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Articles posted on April 2010Social Recruiting in Australia and New Zealand. What do Recruiters really think about it?8:00am Friday 30 April 2010
Tags: rcsa rcsa.com.au rcsa quarterly business manager survey social media social recruiting job boards source candidates recruitment marketing strategy social networking background checks social recruiting in australia niche job boards refer a friend proshortlist twitter facebook linkedin recruitment industry statistics recruitment statistics social recruiting statistics social recruiting in new zealand The latest RCSA Quarterly Business Manager Survey for 1st Qtr, 2010 has been released. It's no surprise that mainstream job boards still lead the advertising medium recruiters use to source candidates. The trend indicates recruiters are decreasing the use of networking events, niche job boards and refer-a-friend incentives (see image below).
read more...Login with LinkedIn buttons2:05pm Thursday 29 April 2010
Tags: linkedin.com linkedin linkedin api api login buttons job board recruitment website using the linkedin api If you are using the LinkedIn API to integrate it with your job board, recruitment website. You maybe interested in using one of the standard "Log in with LinkedIn" buttons.
read more...Recent Job Searches6:44pm Wednesday 28 April 2010
Tags: recent job searches job board mycareer mycareer.com.au job search form fast same origin policy sop number of latest jobs There was a function added to MyCareer's new homepage last week I seemed to have missed. While it's not uncommon for job boards to record (and display) your recent job searches, this one caught my eye.
read more...The ugly side to blogging5:18pm Tuesday 27 April 2010
Tags: blogging blogging for recruiters recruitment blog linkme linkme.com.au blog spam spam If you run a blog, you should keep it clean. Unfortunately automated systems are not fool proof and spammers can attack your site. The best thing to do if you no longer blog (and update your system software) is to delete it.
read more...Facebook Advertising recap3:12pm Sunday 25 April 2010
Tags: facebook.com facebook using facebook for recruitment facebook advertising recruitment advertising display ads ppc pay per click nielsen social media ad impressions social recruiting social recruitment Forget fan pages, applications, and searching for user profiles. One of the easiest ways to get in front of users on Facebook is by using Facebook Ads.
read more...How cybermule jobs work2:08pm Sunday 25 April 2010
Tags: job boards cybermule fake job ads scam jobs symantec job ads recruitment website Symantec has put together a short educational video on how cyber mule jobs work and why you need to avoid these types of job ads. Job boards work very hard to put in processes to validate each advertiser and the legitimacy of the job ads before they are posted on their site. But scammers are getting smarter and we all need to learn how to spot suspect job ads.
read more...New homepage design for MyCareer3:19pm Thursday 22 April 2010
Tags: mycareer job board job board design mycareer.com.au print advertising job search job advert title job search results MyCareer has (finally) updated their homepage design with a smaller menu bar, large job search box and quick links for the various job seeker tools. The design is less "yellow" and creates a smoother job search entry.
read more...Are you using WordPress for your Recruitment Website? Check your security12:01pm Monday 19 April 2010
Tags: wordpress wordpress recruitment website hack insecure software directory listings network solutions database password web application security wordpress job board software security Do you use WordPress? Are you aware of the security implications around the software? Over the past week, thousands of WordPress websites have been compromised with malicious malware code inserted into the database
read more...Relaunch of Lifestyle Careers11:37am Monday 19 April 2010
Tags: website design recruitment website recruitment agency website job board software job board design recruitmentzoo recruitmentzoo.com lifestyle careers lifestylecareers.com.au Over the past 2 weeks, we have worked on the relaunch of Lifestyle Careers onto our job board software platform. We welcome Leah and her team.http://www.lifestylecareers.com.au/
read more...Recruiters - Delete your social networking profile if you no longer use it4:19pm Wednesday 14 April 2010
Tags: social media social recruitment social networking delete your social networking profile recruiters social recruiting strategy facebook twitter myspace deleteyouraccount.com If you tried to recruit via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace etc and have since stopped. It may be a good idea to delete your social networking presence to avoid the embarrassment from clients, candidates and other recruiters from finding your profile and calling you a failure.
read more...Integrating Facebook Connect in your job site is not rocket science1:08pm Monday 12 April 2010
Tags: facebook connect facebook.com api job board recruitment website integration facebook data candidate registration user information social recruiting social recruitment social networking social recruiting strategy Just over 12 months ago I wrote a blog post titled Integrating Facebook Connect with your Job Board on the pros of doing this. Since then, I have only seen a handful of job sites with Facebook Connect integration. Why? apparently it's too hard to do.
read more...Problems with highlighting text2:51pm Sunday 11 April 2010
Tags: job search results user experience job advert taleo highlight text job board recruitment system html code Highlighting keyword search terms in a search result list or job advert may look and feel nice. It can also be useful for quickly finding relevant words within large pages of text. But, it can have the reverse effect if you don’t script it correctly!
read more...Job Board Statistics - March 20107:02pm Tuesday 06 April 2010
Tags: nielsen netratings job board statistics job board mycareer careerone seek march 2010 job board report Australian Job Board Statistics measuring the total unique browsers during March 2010. Data source - Nielsen NetRatings. SEEK 4.26m, CareerOne 1.789m, MyCareer 1.493m
read more...What will my job site look like on the iPad?8:00am Tuesday 06 April 2010
Tags: ipad recruitment applications ipad recruitment ipad job search recruitment website job board ux website design mobile recruitment desktop version mobile version apple bookmark icon iphone job search what will my job site look like on the ipad ipad emulator ipad simulator seek.com.au mycareer.com.au careerone.com.au The iPad has finally been released into the wild, and everyone is now scrambling over it to see what changes it will have on the way people view and experience web sites.
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