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With the ever-evolving social media platforms out there, Chris Russell has updated last years Social Media Recruiting Starfish to include a variety of new tools. Aimed at engaging with job seekers on a whole number of different levels, it really makes you think about the future of the job boards and the impact that Social Media will have on how we attract applicants. Still not convinced? check out his post
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With 10 contestants left in the running of the BBC series the Apprentice, we thought we would see if our readers could predict the winner.
Have your vote and see if Sir Alan Sugar gets it right!
To get further information on The Apprentice, watch clips, make comments and join in, check out the BBC’s web page
Great Office Game:
Every week, each staff member puts in £1 & has a vote on who is going to get fired. Who ever wins - gets the pot!
Tags: For Fun, surveys, The Apprentice
With a four day week, Easter and school holidays, time has really flown by this week, however there has still been quiet a bit of activity in Online Recruitment. For the best bits on the web please see some of the headlines below:
Paula Jones, The HR Consultant from the West Midlands, got fired this week by Sir Alan Sugar on the Apprentice.
Monster reveal that 65% of UK workers won’t receive their expected pay rise in 2009
Personnel Today report that the UK may loose out on 70,000 green technology jobs
The Best 20 Facebook applications have been condensed on the Cheezhead blog - great for job seekers and recruiters alike.
Web Site of the Week:
BBC - The Apprentice Great way to keep up to date with the latest developments, video clips and comments!
Tags: apprentice, facebook, salaries
The Monster Index is a monthly analysis of millions of job opportunities that have been gathered from a wide selection of corporate careers sites and job boards across the UK. According to the March analysis, the index fell by 7 points in March on the previous month.
Overall year on year the index has fallen from 187 points in 2008 to 110 points in 2009 (41%). The top five industry sectors which have experienced the highest year-on-year decrease in demand for jobs are:
Industry March 2009 March 2009
Environment, Archtecture 68 252
HR 59 198
Admin, Organisation 89 212
Marketing & PR 121 238
Legal 120 234
But it’s not all bad news, there are a four industry categories which have increased in demand for job opportunities. These include: Education & Training (15 points), Production & Manufacturing (11 points) Research & Development (3 points) and Construction (2 points). Although only a 2 point increase month on month for construction, could we be seeing the start of a few green shoots?
All regions, with the exception of Wales, saw a decline in demand for jobs month-on-month. Scotland saw the highest drop by 14 points in March and year-on-year demand has declined from 197 in 2008 to 100 in 2009 (49%) making it the largest regional annual drop. On the other hand, Wales has seen an increase of 18 points for March to 192.
Tags: jobs, Monster Index
Happy Easter to all our readers, we hope that you have some cracking times over the bank holiday. For a quick re-cap on the positive news in recruitment, see a few links below:
The IAB have reported that online advertising spend is up by 17% with Recruitment continuing to be the leading sector with 23% of all online advertising spend read the full report here
The Report on Jobs by the REC and KPMG show that the number of people placed in permanent vacancies rose in March to 33.5 - on a scale where 50 means no change. This is up from 30.3 in Feb 09 when they fell the fastest in almost a decade.
The Open University has developed a free resource to help people out smart and educate them of the recession
11 Ways to Boost Your Job Board - Some great advise to help with your search engine rankings
Website of the Week:
Business on Twitter by NikkiPilkington check out this page Top 10 Titter-inducing Twitter Takes - A list of 10 Great & funny videos having a laugh at Twitter - Cheers Nikki!
Tags: education, IAB, job boards, jobs, online advertising, twitter
