LinkedIn revealed today the next generation LinkedIn Profile! It promises: Simplified editing, Build relationships, Rich insights. No big changes but much more visual attractive. Starting roll out today. What do you think of this new… BREAKING: The Complete New LinkedIn Profile (full webpage screenshot)
The recruiter of today is unrecognisable from even a few years ago. As technology changes every industry, recruiters have been impacted particularly hard. 1980s Recruitment Top Gun; The tech boom in the ’80s gave high-flying… The Evolution of the Recruitment Consultant [Infographic]
In 2011 we presented over 1.000+ facts about social media around the world. Today, this study and 128-slide presentation contains over 2.000 facts & figures about social media in 19 countries. Wow! [slideshare id=14426292&doc=socialmediaaroundtheworld-120924031822-phpapp02] Topics… 2.000 facts & figures about Social Media around the world 2012
Roughly 21% of today’s working professionals can be considered as active job seekers. Another 20% are super passive i.e. happily employed and not interested in a new opportunity. The rest, 59% of all professionals, are… What motivates passive talent? They are not as passive as you think
LinkedIn released today new data about its popularity among small business professionals. They looked at how many small business professionals are already LinkedIn members. For the purposes of this study, LinkedIn defined small business professionals… How to leverage LinkedIn for small business professionals
Job seekers should see varying degrees of positive hiring activity across 31 of 42 countries and territories, with employers in 22 labor markets reporting improved or relatively stable hiring intentions compared to the third quarter.… Global Employment Outlook 4Q-2012: Cautious Hiring Plans in Most Labor Markets
Leo Janson wanted to create an identity for himself and to create a high quality produced set of elements that represented him. The CV Mailer was printed on a tabloid newsprint to give a full scale view of my work. The business cards were foil blocked on 350gsm Colorplan for a luxury finish.
But Job Boards, Online Networking Gain Ground
Person-to-person networking continues to be job seekers’ most successful tool, according to a study by Right Management. The firm analyzed job data on the nearly 60,000 individuals throughout North America to whom it provided career transition services over the past three years. Traditional networking was the source of new career opportunities for 41% of job candidates last year, while Internet job boards accounted for 25% of new positions landed.
Source of New Job
(59,133 job seekers)
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2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
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| Networking | 41% | 45% | 41% |
| Internet Job Board | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| Agency/Search firm | 11% | 9% | 11% |
| Direct Approach | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Online Network (2010) | 4% | na | na |
| Advertisement | 2% | 7% | 7% |
| Other | 10% | 12% | 14% |
Being a group owner of a 100.000+ LinkedIn member group I’ve seen a lot of spam / fake accounts and block (‘Flag’) many spam accounts every day. Fake accounts are used by spammers who are… Identifying fake LinkedIn members
While LinkedIn continues to dominate social recruiting at 93% adoption (up from 87% in 2011 and 78% in 2010), Facebook and Twitter saw bigger growth margins in the past twelve months.