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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
Twitter works. How do I know? The senior visual designer I work with, Kenneth James Hamer, got his job through Twitter. Five recent high quality applicants I had for an interaction designer position came through the channel in a time where interaction designers are in high demand. ...
Early this morning, I read the Associated Press article about the job interviewer who asked a job candidate to provide his Facebook username and password in order to access the candidate’s private profile. Frankly, it floored me. On the surface, it is such an inappropriate and unprofessional act. And while I am not a lawyer, ...
On Friday, March 9, I will be presenting at SXSW on the future of work. As I put together the presentation, I thought, this information is so important to business worldwide. Without a workforce, there is no company. Employment is something on which we all rely. It's a mutually beneficial relationship between employer and employee. ...
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, 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 ...
What inspires our product and engineering teams to create innovation in online recruiting and applicant tracking software? The same kind of value system that breeds innovation in any functional area of a company. ...