Selling just under 300 books per week in just 20 days

I’m glad to announce that my book on recruiting with social media in just 20 days is now ranked 17,367 out of 424,793 Kiddle books on Amazon. According to fonerbooks.com that implies that the book is selling just under 300 books per week on Amazon.com alone based on the graph (below) and multiplying a factor of [...]

My book ‘Recruiting with Social Media’ out 3rd August

I’m glad to inform that my book Recruitment with Social Media, Social Media’s Impact on Recruitment and HR is out on 3rd August 2010, published by Que/Pearson Publication. You can buy a copy from Recruiting with Social Media (Que eStore). About the Book The book highlights the power of recruiting people with Social Media! Social [...]

Videos interviews with recruitment experts at #TruLondon

I had some really interesting conversations with people at #TruLondon unfortunately not all videos came out. Technology fail! Never the less some really interesting content  available below. Social Sourcing and Future of Blogging SourcerSrini mentions how he is uses social media for sourcing candidates. PunkRockHR good insight on the future of blogging. Innovative startup in Recruitment @James_Mayes [...]

Live streaming of #trulondon 19th Feb 2010

TruLondon is a social media recruitment unconference held on the 18th and 19th Feb at Incisive Media‘s offices in Soho London. 9.30am (GMT) onwards I will be streaming live video of the event. Online video chat by Ustream Broadcast schedule: 9.30 – 10.00 All tracks: Day One Learning 10.00 – 10.30 Video track from Deloitte’s [...]

Entrepreneur grows home-based translations business international

From time to time like to feature guest bloggers on my site. This is a story of Christian Arno who founded Lingo24, business more or less bootstrapped from the beginning. Lingo24 translated over thirty million words in 2009, covering clients in over sixty countries and every industry sector. Their turnover in the twelve months to September [...]

Social Media to Improve (Corporate) Internal Communication #HR

A presentation looks at case studies of companies like Ikea and IBM and how social media helped them improve their internal communication. It’s important to mention that things have moved on a bit and new engaging social media tools have arrived. Although the principles still apply and can be very useful for Human Resource departments. [...]

My first (commercial) book on social media..coming soon

I’m glad to announce that a major global publisher has asked me to write a book on social media for a niche vertical market. I have been involved in some self-published eBooks in the past, to evangelise social media, although this is my first commercial publication. I’m focusing my attention on real case studies and [...]

17 Google Wave Invites. Do you want one?

I’m giving out 17 Google Wave invites, to members of the Social Media in Recruitment group on LinkedIn. If you are wondering what’s Google Wave, check out this video: If you are a member of the group, please contact me with your email address. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Frajanand.biz%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2F17-google-wave-invites-do-you-want-one%2F’; addthis_title = ’17+Google+Wave+Invites.+Do+you+want+one%3F’; addthis_pub = ”;

YouTube, tool for talent spotting?

I’m impressed how YouTube is opening up opportunities for new talent like Ilana Yahav. Who knew that a sand artist from Israel would make it to the Twining Tea Commercial. There are thousands of examples of this sort of finds. Is YouTube opening doors to upcoming artists? Twinings English Breakfast Tea Commercial: Ilana Yahav other [...]

‘LinkedIn opens its platform’, what does it mean for recruiters

The software development industry has been going on (see here and here) about how LinkedIn has just opened it’s platform via an API (Application Programming Interface). Companies can now build Twitter like applications for LinkedIn. This implies companies now have access to: Candidate Profiles including either the public view or the more detailed view the [...]