Derived from the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game (which also inspired a movie ), the ‘Moneyball Sourcing model’ described here by Marvin Smith allows for a different, data-driven approach to viewing sourcing and recruiting. In the actual novel, Beane managed to sign baseball players who were less expensive yet still able ...

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 ...

Last week I have started a poll on LinkedIn asking “Who should be responsible/ have the ownership for the companies’ internal social communications?” So far we have received a good amount of response and great comments. We shall keep the discussion going regarding this interesting topic and at the beginning of next week I will ...

In the last few weeks, we have been actively involved in engaging with LinkedIn members via the #SRCONF LinkedIn Group. It is interesting to note some relevant content on the subject of Social Media in Recruiting, but also provide resources to individuals looking for real-life case studies and/or success stories on Social Recruiting. The group ...

LinkedIn has been undergoing a lot of changes the last few months – new inbox, new ways of organizing your contacts, new search functions etc, not without several annoying downtimes and wrong search results, in some instances. They are very busy, presumably trying to make the site and its services more social – which is ...

2009! Talk of a mid-year (or is it mid-life) crisis for Recruitment Companies. More and more in the UK (as across the world) are facing very difficult and challenging times with the current economic climate. The global recession having claimed lots of job with fewer corporate organizations recruiting this time, unlike last summer and the ...

LinkedIn! Usually dubbed a Facebook for Grownups has been actually growing into a fantastic tools for Corporate Recruiters. Recruitment Agencies have also attracted high calibre candidates from using the Social Media site and recruiters who have been consistently hiring via LinkedIn, tend to fill a lot of their jobs faster or get referals from connections. ...