkie Holland from Prospectus IT Recruitment. I’m sure we’re all familiar with the lyrics of “Ring Ring” by Abba from 1973. Listen to it again now and visualise a Recruiter sitting at their desk having advertised their latest job and waiting for the star candidate to call them. I (recruiter) sit and wait [...] > read more
How to build a “real” community. Must watch video
Published on 2012-04-11 12:59:58
After last weeks post about Communities and Stack Overflow, there has been a lot of discussion around the topic. Dimitar Stanimiroff, the Regional Sales Director for Europe and Australasia sent me this video of Joel Spolsky, one of the Stack Overflow founders talking about how the community has evolved. I think there are some great [...] > read more
A message about Spam
Published on 2012-04-10 05:16:17
Networking has changed. People are far more likely to connect with people than ever before without any real prior relationship, but at the same time, they are quicker than ever before to ditch people. The second or third message is key, leading straight to block, disconnect or unfollow, and the biggest reason given for doing [...] > read more
Talent Communities, Talent Networks And Stack Overflow Reviewed
Published on 2012-04-05 22:54:29
In the music industry, few bands attract real fan boys and girls. A cult like following of people just waiting around each day for a proclamation from the chosen ones. The majority could loosely be described as followers. A following who quite like the band but aren’t scouring the news for the next release. If [...] > read more
Brilliant Content Sharing Tool: Visibli
Published on 2012-04-04 01:20:44
I’ve been playing around with a new sharing tool that I think has real potential. Like most of these apps, there’s a free version and an enterprise version with added features. I think the free version is a great way to build following and fans by content sharing, and it is very easy to set [...] > read more
Getting Hacked.A #tru internet cops and robbers story.
Published on 2012-04-03 09:56:02
An important bit of news. I’m not in Manilla. I haven’t been robbed. You don’t need to send me any money, all is well. I make this announcement because yesterday I had a bit of a surreal experience and got my accounts hacked. All of my e-mail contacts got sent the following message within 2 [...] > read more
What would you pay for on LinkedIn?
Published on 2012-04-02 00:21:11
If LinkedIn were to change their approach to monetizing the channel and switch to charging users for profiles, with additional costs for all of the add-on features and applications, would you be prepared to invest in your profile, or would you drop it from your on-line presence? I should state at the start of this [...] > read more
Why I’m quitting Twitter, and where I’m going.
Published on 2012-03-31 21:18:12
Over the last few months I have found myself spending an increasing amount of time in a new channel that combines many of the aspects of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Having tested third life, which is an extension of role-playing channel second life, I’m convinced that this personalised experience is the way forward for recruiting. [...] > read more
The Social Relationship Matrix #truStockholm
Published on 2012-03-29 22:36:07
I’m just back from a great #truStockholm, where I was really impressed with the progress made over the last 12 months by the recruiters involved. At the last #truStockholm, we spent a lot of time talking concept and why adopting social recruiting might be a good idea. This time around, the talk was all around [...] > read more
#SocialRecruiting: The starting points (video)
Published on 2012-03-27 19:09:34
This is the interview that I took part in at #TNLive talking social recruiting integration with @employersondice, talking a little about the BBC, Hard Rock and Oracle, and where to start in integrating social recruiting. Thanks to Dice.com for a great #TNLive experience, and for bringing social to events. Bill > read more
The simple things that count with @employersondice #DiceConnect and Salesforce #SXSW
Published on 2012-03-26 21:40:01
A couple of weeks ago I was at the circus that is #SXSW, the annual geek fest in Austin, Texas. Pretty much everyone from the smallest and newest internet start-up, through to the giants like Twitter were there and throwing a party. Pretty much everyone was hiring in one form or another, and there were [...] > read more
#Hatemyboss #Hatemyjob Warning: Contains real tweets
Published on 2012-03-26 07:59:14
In researching this post I conducted a simple search in my twitter timeline, for people posting using the hashtag #hatemyjob and #hatemyboss.The following are real tweets from this search. I’ve not embedded the tweets to protect the stupid from themselves, but I promise you these are real. Try the search out for yourself! WARNING: THE [...] > read more
Sunday Shout Out: @FelixWetzel: Spiral Thinker
Published on 2012-03-24 23:43:51
It’s always good to spend time with people who see life through a different lens to you. It’s the way we can broaden our minds and sometimes change our outlook or way that we view a problem. I spent Friday this week with Felix and some of the team from Evenbase, Jobsite and Broadbean in [...] > read more
Source of influence or source of hire?
