Sourcing… who are the recruiting ninjas?
Yes yes, this one starts with a “back in my day” moment… but bear with, it concerns Sourcing – which I strongly believe is one of the areas skilled recruiters can really make a difference. Years back,...
View ArticleSwitching on Facebook Graph Search
There’s been more and more noise about Facebook Open Graph recently, and especially the beta launch of Graph Search. If you don’t know what this is, start with Facebook’s own quick intro here. For...
View ArticleThe future of Sourcing?
I referred in a recent post to one of my early jobs in industry, a junior recruitment researcher – and gave some views on how that role has now evolved. Events like SOSUEU and Discover Sourcing are...
View ArticleWhen LinkedIn Endorsements go well
I wrote a while ago on how LinkedIn Endorsements can sometimes go wrong - so it’s only fair that I reflect a rather different experience today! George was kind enough to endorse me – and got rather...
View ArticleMonitoring companies for staff who leave
Attending the Discover Sourcing event today. Mostly, I’m live-tweeting… but I want to share an search idea that need more than 140c… monitoring companies for leavers. It takes a simple search string:...
View ArticleHR tech trends and innovation from HRTechEurope
Out at HRTechEurope this week – so this post is a live-blog of Sarah White’s look at Innovations and Trends in HR Technology for 2014/15. I’ll be keeping my opinions out this time and just reporting!...
View ArticleTrends for 2014 in Recruitment
I posted this last month as a guest slot for Jessica over on Blogging4Jobs, adding in here for my records. Feel free to hit me up if you’d like me to write for you sometime. Always a pleasure to...
View ArticleWill HR use predictive data to cross the creepy line?
I love exploring new software tools and sites – particularly those that can be repurposed for things other than their original intention and oftentimes for better value. This time round, I’m talking...
View ArticleReplacing your career site with LinkedIn or Facebook? Think again.
Time for a weekend rant – gotta get this one off my chest! I’ve heard a bunch of people previously discuss whether it’s still worth building your own website, or whether Facebook can actually replace...
View ArticleWhat will you be doing for iRecruit 2014?
I’m excited to be heading out to the iRecruit Expo in Amsterdam again this summer – but this year, with a twist. In previous years, I’ve attended as a vendor, as a blogger and as a track leader for the...
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