Archive for August, 2009
How I Made 3 Hires with Twitter in 6 Weeks
Tweet Article by Megan Hopkins Let’s get one thing out in the open very quickly. I’m a very stubborn person and I like to learn things on my own…even if it is painfully obvious to others. Confessions of a Twitter Hater… My relationship with Twitter started out very slowly and much like my relationship with my [...]
How to Search Spoke, ZoomInfo, and Jigsaw for Free
Tweet Spoke, Zoominfo, and Jigsaw are websites that contain information on 10′s of millions of people and millions of companies. Each site has their own special method of capturing information on people and businesses. What they all have in common, however, is that while you can register and in some cases even run a few searches for free, you [...]
Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook July 2009 Traffic Data
Tweet I’m always interested in the traffic for the “Big Three” social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn), and I discovered today that www.compete.com just released July’s data. And here it is! Facebook While Facebook’s been on a tear of growth as it passed the 250M member mark, Facebook only added 117,142 unique U.S. visitors in July 2009 . That [...]
LinkedIn by the Numbers – Searching by Title and Clearance
Tweet Ever wonder how many executives are on LinkedIn? How about accountants, software engineers, ”Big 4″ employees, or people with TS/SCI clearances? Well I did. So I decided to run a number of searches for common titles in information technology, finance and accounting, recruiting and human resources, business development, social media, and administrative support and publish the results for [...]
What Happens When Twitter is Down?
Tweet Sometime in the mid-morning I was trying to send a quick Direct Message via TweetDeck to one of my valued network contacts and it didn’t go through. I waited and tried a few more times, and after further failures – I headed directly to Twitter. My Internet connection was good – I could navigate [...]
Candidate – Recruiter Relationships: Overrated?
Tweet What is the ultimate value you provide to candidates as a recruiter? I want you to really think about that question before proceeding. In this post, there will be more questions raised than answers provided. Please take a moment to ensure that you have your thinking cap on and that your mind is open. Who Defines Value? From [...]
