Posted on 01 July 2008 by Vanessa Dennis
A new application on the social networking site Facebook is allowing users to seek out companies that match their culture and values.
The OfficeBook application, created by the three people at Leaders 2020 Inc. who were frustrated by the inability of job seekers to uncover company culture through traditional means of job searching, has begun a fan club of about 500 users on Facebook since its debut last month.
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Popularity: 65% [?]
Posted on 01 July 2008 by Vanessa Dennis
Users of Atomkeep, a data aggregator that allows those with profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, Monster, JobCentral and other social networking or job sites to change their personal information all on one site, can now link profile changes to Twitter and Jobster.
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Posted on 13 June 2008 by Vanessa Dennis
Social networking, the world’s leading online connection tool, and referral recruiting, the most cost effective and efficient form of recruiting, have announced a merger on Yellojobs.com.
Under the agreement, social networkers can now generate income by leveraging who they know. Social networkers can search the job ads on Yellojobs.com and refer jobs with referral rewards to their friends. When a referred friend gets hired the referring party collects the cash reward.
The merger further stipulates that referral recruiting has finally entered the online world. Employers have long known that referrals are the best way to tap into the “Passive” candidate pool. However, effectively reaching that audience through the web has to this point eluded employers. Now, with Yellojobs.com employers can post job ads with referral rewards for free. Since Yellojobs.com is entirely success based employers can post unlimited job ads with no risk.
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Posted on 12 June 2008 by Vanessa Dennis
Affinity Circles, a provider of social networks for academic and professional organizations, has launched inCircle Recruiting, a candidate sourcing tool that allows employers to target and engage passive candidates.
Companies can sift through a network of more than 140 alumni and professional groups, including 15 million degreed professionals. About 700,000 of those professionals are registered users who could be potential job targets.
InCircle Recruiting, in beta since September, is a subscription-based service that features targeted media campaigns aimed at reaching candidates who are already employed but are open to being approached by employers. Subscriptions, which begin at around $40,000, arm recruiters with customizable tools to target members by region, occupation, academic degree, industry, current and previous employer, job functions, and more.
Chuck Taylor, VP of Marketing, spoke about the main function that sets Affinity Circles apart from competitor LinkedIn. “We encourage a lot of communication within the platform. I can send a message to anyone even if I’m not connected to them, which is one of the key differences between Affinity Circles and LinkedIn. There’s no requirement to go build out your network with a whole bunch of people before you can start communicating. Because we have these closed networks, we give every member of the community access to every other member for communication purposes.”
New features to the recruiting platform include:
1) The ability to run targeted media campaigns that promote employer’s opportunities to users meeting pre-specified criteria. Campaigns now extend beyond the inCircle community platform, in the form of emails that highlight opportunities waiting for users in the community. The system remembers the campaign criteria as long as the campaign remains active, and automatically promotes the corresponding opportunities to new users who join the network after the campaign is created.
2) The inCircle Recruiting candidate management system that enables employers to create talent pipelines for each of their job roles and to communicate with qualified candidates who have expressed interest in being contacted by a recruiter about those opportunities.
“Another big difference between Affinity Circles and LinkedIn is that we allow recruiters to specify what types of characteristics they are looking for,” Taylor said. “We have eleven different targeted parameters like current job role, current function, academic degree, and current employer. Candidates that meet those qualifications get a response from the employer for specific job opportunities. So we are defining a relevant audience for the employer, and then we’re measuring the degree to which we connected with that audience.”
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Posted on 12 June 2008 by Vanessa Dennis
The largest career network for college students and alumni has broadened its employer posting service to include 3,650 academic departments and student groups at over 1,000 U.S. colleges and universities. Most academic disciplines, including business, liberal arts, tech/engineering, and allied health are included within the site’s reach.
Employers utilizing AfterCollege can now choose from a much larger, more diverse network to advertise jobs, internships, and events to their target academic audience. They may purchase credits for occasional postings, or they can buy a package with unlimited privileges.
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Posted on 11 June 2008 by Vanessa Dennis
Notchup.com, a job site that matches A-list workers with the companies that are willing to pay for the privilege to interview them, has a new feature that allows candidates to upload their resume or import their profile from LinkedIn.
Prospective interviewees can still name their own price - often between $200 and $500 per interview - and now they have an even easier time linking their customized profiles to employers.
Popularity: 21% [?]