Published on 2012-03-21 00:32:56
I’ve been thinking quite a lot recently about source of hire. It’s one of the most common statistics that gets measured and reported. The reports that I see tend to indicate that social media is fairly low on the list of source of hire. Well below the career site or the job boards. When you [...] > read more
Posting To LinkedIn
Published on 2012-03-19 04:12:57
At the end of February LinkedIn announced the launch of a new feature that is already proving a hit. The new feature enables you to add a “follow company” tab on any web place.When you follow a company, updates come by e-mail, meaning people can elect to get all the latest including jobs from prospective [...] > read more
Sunday ShoutOut: My Mum Rose Boorman
Published on 2012-03-17 21:13:13
It’s mothering sunday here in the UK, so what better day to recognise my biggest influencer, my Mum, Rose Boorman. This post is my mothers day gift. I know my mum will see it on Facebook because she is busy building up her mafia family as Big Ma Boorman! If I could award a klout score to [...] > read more
YouTube,Google+.Livestream And The Social Channels
Published on 2012-03-15 23:52:12
There’s a great feature that I have only just noticed on Google+, that I think offers good opportunities for employer branding and social recruiting. I have been working with a few clients on hosting hangouts on a weekly basis, and inviting candidates to come and talk. While the audiences aren’t huge, the feedback and results [...] > read more
@FelixWetzel at TEDxPortsmouth: Treat your employees at citizens
Published on 2012-03-14 15:45:36
This is a brilliant talk on nation branding by my friend and Evenbase Director Felix Wetzel. Wetzel is a bit of a genius in this area, and as the social world evolves, what he has to say makes even more sense. Watch it now! Read @FelixWetzel blog HERE > read more
Signing off from #SXSW: My learning with @fishdogs
Published on 2012-03-13 00:16:37
#SXSW and #TNLive has been one of the best networking experiences I’ve ever had. It’s been a hard party with new connections every minute. I’ve met some great people. From an hour with Chris Brogan on Friday, drinking with the crazy Rackspace team, too many memories to list them all without being boring. The big [...] > read more
Culture branding with @TheRedrecruiter: Rackertalent6 #SXSW #talentnet
Published on 2012-03-09 10:34:25
This is a live blog from Austin, and TalentNetlive. i’m watching my friend Michael long speaking. Long is from Rackspace, and is responsible for culture branding, taking a different approach to talent attraction. Michael started out as a recruiter and started blogging to be able to help candidates without losing the time he needed to [...] > read more
How to network featuring a collection of social recruiting folk #SXSW
Published on 2012-03-09 00:59:31
As you may know, I’m on a bit of a field trip at the moment at #SXSW and #TNL in Austin, Texas. I’m sharing a house with some of the leading lights in social recruiting. Each has a wide personal and professional network. Here is what they had to say: Bill > read more
6 Cool Tools with @Fishdogs and @BillBoorman #TalentNet
Published on 2012-03-08 00:03:28
Sometimes, when your spending time with friends, it’s good to just fire up the camera and ask a question for a one take video. We are going to be running the Cool Tools session at #TNL in Austin on Friday, before venturing in to the geekfest that is #SXSW. This is our one take on [...] > read more
Lets talk talent communities (or not)
Published on 2012-03-06 23:04:43
This is an old (and little bit scary) video that I made about 6 months ago. it was made at 3.00 am in the morning, in response to a request. I think the message is relevent to conversations I have had today about talent communities and talent networks. > read more
The Madness Of The Mobile Question #TruLondon
Published on 2012-03-06 05:40:24
Would you buy recruiting software from me if I told you it would only work 80% of the time? You’d say yes, but what about the other 20%? Would you buy an ATS if I told you that at the moment it could handle% of your applications, but within 2 years most of the applications [...] > read more
LinkedIn, FaceBook Or Twitter: Social Pay Per Click Recruiting
Published on 2012-03-04 22:29:09
The Kevin Costner principle of if you build it they will come, rarely applies to social recruiting. The first part of any social recruiting plan starts with building the social places, setting up the feeds and preparing the accounts for activity. The second phase is generating content and encouraging contributions from others. This starts with [...] > read more
The Sunday Shout Out: @KevinGreenREC #CIETT2012
Published on 2012-03-04 14:04:08
Turning a trade body or institution social must be one of the biggest challenges. When you are a member organisation, and the REC, (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) there’s a lot of barriers to change. For a start, as the oldest and biggest body representing the recruiting industry in the UK, everyone who works in the [...] > read more
BranchOut Grows Up, And Up, And Up
Published on 2012-03-03 00:06:39
I’ve been watching the numbers growing on the professional networks that live within Facebook for a while now. It’s something I’ve been monitoring to see how they are taking off and growing.Like a lot of people, I signed up for BranchOut in the early days. I wanted to see what this new network was all [...] > read more
Finding Contact Details For Anyone (some cool tools)
Published on 2012-03-02 03:53:00
I want to feature a webinar today from my friend Shane McCusker of Intelligence Software, the South African Recruiters Group and the driving force behind #TruSA. Shane runs regular free webinars on internet sourcing that offer real value. His recent webinar on finding contact details is brilliant because unlike many of the webinars about, Shane [...] > read more
A Twitter Tool Box For Sourcing #TruLondon #TruStockholm
Published on 2012-03-01 01:57:53
At #Trulondon I ran a track at the close of the event on using twitter as a recruiter or sourcer. This isn’t about engagement. conversation or any of that good stuff. Engagement has its place, as does investing time in building networks. At the same time, I understand those recruiters who tell me they don’t [...] > read more
The Future Of Recruiting
Published on 2012-02-29 06:48:20
I’m a big fan of Peter Cosgrove. He is one of the senior managers at Ireland’s leading recruiters, C.P.L. Peter is a thinking mans/women’s/persons recruiter. He “gets” social, is an advocate but also a realist. I like his thinking on where recruiting is going in the medium term. Peters track at #truDublin last year was one [...] > read more
Barclays Future Leaders Hub: Reducing Volume/Increasing Quality #trulondon #truStockholm
Published on 2012-02-27 21:10:57
When your working with a high-profile brand with a public presence, the problem is not getting people to apply for jobs. At #trulondon, Peter Gold spoke of Tesco’s receiving over 1Mn applications via their career site. I’ve seen the same thing with my clients Oracle and the BBC, it’s a different type of problem. The last thing these businesses need [...] > read more
LinkedIn 2012: King for the recruiter?
