Article Search Engine
Articles posted on May 2009RCSA needs your help11:17pm Sunday 31 May 2009
Tags: errors asp server website rcsa rcsa.com.au It's great to see the RCSA has (not) fixed all the website issues it has been having. For the past 6 Sunday's in a row it has failed like clockwork. So how do they fix the issues?
read more...How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 1 - Server Directory Listings9:08pm Thursday 28 May 2009
Tags: server directory listings monster careerone insecure job board recruitment website rcsa hacking security Every day, I am informed of another insecure recruitment website. How could this still be possible? The economic downturn has lead to an increase in data theft, with recruitment agencies one of the easiest targets. Information is an asset that, like other important business assets, has value.
read more...Upcoming Webinar - Social Recruiting 1015:36pm Wednesday 27 May 2009
Tags: wikis podcasts vidoo virtual worlds social networks rss aggregators social bookmarking social recruiting strategy social recruiting web2.0 linkedin twitter myspace facebook thomas shaw webinar referral networking blogs micro-blogging roi social recruiting 101 There is a lot of buzz surrounding the use of Social Networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn. But have you actually mastered the use of basic web 2.0 tools? Most recruiters are confused on how to integrate these tools into their recruiting strategy in a scalable fashion!
read more...SEO Glossary5:16pm Wednesday 27 May 2009
Tags: career sites keyword density keyword impressions meta data anchor text search engine indexing web crawler organic search serp search engine optimisation seo glossary seo recruitment website job board With all the hype around search engine optimisation (SEO) for recruitment websites and job boards. I thought it was important that you first understood a number of the common words that have been thrown around.
read more...Advanced Twitter use for Recruitment4:58pm Wednesday 27 May 2009
Tags: opened oauth api boolean search xray search tips social recruiting online recruitment advanced twitter use in recruitment recruitment twitter advanced twitter thomas shaw webinar productivity training session recruitment branding If you missed out on attending the Advanced Twitter use for Recruitment webinar dont despair. You can still purchase the webinar recording, presentation slides and twitter resources sheet for $45.00 To purchase the webinar recording and resources, please use the online payment form and you will be able to download the documents.
read more...SEO Meta Tags5:00pm Sunday 24 May 2009
Tags: robots.txt keyword tags title tag website optimisation meta tags search engine optimisation seo description tag search engine Meta Tags are a Key strategy to Optimizing a website and individual web pages for the search engines, especially the "title tag". The "title tag" is what Search Engines use to determine what a site is about. In this blog post we will also look at the description, keywords and robots tag.
read more...Brand Identity Guidelines9:00pm Thursday 21 May 2009
Tags: recruitment agency template brand identity guidelines branding branding guidelines Establishing and developing your Recruitment brand and image is a process which takes a great deal of time, energy and money. A brand identity creates loyalty, inspires trust, and allows for ease of recognition of you and your services.
read more...Tapping into the Hidden Job Market - Essential Online/Offline Networking Strategies3:05pm Thursday 21 May 2009
Tags: networking career advice keith keller webinar annemarie cross strategies job seekers hidden job market online vs offline Sending out numerous applications but never seem to get any responses? Still waiting for that perfect job opportunity, which never seems to be advertised? Limited job opportunities presenting themselves? Studies have shown that between 70% to 80% of job opportunities are never advertised - termed the 'hidden job market'.
read more...Upcoming Webinar - Using Facebook for Recruitment12:14pm Thursday 21 May 2009
Tags: webinar facebook applications using facebook for recruitment facebook thomas shaw Have you tried recruiting on Facebook? Do you manually click through profiles and post messages on group profiles? Guess what, you have already created your first mistake! If you are like most online recruiters, then more than likely you are concerned about how to grow traffic to your website and increase sales and placements.
read more...Surviving a Redundancy - 10 strategies to get yourself and your career back on track3:34pm Tuesday 19 May 2009
Tags: retrenchment job seekers strategies redundancy annemarie cross webinar keith keller career advice Below is a live recording of today’s webinar with Keith Keller and Annemarie Cross on “Surviving a Redundancy: 10 strategies to get yourself and your career back on track” You can register for other upcoming webinars here
read more...Search Engine Marketing (SEM)12:10am Tuesday 19 May 2009
Tags: pay per click search engines recruitment marketing yahoo search marketing google adwords sem search engine marketing search engine optimisation seo ppc Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is term that describes marketing a website using various techniques to make it more visible on search engines. Search Engine Marketing techniques include search engine optimization (SEO), buying Pay Per Click (PPC) ads or using a combination of both of these options.
