This is it, gang. The end of the first week of the new RecruiterGuy.net layout and the hopes that I’ve smashed most of the bugs and old URI redirects. What we should have now is a faster, sexier (barring that huge headshot at the top) and easier to use blog – that gets to what’s important. With just a bit more bug smashing to go I think we can start getting into stride and finding our rhythm related to content delivery and new features.
One of the new things I’m adding and that I think you’ll enjoy is a summary of ~10 blog posts or articles found on the web each week that I felt were worth bringing to your attention. It’s a humble little feature spot that will cover anything within the recruit-o-sphere I felt was worth reminding you to take a look at. So without further rambling…
My Top 10 for the Week…
- Cool Tool Alert: Twiangulate
Amybeth
This seems to be a great tool to find common connections between you and someone you follow or want to follow on Twitter. If you’re looking for a tool to help find great people to follow, give Twiangulate a shot. “Twiangulate is a tool for discovering hidden tweeters, friends… - Recruiters Account for 1 in 20 U.S. LinkedIn Profiles
Boolean Black Belt
Did you know that recruiting, sourcing, and HR professionals account for 5% of all U.S. LinkedIn Profiles? While 5% may seem like a small number, it is a disproportionately large representation of the profession - it literally means that 1 out of every 20 LinkedIn profiles in the US is a recruiting, sourcing, or… - New Blog Search tools: Feeds, Hot Queries and Latest Posts
A Googler
Ever since the new Google Blog Search homepage launched, we’ve been fielding requests for a myriad of different features. Today we’re happy to announce the launch of our most requested feature: RSS and Atom feeds. Simply click on the links under “Subscribe” in the left-hand column of the Blog Search… - Social Media Pros: Where Do We Go from Here?
Kat French
Kat French I called Chris Brogan a dirty word a while back. Yup–Mr. Helpful Nice Guy himself, who along with Jason, is probably one of the most universally well-liked people in social media. And I was genuinely, really mad. So what provoked my unladylike display of Brogan-aimed profanity?… - Breakdown: The Five Ways Companies Let Employees Participate in the Social Web
jeremiah_owyang
Consider this a supplement to my latest report on “How Companies Should Organize for Social Computing“. I continue to get questions from clients, and have spent time with more large brands are connecting with customers. Diving in further, I’ve noticed that there are five ways that companies allow employees… - My Social Networking Manifesto: Why I won’t change.
Sarah White
For me, social networking is part of my job. Its a portion of how I brand our business. Its a way to cultivate relationships with partners, clients and influencers. Its how I keep up to date on what other vendors are doing. It’s also been instrumental in my conversion of… - The Ugly Side of Social Media: Entitlement
Shannon Paul
Entitlement isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but an overinflated sense of personal entitlement certainly can be. As our expectations grow around business communication to include personalization, hyper-targeted messaging and responsiveness to our most trivial concerns in social networks could we be growing into a bunch of self-entitled brats? As… - Media as an Ecosystem
Shannon Paul
Image by Dave Fleet Last week Dave Fleet got me thinking A LOT about how paid, earned and owned media can each be modeled as types of ecosystems. If you missed it, please go read his post and come back here to discuss — you’ll need to see what… - Bad to Worse – 6 Ways to Kill Productivity
Drew Stevens
In an attempt to increase morale and productivity, organizations will attempt anything. I recently read an article in The Wall Street Journal (http://tinyurl.com/yc76a6g) about how to liven boring meetings. Leaders allowed crayons and water pistols for creating productivity. Such rote behavior is meant for recess not productivity. The… - Where Are the Good Candidates?
(author unknown)
Returning to work following a vacation is always challenging. This year brought challenges at several client organizations who are hiring Human Resources staff for their organizations. Perhaps my expectations are too high – and this is a real consideration as I have been hiring staff for more years than…
