Mobile, Video & Social Media in Recruitment

Using Online Video In Recruitment

Thanks to Bill Boorman organising #TRULondon last week I was able to meet some great people from overseas whose blogs I have been reading for a number of years.

In particular I was able to catch up with Jim Stroud - www.jimstroud.com and talk to him about using online video in recruitment. Jim was a Track Leader for the first social media track of the day (where he talked about using YouTube for recruiting) and then joined the online video track later in the morning.

In this video I ask Jim about his views about using video for recruiting, what the benefits are and what he would suggest for Recruiters looking to get started with online video.  

Mike

http://www.web-based-recruitment.com

Round Up of South Africa's First Online Recruitment Conference

I had the pleasure of speaking at South Africa's first Online Recruitment Conference last week in Cape Town, organised by Kris Jarzebowski , CEO of www.CareerJunction.co.za

There were 110 people at the Conference which was held at the the same venue where the draw for the FIFA World Cup was made at the end of last year. 

There was a great line-up of speakers and it was a well balanced programme to cater for both Corporate and Recruitment Agency recruiters. You can view the full Conference programme here .

In my presentation I talked about setting up the Online Recruitment Mix for 2010 and beyond. Straight after me was Stephen Newton, Head Of Google, South Africa.

I believe Kris is looking to run a second conference but this time it will probably be in Johannesburg?
 
I caught up with Kris after the Conference had just finished to ask him about Online Recruitment in South Africa and how he felt the Conference went. There was also an interesting link to JobSite and Keith Potts in the UK!

This was my first visit to Cape Town and the Western Cape area of South Africa. It certainly is a beautiful part of the world and well worth a visit!

Mike

www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com  

Social Media In Recruitment - REC Report

While I was away speaking at the first Online Recruitment Conference in South Africa last week (I will post more details about the Conference next week) the REC issued a Research Report about the use of Social Media In Recruitment to its members.

The report came about as a result of the First Social Media in Recruitment Conference that I organised last July which Roger Tweedy,  Director of Research for the REC attended.

All the speakers from the July 2009 Conference were asked to contribute to the research which contains some very useful and valuable advice.

The contents of the report includes:

Introduction - Roger Tweedy
An Overview of Social Media  - Mike Taylor
The Social Media Amateur - Bill Boorman
LinkedIn for Recruiters - Mark Williams
Developing a Corporate Social Networking Strategy - Paul Harrison
The Future of Social Recruiting - Matt Alder
Top 10 Tips
Glossary

You can find a link to the report at the REC web site:

http://www.rec.uk.com/about-recruitment/research/bookshop/socialmedia

Mike

http://www.web-based-recruitment.com

Everything You Wanted To Know About Podcasting

The growth on Online Video still continues to grab the headlines but have you considered Podcasting as part of your online recruitment strategy?

Podcasting is effectively Online Audio where people can either visit your web site to listen to your recording or subscribe to your recording via RSS to be notified when your next recording is published. 

You may wish to talk about your company, your current vacancies, have interviews with members of staff etc. In fact the subject areas are virtually endless!

At the moment there are not many companies who have audio on their web sites and online audio is certainly quicker and cheaper to produce than online video. 

Up to now there have been hardly any comprehensive courses about podcasting but starting next week there is a new six week course run by Paul Colligan and Alex Mandossian.

I had the pleasure of being part of the first course they released in 2007 and would certainly recommend it. So if you want to learn everything there is to know about Podcasting from the true experts then visit: www.PodcastSecrets.co.uk

As a result of the course I started the www.JobsInSearchPodcast.com last year plus I have other recruitment related podcasts under development.

Watch this space!

Mike

Online Marketing Show Podcast

I was at the Online Marketing Show in London last week and was interviewed for their show podcast.

The question was "what is your number one SEO tip".

I was the first interview at the show and therefore appear at the foot of the web page? You can find the podcast at the following link: http://www.blog-relations.com/tag/oms

Mike   

OnlineMarketingJobs.com