read more...Upcoming Webinar - Advanced Twitter use for Recruitment11:03pm Monday 18 May 2009
Tags: online recruitment advanced twitter use in recruitment recruitment twitter advanced twitter thomas shaw webinar tips social recruiting xray search Following up from our previous webinar "Using Twitter for Recruitment", Recruitment Directory is proud to present an advanced training session presented by leading Online Recruitment Specialist, Thomas Shaw. Nearly 800 people have listened to Thomas teach Recruiters the basic principles and techniques on how to use Twitter.
read more...Recruitment Genome Report 20099:47pm Sunday 17 May 2009
Tags: job boards technology marketing strategy candidates recruitment strategy seo smo talent sources blogs social networking recruitment genome report 2009 arbita report survey The first installment of the Recruitment Genome Report 2009 titled "Act While Others Wait: Savvy Recruitment Marketing Strategies Now Ensure Success While Others Wait for Better Times" was released yesterday by Arbita. The reports authors are leading US industry figures who compiled the survey data between Jan 23 - Mar 16 2009.
read more...SEEK increases job advert expiry to 45 days5:34pm Sunday 17 May 2009
Tags: strategy analyst error expiry date job board job ads seek geoff jennings seek.com.au Great news for all SEEK advertisers. They have changed the default job advert expiry length from 30 days to 45 days! Oh no, hang on... on second look, this only applies for jobs posted under the SEEK Ltd advertiser account.
read more...HTML Special Character #39 - The Apostrophe11:23am Friday 15 May 2009
Tags: absolute archijobs clements dfp recruitment greythorn jobsjobsjobs jobs.co.nz jobspeed legal jobs centre linkme ross human directions scott recruitment talent2 apostrophe html special characters job board recruitment agency online recruitment search form testing security hacking If you do not encode special characters in web forms, you run the risk of breaking the search query or the ability to insert malicious code into the database. Hackers can infiltrate your website, potentially stealing confidential data or deleting the database. I am not going to go into the technical reasons why this happens, but in most cases it is a very easy fix.
read more...Is your username available?9:33pm Thursday 14 May 2009
Tags: username social networks username availability namechk social networking sites brand identity brand management It is becoming more difficult to maintain the same username across a growing list of social networking sites. In such a situation where you are unable to obtain the desired username, you will have to settle for your 2nd preference which may hurt your identity and social network presence.By entering only a username, NameChk can instantly show you if your desired/branded username is available at various social networking sites.
read more...URL Shortening9:08pm Thursday 14 May 2009
Tags: url bit.ly twitter url shortening tinyurl tr.im url redirection Popular URL shortening service http://tr.im was offline for a number of hours today. Millions of URL links were broken and users were redirected to a error page (image below). It begs the question - should you host/manage your own URL shortening service or rely on a 3rd party?
read more...Ooops tips - May 20097:33pm Tuesday 12 May 2009
Tags: online recruitment job advert ooops job boards linkme mycareer seek First off, I must thank all the blog/twitter followers who send me emails pointing out these issues. Following on from The ooops tips for job adverts Feb 2009 here are some more slip-ups.
read more...Radio Interview - Online Recruitment in a web 2.0 world10:59pm Monday 11 May 2009
Tags: recruitment agencies job seeker tips background searching social networking jason shaw wink.com spokeo.com seek careerone job boards online recruitment thomas shaw joy94.9 web2.0 interview technogaze Tonight I was interviews on Joy 94.9 a community radio station in Melbourne. I was the special guest of the weekly 7pm show called "Technogaze - gazing into the past, present and future of technology". I spoke on various topics such as Social Networking, Job Boards, Online Recruitment, Background Searching and job seeker tips. You can download the full podcast or listen to the full show below (the interview starts at around the 9m mark)
read more...Radio Interview - Twitter for Job Seekers10:38am Monday 11 May 2009
Tags: career communique radio thomas shaw blogtalkradio keith keller annemarie cross twitter job seekers This morning I was interviewed on Career Communique Radio - Your Career Catalyst with Annemarie Cross and Keith Keller titled "Twitter for Job Seekers". Social media and social networking is rapidly becoming an important tool and strategy in a job seekers job search. If you’re not familiar with social networking or are not using this as part of your job search, then this show is a must listen.
read more...Recruitment Rumble2:05pm Thursday 07 May 2009
Tags: even it up seek careerone rcsa recruitment directory diane lee geoff jennings thomas shaw recruitment rumble mp3 online recruitment Below is the live recording of "Recruitment Rumble" 7th May 2009 with Thomas Shaw, Geoff Jennings and Diane Lee. The topics covered in the rumble included:
read more...TwitterJobSearch mashup with Google Maps6:23pm Sunday 03 May 2009
Tags: twitterjobsearch google maps api mashup location TwitterJobSearch has created a widget with the Google Maps API to provide a geographical representation of the jobs posted. One of the main problems with this mashup is that users are not specifying the job's location in the tweet.
read more...
