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Guest Post: Oxfam @#trulondon by @KBMayes
My TruLondon Experience – 6 weeks on Nearly 6 weeks on and I have finally had time to properly reflect on my first experience of an Unconference – and may I say I hope there are many more. Bill had kindly invited me to this years first TruLondon, unfortunately I was only able to attend […]
How to book and confirm 360 interviews in 48 hours: HardRockFirenze Pt 2 #Socialrecruiting
The Hard Rock Firenze fan-page exceeded all objectives in terms of the volume of fans joining prior to the opening of the new cafe in Firenze (Florence) and job applications via the Work4Us application. Close to 10,000 fans have joined the page, most based in and around Florence, and 3,000 applications were received in for the […]
Job:Social Recruiting Integrator – Oracle EMEA #SocialRecruiting
I recently had the pleasure of hearing Kevin Blair, Head Of recruiting, EMEA delivering a presentation on how Oracle’s 60 recruiters across the region had adopted social media in to the recruiting mix. Theres a blog coming with more detail later this week. I spoke to Kevin today about a new role Oracle EMEA have […]
Why jobseekers will always use jobboards #truStockholm
One of the tracks that really stood out for me at #truStockholm was the future of job boards track. I’ve been in this track quite a few times at different #tru events, and the take is always quite different according to the participants. In Stockholm, our excellent hosts were Monster.Se. With so many images of […]
How one recruiter hired 27 IT staff via twitter #SocialRecruiting
Whilst in Dublin, I heard a great story, how technology expert Ivan Stojanovic of Irish recruiting firm C.P.L. The headline of the story was how he had recruited 27 specialist I.T. staff via twitter. Thats right, 27! The issues that he had in sourcing these people, and why he chose twitter really as a last […]
The Hard Rock Firenze Candidate Experience#SocialRecruiting
You might recall my recent post on the recruiting campaign Hard Rock Firenze are conducting for the opening of a new cafe in Florence. 3 weeks from launch, the application process is closing and the selection stage begins in earnest. The fan page now stands a few short of 9,500 fans and the excellent Work4Us […]
The difference between Sourcers and Resourcers
Andy Headworth featured Julia Stone’s prezi from Sourcecon on his blog Sirona Says today. In the UK, we often get confused by the term Sourcer and Resourcer. When I first started going to the states, it was something that confused me. Whilst it’s changing, most European recruiters still employ resourcers rather than sourcers. Having spent […]
#TruGrad Guest Post: Ruxandra Fratescu: Why I want to be a recruiter #trulondon
I’m really pleased with the progress we have been making with the #truGrad scheme that came out of the Grad track at #truLondon. Just 2 weeks on we have 30 students and 30 mentors working together to help those graduating to set a realistic plan for getting their first job. It’s not a one way […]
Hard Rock Go #SocialRecruiting
Hard Rock Cafe are opening a new venue in Florence. The challenge in opening a new venue for anyone is always finding the right staff, and Hard RockFlorence requires 150 staff at all levels. For the previous openings, they’ve followed a traditional media route using newspapers,billboards in the city,job boards, the whole range. It’s a […]
The #truStockholm Schedule
The #truStockholm schedule is now complete. As always, with an unconference, expect changes and additions throughout the day. If there’s anything you want that is not covered let me know and we will add a track. Day One: 09’th Feb. 9.30 – 10.00: Opening and the #truStory – Bill Boorman followed by Augmented Reality Check […]
Norton Folgate: The Recruiting Unblog 