Social Recruiting via Facebook is surely a strong subject in 2011, and doesn’t seem to be going away very soon. It will be a trend to watch and analyse in 2012 for recruiters and potential candidates alike. With Facebook’s IPO in tow, more companies are building recruitment and hiring apps, taking advantage of Facebook’s over ...

Find below a sample list of the organisations attending the Social Learning Conference 2012, which will combine presentations and unconference sessions. To attend, please register here. Accenture, Collaboration Strategy Lead, Social Learning Team Accenture, Talent Development Ambassador & Design Architect Arkadin, Head of Global Learning and Development Barclaycard, eLearning Manager (Learning & Development Expertise Team) ...

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 ...

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 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 & ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...