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 ...
Posted by Adam Britten on Monday, November 14th, 2011 | 2 Comments
According to an opinion on ere.net, LinkedIn, Viadeo, Monster, and other job boards and professional networkings sites might be in danger. Last month, Facebook, the largest social network in the world announced a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor and national employment services. The result of this partnership is the page Facebook.com/socialjobs. Within the ...
Posted by Adam Britten on Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 | No Comments
Mashable recently posted an infographic presenting how recruiters use social networks to screen candidates. While it’s not surprising 91% of recruiters reported using social media to screen candidates, I was surprised to find that 69% of recruiters have rejected a candidate based on what they found. (For a famous example of this, read about the “Cisco ...
Posted by Adam Britten on Friday, October 7th, 2011 | 6 Comments
Earlier this week, Jobvite introduced a new Facebook app that allows people to suggest friends of theirs who might be a good fit for a particular job. According to InsideFacebook organizations that license the application might see a reduction in recruitment costs. This new feature allows companies to not only see an increase in applicants, ...
Posted by Vic Okezie on Monday, June 27th, 2011 | No Comments
MONSTER BRINGS JOBS AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING TO FACEBOOK Launch of BeKnown addresses major worries with mixing working and social lives in social networks June 27, 2011 – Monster launches BeKnown, bringing the world’s leader in connecting people with jobs opportunities to the largest and most active social network . You can sign up to BeKnown ...
Posted by Vic Okezie on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 | No Comments
Social Media is having a significant impact in the way we now live our lifes. From how we communicate to the way companies are doing business. With the massive growth in usage of services like Facebook and Twitter, more and more organisations are now exploring how these tools and platforms could influence the future of ...
Posted by Alan Whitford src on Friday, November 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Stéphane Le Viet is a Co-founder of Work4 Labs, an innovative social media startup with offices in San Francisco and Paris. They have developed Work for Us, a breakthrough app to leverage Facebook’s data-rich environment for both recruiters and candidates. Stéphane and Alan Whitford, founder of SRCONF co-organiser RCEuro.com, discuss the impact of recruitment apps ...
