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Old Dogs and New Tricks: my take on social media in recruitment

October 28, 2011 by Tracey Dunn

 

I have attended two recruitment in social media events recently and although I thought I was fairly social media savvy – I definitely learned some interesting new stuff showing that you can indeed teach an old dog new tricks!

The first was the UK Recruiter and  HB RIDA Directors’ Networking Event. The first presentation was from Sophie Relf the Head of Marketing Strategy at Guardian Jobs.  While I didn’t actually agree with a lot of her comments (‘social media is a walled [...]

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There’s a drumming inside my head …and it’s social media

September 2, 2011 by Tracey Dunn

I have just returned from just under three weeks away.  I had a great time travelling around the States.  And as I always do when I am on holiday, I take my blackberry but I turn off data roaming. No e-mail, no Twitter, no Facebook…. and definitely no logging on to free wifi ..nothing.  And it was soooo liberating.

Now don’t get me wrong – I am a huge fan of social media and you’ll regularly find me tweeting away, ‘working’ [...]

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Connectiquette

July 1, 2011 by blueskypr

Having just heard the new phrase ‘Connectiquette’ I decided to look into the etiquette of managing connections online.

Technology has brought us all closer together.  Social networks have provided platforms making it easy to connect with long-lost friends and family, new friends, business colleagues and other people who have similar interests, aspirations and goals. They have also become crucial in job search and career management.   

However good etiquette is still essential. Its infuriating when you get inundated with asks and requests [...]

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Social media tips: LinkedIn

June 15, 2011 by blueskypr

Social media can be daunting if you haven’t used it before, but it can be a great tool for recruitment businesses looking to engage with both clients and candidates. We’ll be running our ‘top tips’ for a series of social media platforms. First up: LinkedIn.

Ensure you have an optimized profile.  Follow the advice on your profile telling you what to do to get your profile to 100%. This may be adding a photo (people want to know who they are [...]

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MOD civil servants – are they losing out?

January 14, 2011 by blueskypr

I worked for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for three years. It was a real shock to the system when I made the move from the private sector. Not only was it the change in pace, culture and processes that I had to get my head round; it was also the archaic computer systems. It was like going back in time!

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Social media – who and how to get involved?

December 21, 2010 by Steph King

I recently spent a day at one of our clients discussing their use of social media and how to get the whole team involved. And a great day it turned out to be, with an enthusiastic team all positive about the social media being utilised and with some great ideas going forward.

But what happens if your team don’t get involved, don’t see the point or there is conflict over who should be involved? A recent survey featured in PR [...]

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Social media in recruitment workshop

June 1, 2010 by Steph King

I attended the Social Media in Recruitment Workshop last week hosted by Peter Gold and what a day it was. I had agreed to help Peter on the day and turned up at the British Library early to help set up; after the initial problem of not being able to get into the British Library (the gates were all locked up at 8:30) I was responsible for registering the delegates along with Lisa Scales and Claire Dalton and by 9:30 [...]

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Social media – the darker side?

February 9, 2010 by Tracey Dunn

 

 

I had an e-mail shot the other day from a supplier to the recruitment industry.  They wanted to test the power of viral marketing and were offering an incentive.  All good stuff you might say – great marketing ploy – but then when I read on it actually left quite a nasty taste in my mouth. All you had to do was to mention the supplier on various social networks and you stood a chance of winning a [...]

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