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Articles posted on December 2009Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way to the bank5:25pm Friday 18 December 2009
Tags: smaart recruitment christmas job ad title funny job ads job boards This weeks Christmas job ad title winner goes to Smaart Recruitment with "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way to the bank!! Temps, we need you!"
read more...How can we improve the candidate’s interview skills?1:07pm Thursday 17 December 2009
Tags: product testing client-candidate interview placement ratio recruitment process productivity recruitment consultants interviewgold.com.au interview gold interview skills interviews candidates job seekers Over the past month, I have been trying out a new product that was released to the Australian marketplace called Interview Gold. The product takes a unique approach to interview preparation which combines a fast track interview skills course with video practice interviews and interactive mock interviews.
read more...Is mobile going to become the recruitment platform of choice?3:29pm Wednesday 16 December 2009
Tags: emerging markets facebook voip ip telephone internet cycle apple iphone mobile job search mobile applications mobile mobile internet morgan stanley mobile recruitment mobile internet report december 2009 saas recruitment native applications web applications Morgan Stanley has released the latest Mobile Internet Report studying innovations in technology. If you have a spare few hours, you can read the full 400+ page report, or browse through the presentation slides. Mobile internet is not a fad and the recruitment industry should take note. Most day-to-day recruitment programs are desktop based which requires costly overheads and resources. Recruitment systems, job boards and career websites should become mobile optimised to take full advantage of this growing medium.
read more...jobs.govt.nz igovt login system5:30pm Tuesday 15 December 2009
Tags: user authentication identity management systems identity theft user system password username mycareer fairfax digital security facebook connect openid ivs government jobs jobs.govt.nz government new zealand government identiy verification system igovt login igovt Over the past few years, the New Zealand government has been working on a single all-of-government logon service (igovt) and identity verification service (IVS). This will allow users to use the same logon details to access all participating government service provider's online services.
read more...Could social media soon replace email?8:40pm Thursday 10 December 2009
Tags: 2010 marketing trends people from cossette email social media communication channels facebook developers email marketing email address facebook statistics strongmail A recent study by Canadian company PEOPLE FROM COSSETTE, made the observation that social media could soon replace email as a means of sharing information. Could it be true? Facebook doesn’t think so and is planning a number of platform upgrades to share the users email addresses. But, could both of these marketing channels together destroy other forms of communication?
read more...Calling Blitzen, Dancer and Rudolph - Reindeers needed everyday till Xmas8:10pm Thursday 10 December 2009
Tags: sydney morning herald mycareer christmas funny job ads job boards This weeks Christmas job ad winner was found on MyCareer and also displayed in The Sydney Morning Herald. "Calling Blitzen, Dancer and Rudolph" Santa must have been in a rush because he forgot to check his diary.
read more...Gartner's 2009 Magic Quadrant for E-Recruitment Software report5:50pm Thursday 10 December 2009
Tags: jobpartners neogov mrted kronos peopleclick stepstone kenexa taleo pageup people webcruiter bond adapt wcn cytiva bernard hodes group first advantage netmedia peopleadmin hrsmart oracle e-business suite adp sap silkroad technology oracle peoplesoft icims recruitment technology vendors magix quadrant for erecruitment software gartner inc recruitment systems ats online recruitment erecruitment software magic quadrant gartner social software Gartner Inc have released the 2009 Magic Quadrant for E-Recruitment Software report. The report examines "vendors that have more than 100 e-recruitment software customers with more than 1,000 employees, more than $25 million in total revenue (license, maintenance and services) or both."
read more...Are you a Social Recruitment wanker?9:47am Monday 07 December 2009
Tags: future of job boards online classifieds realestate carsales job boards online recruitment industry online recruitment social media club social recruitment wanker job board statistics seek myspace facebook twitter social recruitment social recruiting There may come a time where you are so immersed in social media you become a wanker. You forget about the real world. Real relationships. A world where you pick up the phone to call a candidate or catch-up with a client for a coffee. For all those who know me, I would rather communicate over the phone than correspond via Twitter.
read more...Dear Santa. All I want for Christmas are some Team Leaders9:35am Friday 04 December 2009
Tags: the warehouse job boards funny job ads christmas funny job ads It's that time of the year again where recruiters try to come up with the most creative, witty and funny job advert titles. This week, the award goes to The Warehouse in New Zealand with "Dear Santa. All I want for Christmas are some Team Leaders, please."
read more...Deloitte NZ Facebook profile - Live and Interactive with Graduates1:03pm Wednesday 02 December 2009
Tags: graduate experiences live video graduate jobs graduate employment facebook.com facebook deloitte new zealand Over the past few months, I have been watching Deloitte New Zealand build a structured (and very strategic) presence on Facebook. Today, they have released the next piece of the puzzle. Deloitte NZ will be hosting a live-streaming video/Facebook chat session for potential Graduates.
read more...Using the LinkedIn API9:37pm Tuesday 01 December 2009
Tags: social network social networking linkedin profile digital resume universal resume universal cv applicant tracking system ats recruitment system job board linkedphp linkedphp.com developer.linkedin.com linkedin.com jobscore.com jobscore candidate profile oauth recruitment technology vendor multi job posting systems application programming interface recruitment database linkedin developer recruitment technology linkedin api Last week, I wrote a blog post about how LinkedIn has released a public API for developers to build 3rd party applications using the database. Today, I thought I would show you how easy it was to create a application utilising the LinkedIn API. I want you to forget that LinkedIn is a social networking site, and think about it as a massive information database. A database you can now use to connect your job board/recruitment system with.
read more...Job Board Statistics - November 20099:00am Tuesday 01 December 2009
Tags: mycareer careerone seek november 2009 job board job board statistics nielsen netratings Australian Job Board Statistics measuring the total unique browsers during November 2009. Data source - Nielsen NetRatings. SEEK 3.987m, CareerOne 1.535m, MyCareer 1.318m
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