Wall Street investors who were bidding up LinkedIn faster than the last seconds of a hot eBay auction pushed the company’s value to $9 billion. Not bad for … Read more
Fordyce Forum Presenter Podcasts: Jennifer Knippenberg
Meet Jennifer Knippenberg (pronounced kuh-nip-en-burg). Jennifer knows a thing or two about using social media to supplement a traditional recruitment … Read more
Are These The Winds of Change, Or…
…is this just another big dust devil that will make a mess, disrupt things, then blow on down the road? Every time one of those big ole dust devils shows … Read more
Fun Friday: 99 Problems, Recruiter-Style
I have qualified for my company’s Performance Forum trip nine years out of ten that I have worked there. For the last five years, it has become … Read more
Fun Friday: “Can’t Talk Now. I’ll Be in Meetings All Day.”
Caller: “Hi, can I please speak to John?” Secretary: “Sir, John is not available right now. He is in a meeting. Can I take a … Read more
2011: What You Can Expect in Recruiting
As we close out 2010, I am very much looking forward to the coming year for The Fordyce Letter. Why? Let me share a couple of reasons: The Fordyce Letter … Read more
Fun Friday: Text Messaging Bloopers
Some of you may want to avert your eyes – here’s a hilarious Freudian auto-correct from a text message someone sent their friend about an … Read more
Podcast: Greg Savage, Part 2
Yesterday, we posted Part 1 of the podcast with Greg Savage, where Savage shared with us about his new role with Firebrand Talent Search as well as … Read more
LinkedIn’s New Beta: LinkedIn Signal
Last week, LinkedIn announced at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco about a new beta project it just launched called LinkedIn Signal. Here are some of the … Read more
Social Media + Legal Reality & Perspective = Caution for Recruiters
As search professionals and recruiters, we are learning more about the benefits of leveraging social media and integrating it as a trusted recruiting tool … Read more
Is There Life After Twitter?
Back on July 1, Amybeth Hale posted about a recruiter named Jerry Albright who’d decided he’d had enough of Twitter. I caught up with Albright … Read more
Why Do We Need These Clones?
A good old-fashioned quick rant. I like Yahoo Groups. It was the first version I saw for what I needed at the time. Now there’s Ning and Google and … Read more
Quitting Twitter
Our friend (and yours!) Jerry Albright made a brazen announcement yesterday that he is quitting Twitter, and that as of June 30th his account would be … Read more
Game Changer? LinkedIn Messages As Evidence in Non-Compete Case
Recent litigation by an recruiting firm owner concerning the non-compete of one of their former employees is bringing into question who owns your LinkedIn … Read more
The New World of Social Media Recruiting, Part 2
Yesterday’s part 1 of this series detailed the right mix of marketing, PR, and social media for recruiters today. Now we continue with the right ways … Read more
The New World of Social Media Recruiting, Part 1
We live in exciting times. Remember the mid ‘90s, when the Internet was growing exponentially? It opened up the world with speed of communication and … Read more
Untangling the Web for Recruiters
For anyone looking for more specifics about recruiting with Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, and beyond, consider signing up for today’s webinar hosted by … Read more
Twitter: Silver Bullet or Time Dump?
Here is my own definition of Twitter: Time Wasted In Trying To Escape Rejection Take ownership of your success and quit trying to find the silver bullet. … Read more
Recruiting 2.0: Harnessing the Power of New Media to Discover and Hire the Finest Talent for Your Organization
The evolution of the Internet is changing the way companies across an array of industries do business. This is certainly the case for the recruiting … Read more
What’s the Buzz on Social Media in Recruiting?
Everyone is buzzing about social media these days. Is it a waste of time? Is it helpful from a business standpoint? Can other industries besides the … Read more