Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category

Not So Suite After All?

03.19.2013 · Posted in Industry News, Innovation, Perspectives, Technology

Everyone loves a good Magic Quadrant story—so here’s one you might enjoy. On Friday last week, Gartner released its first “Magic Quadrant for Talent Management Suites” report. Of course, Magic Quadrant reports have been around for quite some time—offering readers a unique methodology for visually pinpointing leaders and visionaries in a particular business arena—but this ...

Innovative Businesses Believe in Innovative Products

When The Wall St. Journal released its list of the top 50 start-ups of 2012, we were curious.  How did the go-getters of the year tackle the recruiting process? Imagine our satisfaction when we discovered that over two thirds of those frontrunners using third-party recruiting platforms are Jobvite customers.  Then imagine how we felt a ...

Infographic: You Are Here, But You’re On The Move

Plenty of applicant tracking systems (ATS) claim to get you from point A to point B, but they focus too heavily on features instead of function.  In the real world, features mean very little if they’re not usable.  Whether you’re a candidate, a recruiter, or a hiring manager, you need technology that lets you focus ...

The 2012 Jobvite Social Job Seeker Survey Results Are Out

Job seekers are out in full force — with an impressive majority actively looking or open to finding new employment.  Unfortunately, not all of them feel good about their odds.  And even more think 2012 has proven an increasingly difficult year to be on the job hunt.  In our third annual Social Job Seeker Survey, ...

Suite Escape?

As corporate acquisitions fuel the ubiquity of bundled Human Resources software, many recruiters wonder: Should I go Suite or Best-of-Breed? Consolidation and integration work well in some departments, but recruiting might not be one of them.  Before you jump in bed with the whole HR bundle, consider these reasons to think twice. ...

Today We Announce the New Jobvite Hire

09.25.2012 · Posted in Industry News, Jobvite News, social recruiting

Today we announce the launch of the newest release of Jobvite Hire – and at the risk of sounding somewhat dramatic — I think this version of our already-popular applicant tracking system is truly revolutionary.  Despite the many advances in how people find, share and communicate on-line in the last few years, employers and job ...

Jobvite Announces Free UX Resume and Portfolio Bootcamp And Career Fair

06.05.2012 · Posted in Industry News, Jobvite News, social networks

Jobvite Announces Free UX Resume and Portfolio Bootcamp And Career Fair Leader in Social Recruiting Helps Designers Refine Their Job Search With Expert Sessions On Networking, Resumes, Portfolios and Interviews BURLINGAME, CALIF., June 5, 2012 – Jobvite, the leading recruiting platform for the social web, today announced Jobvite’s UX Resume and Portfolio Bootcamp. The free ...

Bigger Doesn’t Mean Better – Evaluating Your HR Options

The Oracle/Taleo news brings up the size question – is bigger better? When it comes to talent management solutions, as with many other arenas, the answer is “usually not.” ...

Facebook IPO: What It Means for Recruiting

Facebook, the world’s largest social network with 845 million users, just filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with a hefty $75-$100 billion valuation. This would beat Google as the largest U.S. Internet IPO in history. Roughly 60% of the US population has a Facebook profile with 483 million users logging in daily from around ...

Job Seeker Nation 2010

Millions of Americans are currently unemployed, but they’re not alone in the hunt for work. They are joined by a vast group of employed people actively looking for or open to a new job. These groups form a nation of job seekers. We commissioned a new survey to find out who these job seekers are ...