Social media

CareerBuilder launches Facebook application

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CareerBuilder announced today that it has launched a new Facebook application to help companies get more mileage out of their employee referral programs and reduce recruitment spend. The Work@ application enables employees to share open [...]

Reckitt Benckiser launches role-playing game to recruit top talent

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New Jersey-based Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a global household, health and personal care company, today launched a social media game designed to engage potential marketing recruits on a variety of high-profile online properties. The new poweRBrands [...]

RecruitingBlogs.com and Recruiter.com merge

September 2, 2010

Recruiter.com and RecruitingBlogs.com Inc. announced a definitive merger agreement today, creating a new US-based company called Recruiter.com, LLC. The merged company will provide an integrated platform to facilitate recruiter and HR social networking, knowledge sharing, [...]

BranchOut on Facebook

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Games like Farmville and Restaurant City have eclipsed more practical applications on Facebook, but a new app called BranchOut is hoping to change this. The utility of BranchOut is clear-cut: to help people build strong [...]

Germany to outlaw background checks on Facebook

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A new law in Germany could ban the use of Facebook profiles for conducting background checks on potential candidates, according to a local newspaper. Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière drafted the law,  according to Die [...]

More employers leveraging social media for recruiting, survey says

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More than 1/3 of employers are using social media to attract and engage new hires, according to a survey by Careerbuilder. Sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter are gaining in popularity for employers who require [...]

Resumes go social

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In the last few years resumes have become less static and more interactive, thanks to sites like LinkedIn and VisualCV. The plain, single-spaced, bullet-lined document has been replaced with graphics, colorful pictures, video, and hyperlinks. [...]

The real cost of social media recruiting

May 27, 2010


A recruiter was recently overheard at a conference asking, “So, does social media replace everything else I do?” The answer, of course, is no – but it’s understandable why this recruiter was confused. The amount of hype and enthusiasm for social media recruiting has been substantial.

What is social media recruiting? In essence, the recruiter connects with candidates via social media channels…

Everyone says job boards are dying – so it must be true, right?

February 26, 2010

A recurrent theme in blog posts and Tweets is that job boards are dying. Usually this is coupled with a prediction that they’ll be replaced by social media or Google. The popularity of this subject, in turn, spawns two questions:

  1. Why is this such a popular topic?
  2. Are job boards really dying?

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Does social media eliminate the need for job boards?

January 22, 2010

Does social media eliminate the need for job boards?

For the past 15 years, job boards have been a standard part of the job seeker and employer ‘tool kit’. And why not?: job boards have proved to be an efficient way for job seekers to locate hiring companies, apply for jobs, and get a resume in front of potential employers.

But now the onset of…

Warning: long-term side effects of recession may include…

November 18, 2009

As the recession begins to wane, it’s a good time to assess what
effects it has had on the relationship between employers and employees.
Why? These changes will continue to reverberate over the coming years
and affect how recruiting and hiring is conducted, what technologies
and approaches are used in finding candidates, and which resources are
brought to bear in retaining top talent.



A case of two perceptions



Per this recent report from…

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