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Art Papas on Bullhorn Reach launch

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After picking up 10,000 recruiters in four months of open beta, Bullhorn, Inc. is making Bullhorn Reach Personal Edition available for free. Bullhorn Reach is a social recruiting platform that makes it easy for recruiters [...]

Monster launches LinkedIn rival

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Job board Monster.com announced today it is boosting its social media presence through a new app called BeKnown, which enables Facebook users to make professional connections that are distinct from their friends. The app is [...]

Company launches “generous” social network referral program

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Entreave, an Austin-based startup that utilizes an online marketplace to connect candidates with companies and recruiters, said today it has launched a rewards program specifically for social networks. Registered users will have the opportunity to [...]

LinkedIn opens satellite office in Singapore

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It’s been a big month for LinkedIn, which listed this month on the New York Stock Exchange to become the first major US social networking firm to go public. LinkedIn is also diving into many [...]

NASDAQ on likely increase of LinkedIn job posting price

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The price of a single job posting on LinkedIn is likely to increase in line with global economic recovery, according to an article on NASDAQ.com. The writer points out that LinkedIn’s recruitment services, including job [...]

RealMatch now integrating LinkedIn with advertising platform

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RealMatch said today it is integrating professional networking site LinkedIn along with other social elements into its advertising platform. The provider of recruitment advertising platforms to media companies said the integration involves combining the LinkedIn [...]

New Facebook app launches to match friends with jobs

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Work4 Labs, a social media startup with offices in San Francisco and Paris, announced today it has launched a new version of its Facebook app called Work For Us, which matches a Facebook user’s friends [...]

Linkedin reaches 100 million milestone

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Professional networking site LinkedIn has acquired 100 million members, it announced last week. The site is now clocking about one million new LinkedIn members every week, the equivalent of a professional joining the site at [...]

Bernard Hodes Group introduces Instream Jobs Facebook application

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Bernard Hodes Group, a provider of integrated talent solutions, announced today it has created a new application that will allow job seekers to view job opportunities on a company’s Facebook Page Wall as well as in [...]

iCIMS launches partnership with Jobmagic

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iCIMS, a provider of Software-as-a-Service talent acquisition solutions, announced today it is partnering with Jobmagic, a company focused on social recruiting, in order to enhance its candidate management solution. iCIMS customers can now engage and [...]

Top Prospect integrates with LinkedIn to facilitate online referrals

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At the newly-launched online referral market called Top Prospect, the goal is simple: refer a friend for a job, and if he or she gets hired, you get paid. To facilitate these online referrals, Top [...]

SmartSearch and TweetMyJOBS announce integration

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Advanced Personnel Systems, makers of talent acquisition system SmartSearch, is partnering with TweetMyJOBS, a social media recruiting company and Twitter job board, to enable SmartSearch users to leverage social media for recruitment purposes. Within TweetMyJOBS, [...]

LinkedIn launches LinkedIn Skills

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Professional networking site LinkedIn announced last week that it has rolled out a tool called LinkedIn Skills, which will help users discover new and established expertise areas that professionals need to succeed. When LinkedIn members [...]

New “LinkedIn killer” launches

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Resu.me, a career network that is claiming to be strong competition for professional networking site LinkedIn, launched today, and founder Karthik Manimaran spoke to VentureBeat about his new project. According to VentureBeat, Resu.me uses machine [...]

CareerBuilder quietly shuts down BrightFuse

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CareerBuilder has shuttered BrightFuse, which was once a free talent community where people shared tips and ideas to advance their careers. The job board shut down the professional networking site last November without any fanfare. Allison [...]

CanopyHR on top ten human resources trends of 2010

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CanopyHR, an HR group based in Orange County, CA, is reflecting on the tumultuous year of 2010 and how staffing and recruiting has been impacted by leaner and more aggressive recruiting tactics. The company devised [...]

BraveNewTalent launches on Facebook

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BraveNewTalent, a social networking platform that enables job seekers to take control of their own career search, went live today on Facebook as a new application. BraveNewTalent is calling itself the first “purely candidate driven [...]

Bullhorn launches social media tool for staffing agencies

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Bullhorn, a provider of staffing and recruiting software, announced on Friday that it is introducing Bullhorn Reach, a service to help staffing and recruiting agencies use social media and search engines to connect with potential [...]

Malware attacks LinkedIn users

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Cisco, the security company, is warning the public today that cyber-criminals have launched a very aggressive and hostile malware campaign that attacks people browsing on professional networking site LinkedIn. The perpetrators are sending infected spam through [...]

LinkedIn launches career mapping tool for students

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Professional networking site LinkedIn has announced a new career mapping tool exclusively for students in collaboration with PwC US, a large employer of college graduates. The tool, called Career Explorer, enables students to chart potential [...]

Social Intelligence launches social media background check & monitoring for employers

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Social Intelligence Corp., a provider of specialized employment screening and monitoring services, launched its Social Intelligence product line on Tuesday. The analytics and services are designed to scour social media for insight into employment and [...]

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