Published on 2012-02-26 23:25:16
Coming from me, this blog post might come as a bit of a surprise. I’m well-known for having had great success in Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube and other channels. I’m always looking for other places for my clients to recruit. Fishing in ponds where no one else is gives you the pick of the fish, but no [...] > read more
Not another Pinterest for recruiting blog. Evolution of a social channel #trulondon
Published on 2012-02-25 22:02:44
Last week was #truLondon, so I didn’t get much of a chance to blog. More on that later in the week. There was plenty of talk about Pinterest, and how this new channel could impact on recruiting. Max Hayward ran a track on it, has blogged and even pinned it.He is so excited about the [...] > read more
@JoinTheFlock: Twitter Hiring
Published on 2012-02-20 18:32:12
The story of how twitter attract talent is best told in tweets. 140 characters of simplicity. A job feed powered by jobvite, and two house accounts: @JoinTheFlock and a student hiring account @TwitterU. I’ve been following and tracking these accounts for a while to see if there are any hidden secrets in what they do. [...] > read more
LinkedIn v Twitter v Google+ v Facebook: Integrating #SocialRecruiting
Published on 2012-02-19 22:05:58
I spend a lot of my time working with corporate clients helping to integrate social recruiting. This is really a combination of methodology, technology, psychology and tactics, topped up with training. One of the most common questions I get asked is “Which is the best channel for us to recruit in,and what tech to use?” It’s [...] > read more
Sunday Shout Out: Etienne Besson: A Real Life HR Community DJ.@HappyEmployee
Published on 2012-02-18 22:16:25
This weeks shout out is for my friend Etienne Besson, better known as @HappyEmployee on twitter. Etienne is a practicing HR generalist in Geneva, in Switzerland. He works at the coal face day-to-day, dealing with all the usual challenges that come his way. I wanted to give Etienne a shout out this week because of [...] > read more
The #TruLondon 5 Schedule: THE Recruiting Unconference
Published on 2012-02-17 20:31:48
I’m really excited about the next instalment of #trulondon, which has the makings of our best event ever. With 50 tracks and 48 track leaders, it is packed end to end with great conversations, from the first track at 10.00 Wednesday morning, through to 5.00 on Thursday evening. Aside from the conversation, there’s plenty more going on [...] > read more
Culture matching with TheFit from Bullhorn
Published on 2012-02-16 22:28:35
I’ve just been taking a look at a new career site from Bullhorn, which I think has some very interesting features based on culture matching. I’m not sure what company founder Art Pappas is feeding the team in the Bullhorn lab in Boston, but after the success of Reach (with 35,000 users), I think they [...] > read more
The Monster UK Jobseeker Journey And Thinking (infographic)
Published on 2012-02-15 18:39:33
David Henry, from Monster UK shared a really interesting infographic with me today, that shows what is going on behind the searches made by visitors to Monster UK, and is taken from a poll of 2000 visitors during 2011. It is a good reflection of what people are feeling about the job search. . This [...] > read more
Community Video With Sergio Figueona #TruLondon
Published on 2012-02-14 19:31:17
Following my presentation at social media week London, I saw a really interesting keynote from Sergio Figueroa on crowd sourced video that was different, and brilliantly simple. The speaker was a former professional musician, who produces community video, or tells story’s with silent film and subtitles. The community video are shot in mostly inner-city settings [...] > read more
Who moved my conference? #trulondon
Published on 2012-02-13 18:26:16
I’ve attended a few events today at Social Media Week London. It’s the opening day, and things are shifting away from the usual conference model. I spoke at one event. Refused to bring a presentation, used up 5 minutes for an intro as to why I was talking about Twitter, then opened it up to [...] > read more
Coolest Job In The World On MonsterCoolJobs.Com
Published on 2012-02-12 21:19:14
If you weren’t a recruiter, or battling your way through HR, what would be the coolest job in the world to do? I started thinking about this when I was sent a link to the “Cool Jobs” landing page for a formula one racing team, powered by Monster.Com. They’ve pulled off a bit of a [...] > read more
Sunday Shoutout: @mjebishop saves Ricoh UK £3Mn
Published on 2012-02-11 22:08:40
The name of Mike Bishop might be a new name to many readers of this blog, given that he is not massively social. Neither has the business he heads the recruiting team for, Ricoh UK, implemented any new innovations in the social recruiting space. I have chosen Mike for this Sundays shout out because of [...] > read more
Twitter Tricks For Recruiters #SocialRecruiting #TruLondon
Published on 2012-02-11 00:18:07
I’m going to be delivering training next week to a team of corporate recruiters on effective ways to use twitter for sourcing talent. Whenever I run this workshop, it always reminds me how some of the most effective features in twitter are underused, in particular twitter lists and twitter searches. I think the engagement aspects [...] > read more
Being A Recruiter
Published on 2012-02-07 20:25:26
It’s 2 sleeps till #truParis and only 2 weeks away from #TruLondon, and this week I’m preparing to go live on a big social recruiting implementation. It’s fairly crazy times, but there’s nothing new in that in Boorman world. This morning I completed a screen test for a series of programs on recruiting with a [...] > read more
Imagineering Recruitment Software And Process.
Published on 2012-02-06 17:47:23
Imagine you could take a hammer to your recruitment software, smash it up and start again. Taking what you know now about the way you work, incorporating how you might work in the future and the features you might need. Starting out with a blank sheet of paper and imagineering something new. Imagineering is a [...] > read more
Are you a Manger? What your LinkedIn profile says about you.
Published on 2011-07-04 18:10:03
I discovered a worrying stat when we were talking LinkedIn at #truLeeds. It is generally acknowledged that your LinkedIn profile is an important part of your on-line footprint. We talk a lot about the importance of getting your professional headline > read more
What is #Tru?
