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The Recruiter Unconference, #TruLondon, is back on 17 & 18 Feb 2011!

#trulondon is The Recruiter Unconference,thats not just for recruiters. Attendees will be made up of a mix of Agency and in-house recruiters, HR, technologists and anyone with an interest in people.

It is an annual event that attracts track leaders and attendees from around the world. Attendance is restricted to 100 to ensure flowing conversation with 3 tracks an hour running, hosted by experts in the discussion topic.

Confirmed Track Leaders For 2011 include:

Glen Cathey | Andy Headworth | Greg Savage | John Sumser | Colin Minto | Kevin Wheeler | Michelle Rea | Craig Fisher | Paul Harrison | Jorgen Sundberg | Laurie Ruettimann | Dave Martin | China Gorman | Geoff Webb | Bill Boorman | Alison McCue | Jacco Valkenburg | Johnny Campbell | Mark Williams | Gavin McGlynne | Felix Wetzel | Laurent Brouat | Martin Edmondson | Charlie Duff | Keith Robinson | James Mayes | Mark Lennard

That is a fantastic line up that covers all aspects of Recruiting, HR, technology and Digital Media. The track leaders come from 13 different countries and 3 continents, one of the most global Recruiting/HR line ups ever assembled. I’m counting down the days and hope you can join us! Need more reasons to join? Here are 40 reasons you need a ticket.The Recruiter Unconference, #TruLondon, is back on 17 & 18 Feb 2011!

Everything you wanted to know about LinkedIn – UK statistics and trends 2011

On request by UK newspaper City A.M., I’ve compiled a list of facts and figures about the usage of LinkedIn in the United Kingdom. Did you know that the LinkedIn.com site has 4,712,656 UK members at this moment?

This month I expect they will break the 4 Million barrier of people that will visit LinkedIn.com in the UK. In fact, on the 4th of January 2011 LinkedIn.com had the most visitors ever: 498 thousand in one day. This may not become as big surprise as the first working day / week is one of the busiest days in Recruitment.

The number of monthly visitors at LinkedIn.com (directly measured) keeps on growing spectacular:

Everything you wanted to know about LinkedIn – UK statistics and trends 2011

Tip: re-assign recommendations in your LinkedIn profile

Do you want to merge 2 positions into one but afraid to loose the recommendations? Or perhaps you want re-assign a recommendation that is accidently assigned to the wrong position?

The good news is that it is possible to do this. What you’ll need to do is (temporarily) remove the position associated with the recommedation. This will cause any recommendation assigned to it to be placed into an “unassigned” status. The next step is to reassign the recommendation to another appropriate position.

These are the steps to be taken to reassign recommendations, according to LinkedIn:Tip: re-assign recommendations in your LinkedIn profile

Will this be the busiest recruitment day of the year 2011?

Yes, at least according to a 2007 survey of 1,500 UK employees, by jobboard Jobsite. The majority of employees said they would begin their hunt on the first Monday of the New Year. In fact 42 per cent of people were planning to look for a new job in January. So today, Monday 3 January 2011, will be the busiest day and your inbox will be flooded by CV’s. Are you prepared?

So I turned to Monster in The Netherlands (the leading jobsite here) for actual figures and asked them the question; ‘Was the first Monday in 2010 the busiest recruitment day?’. They looked into their web statistics and came with the following results:

  1. We see on the first Monday of 2010 a major increase in visitor numbers compared to the day before. Many people are intending to enter the New Year to familiarize themselves on the labor market for another job.
  2. Even more striking is the average visit length (over 10 minutes) on the first Monday of 2010: throughout 2010 the average visit length is not as high.
  3. Yet the first Monday of the Year 2010 was not the busiest day of the year. We see in the months of the first and fourth quarter of 2010 that there were even busier days, in terms of visitors at Monsterboard.nl. What is striking is that these days on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday fall. People experience a new week as a New Year, meaning a fresh start with good intentions and new opportunities on the labor market.Will this be the busiest recruitment day of the year 2011?