090707 #socialrecruiting links

Topics: Daily Links, John Sumser, Social Recruiting, by John Sumser
Thought for the Day: Understanding your world offer requires constant curiosity. The Linguistics of ReTweets Dan Zarella is a tweet statistics machine. In this piece, he disects the content of a warehouse full of 140 character messages. The idea is to look for clues about the way people spread ideas. Zarella exemplifies the kind of […]
 

090707 Authenticity

This short piece appeared on the interbiznet website in 1996 as an introduction to the then forthcoming 1997 Electronic Recruiting Index. It was a part of a chapter on great website design. There was little else available on website design principles at the time. I’m pretty sure it was the first mention of “authenticity” as […]
 

090630 Dissonance

Dissonance People have maps of the world that they carry around in their heads. Accumulated experience, conventional wisdom and the insight of the people and institutions that influence us shape our worldview. Certain that we have a handle on the truth, we move through our reality as if we had a clear picture. We make […]
 

090630 #socialrecruiting Links

Topics: Daily Links, John Sumser, Social Recruiting, by John Sumser
Thought for the Day: “Twitter produces ambient intimacy.” @Leisa Programming Contests, Community, and Business Master Burnett pointed out the TopCoder Open as an example of markets in which people compete (as an alternative to Recruiting). He  professional imagines that competitive frameworks will outstrip more rigid assessment processes as a way of producing top performers. It’s […]
 

090624 #socialrecruiting Links

Topics: Daily Links, John Sumser, Social Recruiting, by John Sumser
Thought for the Day: “Systems are not neutral. They have natural biases.” Kevin Kelly Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 (via Gautam Ghosh) It’s interesting that Twitter is seen as a ‘learning tool’. Topping this list from the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies are a set of social media tools. The poll, a sort […]
 

060923 Embittered Links

Topics: Daily Links, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Thought for the Day: Jeff Hunter has returned to the blogosphere. Start: 20 Rules for Recruiting /component/page,shop.product_details/ in the Creative Age Someone just let Jeff Hunter out of his cage. Biting honesty like we’ve been missing for about two years, more or less. We’re so happy to have him back that we’re going to let […]
 

090611 Newsy Links

Thought for the Day: Social Media is Not about the tools. It’s not about what you can do with the tools. It’s about the social stuff. Asking More from Talent Acquisition System Providers Madeline Laurano notices that employers aren’t happy with their Talent Acquisition Software suppliers. They never are. One of the interesting things about […]
 

090609 #socialrecruiting links

Topics: All, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Thought for the Day: Social media is participatory. If it’s not participatory, it’s not social media. Social Recruiting: Is The Hype Over Yet? Australia’s Michael Specht takes a whack at describing the work that needs to be done. We’re in the very, very early stages and a number if things are predictable. Gartner’s hype model […]
 

090603 Visualization Links

Topics: Daily Links, Futures, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Thought for the Day: More and more, HR-Recruiting will be the place you go to understand the data about people in the organization. And, people outside of the organization. And, how they go together. Obama / One People Don’t let the title keep you away from this amazing visualization. It shows the changes in cell […]
 

090602 #SocialRecruiting Links

Topics: Daily Links, John Sumser, JohnSumser.com, by John Sumser
Thought for the Day: Social recruiting is participatory or it isn’t socia. JobScience on Social Recruiting Ted Elliot has built JobScience into a technical powerhouse. They’re a primary sponsor of the Social Recruiting Summit. The add-iness distracts from the message. The service itself is extremely powerful. Who Owns Your Social Media Accounts? Michael VanDervert starts […]