Have you ever seen a remarkable CV? More likely in a negative way because the document had many different fonts, sizes, images, tables or colors. Fortunately, there are also very beautiful and creative specimens. Often… Creative CV design 11.0
There a few great initiatives and resources that might be worth your attention. And being a reader of this blog, I have some special offers for you!
1) TRU AMSTERDAM 23-24 June 2010
Hurry up before you loose out on one of the most talked about Unconferences with some great international recruitment experts. Next event will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Costs? Only 25 Euros for two days!
Check out http://cli.gs/TRUamsterdam for more info.
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HRMinfo.net, a Belgian knowledge provider and community for HR professionals, released a white paper at the end of April about recruiting via social media. In this publication recruiting via social media is examined from a strategic perspective and in conjunction with other recruitment methods. The publication also focuses on demonstrable ROI and best practices.
25 readers can get their hands on a free copy of this unique English-language white paper. A gift from Jacco Valkenburg. Send an email to freecopy-iprc@biz-plaza.eu before 15 June 2010 with your details (name, position, company) for a chance to win one of the 25 free copies of this white paper! You will receive in any case a free copy of the chapter containing the Deloitte (Belgium) and Crowe Horwarth (USA) case studies. A detailed table of contents and ‘executive summary’ can be downloaded from www.biz-plaza.eu/whitepaper.
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The Searchologist website is focused on resume sourcing and lead generation strategies for Recruiters.Books, a free white paper, TRU event and other great resources with special offers
I recently presented some statistics and trends 2010 about LinkedIn, based on directly measured visitor stats. Another way of getting a better understanding of the demographics of the LinkedIn user is the LinkedIn Direct Ads section.
In the infographic below an overview is given of some interesting numbers about member participation per country, industry type, company size and job role in LinkedIn. Please note that Gender and Age stats are not accurate due to the fact that these are not mandatory fields on LinkedIn.com (most of the people don’t complete this info so this data is calculated).
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Here’s a new advertorial by LinkedIn to promote their recruitment solutions (Talent Advantage): What do you think? Are professional networking sites like LinkedIn the future of recruiting?
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I’m a big fan of Twitter because this social platform has brought so many interesting things. In particular, the many applications based on this social platform, makes Twitter.com a very userfriendly and valuable social platform.… Recruitmentjob Tweet Book – the first year
Every week I post a recruitment video or presentation on the Global Recruiting Roundtable blog. A funny grad recruitment video from TBWA in London, released in 2004:
Most resumes are standard and boring. Yet there are a few specimens which are very creative and beautiful. Like this wonderful resume from Malaysia: This series of creative CVs, or special online profiles, can be… Great resume design 9.0
I see very little videos for specific jobs, but they do exist. Like this video series from Sony Ericsson in December 2007:
Sony Ericsson Hardware Design and Development Engineer