Published on 2011-07-03 22:04:44
I often get asked just what a #tru event is. Put simply, it’s a gathering of people who work in the people space. That’s recruiters, HR, technologists, branders, just about anyone. It is an open community where everyone is welcome. What i > read more
Sunday Funny: What LinkedIn Really Said To Monster. #BeKnown
Published on 2011-07-02 22:41:03
Inspired by a tweet from Jamie Leonard, is this the real conversation that went on between Monster and LinkedIn when they closed the API on Monster product BeKnown. What do you think about it all? Bill > read more
The Face Of The Real Employer Brand: #HRC2011 #HardRockCalling
Published on 2011-07-01 23:12:29
The thermometer that gauges the temperature of the real employer brand is the service you receive from the people you come in to contact with in any organisation. This is particularly relevent in the service, retail or hospitality sectors. As a custo > read more
BeKnown from Monster: The future for Facebook? #SocialRecruiting
Published on 2011-06-28 22:50:12
Unless you have been hiding under a stone for the last few days, or off-line recovering from the festivals at Glastonbury and Hard Rock Calling, you will have heard of the BeKnown Facebook application launched by Monster, simultaneously in 35 countri > read more
#trugrads come to #truleeds
Published on 2011-06-22 07:27:26
With only one day left till the #tru carnival hits Leeds we thought we’d show you some of the great entries we received as part of our #trugrad competition. Building on the success of #trugrad at #trulondon we wanted to invite graduates to jo > read more
Employee Branded: Employees As Fans – #TruLeeds
Published on 2011-06-21 19:14:33
I’ve always been puzzled as to why so much non-confidential employee communication goes on behind closed doors. I really like Rypple as a feedback tool for internal comms, and platforms like yammer provide a much more social and interactive int > read more
Guest Post: Wayne Barclay: Recruiters in the clouds. #truLeeds
Published on 2011-06-20 17:57:09
A simple question to start your thinking: “What are the opportunities and threats to recruiters when working in the Cloud?” I was always taught “Recruitment isn’t a difficult process” and in its simplest terms it’s > read more
The Cost Of Engagement #truleeds
Published on 2011-06-19 22:07:47
I’m going to be leading a track at #truLeeds next Thursday entitled ”cost of engagement.” I’ve been thinking about this quite a lot recently in the work I have been doing with recruiting teams.This is really a follow on to t > read more
#TruLeeds – tracks and trackleaders – 23′rd – 24′th June
Published on 2011-06-14 22:01:51
With just over a week to go to #truLeeds, I’ve crowd sourced the issues that are on everyone’s minds in the people space in order to identify the tracks to include in the agenda. Once again I’m overwhelmed by the quality of track l > read more
Great branding with YouTube channels, FaceBook and the timert.me app
Published on 2011-06-09 21:13:22
I’m always on the lookout for cool, simple apps to share that I think can be used to enhance branding and recruiting. While reading the Facebook stream, I came across Timert, which is really simple to install and use. Timert enables you to au > read more
Guest Post: What did Weight Watchers do? – @JamesSwift at #truLeeds
Published on 2011-06-09 12:49:19
Bored of “that london”, James Swift, Director and founder of North West digital agency Beyond Interactive has been one of the driving forces behind bringing #tru to the north of England. A long time friend of the event, James was one of t > read more
Lets Make Movies! A #HardRock Story!
Published on 2011-06-08 19:15:52
I was checking in on some of my usual fan pages.just looking at the content that makes a real community, rather than a notice board, when I came across this video short promoting a whole new low-budget movie that is in production. so low in fact,the > read more
Inside The Sourcers Brain
Published on 2011-06-07 08:31:39
If you could pop the hood of the cranium of some of the best sourcers, and look inside to see just how their brain is wired, I think there might be a few surprises. Technical aptitude, fluency in geek speak, programming etc are going to be there > read more
LinkedIn “Apply For” Application: really useful or smart marketing?
Published on 2011-06-04 22:32:30
During the last week the good folks at LinkedIn announced the launch of the “Apply For” button within the channel. None other than Mashable reported on the launch. The post was retweeted 2926 times and was liked 646 times.Other bloggers r > read more
#Socialrecruiting: It’s not for recruiters
Published on 2011-05-31 18:43:03
Now this might seem a bit controversial, it’s not intended to be. I write this post on route to Romania, where i’m going to be working with Oracle brand advocates on content creation as well as the recruiting team for EMEA. I have been working wi > read more
Technology Enabled Referral Recruiting #SocialRecruiting
Published on 2011-05-30 19:28:06
In the old days, and by that I’m talking a year, the term referral really meant recommendation. If you referred someone for employment with your company, it meant you knew them and could vouch for their suitability. Similarly, if you referred a > read more
Branding Inside Out: #Lumesse @ #truDublin
Published on 2011-05-29 22:16:48
Michelle Martin, head of Marketing for the newly rebranded Lumesse came to #truDublin this week to tell the story of how they did it.The process they went through to engage all employees,and what the brand should stand for when it was launched on the > read more
Guest Post: Max Heywood: Employee Branded #truDublin
Published on 2011-05-23 17:48:49
The Awesome power Of Personal Accounts My previous experiences at #Tru events have been terrific – great people, great content and a really stimulating format – so I’m very much looking forward to doing it all again at #TruDublin later this wee > read more
#Lumesse. The part bloggers play in branding #truDublin
Published on 2011-05-21 23:06:37
One of the big recruiting stories over the last few weeks has to be the rebrand of talent management business Stepstone, who became Lumesse over the last week. Hopefully you only rebrand once, so when you do it has to be big, and when your customers > read more
Guest Post: Sodexo’s @Arie_Ball: Hiring college grads, building a future #truDublin
Published on 2011-05-17 22:56:41
I found an old Irish proverb that says, “The future is not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves.” I think this proverb is especially poignant when we project it on college recruiting. At Sodexo, college recruiting is a way to recr > read more
Every Picture Tells A Story Featuring @OscarMager And The Faces Of #truAmsterdam
Published on 2011-05-16 19:13:58
Sometimes you don’t need words.A picture, especially of faces creates a thousand more thoughts,ideas or emotions. Oscar Mager of RecruitingEssential.Nl has been attending #tru events since the first #truAmsterdam. He can always be seen snapping > read more
Guerrilla Recruiting from @RAVanElburg#truDublin
Published on 2011-05-15 18:15:45
It’s not often I post twice a day, but I’ve been receiving questions on what to expect from Rob’s track at #truDublin. Rob does things very differently in the way he promotes his business RAVE Recruitment as a global brand. For a st > read more
Boomerang Hiring: The Sodexo Story #truDublin
Published on 2011-05-15 17:44:17
I wrote a post recently about Sodexo’s strategy of actively sourcing internally and why this is a brave and effective strategy. Having spent some time with Sherrie Valderrama at #truAmsterdam and VP of Talent Attraction for Sodexo USA, Arie Bal > read more
Guest Post: The Rejection Industry – @James_Mayes #truDublin
Published on 2011-05-13 07:40:06
I’ve been a strong supporter of the #TRU series of the events from the start. I’m delighted to be heading over to Dublin for Bill’s next event, and once again, I’ll be running a track. Those who’ve followed the events in > read more
Recruiters On Twitter: What do @GoogleJobs do
Published on 2011-05-11 20:35:51
It’s an often posed question, “What would Google do?”. The big lessons I’ve learnt from researching the real Google story, discussed at length at #truAmsterdam are : Failing is acceptable and often expected. (Think Buzz, Wav > read more
What does this say about the “Employer Brand?”
