Facebook Pages - Fad or Future?

Who knows where Facebook Pages could end up but after my last post where I suggested greater integration with your ATS and maybe using a Page instead of a Career Site(!) could the humble FB Page play a bigger part than we think? I for one think Facebook will be around for a very long time and will continue to grow and whilst they are currently considered the "non-work" social network this like many other things will change. I've heard the stories of the younger members starting to leave as Mum and Dad try to be their Friends but that's...

Can a Facebook Page replace your Career Site?

According to New Media Age, brands such as Coke are starting to plan to build Facebook Pages and branded YouTube Pages instead of Campaign Sites. Hubspot blog goes into a bit more detail (and is worth reading) but in summary Coke want to go where the consumer is rather than drag them to a Coke site. So does the same strategy apply to potential candidates? Of course you have to make sure you have sufficient people on Facebook so let's take Graduates as an example as it is one of the most relevant. Typically, Facebook is a channel to engage...

Social Media World Forum - London - Enterprise Solutions

Just over 12-months ago I wrote a report about Social Media in the Workplace hoping that social networks would be freely available to all employees. So how does it look now? In many cases not much different, but things are changing fast. More and more enterprises are starting to share their experiences which will give more companies the confidence to create a more open, collaborative workplace. It may not result in everyone having access to Facebook and Twitter but at least work will become more "social". If this is something of interest you need to make sure you attend the...

TRU London calling to the faraway towns

Now that recession is over-and recruitments back on London calling to the recruitment world Come out of the office, all you boys and girls London calling, now don't look at us All that phoney "no hiring" has bitten the dust London calling, see we ain't got nothing 'Cept for the cost of that ticket thing Listen to the original soundtrack - of course I can't write such a great song!! So are you going to TRU London? TRU London - the UK's only UNconference. No idea what future they hold or if indeed they will still be around this time...

Web 2.0 social media talent community recruitment manager

Yep, quite a job title! I had a conversation earlier this week with @lisascales about how her community technology platform can be used as part of a recruitment strategy. What was interesting though, is how we were saying the same but not (initially) speaking the same language. But what has this got to do with the job title? We started off debating the point of a community platform being used to build and maintain a talent pool. I felt that this type of technology better suited internal communities or alumni groups rather than passive candidates and that a talent pool...