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Yes, Google Glass will Impact Recruiting

Augmented reality is becoming reality. If you’re not yet familiar with Google’s new pet project, eyewear that brings computing to your cornea, here’s an introduction: Like it or not this is happening. Go ahead and argue how broad the acceptance will be, but you’d better be prepared as a marketer. To quote augmented reality pioneer Steve […]

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Facebook Needs to Buy Monster, Embrace ‘Boring’

Facebook is in the enviable position of being able to pretty much launch anything and get it in front of a billion human beings. And over the years, they’ve done a good job at throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. Their most recent foray into search (a good move, in my opinion) […]

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Is Groupon Too Much Like a Job Board to Succeed?

News broke late Thursday that daily deals pioneer Groupon’s founder and CEO, 32-year-old Andrew Mason, had been canned. A 75 percent decrease in IPO stock price will do that sometimes. The company is a mess – complete with disgruntled employees – and Mason is taking the lion’s share of criticism. Fortunately, he’s taking it all […]

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Mobile Recruiting Done Right: Google, Inc.

Google owns Android, the most popular mobile operating system on earth. That’s probably not news to you. What may be news, however, is realizing Google has a window into mobile usage that few could ever dream of as a result. So, when they focus on getting mobile right on one of their many properties, you should […]

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Recruiting, Millionaire Matchmaker-Style

Some of Siilcon Valley’s best and brightest shared hiring strategies at HireCamp in San Francisco. The war for talent in the world’s tech hub is fierce and is increasingly demanding out-of-the-box thinking and creativity. You’ve probably heard of Box and their brilliant young CEO, Aaron Levie. If you haven’t, his Twitter account is a must-follow. Enter HireCamp presenter  Kenny Mendes, […]

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Rethinking Video Recruiting at HireCamp

There was a bevy of thought leadership on display at last week’s HireCamp in San Francisco, a new recruiting unconference. This will serve as the first of a handful of posts I expect to deliver over the next few weeks. Of the most intriguing topics showcased was video recruiting. Presenting the topic was Jason LaBarbera […]

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Chat w/ Joe Stubblebine, Beyond Buys JobCircle

Recruiting’s buzzword for 2013 just might be consolidation. Setting the table last year, Indeed was acquired in September. Then, another intriguing buy came in December when Beyond bought JobCircle. Intriguing, because this wasn’t an established player gobbling-up a hot, new startup. Both companies have a long history in the online employment space. So, it smelled […]

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2013 Predictions

It’s that time of year again. So here are my predictions for 2013: Monster finally gets acquired. With its growth days behind it and an economy that should remain challenging – as in recession challenging – Monster’s stock dives enough to be too juicy for a bigger fish to gobble-up. LinkedIn buys Simply Hired. If […]

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Nope, .jobs Isn’t Going Anywhere

Like it or not, .jobs domains aren’t going anywhere. A letter republished by DomainIncite shows how a recent breach notice by ICANN had been rescinded. The breach allegation was originally set forth by a lobby of job board interests in 2010 known as the .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition. It included the likes of Monster and CareerBuilder.  […]

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Recruiting Trend

Last week, I helped Recruiting Trends put on their latest webinar featuring mobile recruiting and marketing strategies. A hot topic for sure. This is the end result. Enjoy.  (Source: https://recruitingtrends.com/)

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