Published on 2011-05-11 06:18:06
Nothing original, but I watched this today via Facebook. Thanks to Hard Rock’s @AlisonMcCue. It’s nothing new or ground breaking but I think it speaks volumes about the culture and approach to work. Would you rather read the brochure or w > read more
#TruDublin
Published on 2011-05-10 07:37:40
#TruDublin Schedule: 25’th – 26’th May After feedback and crowd-sourcing attendees of #truDublin, we’ve come with a schedule for the event that is topical, current and bound to provoke conversation #tru style. There will be 3 tracks running e > read more
Guest post: Students and Social Media #truAmsterdam
Published on 2011-05-06 04:01:11
I am writing this guest post following the research I have done for my track at April’s #truAmsterdam – Students and Social Media: The #Tru Story. Why did I choose this track? Being very lucky to be part of the #trugrad mentoring scheme, and like > read more
Internal Sourcing:The Sodexo Story from #truAmsterdam
Published on 2011-05-02 22:47:33
I sat in on the internal sourcing track at #truAmsterdam, in which Sherie Valderrama from Sodexo USA shared her experiences of introducing a hugely successful internal sourcing strategy. This means that Sodexo are as likely to look for new recruits w > read more
#truAmsterdam thinking: Student Recruiting, Gaming And Empire Avenue
Published on 2011-05-02 11:05:24
Listening to #truGrad Ruxandra Fratescu’s excelent track on how students are using social-media, and how they communicate, 3 points really stood out from her research and questionnaire. OK,only 100 students completed it and they were all from t > read more
Using Video in Recruitment
Published on 2011-04-28 08:26:00
Jonathan Campbell (@recruiterblog) here from Social Talent; Bill kindly asked us to share our free weekly recruiting webinars on this Blog so here is the video of yesterday’s 30 minute presentation on Using Video in Recruitment. Here’ > read more
The #truAmsterdam Schedule
Published on 2011-04-25 23:18:44
For this #truAmsterdam we have assembled a team of 20 track-leaders from the “people” space around the globe, and after crowd sourcing the current hot topics have put together a schedule of tracks that promise 2 days of great conversation > read more
Guest Post: @SValderrama: Snr Director Talent Acquisition Sodexo #truAmsterdam
Published on 2011-04-22 14:10:24
It’s great to welcome @SValderrama, the Senior Director for Talent Acquisition at Sodexo USA to #truAmsterdam. Sherrie will be sharing the impressive Sodexo case study, talking about real world practice and leading a track on internal sourcing > read more
Hidden places to search for candidates
Published on 2011-04-18 17:48:04
I’ve been playing around recently with alternative channels for searching for people.In my last post I talked about how to use geek words in your searches to find hidden people. In the search for the best talent, you need to extend your searc > read more
Cracking The Geek Code
Published on 2011-04-17 21:49:16
I blogged a while ago about meeting one of my social-media idols @documentally on a train journey from Preston to Northampton. I’d been on the mobile and he had overheard me use the term “tweetup.” This triggered a conversation and > read more
Why haven’t more recruiters jumped on the Social Media bandwagon ?
Published on 2011-04-15 08:14:21
Hi, I’m Elkie Holland Director and founder of Prospectus IT Recruitment and Bill asked me to guest blog for him whilst he is hopefully having a fantastic holiday. I run a boutique IT recruitment agency that works in a very niche market. A ques > read more
Who should be part of the candidate recruitment experience?
Published on 2011-04-14 04:30:12
Following on from my first guest post for Bill on Tuesday (yes, it’s Martin Couzins back again), today I want to look at what type of role will deliver the new candidate experiences that are emerging (or are being talked about). I’m not a > read more
SOCIAL MEDIA: A compulsory subject for all university degrees?
Published on 2011-04-13 14:12:24
Hi, I’m Ruxandra, one of the #trugrads. Bill is climbing mountains in sunny Wales this week so he invited me to write this guest blog on his behalf. This is the topic I will talk through at #Tru Amsterdam. SOCIAL MEDIA: A compulsory subject for all > read more
Recruitment content marketing
Published on 2011-04-12 07:54:06
Hi, I’m Martin Couzins and I’ll be posting two guest posts for Bill this week – one today and one on Thursday. Today I wanted to take a look at some of the great examples of content marketing we are seeing in the recruitment space. > read more
A Recruiter’s Guide to Twitter
Published on 2011-04-11 04:29:47
Bill is on vacation this week in sunny Wales so he has kindly invited me (Jonathan Campbell, Social Talent, @recruiterblog) to write a guest blog on his behalf. I run a free weekly recruiting webinar (nearly) every Wednesday at 4pm GMT and Bill helpe > read more
How to build a recruiting desk.
