Raj Anand Raj Anand

Passionate about Innovation in Social Media.

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 talks about innovative stuff [...]

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 NZ – Facebook live event [...]

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.

Social [...]

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.

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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 YouTube video:

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‘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 user [...]

List of online communities to maximize recruitment potential

Often, finding the right candidates or customers require recruitment teams to go far and wide. For some customers or circumstances teams have to tap into communities which already exist e.g. Institute of Engineers, women in Space Research, CIOs in the insurance industry. Traditionally this could be an expensive, time intensive process and would require to [...]

Social Media in Recruitment: (Case Study) Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young Facebook campaign is a good example of how social media can be used to:

Appeal to candidates, looking for internships.
Engage existing employees in the recruitment process.
Encourage applicants to hear from previous interns via video and put a face to the organisation.

Case Study: Social Media for Recruitment (Ernst &Young)

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