Jobs

7 Tips on Hiring for Your Startup

31 May, 2013

By Sarah Boisvert , Media Shower Startups are in a unique situation when hiring employees. Usually cash flow is tight or the company is being bootstrapped, so hiring mistakes are more costly than in a company with more financial stability. In addition, early-stage new hires are a large percentage of the total number of employees and have the […]

UK – RESOURCE SOLUTIONS RELEASES SOCIAL RECRUITING GUIDEBOOK

10 December, 2012

Original post by StaffingIndustry Resource Solutions has released their Social Recruiting Playbook, a ‘working guide’ on how to harness the power of social recruitment. Written in conjunction with industry specialists at Carve Consulting, the playbook is designed to introduce senior executives in HR to social media. With more than 175 million professionals using LinkedIn and […]

Welcome to America. Startups, patent holders, and iPhone programmers, please come to the front of the line

28 November, 2012

Original post by Alex Salkever via Quartz Immigration reform looks like it might really happen in US President Barack Obama’s second term. Many have tried before and failed; few ever attempted a total overhaul of a very broken system. But amid sudden political momentum, what if the laws governing foreigners’ rights to live and work on […]

Facebook Social Jobs App – Not A LinkedIn Killer

20 November, 2012

Original post by Josh Bersin via Forbes There was an amazing amount of press last weekabout Facebook’s new social jobs app, even forcing LinkedIn’s stock down a few percent. What exactly is it and will it matter? The Facebook Opportunity in Recruiting Well first of all, it’s important to realize that Facebook does have a huge opportunity […]

Startup of the Week: InternAvenue

25 October, 2012

Original post by WIRED.co.uk InternAvenue is an online recruitment tool that allows employers to access graduate interns in key business areas of interest. Companies can create a profile and search through prospective interns to find those candidates with the exact skills they are looking for, rather than posting a regular job ad. The company was founded by […]