LinkedIn, the boring social network that won’t find you a date but may land you a job, is expanding beyond people profiles. view article »

June 5th is Innovation Day for some TMP clients who will be invited to a day-long forum at Google’s Silicon Valley campus to learn how to make better use of search technology for recruitment purposes view article »

They call it My Perfect Gig (profile; site ), but you may be tempted to think of it as My Best Gettable Candidate. You'll be forgiven if you do because after you strip away all the hype from all the matching sites that are sprouting like rainy season mushrooms, the matches they come up with and the candidates who get hired only occasionally fit every job spec to a T. view article »

While U.S. recruiters debate the value of text messaging, one of the largest franchise operators in the Middle East has jumped in with enthusiasm.

“From now on,” says Nic Beesley,  a senior HR vice president with M.H. Alshaya Co., “All jobseekers applying for Alshaya vacancies will henceforth know exactly where they stand. Whether they are short-listed or called for an interview, every candidate will receive real-time SMS updates, regardless of which part of the world they live in.”

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Sendouts, provider of on-demand services for the recruiting and staffing industry, will give its users access to thousands of unique telephone-sourced mid-level passive candidates through Sheila Greco Associates’ (SGA) ExecutiveTracker. Sendouts Pro users can now source directly from SGA ExecutiveTracker, which houses the most comprehensive list of executives currently employed at major companies – both private and public – across all industries. view article »

Geoff Peterson, managing principal of General Lead and editor of StaffBytes is providing a free LinkedIn Checklist of 55 tips, tricks and strategies for networking on LinkedIn. This checklist offers several ways to build your LinkedIn network, gain exposure on LinkedIn, utilize your LinkedIn network in and out of LinkedIn, connect with the right LinkedIn members, utilize search engines and tools to extend your LinkedIn network and more. view article »

Nearly half (48 percent) of human resource managers say that over the past year they have had to broaden the list of places they look for candidates in order to reach more job seekers, according to a survey sponsored by Personified, the talent management and consulting subsidiary of CareerBuilder.com.

In hopes of getting new talent in the door quicker, nearly a quarter (23 percent) of human resource managers say they have shortened the time from initial meeting to offer, and close to one-in-ten (8 percent) have removed steps from the application process.

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27 per cent of employers in the UK said they either currently use social networking sites to research potential job candidates or plan to start. Specifically, 15 per cent of employers said they currently screen potential employees on social networking sites and another 12 per cent said although they do not, they intend to start. view article »

Want to know how referrals and cold calls can make a difference to your business? Then check out Bullhorn's white paper, "Top 6 Sourcing Best Practices: How Referrals and Cold Calls Can Keep You Ahead of Your Competition."

This new report focuses on sourcing best practices from the fastest growing firms and reveals what tools and techniques are most effective to source and place candidates faster than the competition. Some key findings include never deleting candidate information from your database, online networks prove to be more effective for finding passive candidates and job boards offer a significant advantage over other sourcing methods by listing candidates' salary requirements.

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ZoomInfo has formed an alliance with Main Sequence Technologies, the vendor of PCRecruiter an applicant tracking system used by management recruiters worldwide. PCRecruiter is also the tracking platform of choice for over 1,000 franchisees and affiliates of the MRI Network - a global recruitment organization. view article »