2012 Social Recruiting Survey Part 1: In 5 Years Social Recruiting Becomes Nearly Universal

Posted 07/10/2012 | By Kimberley Kasper  

This year marks the 5th anniversary of Jobvite’s Social Recruiting Survey, which has become an industry benchmark. We took a look at the rise of social recruiting over time, and adoption has reached an all-time high. When we started polling human resources and recruitment professionals in 2008, roughly three out of four (78%) used social ...

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Jobvite Announces Free UX Resume and Portfolio Bootcamp And Career Fair

Posted 06/05/2012 | By Kimberley Kasper  

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 ...

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How to Get a Great Job Using Facebook

Posted 04/24/2012 | By Kimberley Kasper  

Facebook isn’t just a place for friends anymore. Job seekers are using this social network to look past personal photos and friends’ status updates for their next big opportunity. Jobvite research shows that over 44 percent of all job seeking activity is happening on Facebook, and that much of the conversation is happening with trusted ...

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Top 5 Reasons to Attend Jobvite’s 2012 Customer Summit

Posted 04/20/2012 | By David Lahey  

This year’s Summit on May 3rd, 2012 at the Hotel Sofitel is slated to be the recruiting event of the year. We’re bringing the best and brightest minds of the industry to one jam-packed event. Here are the top five reasons customers are excited to attend. 1) Be Inspired by Guy Kawasaki on Enchantment Ever heard ...

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New Data: What You Didn’t Know about Employee Referrals

Posted 04/06/2012 | By Adam Hyder  

Throughout the social Web, you can find articles that exemplify and pride employee referrals as the top source of quality candidates and hires. Statistically, these hires last longer and have greater job satisfaction. However, hard data on this topic is often difficult to come across. Earlier this year, SHRM indicated that new hires from employee ...

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How to Get a Great Job Using Twitter

Posted 03/27/2012 | By Kimberley Kasper  

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. ...

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The New Facebook Bully: A Job Interviewer?

Posted 03/21/2012 | By Dan Finnigan  

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, ...

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One Less Thing to Remember: Simplifying Login with Social Networks

Posted 03/21/2012 | By Carlos Teran  

What do birthdays, anniversaries, people’s names, phones numbers, location of your keys or phone, and logins have in common? Inevitably every one of us has trouble remembering one of them in the course of our busy days. Here, at Jobvite, we’re betting our users would appreciate having one less thing to remember – your Jobvite login. ...

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Serial Monogamy – The Future of Job Relationships at SXSW

Posted 03/09/2012 | By Dan Finnigan  

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. ...

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Bigger Doesn’t Mean Better – Evaluating Your HR Options

Posted 02/09/2012 | By Dan Finnigan  

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.” ...

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