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In-Game Job Recruitment

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-Game Job Recruitment

Facebook Like for recruiting?

The Facebook Like button was released 1 year ago and has been a great success. According to Facebook, 10.000 new websites are adding this social tool every day. More than 2.5 million websites have integrated with Facebook, including 80% of U.S. Top 100 websites and over 50% of comScore’s Global Top 100 websites.

The result of all this? Every month, more than 250 million people engage with Facebook on external websites. Moreover, a study last month by Eventbrite concluded that a “Like” is more profitable than a tweet.

And Facebook’s success hasn’t gone without notice. Google recently launched +1, its answer to Facebook’s Like button, and also LinkedIn has a Share button these days to integrate in your website. Facebook Like for recruiting?

Next generation mobile recruitment apps become social

For over one year, we have mobile Apps in the iTunes Store specifically designed for Recruiters, HRM and Employer Branding specialists to follow the latest news on the iPhone (and also on Android Phone and Windows 7). In the latest version we go social! Now you can profile yourself*, like, share and comment on articles. You can also follow the activities of other users in the community!

Check out the new Recruiting Roundtable iPhone app and download it directly from the iTunes Store. Next generation mobile recruitment apps become social

Career Site and Social Media Recruitment activities go mobile at PepsiCo

Mobile recruiting is becoming increasingly popular to reach a target audience ‘anytime, anywhere’. Moreover, candidates start expecting that the information they are looking for is easily accesible via their mobile devices. With the latest generation of Mobile Apps and, now also iPad Apps, it’s never been easier to stay current on what’s happening around career possibilities or to connect with the talent.

The team at PepsiCo understands this very well and made a new mobile suite of Apps available today. With the new Possibilities… application you’ll now have the latest video, tweets, blog entries, job search tools and alerts all in the palm of your hand. And wow, it looks good!

Connect:
At your fingertips you’ll find the latest video releases from PepsiCo, updates from
the ‘Living the Promise’ employee blog and have the chance to read and respond
to the latest tweets from the recruiting team behind @PepsiCoJOBS

Career Site and Social Media Recruitment activities go mobile at PepsiCo

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!

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?