Category Archives: Essays

Speculations at the end of the week

TruLondon 5 – The Tracks I’m Attending & Why

Posted February 21, 2012 - By | 1 Comment

So, I’ve finally got clearance from the powers that be, to attend the TruLondon unconference this week, a two day bonanza of ideas, opinion and outrage from the leaders in thinking on all things social and recruiting. Here are the 10 tracks I’ll be ...

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What Does Good Look Like? Lessons From #Linsanity

Posted February 11, 2012 - By | 6 Comments

If you’re a follower of the NBA, live in New York or maybe just somebody who has a twitter account, you might have heard of a guy called Jeremy Lin by now. In case you haven’t, here’s a video that might give you some idea. One week ago, ...

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I’m Back, Thank God

Posted February 06, 2012 - By | 4 Comments

It’s THE cardinal sin of blogging to er, not blog, and so let’s start by saying I’m guilty of the crime and prepared to pay whatever penalty the Gods of the Internets prescribe. No doubt this will include a calamitous drop in online influence (Klout ...

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Skype-on-Facebook: What It Means For Recruitment & The Job Search

Posted July 11, 2011 - By | No Comments

You know, sometimes I feel sorry for Mark Zuckerberg. He doesn’t do anything and people complain that Facebook has stopped being innovative; he’s does do something and people are quick to tell him how disappointing that innovation actually is. Last ...

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Recruitment Relevations From Social Recruiting Conference 2011 (#SRCONF)

Posted July 04, 2011 - By | 9 Comments

The worst thing that can happen from any gathering of minds is come away thinking that we have all the questions answered. Far better to come away with new questions buzzing in your mind that you hadn’t think to ask before. From the Social Recruiting ...

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Beknown – A Monster Using Facebook To Attack LinkedIn

Posted June 29, 2011 - By | 1 Comment

I must confess to a sigh of exasperation when I saw that little purple app first appear on my Facebook page. Not another spammy dig at the Facebook recruitment space? The moment passed when I realised it was Monster, and I had to smile; finally a Job Board ...

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Interested In Social Media In Recruitment? Do 1 of these 4 for #SRCONF2011

Posted June 27, 2011 - By | 1 Comment

There’s only 4 days to go before social media and recruitment crash headlong together at the Social Recruiting Conference, 2011. Hosted by Vic Okezie of Social Conferencing specialists, Crexia Ltd and Alan Whitford, of EMEA recruitment community, RCEURO, ...

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Timeline To A Recruitment Scandal (In LinkedIn Status Updates)

Posted June 10, 2011 - By | 6 Comments

LinkedIn Status updates are boring aren’t they? I mean, just how many times do I need to see that, once again, you’re urgently looking for that Swahili speaking SAS programmer who wants to work a contract in Prague for £350p/d? Almost never, I ...

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Socializing Your Recruitment Business – Step#3 – the Social Media Usage Policy

Posted May 30, 2011 - By | 1 Comment

Let’s face it. Copying and pasting a few lines to add to your existing employee handbook is the most likely outcome of you reading this post. After all, social media is tough enough already without having to deal with Yet Another Damn Thing – ...

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Socializing Your Recruitment Business – Step #2 – Understanding The Risks

Posted April 11, 2011 - By | No Comments

In last week’s post on Socializing Your Recruitment Business, we talked about the first step you need to take to get your company onto the social web – The Social Media Audit. This week, we’re moving onto Step #2 and an even more riveting topic: ...

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