Published on 2011-04-07 10:44:10
I made this video for Next Level training in Dallas about 14 months ago, for Next Level Training, the training exchange. it has taken a while to get an airing, (due to all the other great content available.) I think this 5 minute snippet gives you a > read more
Embeding live tweets in your blog
Published on 2011-04-05 18:46:57
Today I found a really simple WordPress function that enables you to embed a tweet in a blog post and keep it active. This means you can highlight a particular post, promote an event, job or post, just about anything you either see or tweet about. I > read more
Work4Labs Launch Personalised Jobs Referral Feature For Facebook #SocialRecruiting
Published on 2011-04-04 22:52:16
If you’ve read my posts recently on the Hard Rock Firenze recruiting project, you will know that the Work4Us tab played a big part in driving 4000 applications over a 2 week period via the fan wall. The simplicity of the application process mak > read more
The Monster i-pad application: An audience with James Brian
Published on 2011-04-02 00:00:19
I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak at the recently released Monster i-pad app for job seekers, and to spend some time with Monster UK’s director for Product, James Brian I’m not going to cover too much of the functionality, Matt Ald > read more
Hard Rock Firenze Part 3: 120 Hires In 4 Weeks using #SocialRecruiting
Published on 2011-03-31 21:44:54
Readers of this blog will have been following the progress reports on the social recruiting project for the opening of Hard Rock Firenze. (Florence). This has been conducted entirely via a Facebook fan page,mashed in with a few other on-line tools ov > read more
Guest Post: Oxfam @#trulondon by @KBMayes
Published on 2011-03-28 19:52:24
My TruLondon Experience – 6 weeks on Nearly 6 weeks on and I have finally had time to properly reflect on my first experience of an Unconference – and may I say I hope there are many more. Bill had kindly invited me to this years first TruLondon, > read more
How to book and confirm 360 interviews in 48 hours: HardRockFirenze Pt 2 #Socialrecruiting
Published on 2011-03-24 22:25:34
The Hard Rock Firenze fan-page exceeded all objectives in terms of the volume of fans joining prior to the opening of the new cafe in Firenze (Florence) and job applications via the Work4Us application. Close to 10,000 fans have joined the page, m > read more
Job:Social Recruiting Integrator – Oracle EMEA #SocialRecruiting
Published on 2011-03-17 23:04:25
I recently had the pleasure of hearing Kevin Blair, Head Of recruiting, EMEA delivering a presentation on how Oracle’s 60 recruiters across the region had adopted social media in to the recruiting mix. Theres a blog coming with more detail late > read more
Why jobseekers will always use jobboards #truStockholm
Published on 2011-03-17 22:34:33
One of the tracks that really stood out for me at #truStockholm was the future of job boards track. I’ve been in this track quite a few times at different #tru events, and the take is always quite different according to the participants. In Sto > read more
How one recruiter hired 27 IT staff via twitter #SocialRecruiting
Published on 2011-03-16 21:04:05
Whilst in Dublin, I heard a great story, how technology expert Ivan Stojanovic of Irish recruiting firm C.P.L. The headline of the story was how he had recruited 27 specialist I.T. staff via twitter. Thats right, 27! The issues that he had in sourcin > read more
The Hard Rock Firenze Candidate Experience#SocialRecruiting
Published on 2011-03-15 23:32:52
You might recall my recent post on the recruiting campaign Hard Rock Firenze are conducting for the opening of a new cafe in Florence. 3 weeks from launch, the application process is closing and the selection stage begins in earnest. The fan page now > read more
The difference between Sourcers and Resourcers
Published on 2011-03-15 07:21:34
Andy Headworth featured Julia Stone’s prezi from Sourcecon on his blog Sirona Says today. In the UK, we often get confused by the term Sourcer and Resourcer. When I first started going to the states, it was something that confused me. Whilst it > read more
#TruGrad Guest Post: Ruxandra Fratescu: Why I want to be a recruiter #trulondon
Published on 2011-03-06 23:06:51
I’m really pleased with the progress we have been making with the #truGrad scheme that came out of the Grad track at #truLondon. Just 2 weeks on we have 30 students and 30 mentors working together to help those graduating to set a realistic pla > read more
Hard Rock Go #SocialRecruiting
Published on 2011-03-05 23:30:35
Hard Rock Cafe are opening a new venue in Florence. The challenge in opening a new venue for anyone is always finding the right staff, and Hard RockFlorence requires 150 staff at all levels. For the previous openings, they’ve followed a tradi > read more
The #truStockholm Schedule
Published on 2011-03-03 23:04:06
The #truStockholm schedule is now complete. As always, with an unconference, expect changes and additions throughout the day. If there’s anything you want that is not covered let me know and we will add a track. Day One: 09′th Feb. 9.30 & > read more
Next stop: #truStockholm: Track leader list 9′th – 10′th March
Published on 2011-03-01 01:21:01
The #tru carnival moves on next week from #trulondon to #truStockholm. There’s something special about the first #tru event in a new city and a new country. Those that attended the first #trulondon, #truAmsterdam or #trumanchester will know exa > read more
#Trulondon thinking: How to break stuff – Conference edition
Published on 2011-02-28 07:48:48
There’s nothing I enjoy more than breaking the rules and breaking process moving from the established norm. At conferences and unconferences like #trulondon, I like to listen to what peop > read more
#trulondon thinking: Location,location,location; Jobboard Futures
Published on 2011-02-23 20:15:40
Jobsite are fantastic partners and friends to #trulondon, having backed us from the begining, long before we had any real following or could offer a real return. I first met the founder @KeithPotts on twitter and we exchanged tweets. It’s a rea > read more
My #trulondon thinking and the #trugrad program
Published on 2011-02-21 22:47:10
Wow! #trulondon is now over, at least the in person part. The last curry has been eaten, pint drunk, Meet me-me card exchanged (thanks PinstripeTalent) and conversation had.I have quite a few posts lined up on my learning points, but the one I want t > read more
