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Graph Search – Facebook taking a bold step into the Recruitment Market

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:19:00 GMT

Article Detail: Yesterday Facebook launched Graph Search it’s new search engine that will allow users to make “natural” searches and receive real t... more details
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Mobile Recruitment Statistics 2012

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:16:00 GMT

Article Detail: Mobile is becoming a bigger player in online recruitment. This won’t come as a surprise. Around 15% of all traffic going to recruitment web... more details
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There are not enough magicians on LinkedIn

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:44:00 GMT

Article Detail: I was saddened to hear one particular demographic was under represented on LinkedIn this week: magicians. There are only 479 ... more details
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Sorry The Sun but I think this “Computer ‘Web'” thingy has caught on

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Article Detail: This picture has been doing the rounds on Twitter today. Unlike most photos on Twitter this is not of a cat wearing sun glasses or of... more details
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The internet is going universal

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:26:00 GMT

Article Detail: Why remember more than one password? Why need more than one App? Why visit more than one website? Soon you won’t have to.&nbs... more details
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Mobile Recruitment on the Go

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:37:00 GMT

Article Detail: Louise Triance of UK Recruiter recently asked me for my view on mobile recruitment, QR codes and where the future lies for recruiters in th... more details
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Mobile Recruitment Review

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:21:00 GMT

Article Detail: In recent months the number of conversations related to Mobile Recruitment have increased substantially. In fact they ha... more details
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UK is going mobile - are you ready?

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:20:00 GMT

Article Detail: Mobile..... what place should it take as part of our candidate engagment/conversion strategy? According to Google the answer would be top place. ... more details
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LinkedIn Twitter Integration No Longer Supported

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:59:00 GMT

Article Detail: Over the past year I have seen an increasing number of people fully integrating their LinkedIn and Twitter so that all Tweets are instantly duplicate... more details
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Mobile Recruitment: QR Codes, PPC and More

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:10:00 GMT

Article Detail: 45% of people access the net via a mobile device. With over 45% of people accessing the net via a mobile device it is essential that recruit... more details
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So do you just ignore mobile recruitment?

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Article Detail: 14% of people use their phones as their only access to the internet. This stat looks relatively small. So do you ignore mobile recruitment? ... more details
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The "CV vs LinkedIn profile" debate misses the point..

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:30:00 GMT

Article Detail: If you're active in the content and opinion sharing networks of the online recruitment world, you may just have noticed the flood of blog posts and h... more details
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QR Codes in Recruitment

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:31:00 GMT

Article Detail: QR codes in recruitment marketing could be huge ... if only people knew what QR codes are. A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response ... more details
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What Happens in 60 Seconds Online

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:05:00 GMT

Article Detail: The internet is a pretty busy place. The first thing most people do when they get into the office is turn on their computer and start up an int... more details
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Using LinkedIn for Recruitment – What is new with LinkedIn?

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:04:00 GMT

Article Detail: Two big things happened this month at LinkedIn. Firstly they have floated on the stock exchange giving them a whole load of money to play with.... more details
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Evolution of the Web

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:02:00 GMT

Article Detail: The internet is an ever changing, ever evolving beast. With each improvement in technology, internet speeds and connectivity we see the web tak... more details
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What can Recruitment Agencies learn from The Met Police's website

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:38:00 GMT

Article Detail: The Met Police’s website has had the highest (by some way) increase in British internet traffic at the start of this year. UKOM/Nielsen... more details
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Search Engine Optimised CVs

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:50:00 GMT

Article Detail: This morning I read a fantastic blog post by the ever insightful Mervyn Dinnen on the Jobsite website. It was advising job seekers to put the r... more details
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An introduction to various Recruitment ‘software’

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:07:00 GMT

Article Detail: There is an abundance of recruitment ‘software’ available. However ‘software’ is a very general way to classify such a broad ... more details
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Social Media and Video = The Demise of the CV?

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:08:00 GMT

Article Detail: Reading an article by Rory Cellan-Jones (BBC Technology Consultant) this morning, you could be forgiven for thinking job seekers will all be usin... more details
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Improving Talent Attraction in 2011

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:10:00 GMT

Article Detail: How do you start to attract talent? Download our guide to attracting talent in 2011. The New Year has brought with it the tradition... more details
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LinkedIn: Recruiter’s Friend or Foe?

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:40:00 GMT

Article Detail: LinkedIn Recruiter’s Friend or Foe? LinkedIn has long been a useful tool to many recruitment consultants. However many Managing Dire... more details
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Social Media – The new CV?

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:36:00 GMT

Article Detail: Social Media – The new CV? After a recent meeting I had with a senior manager at a top recruitment company I wanted to address the idea ... more details
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Should/will LinkedIn move towards allowing a hidden recruitment focused profile?

