Yours truly is quoted in an article out today in The Journal entitled Recruiting 3.0: Web Advances Change the Landscape. It’s a great read.
Some of the highlights include video, podcasting, job board growth, assessments, and social networking.
Another example: Recruiters for Electronic Arts Inc. began perusing MySpace.com and Facebook.com a little over a year ago to learn more about and engage with prospective hires, says Matthew Jeffery, head of global talent brand for the gaming company. “We want people who are passionate gamers, and often on these sites, people talk about their hobbies,” he says.
There’s undeniably two schools of thought on this topic. One, which I’m a member, believes new ways of marketing via technology are happening in recruiting. The other believes employers are too busy to concern themselves with something as trivial as video or podcasting.
At the end of the day, I think both camps are right. However, when the WSJ print edition starts doing stories like this, maybe the pendulum is swinging slowly in favor of innovation.
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February 12th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Congrats on being quoted in the WSJ. Too bad they didn’t give you any link love. When will newspapers learn to link out properly?
February 12th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
The WSJ article also talked about Climber.com. It would have been great to have a high page rank site link back!
Cheers,
Mike