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Recruiting Technology Is Not Flat

While reading Thomas Friedman's best-seller, The World Is Flat, this past week, I came across a passage that I found to be very relevant to the recent emergence of new recruiting tools and technology. According to Friedman, "Introducing new technology alone is never enough. The big spurts in productivity come when a new technology is combined with new ways of doing business."
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[b]Jobster: [/b]a constantly evolving tool that allows recruiters to deliver job information to targeted audiences via a variety of means. Its job board aggregator allows job seekers to find jobs posted across the Web and use the Jobster service to connect with people they know in Jobster's client base.
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wS&q#el(pW{/] [b]ZoomInfo: [/b]Google for recruiters. ZoomInfo scrapes the Internet to create profiles of people who are referred to on websites, press releases, etc., and often includes their contact information. Anyone can create and update his or her own ZoomInfo summary.nC(N)p$@W

3T"bWko/LM3k[ [b]LinkedIn: [/b]allows users to create profiles (which are searchable) and virtual networks with people they know and people they would like to connect with. These networks allow users to connect with users divided by degrees of separation. LinkedIn also has job-posting capability.
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[b]Simply Hired/Indeed: [/b]job board aggregators. These websites not only pull job search results from job boards across the Internet, but they also offer the opportunity for companies to wrap their jobs directly into these aggregators at no cost. Jobster, HotJobs, and Google Base also fit into this category, but Simply Hired and Indeed are primarily focused on aggregator functionality.

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-E*u|T+c/F;L J5~%h After using these tools for some time however, I've come to realize that what Friedman said is directly relevant to what is preventing the broader adoption of these new recruiting tools. And, I'm not referring to adoption by recruiters like myself

Good article and analysis. I have spent the last 5 months reviewing these products and taking their Demo's as I re-entered the technology recruiting field after a 3 years absence to go back to school to get my MBA and have found the same to be true about the tools you have mentioned. Three you missed are Spoke.com (Similar to ZoomInfo but reaches below the 'C' Level and V.P. to the 'worker level' but does not provide much contact information like Zoom does), broadlink.com/profiler & Eclipse (Profiles any company at will with all information ever existing on the net and private databases -Best but most expensive tool - you get what you PAY FOR) and the 'Most likely to make a difference in our time as recruiters' concept: Nimblecat.com (Matches job orders and candidates on a much truer algorithmV%xtHp,o$Bu-t,j
and accuracy than careerbuilder, Jobster or other 'matching' services - and it's FREE)

You've done a great job summarizing the new technology landscape that is emerging. 100% agree that, while the recruting world is becoming better educated about the new tools available, the missing link is candidate education. Who's educating them on what this new landscape means to them and how they can position themselves for success?+Z9?+sW F
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Ironically, Jeff Hunter and I are working on a new book for candidates called 'Brand Talent.' I can't tell you everything about it yet, but I think it will hit on a lot of the points you mention, and we would love your input as we work on it.
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d|1HkG5GK Thanks for bringing up a very relevant and timely point!

It is better to quote the original authors' name. I read all those stuffs in ere.net, including moon and sunny's reply.

yes, it is copied from ere.net

[quote]原帖由 [i]jobchat[/i] 于 2006-7-24 02:56 PM 发表
+e;cKQ$Cf It is better to quote the original authors' name. I read all those stuffs in ere.net, including moon and sunny's reply. [/quote]/S X)oj Wk _5o9qd

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Xc3{7rl,J({P [[i] 本帖最后由 moon 于 2006-7-24 03:58 PM 编辑 [/i]]

[quote]原帖由 [i]moon[/i] 于 2006-7-24 03:54 PM 发表
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:F&F;p3D`e Yes I am. It is a great site. Looks like you are a recruiting veteran. Nice to know you!

:handshake I am glad to meet you! do you have msn or qq ?

[quote]原帖由 [i]moon[/i] 于 2006-7-24 04:18 PM 发表
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