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:29:00 GMT

Article Detail: Should/will LinkedIn move to having a clear separate public and private profile for users, the latter being recruitment focused?Some thoughts I've be... more details
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Mobile Recruitment - The Future?

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:56:00 GMT

Article Detail: Mobile recruitment. There is a widespread view that Mobile Recruitment represents huge potential for the success of recruiters’ future... more details
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Can your candidates and clients utilize your website via their mobile devices?

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:20:00 GMT

Article Detail: How do you engage with mobile users? It's a question that is becoming more and more important for you to have an answer to.... The below gra... more details
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Mobile devices are changing the way we interact

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:36:00 GMT

Article Detail: Yesterday, 24th June, the hotly anticipated iPhone 4 was launched....and yes it does have a lot of extremely cool new features, yes it looks good a... more details
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Interested in your thoughts - what's most likely to replace the CV in the near future?

Wed, 26 May 2010 16:17:00 GMT

Article Detail: An interesting blog post was added recently to ere.net about the future (or not) of CVs. It's something that's very much interesting to me as I've lo... more details
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Is your website fast enough?

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:21:00 GMT

Article Detail: Google is to start using page loading speeds to help rank its search results for any given search query. Google has taken this step because stu... more details
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4 new websites this week

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Article Detail: Its been a busy week at 4MAT as we put 4 new websites live. Big thanks to Maria, Neil, Julie, Haris and Gareth for all their hard work this week. Hav... more details
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Job alerts only for subscribers to an Employer?

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:33:00 GMT

Article Detail: An interesting approach to job alerts was released today by TheLadders group of jobsboards. In basic terms, it allows an employer to speci... more details
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Possible legislation with impacts for jobsboards

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:19:00 GMT

Article Detail: There have been various proposed changes to the online recruitment sector in the UK following the completion of the Department for Business, Innovati... more details
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UK jobs market on the up

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:26:00 GMT

Article Detail: 2009 was pretty tough (possible understatement) for the vast majorities of businesses but if you managed to survive it in recruitment then it is time... more details
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Haven’t installed Windows 7 yet?

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:53:00 GMT

Article Detail: ...not to worry, Windows 8 is around the corner! Although Windows 7 is the best-selling version of the operating system ever, according to Steve Bal... more details
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¿Hablas español?

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:23:00 GMT

Article Detail: ..soon you won't need to. Google is developing a software that will allow smart phones to automatically identify and translate languages instantl... more details
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What's the (Google) buzz all about...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:05:00 GMT

Article Detail: Google has launched its newest feature, Google Buzz as part of their ever expanding social media platform. Google Buzz is fully integrated with Gmail... more details
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IE6 is outdated. Fact.

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:48:00 GMT

Article Detail: IE6 is outdated. Fact. We've played with IE7, and IE8 is now a few months old and even better than its predecessor. So it makes sense that IE6 ge... more details
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Survey shows 70% of hiring managers reject applicants due to online profiles

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:29:00 GMT

Article Detail: A recent survey undertaken by Microsoft for the upcoming Data Privacy Day shows that 70% of hiring managers in the US have rejected applicants b... more details
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Google decides to turn against Chinese government

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:53:00 GMT

Article Detail: News sites and the blogosphere are awash with the news today that Google has signalled that it will no longer co-operate with the Chinese govern... more details
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Twitter's first profit comes from Google and Microsoft deals

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:16:00 GMT

Article Detail: Twitter reached profitability ahead of expectations in characteristic style, with just two strokes of the pen, Business Week reported yesterday. ... more details
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Murdoch vs. Google, vs. Kindle vs. who else?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:52:00 GMT

Article Detail: Five of the largest publishing groups in the US are preparing to compete with the Kindle reader Amazon with their own formats that emphasizes colour ... more details
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Don't Be Afraid Of...(Part Three)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:31:00 GMT

Article Detail: Part Three: Don't Be Afraid Of...Embracing Your Twitizenship Since it's creation in 2006, Twitter has taken the world by storm. Originally... more details
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LinkedIn set to become fully Linked-Up

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:18:00 GMT

Article Detail: LinkedIn today released full access for developers to their API. This is a set of tools that allows applications to integrate with LinkedIn data and ... more details
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The Top 10 Internet Moments of the Decade

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:00 GMT

Article Detail: The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the entry of Google's stock and the revolution in online video with YouTube are on the list of the te... more details
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Don't Be Afraid Of...(Part Two)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:00 GMT

