The Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), the worldwide professional association for retained executive search consulting firms, announced at the Web 2.0 Expo that it will use VisualCV's technology for networking and the presentation of candidate information to its member firms. view article »

myStaffingPro has enhanced its RSS capabilities to make it possible for candidates to share job alerts with friends, colleagues, and relatives. The applicant can select from over 30 services to share the opening, including: MySpace, Facebook, Reddit, Digg, and Twitter.

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JWT INSIDE, one of the world’s leading recruitment marketing and internal communications companies, is bringing Web 2.0 solutions to hospitals and health care systems. In order to engage the employees of a large health care system that is geographically spread out, JWT INSIDE incorporated PURL technology in their recent internal communications campaign.

PURL stands for Personalized URL, a web address that incorporates the recipient’s name. For example: www.johnsmith.ourcompanysite.com. This technology provides relevant content in response to preferences and engages responders in more meaningful dialogue.

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New research shows that an increasing number of organizations are informally experimenting with Web 2.0 tools for business purposes. A study conducted by think tank Human Capital Institute (HCI) and talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. says more than half of the companies surveyed use communities of practice/groups and chat/instant messaging (IM), with other popular applications including corporate social networks (49 percent) and blogs and/or wikis (39 percent).

To get a copy of "Leveraging Social Networking & Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools in Enterprises" you must be a member of the HCI. Membership is free.

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As layoffs continued to pound the economy in January, one beneficiary was job networking site LinkedIn. According to the latest January data from comScore, the LinkedIn’s U.S. unique visitors shot up 22 percent to 7.7 million, up from 6.3 million in December. Total minutes spent on the site doubled in January to 96.8 million, from 47.6 million in December. view article »

SmartSearch, the flagship ATS product from Advanced Personnel Systems, now can export job listings to social and business networking sites. The enhancements in the latest upgrade include a handy automatic Twitter posting of job title and link.

 

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Jobvite's recently released Social Recruitment Survey shows that recruiting on social networks continues to grow, despite the overall slowdown in hiring.

Part of the reason is satisfaction with the quality of the candidates. Cost is also a factor, say the surveyed companies, a factor in the 72 percent of  the surveyed companies who say they expect to spend more on social networks this year.

Get a copy of the survey here.

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According to a recent white paper published by Berkshire Associates, Web 2.0 is quickly changing the HR landscape, and for the better.

Berkshire’s latest white paper discusses how HR professionals can take advantage of Web 2.0 technology and move their processes into the next era of on-demand platforms. This free resource shares expert information on everything from the principles of Web 2.0 and wikis, to the intranet and twitter.Get it here.

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With the economy on the verge of a rebound, Brightmove and many industry analysts predict a game changing shift in the recruitment space.

"Social media offers direct personal interaction for our customers. It allows recruiters to reach out to a target audience with relevant career options. Gone are the days of blind recruitment calls," says CEO David Webb.

Get "Are you dead in the water leading into the next hiring boom? The New Breed of Recruiter and Web 2.0" here.

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Need a little help getting your social media recruiting underway? ATS provider BrightMove is offering what it's calling "A Recruiter's Field Guide" to social media recruiting.

The free guide will help avoid some of the missteps companies make in their social media recruiting. Written in partnership with veteran recruiter and writer Nanci Lamborn the guide includes:

• 10 steps to get you moving in the right direction;
• Quick reference for searching passive candidates through Google and other engines;
• Access to a list of sites, tools and resources.

 Download the guide here. view article »