#trulondon masterclass: @AlexGCharles – Broadbean
Published on 2011-02-15 14:43:18
The rich melting pot of sourcing and the future role of Talent Pools As candidate sourcing channels proliferate, a blended approach is the only viable solution. When asked the best place to find IT candidates – there can only be one answer: It depe > read more
The #trulondon schedule
Published on 2011-02-13 15:54:09
After lots of drafts, this is the schedule for #trulondon, track by track, day by day. You can get the full schedule with more detail on the mobile site currently being built by Dave Martin of Allthetopbananas. There is 2 days end to end tracks. It&# > read more
#trulondon Masterclass Schedule – 16′th Feb
Published on 2011-02-12 19:58:42
I have finalised the list of speakers and topics for Wednesday’s Masterclass, and it’s a fantastic mix. The masterclass is designed for those who like a bit more structure in their learning, without the constraints of the usual conference > read more
Paid Social-media Internship with @CarveConsulting
Published on 2011-02-09 06:26:32
I spotted this post for a paid intern in the stream this morning that i wanted to share with you in case you know anyone suitable. Theres a few things that stand out about this post that makes it worth a serious look. Firstly, it’s working with > read more
Get your Meet Me-Me Cards Free By Thursday from @PinstripeTalent #TruLondon
Published on 2011-02-08 18:51:28
If you follow #tru events, you will know that one of the rules is that we don’t do name badges. the reasoning behind this is quite simple. I’m a believer that when you see someone for the first time, you should introduce yourself and say > read more
#Tru kommer till Stockholm!
Published on 2011-02-07 08:03:42
Tack vare Michelle Rea på Social Honesty och sponsorn Monster.se. #Tru är en såkallad ”unconferences” för dig med intresse för HR, rekrytering, teknik och employeer branding. Vad är en unconference? En unconference är ett event som bygger > read more
From @KWheeler; What do you want to talk about? #trulondon
Published on 2011-02-04 20:46:40
Kevin Wheeler can speak on most things HR, recruiting or Technology. Rather than decide on what tracks to give to Kevin, we thought it would be better for you to decide rather than choose for you. Take part in the poll to choose Kevin’s track a > read more
Talk to me not at at me #trulondon
Published on 2011-02-04 20:07:54
I was involved in a bit of a twitter exchange today about presentations and Powerpoint. The reality is I just don’t like the format and I think paying big $’s to be talked at is not the best use of my time. No disrespect to the many peopl > read more
Brave New Talent Secures Funding For Growth
Published on 2011-02-02 19:20:57
#trulondon sponsor and social recruiting evangelists Brave New Talent have secured significant funding for growth from venture capitalists Northzone Ventures and angel investors Pierce Casey and Mike Bourne. Along with the cash, co-founder and partne > read more
Guest Post: @Arie_Ball: Nothing but the best – talent, best practices and cats on keyboards #trulondon
Published on 2011-02-02 05:38:48
I was speaking recently with Arie Ball recently about her tracks at #trulondon and what might be interesting to attendees about the Sodexo story. I know the story quite well, it is a fantastic case story of implementing social recruiting on a vast sc > read more
@RadicalRecruit Talks Pipeline v JIT #trulondon rant
Published on 2011-02-01 18:20:55
Here comes the radical one. You wouldn’t want to miss it! > read more
HR Job Opportunity
Published on 2011-02-01 11:51:24
I met with a client this morning based in Herts to talk about recruiting for technical staff, and where they might be able to integrate social recruiting in to the process. Central to their thinking (and also their growth), they are looking to hire a > read more
When did recruiting stop being an HR function? #ConnectingHR
Published on 2011-01-31 08:25:08
I will be hosting the #ConnectingHR #CHRChat on Wednesday 2′nd Feb at 8.00PM G.M.T. Thats 3.00PM EST if you are in the states. The topic of the chat: Recruiting as an HR function. I’m not going to fire questions in to the twitter stream e > read more
Guest Post: @GlenCathey: Candidate Pipelining v Just In Time Sourcing
Published on 2011-01-30 14:20:38
One of the real pleasures I get from organising #tru events is that I get to meet bloggers that I admire. I’m a big fan of Glen Cathey and his Boolean Black Blog. Glen is one of the worlds best sourcers and an active recruiter for K-Force in At > read more
#truStockholm – March 9′th/10′th
Published on 2011-01-30 08:40:56
The #tru carnival comes to Stockholm thanks to Michelle Rea at Social Honesty and host/sponsers Monster.Com. #tru is The Recruiting Unconference for people with an interest in Recruiting, HR, Technology, Branding and anyone who works in the “pe > read more
Case Study: Classic Cottages use video for selection #socialrecruiting
Published on 2011-01-29 09:00:34
I posted earlier this week on the changing face of candidate selection, and how video was playing it’s part. the guys from Ovia sent me over this video case study that shows where video selection fits in to the recruiting process and cha > read more
The SocialCV: Is this the worlds largest global talent pool? #Socialrecruiting
Published on 2011-01-28 10:42:52
I don’t often get over excited by new products promising the earth. There have been plenty of disappointments in this area in the past, but TheSocialCVcould be one of those products. Like all good products, it came out of an initial Google ba > read more
Guest Post: @Arie_Ball of Sodexo: #trulondon gobsmacked
Published on 2011-01-27 19:16:47
We were lucky enough to have Arie Ball as a track-leader for #truManchester last year. I know from feedback that Aries track, telling the story of how Sodexo in the US have developed a dedicated talent acquisition team, who through social recruiting > read more
The tweet-cloud from #emconf2011
Published on 2011-01-27 07:12:47
We are now at the half-way point at the Enhance Media conference on on-line recruiting. I’m not there in person, i’m following the back channel and picking up on the conversation. With no official blog-squad it is a bit sparse, should rea > read more
LinkedIn Recommendations Or LinkedIn Lies?