Article Detail: Part Two: Don't Be Afraid Of...Feedback We're all out there, blogging, tweeting, digging...generally embracing the world of web 2.0. And th... more details
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Don't Be Afraid Of...(Part One)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:49:00 GMT

Article Detail: Part One: Don't Be Afraid of...Plain Text. I can't even count how many emails I get on a daily basis - I operate out of Outlook and Hotmail ev... more details
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Facebook Developer Garage

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:46:00 GMT

Article Detail: 4MAT's Head of Development Gareth Jenkins, and Senior Web Developer Haris Waheed attended the Facebook Developer Garage to find out about the latest ... more details
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The Media Shift : A Helpful Image?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:35:00 GMT

Article Detail: On my trawls around the worldwide web I recently found an interesting image that I thought I'd share with you all. Would you have drawn it differe... more details
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Business Social Networking & You

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:45:00 GMT

Article Detail: We are all already aware that social media has quickly become an important part of the recruitment process, whether you're a candidate looking for a ... more details
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YouTube exceeds one billion views a day!

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Article Detail: The number of video views a day on YouTube has exceeded the one billion mark, according YouTube's co-founder Chad Hurley, on thethird anniversary of... more details
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It was only a matter of time...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:17:00 GMT

Article Detail: ...for twitter to be attacked by apps and games. (You'll note that I kindly saved the dignity of the person who sent us the Mafia family re... more details
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Social media - what impact has it had on you?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:05:00 GMT

Article Detail: Is social media changing the way we work and are influenced in daily life? Below is a very useful video presentation, showing the extent ... more details
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Those 3 little words we don't want to hear.

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:04:00 GMT

Article Detail: Forget "I love you." What sends techno-addicts into stress mode is seeing a trio like "connectivity is down." Heart rates increase, panic ensues, m... more details
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Twitter Bubble Continues to Bulge

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:48:00 GMT

Article Detail: Yes, a blog post about Twitter. I know they are ten a penny, but then they are a curious case. I’m sure many of you have seen Dragon’s D... more details
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IE6 market share drops like a stone

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:36:00 GMT

Article Detail: Since July, YouTube have been informing IE6 visitors that they will no longer be supporting IE6 and offering them links to alternative browsers.... more details
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Figures of the Day

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:31:00 GMT

Article Detail: Today's Figures relating to Recruitment... 56% of job boarders report total business is down 70% report decreases in job posting by Recruitm... more details
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Don't Believe the Hype

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:48:00 GMT

Article Detail: I'm sat here this morning, listening to some late 80s hip hop music, reading page 52 of today's Times about Bing growing market share against... more details
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Facebook continues to dominate Twitter

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:54:00 GMT

Article Detail: It would appear there is no stopping Facebook at the moment. Despite the global media’s love affair with Twitter at the moment, Facebook ... more details
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Would you offer a Lite version of your site?

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:15:00 GMT

Article Detail: Facebook recently launched a "slimmed-down" version of their website to help those with slow internet connections. Since they went live, the amoun... more details
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Google Makes Grab For Hollywood Dollars

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:39:00 GMT

Article Detail: This article, which can be read in full here, raises Google's new idea of adding video to plain-text search. Whilst this is written targeting t... more details
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(Re)direct your way to success

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:53:00 GMT

Article Detail: How often have you followed a link on a website, to be hit with that old favourite, a 404 “Page Not Found” screen. A user’s u... more details
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Twitter Security Breach

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:08:00 GMT

Article Detail: On their official blog Twitter announced today that about a month ago an employee's personal email account was hacked, which then enabled said hacker... more details
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Microsoft Plays the Google Game

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:17:00 GMT

Article Detail: Microsoft have decided to play by the same set of rules that Google have been following for the last few years, namely stepping all over the competit... more details
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Yahoo! Search Pad Released to Public

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:54:00 GMT

Article Detail: Last week Yahoo! released Yahoo! Search Pad, an additional search tool aimed at helping you more efficiently keep track of your searches, making note... more details
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Surge in on-line applications for NES

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:17:00 GMT

Article Detail: This week Recruitment International published an article highlighting the increased number of applications NES, the international recruiter for engin... more details
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Twitter takes on Google

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:48:00 GMT

Article Detail: As Twitter sneaks ever closer to the mainstream it appears not only to be growing in popularity but in the types of service offered. Accord... more details
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The Social Engineering Threat

Wed, 06 May 2009 18:58:00 GMT

Article Detail: The BBC News website recently ran a good article on the threat of social engineering attacks to companies. Social Engineering is the act of&nbs... more details
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Human Contact Remains Important!

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:34:00 GMT

Article Detail: With the progression from shop-window to online presence, I worry that recruiters are forgetting about the Personal Touch. The human element remains ... more details
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