What Thomas is reading - 7th Dec 2008

Posted By: Thomas Shaw, 2:52pm Sunday 07 December 2008

Jobs ads fall for fifth successive month... Sydney Talent... Recruiting and Restructuring in a Downturn... Start-up wonders... Are your job advertising dollars well spent?... Does Social Networking = LinkedIn for Most Recruiters?...

Jobs ads fall for fifth successive month - The Age
http://6rec.com/3y2o
"Job advertisements have dropped for the fifth consecutive month in November, with employees' fear of being fired widespread, a survey shows."

Sydney Talent
http://6rec.com/sxqq
"SydneyTalent is a new initiative of the University of Sydney that connects industry with
high calibre, motivated students, from entry level through to experienced PhD candidates."

Recruiting and Restructuring in a Downturn - Smart Company
http://6rec.com/v2kx
"Join Amanda Gome, SmartCompany.com.au, Dr Lyndel Cuesta, Behavioural Profiling Specialist, and Imogene Devereux, Training Consultant & Facilitator from Drake International, as they discuss how companies need to be be recruiting and restructuring in a downturn and benchmarking the process."

Start-up wonders - The Age
http://6rec.com/ew6x
"For any executives or manager facing the horror lay-off season, the idea of starting up your own business may have strong appeal - but do you have what it takes to be a success?"

Are your job advertising dollars well spent? - Recruiter Daily
http://6rec.com/50mf
"Getting the best return on investment from your advertising dollars requires some careful consideration of which job boards to use, says online recruitment expert Thomas Shaw."

Does Social Networking = LinkedIn for Most Recruiters? - ERE
http://6rec.com/y0xn
"We ran a webinar today with Elaine Orler and Jason Corsello of Knowledge Infusion about what changes we should expect from recruiting technology in the next year."