Comments on: Web 2.0 and HR http://jobsinpods.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/web-20-and-hr/ Leading the conversation in social media recruiting Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: TrainingTime http://jobsinpods.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/web-20-and-hr/#comment-219 TrainingTime Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:28:09 +0000 http://jobsinpods.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-219 I believe the move into social media for recruiting purposes is a necessary one. You can better engage a potential employee in a setting where they are comfortable and where they are given the opportunity to interact and display their personality. I believe the move into social media for recruiting purposes is a necessary one. You can better engage a potential employee in a setting where they are comfortable and where they are given the opportunity to interact and display their personality.

]]> By: Ed Taaffe http://jobsinpods.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/web-20-and-hr/#comment-200 Ed Taaffe Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:59:02 +0000 http://jobsinpods.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-200 The main barrier I find is that there's a whole value chain to be pushed aside before web2 really gains momentum in this area. Job boards and recruitment agencies account for billions in revenue and they have nothing to gain and all to lose by encouraging a web2 approach. It is a particularly disruptive technology in this sense The main barrier I find is that there’s a whole value chain to be pushed aside before web2 really gains momentum in this area.
Job boards and recruitment agencies account for billions in revenue and they have nothing to gain and all to lose by encouraging a web2 approach.
It is a particularly disruptive technology in this sense

]]> By: Standout Jobs » Blog Archive » Social Network Recruiters: Coming to an Office Near You? http://jobsinpods.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/web-20-and-hr/#comment-172 Standout Jobs » Blog Archive » Social Network Recruiters: Coming to an Office Near You? Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:55:04 +0000 http://jobsinpods.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-172 [...] Russell at Jobs in Pods thinks that companies will soon start creating new job positions for “social network [...] [...] Russell at Jobs in Pods thinks that companies will soon start creating new job positions for “social network [...]

]]> By: Dave Opton http://jobsinpods.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/web-20-and-hr/#comment-171 Dave Opton Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:39:34 +0000 http://jobsinpods.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-171 Chris, I certainly would agree with what you have said. I would add that unless things have changed radically in most companies since I was running around the corporate world, in general, people are not rewarded for risk taking. One result of this is that change (in this case recruiting)is more often driven from the outside in rather than the inside out. Chris,

I certainly would agree with what you have said. I would add that unless things have changed radically in most companies since I was running around the corporate world, in general, people are not rewarded for risk taking.

One result of this is that change (in this case recruiting)is more often driven from the outside in rather than the inside out.

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