Digg DiggFor the most European recruiters Monster used to perform the best as the CV database. The quality of candidates was on average higher than the average quality of the applicant who would apply on a job site in. Monster advertised this as a ‘Passive Candidate’ as opposed to the ‘Active Candidate’. They claimed that [...]
Searching for a developer, looking at client success stories I found an interesting video recruitment site. Here is a full case study from a web developer about it. Client background Bee Interviewed Limited is in the business of online recruitment. They are innovative and always look for smart solutions to the job portal market. They [...]
In the lovely article titled ‘UK tech companies fall behind US in social recruiting – survey’ Silicon Republic states: US companies are ahead of their UK counterparts when it comes to using the web and social media to recruit new employees, new research from recruitment software provider Zartis suggests. LinkedIn is the most popular social [...]
Why hacking a job site? Job sites collect CVs that contain tons of personal data. When you ring your bank, or a credit card company, they will at some stage ask you for your address. They might ask you for your email address as well. Your landline or your mobile number. All that plus tons [...]
The following series of articles I will write about the long list of changes LinkedIn have brought in lately, and how does it all reflect the recruitment process in Ireland. The main topics are: • Free Job Advertising by LinkedIn • Paid Job Seeker Account on LinkedIn • Why Would I Pay LinkedIn? • LinkedIn [...]
The service I would gladly pay LinkedIn to do for my today is to do the sourcing for myself. What they did is they have created this wonderful social network, and it is super easy to use, and has so many job hunters on their database. I can use it for free, or I can [...]
Dara O’Briain defined how wrong one can be in the eyes of the Irish low as: 1. there is all this stuff which comes under: That’s grand 2. then it moves into: Ah now don’t push it 3. … and finally it comes under: Right now you’re takin the piss, and that’s when the police [...]
Well, we all know that job advertising on LinkedIn is for most of us, far from free. With a lack of a volume discount that is the industry standard in within job board, LinkedIn actually priced themselves far too high. For that reason, the number of job advertisements sold in Europe was always really symbolic. [...]
There is more than a ten of Irish jobs sites that advertise themselves as free Irish jobs sites. Advertising the jobs is free. Some of them would then try to charge if a recruiter or employer tries to engage with the job candidate, and most of them would just send the job applications and CVs [...]
Well LinkedIn have decided that the Recruitment Agency market is to big not to service it. The new product called LinkedIn Recruiter is launched that enables Recruitment Agencies to harvest the full power of the LinkedIn Social Network. Is LinkedIN Recruiter a good or a bad thing for you? Well, depends from your standpoint. LinkedIn [...]
Premier Group Irish Employment Monitor: The Premier Group Irish Employment Monitor, which measures the pulse of the Irish professional jobs market, registered a 31% increase in the number of new professional roles coming onto the market during September 09 versus the previous month (August 09). This was the highest number of new professional job vacancies [...]
Resumark brought in a nice new business model in the online recruitment industry. The concept is essentially borrowed from the Google AdWords – Google AdSense model. While Google pays the web site owners to show the Google AdSense on their sites and charges the Google AdWords clients to pay per click for those same adverts [...]
Monster is interested in what job seekers think of their jobs web site. Here is the mail sent to job hunters today: SATISFIED? LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK Dear Job Seeker, At Monster, we are committed to creating an online experience that advances your life and your career. To help us achieve this, we [...]
Good presentation is key to producing a successful CV. In today’s crowded jobs market, making the right impression with your CV can make all the difference between getting an interview and being completely ignored. Given that your potential future employer may well have read through a pretty big pile of applications before even casting an [...]
When it comes to applying for jobs, first impressions can count for a great deal. Very often, the very first thing a potential employer will know about you will be written on the CV that you included with your job application. Having a great CV can make all the difference between being asked for an [...]
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