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JobScore announces partnership with Facebook

JobScore is the first recruitment software provider to help businesses reach millions of people with Facebook partnership Today we are proud to announce our partnership with Facebook as the first recruitment software provider to help businesses publish their jobs on Facebook. The Facebook partnership provides JobScore customers the opportunity to get jobs in front of […]

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This Ain’t Your Daddy’s LinkedIn

Not that long ago, I used to say, “Unless you’re a sales person or a recruiter, LinkedIn sucks.” I doubt the powers-that-be were listening, but since going IPO, it sure seems like they were. The first significant move away from being “your father’s LinkedIn” came in 2011 with the launch of LinkedIn Today, This offering […]

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Twitter is a Serious Recruitment Advertising Option

Time to start getting comfortable pimping your stuff in 140 characters or less. With an upgrade to its marketing platform this week, Twitter is now a legitimate advertising medium for employers. From a recent email, Great news! Today, we announced more targeting options for your Twitter advertising. Based on your feedback, we added new features […]

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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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Here’s how to build a LinkedIn killer, Facebook

Last week, to a lot of fanfare and even more criticism, Facebook launched some sort of job search offering. By most accounts, including my own, it was a big stinker, justly mocked for its initial buzz as being a LinkedIn killer. Business Insider called the offering lame and said, “LinkedIn has absolutely nothing to worry […]

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Is Branchout On Its Way Out?

If you quietly wanted to change the direction of your business and were in the recruiting space, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better time than the past few weeks. With conferences like HR Tech, LinkedIn and TRC, most pundits were enthralled with anything other than the latest pivot. Enter Branchout. Earlier this month, they announced […]

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They’re heeeeeere. Again.

Remember itzbig (see pic)? Trovix? Climber v1.0? The original Jobfox? It’s sort of like remembering your first iPod and its navigation wheel. These were the original “eHarmony for jobs” players. Similar to the popular dating service, these solutions hoped to magically pair candidates with employers based on sophisticated algorithms. It didn’t go too well. Trovix, the […]

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