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Social Learning Conference 2012 Agenda

Posted by Vic Okezie on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 | No Comments
We are very much looking forward to our first Social Learning event, which will be a combination of case study presentations and mostly unconference-styled discussions amongst attendees. The event will be held on 8th March 2012 in London. We have only a few spots left, so make sure you REGISTER NOW. So far we have ...

Yammer Sponsors #SWCONF 2012

Posted by Vic Okezie on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | No Comments
Crexia’s Social Workplace Conference 2012 is delighted to welcome Yammer as Silver Sponsor. Social media has dramatically changed the way we share and connect with friends and family, and it will have an even more profound impact on the way companies operate. Enterprise social networking empowers employees to be more productive and successful by enabling ...

#SRCONF 2012: 28th June 2012 (London)

Posted by Vic Okezie on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | No Comments
#SRCONF 2012 is back again to London. The Social Recruiting Conference is Europe’s thought-leading Social Media in Recruiting conference, with case studies. It gathers leading Employers, HR and Recruitment Industry professionals, to passionately discuss and practically demonstrate the possibilities of Social Recruiting. #SRCONF has become a must-attend event for the most innovative Senior Recruiters & ...

#SWCONF 2012: 24th May 2012 (London)

Posted by Vic Okezie on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | No Comments
We are very pleased to announce that the website for our next Social Workplace Conference is now live. #SWCONF 2012 will be held on 24th May 2012 in London. This will be our second event, after the very successful #SWCONF 2011, where we welcomed speakers from Oracle EMEA, Verzion US, IBM, Aviva, KPMG, SSP and ...

Social Recruiting: Insights from 2011 (Viadeo)

Posted by Vic Okezie on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 | No Comments
Viadeo Hiring Solutions recently published a detailed Whitepaper that focuses on Social Recruiting: insights and best practice from 2011. The document shares great information on trends in Social Recruiting, whilst taking an objective view on the subject. Excerpts of the whitepaper is published below, but you can download the full piece in English or French. ...

Salesforce Acquires Rypple, a Social HR Platform

Posted by Vic Okezie on Friday, December 16th, 2011 | 1 Comment
Salesforce announced plans to acquire Rypple yesterday, and this demonstrates the cloud-based company’s expanion into the HCM and Social HR space. I have always expected that Salesforce will be entering the HR market, and with this acquisition, I’d imagine a lot of disruption in the cloud-based Talent Management industry. Quite a few interesting moves in ...

Social Recruiting: Don’t Cross the Line!

Posted by Vic Okezie on Thursday, December 15th, 2011 | No Comments
This is a guest post by Kyle Lagunas, the HR Analyst at Software Advice – a company that conducts human resources and applicant tracking software comparisons. When it comes to using social media websites for recruiting – what we call social recruiting – how far is too far? Beyond learning the hard way what works ...

Can Facebook Get you a Job? [Infographic]

Posted by Adam Britten on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 | No Comments
Mashable recently posted an article containing an infographic about job seekers and their success on Facebook. The infographic reported some strong findings: 1 in 6 job seekers use social media to get hired. Surprisngly (to me at least) Facebook accounted for more found jobs than Twitter and LinkedIn combined. Will this trend continue in 2012? Facebook ...

#SRCONF 2011 Paris: Video Overview

Posted by Vic Okezie on Monday, December 12th, 2011 | No Comments
#SRCONF 2011 Paris was held on 1st December 2011. For a short preview of the conference, please watch the 2 minutes video overview below. The video features: Vic Okezie (Founder & CEO, Crexia), Alan Whitford (Founder, RCEuro), Marc G Krummacher (CEO, Talentory), James Mayes (Head, Client Relations, BraveNewTalent) and Jean-Marc Mickeler (Partner, Deloitte France and ...

Viadeo’s Guénaëlle Perrin & Maxime Liebens #SRCONF

Posted by Vic Okezie on Monday, December 12th, 2011 | No Comments
Viadeo’s Guénaëlle Perrin (European B2B Marketing Manager) & Maxime Liebens (International Sales Manager) were interviewed at the #SRCONF in Paris, on the 1st Decemeber 2011. The interview is in French and conducted by Marie-Pierre Fleury, CEO at Canden RH. Guénaëlle explained that the 3 key objective of Viadeo is to develop a platform for Professionals ...