ebig panel on community- August 28, 2003 Cynthia introducing the idea of professional guilds. Making people googleworthy to recruiters. Ryze helping people connect, less alone in trying times. Cyn David reed mit group formation. Q1. Portability. Karma, blogrollsfriends. Q2. Intranet prerequisites. Q3. Craig. Phase transition - communities emerging, esp in politics. Legislative changes, privacy bill passed over big money lobbyists. With more groups, specialization. Power of weak links, lots of ways that people arrive. Cynthia..http://dijest.com/emblog/2003/08/ebig-panel-on-community.html Social Software in Recruiting.- August 25, 2003 I ran into Mason Wong on Ryze last week. Mason is the staffing manager for Advent Software. I asked him if he thought Ryze-like social software would find its way into the features of staffing solutions from companies like Hire.com. He wrote: While the fundamental mission and functionality of Ryze is to expand an individual's network while employing a relatively narrow set of criteria in identifying new contacts, the fundamental mission of Hire and the functionality of its applications are to.http://dijest.com/emblog/2003/08/social-software-in-recruiting.html Are you sending the right messages- August 23, 2003 I grew up on Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, especially The Pirates of Penzance. One of the funniest songs in the bunch is the When the Foeman Bares His Steel (MIDI File). Trying to encourage some rather frightened local constables to chase pirates, Mabel sings: Go, ye heroes, go to glory, Though you die in combat gory, Ye shall live in song and story. Go to immortality! Go to death, and go to slaughter; Die, and every Cornish daughter With her tears your grave shall water. Go,..http://dijest.com/emblog/2003/08/are-you-sending-right-messages.html Candidate.Community.- August 12, 2003 Yesterday's Electronic Recruiting News was about Community. There are at least three or four decent books on the subject. I'm reading one now, Drew Banks' and Kim Daus' Customer.Community: Unleashing the Power of Your Customer Base (on Amazon). The underlying principle: there's value in having your customers talk with each other. It's also true for your talent pool. As you read this, where you see the word "customer", substitute "potential employee". First, the business case....http://dijest.com/emblog/2003/08/candidatecommunity.html An interview with RSSJobs creator, Steve Rose.- August 5, 2003 I've been following two things very closely for many years: content syndication and labor markets. Last week RSSJobs was announced, bringing the two together. Here's my interview with Steve Rose who built RSSJobs. What inspired or provoked you to create RSSJobs It was a combination of things. First was the frustration with my own job hunt. Like many IT professionals, I was unemployed for 6 months. When I did finally find a job, it was for half my previous pay, and in a environment I...http://dijest.com/emblog/2003/08/interview-with-rssjobs-creator-steve.html |