Published on 2011-01-26 20:00:37
O.K, hands up if you look at recommendations on LinkedIn for anything other than leads on competitors profiles? despite what I constantly hear of the value of recommendations. I view them as pretty worthless. If a profile has 100′s of them, I > read more
The changing face of candidate selection
Published on 2011-01-25 22:56:31
Theres been a run of start-ups over the last year or so offering a video interview facility. I think the term video interview is on the whole misleading. I don’t see them being used for interview in the way I first used video as a recruiter. In > read more
Virtual #Trulondon
Published on 2011-01-25 09:16:53
With the twitter stream and other social media interactions, I’ve always felt that #tru events were as much about on-line participation and comment as being in the room. While you can’t beat the atmosphere and networking opportunity of be > read more
LinkedIn is changing. Are you keeping up? #In
Published on 2011-01-24 13:23:58
It shouldn’t merit a newsflash, but Linked In has changed significantly over the last 12 months since the A.P.I. was opened up and made accessible. It annoys me to see much of the “expert” advice given to job seekers and recr > read more
The G4S #socialrecruiting case study for #trulondon
Published on 2011-01-23 18:16:40
This is the first of the case studys/papers presented in advance of the masterclass and case study tracks at #trulondon. The masterclass on the 16′th Feb will see each presenter deliver answers to 3 questions taken from the comments section her > read more
R.I.P. Steve Newson:Missing From The Stream
Published on 2011-01-21 03:54:23
I was sorry to hear the news yesterday of the untimely passing of Steve Newson. I met Steve a few times after he attended #trulondon last year, and set up a local tweetup to discuss what we got out of the event. Only 5 of us attended but we had a gre > read more
New application for #Socialrecruiting: Weedle Skills Pages
Published on 2011-01-20 13:33:19
I just got introduced to Weedle skill pages via Facebook and it looks like a great application. Certainly if the growth of Branch Out is anything to go by, as the skills pages get populated it is going to be useful for locating people by skills. Th > read more
What are @LRuettimann and @TheHRD talking about? #trulondon
Published on 2011-01-20 10:42:47
Theo and Laurie have been cooking up an explosive track about the role of recruiters from an HR perspective. Both Laurie and Theo have forthrite views, and are not known for sitting on the fence. Expect an open exchange and a great conversation. come > read more
Finding the right LinkedIn groups #in
Published on 2011-01-18 17:44:57
I’ve been having a clear out of the LinkedIn groups I belong to today. Theres a few I joined a while ago that are either inactive or have become irrelevant. While looking at the groups I belong to, I found a function that is fantastic for findi > read more
What is MyResourcer? #trulondon
Published on 2011-01-18 08:13:28
I’ve been asked just what #trulondon sponsor “MyResourcer” actually do, and why I recommend them to recruitment businesses. What you might be thinking is that is that this is another application for candidate or CV identification or > read more
#trulondon update and 40 reasons you need a ticket
Published on 2011-01-15 09:57:41
We are now 4 weeks away from #trulondon and plans are coming together for both the unconference and the accompanying #trumasterclass. There are 21 tickets left for #trulondon and 41 for the masterclass. Great track-leaders have been confirmed includi > read more
Guest post: A Scotsman In America: One Mans Travels
Published on 2011-01-13 21:14:12
Todays guest post is from Peter Lanc, better known as HRMexplorer. I had a Skype conversation with Peter earlier this week. I was intrigued by his story. not just how a Scotsman managed to end up in the US, but how he had managed to switch industry s > read more
The #Gradjobseeker and Social Media – @MartinEdmondson
Published on 2011-01-12 13:55:38
Martin Edmondson lives his life helping graduates find work and companies hire graduates through his job board and community at yorkshire grads. The team have won awards and the service innovative. Martin and his team will be leading tracks on Gradua > read more
Guest post from Oxfams Beth Mayes: My #trulondon
Published on 2011-01-12 07:33:35
Beth Mayes will be attending her first #trulondon and unconference in Feb. I’m delighted that Beth will be joining us, and has chosen to share her agenda for being there with us. I’d like to see more of these types of posts > read more
Happy Birthday @MackCollier #Blogchat tips
Published on 2011-01-11 07:26:59
Every so often you have to use your blog space to thank people in the network you share who have helped you to develop. In the social age, people learn from the information we share, and while I try to do my bit, I get back far more help than I ever > read more
#truVlog Day 2: More faces of HR/recruiting
Published on 2011-01-08 22:43:56
Welcome to day 2 of the #truVlog carnival. We have been getting plenty of entry’s but there is still room for more, thanks to our sponsors Tribepad and Talent On View. You can record your entry by pressing the big red button at the end of this > read more
The #truVlog Carnival Day1 : Faces of HR/Recruiting
Published on 2011-01-02 19:51:02
Welcome to the #truVlog carnival 2010/11. The purpose of this series of posts is to give the people who I share a social space with the chance to say Hi to their followers and give their thoughts on the year ahead. I will be taking submissions till t > read more
My 2010
Published on 2010-12-31 12:28:09
This year has been full of: Thanks for sharing the ride! you’re all ambassadors. See you at #trulondon, in person or on-line. Bill > read more