Dutch people are curious by nature. There is not a country in the world that checks so often the LinkedIn functionality “Who’s viewed my profile” (this is a fact). I even know users who check… LinkedIn tip: Who’s viewed your profile?
I love creative recruitment campaigns! And Hipster, a tech start-up in San Francisco, has been successful in attracting promising Mobile Engineers and Ruby Engineers, coming from companies like Google, Twitter, SalesForce, Oracle and AOL, to its company with a great referral campaign and an special attention-getting offer; $10,000 in cash and a year’s supply of PBR beer. The company is also offering a a hip bicycle, authentic skinny jeans, a pair of Buddy Holly glasses, a pair of worn boots and a mustache-grooming service.
According to ManpowerGroup’s third quarter Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today, year-over-year hiring outlooks improve modestly across major countries with German employers reporting their most optimistic hiring expectations since the downturn.
Although overall hiring plans for countries such as Italy and the U.K. remain subdued, results for Canada and France are above the historical average and those in Japan and the U.S., while below pre-recession levels, are cautiously optimistic. U.S. employers across all 13 industry sectors surveyed expect hiring activity to be relatively stable or improve from three months ago. Meanwhile, employers in the emerging market countries of India and Brazil continue to report the strongest hiring plans globally, fueled in part by strong demand in the countries’ Finance / Insurance / Real Estate sectors.
There are very restricted possibilities of advertising at Swiss universities. Therefore McKinsey in Switzerland looked for an unusual way of communicating and at the same time reach as many persons as possible. They found the… Creative campus recruiting and direct marketing
It’s back! From the acclaimed Social Media Revolution series, see here from 2010, there is an updated and slightly shorter version for 2011. This video shows the progression in the field of information technology, globalization and the information age we live in today and includes new social media statistics for 2011.
A look at education and employment in the United States: Putting jobs in perspective.
Recently Nicole Bueters, Director Talent Acquisition at Philips Benelux, shared her experience with the road to a successful referral program in a multinational. According to their own research, targeted sourcing, referral and internal labor market… Case study: How referral enables the growth of Philips
Agencies are increasingly fighting for the best digital talent. But these days front-end developers are extremely hard to find. There are not many out there. After trying the traditional recruitment advertising the Danish agency Uncle came up with a more creative way to recruit a front-end developer.
In four articles I’ll describe the developments in mobile recruitment. In Part 1 the explosion of mobile internet in the coming years and the evolution of online recruitment to mobile was discussed. The implications of mobile devices and the required actions for HR / Recruitment Managers are being described in this article.
A mobile device such as smartphone or tablet typically has:
1. Mobile internet
2. Small Screen
3. Location determination (GPS)
4. Camera
What are the opportunities and challenges of recruitment of this? Let’s have a look at the impact and actions that are required. The Future Of Mobile Recruitment: implications (part 2)
ManpowerGroup’s 2011 Annual Talent Shortage Survey surveyed nearly 40,000 employers in 39 countries and territories to discover that more than one third (34%) of employers globally are reporting difficulty finding the talent they need to fill positions. This is a 3% increase over 2010 and the highest percentage since 2007, just before the global recession hit.
The most difficult jobs to fill in 2011:
