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South Africa's First Online Recruitment Conference Announced

South Africa's first Online Recruitment Conference will  take place in Cape Town on the 11th and 12th February 2010.

The Conference is being hosted by Career Junction, whose CEO - Kris Jarzebowski - flew to the UK in July to attend the UK's first Social Media In Recruitment Conference that I organised.

I am fortunate to be speaking at Kris's Conference which I am really looking forward to.  So, it looks like I am off to South Africa in World Cup year, just a shame that the football starts four months after I get back!

For the Conference details and Programme you can view the PDF at:  South Africa's first Online Recruitment Conference

Mike

Google and Linkedin To Speak At The UK’s Second Social Media In Recruitment Conference - 22nd April 2010 - London

I am pleased to announce that both Google and LinkedIn will be speaking at our second Social Media In Recruitment Conference in London on the 22nd April 2010.

The interest in the use of social media is still growing and the conference will once again have a range of expert speakers to help recruiters get the most from using social media in recruitment.

The main subject areas for the conference are as follows:

• Strategies for using LinkedIn as part of your online recruitment plans.

• Insights from Google to help you recruit using social media.

• How to maximise the use of Facebook pages as a recruitment tool for your company. 

• Key strategies for using Twitter effectively in recruitment, including the use of automated tools.

• How online communities can play a part in your social media recruiting strategies.

• The legal issues surrounding social media and employment.

• Social media strategies for Generation Y job seekers.

Success Stories

There will also be contributions from delegates who attended the July 2009 Conference. They will share what social media strategies they have implemented since attending the first Social Media in Recruitment Conference.

The full  programme can be found on the conference web site at: http://www.socialmediainrecruitment.com

I hope to see you there on the 22nd April 2010!

Mike

2010 Social Media In Recruitment Conference Announced

I am pleased to announce that the UK’s second Social Media In Recruitment Conference will take place on Thursday 22nd April 2010 at the British Library in London.

Having organised the UK’s first ever Social Media in Recruitment Conference in July 2009 I am looking forward to helping Corporate Recruiters, Recruitment Agencies, Recruitment Advertising Agencies, Job Boards and Recruitment Industry suppliers get the most from the use of Social Media in Recruitment.

There were over 150 people at the first Conference which was a clear indication in the interest in Social Media. Next years conference will be held some nine months after the first one which means that there will be plenty of new things to talk about and discuss.  In addition to the speaker slots (including case studies) we will also be having an interactive discussion panel and a chance for delegates to share their Social Media success stories.

2009 Conference Feedback

Some of the positive feedback from the July 2009 conference included:

“Extremely worthwhile, well delivered, relevant and beneficial”
“Good, thought provoking content”
“Well organised and great speakers, very informative”
“Very interesting – heard some great things to take back to my company”
“Excellent – ideal for my new business and great ROI”

2010 Conference Programme

The full conference programme, which will again feature an excellent range of speakers covering all areas of Social Media, will be published in the next few weeks on the 2010 Social Media In Recruitment Conference web site. Whether you are already using Social Media in recruitment, or are looking at ways to introduce Social Media into your organisation, there will be plenty of information and strategies shared at the Conference.

For further information please visit the Conference web site at: www.socialmediainrecruitment.com

Thanks

Mike

Understanding RSS, Wikis, Social Networking, Podcasting and Social Bookmarking

With so many different Web 2.0 products, services and applications out there on the Internet things can get very confusing? Every day there seems to be a new service to improve your online experience!

I came across a site yesterday that takes a look at a lot of the popular applications like RSS, Wikis, Social Networking, Podcasting and Social Bookmarking and they have done a great job in explaining how they all work via a series of short videos.

So if you have ever wondered how all the above applications work, or why you would want to use them, these videos are very useful.

Here is the video about Social Bookmarking:

Mike

www.Web-Based-Recruitment.com