Today I spoke at CJiX 2011, a South Africa based recruitment conference organised by careerJunction.com. The event is sharing knowledge and experience in what has worked and what has not in new web 2.0 based recruiting techniques. The day was kicked off by a local TV News Star – Debora Patta – who did not… [Read more…]
October 13, 2010 by topbananas
Today the RAC has pointed the finger at the smart phone. It is the cause for drivers getting distracted by using the mobile. Previously such discussions were always about making phone calls, but today the research shows that 1 in 5 of UK drivers check their social network (Twitter or Facebook) on their phone while… [Read more…]
September 29, 2010 by bananasarah
At the end of April LinkedIn launched a new feature to their site which allows users to keep up to date with the latest activity from companies of their choice. The ‘Follow Company’ feature enables individuals to track a company to find out about the latest job openings, business opportunities and any new developments, and… [Read more…]
July 16, 2010 by michellerea
Conversations regarding ‘what is marketing’ is never a dull one. Each company and individual add a layer of individuality that means that marketing can be as varied as brand management or investor relations, depending on who you ask. So the connection between HR and marketing is nothing new – for some. But it is shocking… [Read more…]
July 13, 2010 by michellerea
The human resource department is responsible for: Recruitment, selection and onboarding Employer branding Organizational design and development Change management Performance and behavior management Employee relations Workforce management Compensation, rewards and benefits management Training and development To summarize, human resources’ role is to manage external and internal talent. This is one of the few departments that… [Read more…]
July 7, 2010 by bananasarah
A few weeks ago Keith Robinson from SiteAdvisor caught up with James Mayes for a chat about social media and recruitment. In this 60 second video, James Mayes gives his take on mobile recruiting; fad or the future? James Mayes of TweetJobs.net has some excellent advice for any recruiter who wants to get off the… [Read more…]
June 23, 2010 by topbananas
There are rumours abound that Twitter’s new employee, French developer Arnaud Meunier may help to bring threaded conversations to Twitter. Meunier was the creator of Twitoaster- an app that specialises in the threaded conversation view it gave to tweets. Read more here.
June 21, 2010 by topbananas
Do you use your mobile for social networking? If you are not one of the 100 million people that use the Facebook mobile app, then you must be one of the millions that use a Twitter mobile app? If you are neither you must be holding on to an old, non-web friendly Nokia, waiting for… [Read more…]
June 8, 2010 by topbananas
So it is lunch here in New York, in the NY Times Conference Center. The morning at #mashablesummit has been interesting. A lot of content. The event has been mainly experience sharing and storytelling. The experience from CollegeHumour.com was quite unique. They now build professional viral videos, the few shown during the session were very… [Read more…]
May 27, 2010 by topbananas
Yesterday I supported Peter Gold’s Social Recruiting Workshop. The event had about 30 corporate in-house recruiters and 30 recruitment agencies. First up, the day was very enjoyable and I only heard positive comments- nice work Peter. Compared to similar events 12 months ago the session showed huge developments in Social Recruiting. The fact the event… [Read more…]
March 9, 2011 by topbananas
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