Online Recruitment Blog

New Expert Interview Featuring Julian Stopps From The Born Podcast

Our latest expert interview features Julian Stopps from the Born Podcast. 

Julian started the Born (Broadcasting Online Recruitment News) Podcast just over a year ago and it is a well produced podcast that features online recruitment related news. In my opinion it is well worth listening to each week.

Julian talks about how he got started in Online Recruitment, how he got the idea for the Born Podcast and how he puts his weekly show together.

You can subscribe to the podcast through the Born Podcast web site.

Thanks

Mike

www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com

New Expert Interview Featuring Alan Whitford

Our latest expert interview with leading figures in online recruitment features Alan Whitford, Managing Partner of the Abtech Partnership who talks about the use of technology in online recruitment.

Alan has many years experience of recruitment technology and during the interview he covers important areas such as what companies should be looking for in a new recruitment system and what additional features they should be looking at when moving onto the next level. Alan also takes a look at what can be expected technology wise in the future. 

The use of technology in online recruitment is a growing area but it is important to fully understand the needs of your own organisation before making a purchase or changing to a different system. Alan has a lot of experience in these areas and we are pleased that he was able to offer some advice for the benefit of recruiters looking to get started, or improve their current recruitment processes and technologies.

Alan is organising and hosting the upcoming Global Recruitment Confererence in Amsterdam from the 11th to 13th November 2008 and has kindly offered our readers and listeners a 20% discount! To obtain your discount simply enter the code WBR200 on your booking form.

There is a great line up of speakers and details of the conference can be found here: http://www.globalrecruitmentconference.com

Mike

www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com

New Expert Interview - Matt Alder Head Of Digital At Barkers

Our latest interview in the series of Expert Interviews features Matt Alder- Head of Digital At Barkers.

In this interview Matt covers the topical subject of Web 2.0 technologies and how companies can utilise Web 2.0 applications with the use of blogs, podcasts, social media and online video as part of their online recruitment strategies.

Web 2.0 is a growing area of interest in online recruitment and Matt offers some great advice on how Recruiters can get the best from using Web 2.0 technologies and applications in conjunction with their own careers web sites.

Length of interview: 27mins 04secs

Thanks

Mike

www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com

Our latest interview in the series of Expert Interviews features Matt Alder- Head of Digital At Barkers.

In this interview Matt covers the topical subject of Web 2.0 technologies and how companies can utilise Web 2.0 applications with the use of blogs, podcasts, social media and online video as part of their online recruitment strategies.

Web 2.0 is a growing area of interest in online recruitment and Matt offers some great advice on how Recruiters can get the best from using Web 2.0 technologies and applications in conjunction with their own careers web sites.

Length of interview: 27mins 04secs

Thanks

Mike

www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com

New Expert Interview Featuring Louise Triance From UKRecruiter.co.uk

Our third interview in the series features Louise Triance from the popular web site www.UKRecruiter.co.uk

Louise's site contains a wealth of information about recruitment in the UK for both Recruitment Agencies and Employers and her weekly newsletter is sent to over 15,000 subscribers every Wednesday.

The UK Recruiter site has a busy forum where people can share and request information and Louise also runs a very active recruitment related blog. 

You can find out more about Louise 's background, how the idea for the UK Recruiter site came about and learn about her day to day involvement in the recruitment industry.

Length of interview: 15mins 29secs

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Thanks

Mike

www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com

New Expert Audio Interview Featuring Luke McKend From Google

Luke McKend, Head of Careers & Classifieds at Google, is today's guest in our Expert Interview Series featuring leading figures in Online Recruitment. Luke's role at Google includes online recruitment where he has responsibility for Job Boards, Corporate Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies.

In this interview Luke offers some great advice on how Recruiters can get the best from their careers web sites, how to run and measure effective search marketing campaigns, how social networking can work in online recruitment and how he sees online recruitment developing in the next five years.

Length of interview: 24mins 44secs

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Thanks

Mike

www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com

Web Based Recruitment Launch Their First Expert Audio Interview Series Featuring Dan McGuire From Broadbean Technology

I am pleased to announce our new Expert Audio Interview Series featuring interviews with leading figures in online recruitment.

The first interview is with Dan McGuire, Managing Director of Broadbean Technology.

I edited and produced the audio interview after interviewing Dan at Broadbean’s new offices in Canary Wharf,London.

The interview with Dan was great because he offered so much feedback for Recruiters, not just from a point of view of how to get the most from using Broadbean’s products and services but also how to write good job adverts and the best time of the week to post jobs. Some of the industry statistics that Dan quoted were also quite revealing!

It was also interesting to hear the history of how Broadbean got started and Dan’s global expansion plans for the company to become the worlds leading advert distribution company. 

Length of interview: 36mins

Alternatively we have split the interview into three parts below:

Part One: How Broadbean got started, how their products and services work and how they can benefit Recruiters. (15mins 5secs)

Part Two: Some interesting stats and what Recruiters can do to get the most from the information the system produces. (10mins 12secs)

Part Three: Broadbean's global expansion plans, Dan's view on Referral/Networking sites, feedback from current users and working with young people and their attitudes to job hunting. (10mins 35secs)

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If you prefer you can download the interview to your iPod, MP3 player, PC or laptop. Right click here to save and download the MP3 file

Thanks

Mike

www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com

Have You Ever Interviewed The Wrong Person?

One of the things about the Christmas Holiday period is that there are usually some good "Best Of...." or "Worst Of..." type programs on TV. One program in particular caught my attention which was about mistakes that took place on various different TV news channels.

I missed this when it actually happened last year but there was a case of someone ending up being interviewed live on BBC 24 News. The only problem was that he was only at the BBC that day because he was there for a job interview! 

Apparently there were two people in reception called "Guy" and when a member of staff went down to reception and said "is Guy here" and he put his hand up.

What the member of staff didn't know was that this was "Guy Goma" and not "Guy Kewney" who was there to talk about court case between the Apple Computer Company and the Apple Music Label.

The look on his face in the interview is quite something!

I wonder how many Recruiters have found themselves in a similar position when they have the wrong person or wrong CV?  I'd love to know how you managed to get out of the situation?

Thanks

Mike

www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com   

Would You Have Hired Paul Potts?

How many of us say that we make our mind up within the first few minutes (or even seconds!) when interviewing people?

I know an audition is not quite the same situation but looking at the faces of the three judges before Paul sang probably suggested they had made their minds up already - and the answer was probably not going to be good for Paul!

The rest of course is history, as Paul Potts went on to win the competition and is now due to sing in front of the Queen, plus he went away a £100,000 better off!

Be honest, what were your initial impressions, did you think he could sing like he could?

Mike

Web-Based-Recruitment.com