What Is Social Recruiting?
What Is Social Recruiting (April 08, 2009) I’ve started a conversation about the nature of Social Recruiting on an Australian Wiki. It’s my contention that using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn et all to recruit is not necessarily social recruiting. It’s a desktop variant of Recruitment advertising. It’s an advanced form of sourcing. That’s not to say that [...]
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Thought For The Day: “Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?” Steve Jobs Employee Engagement Network 1,029 Members (adding 2-3/day), 219 Discussions, 295 Blog Posts Magic Method 1,349 members and home to the weekly (open to all) MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Class Chats - 90 class logs posted at the site. Boolean Strings [...]
The Twitter Revolution III
The Twitter Revolution III (here’s Part I and II) (Mar 27, 2009) What separates humans from other animals is the sense of self-awareness. Increasingly, technical innovation is self-aware. The (probably unintentional) brilliance of Twitter is its lack of functionality and intention. That’s what gives it the ability to become self-aware as it evolves. These days, [...]
The Twitter Revolution II (continued from yesterday) (Mar 25, 2009) If I were in charge at Monster (or Career Builder or Hot Jobs), I’d quietly sign a deal with he folks at Twitter. I’d use an automated version of Splits.org, with a more tightly defined lexicon for job category and location, I’d flow each and [...]
The Twitter Revolution
The Twitter Revolution (Mar 24, 2009) It’s no small irony that I write this note from my office in Bodega Bay, CA. This place is known for its assortment of unique avian inhabitants. The reputation was enough to convince Alfred Hitchcock to film the classic move about birds right here. Twittering, the squawking that frightened [...]
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