• From @socialtalent (Johnny Campbell): Tip for in-house Recruiters: ask the Hiring Managers to interview u like a candidate; see how they sell, what they ask.
• From @UKSourcers: Followerwonk does more than search Twitter bios. You can use it to discover the type of people that follow a user of interest.
• From @michellerea: I believe companies can have a global employer brand but they have to adapt it locally with local touches.

Kelly Services kept us up to date with all the action at the Tru London event.

• Announcing a brand new Partnership between TheJobPost and UK Recruiter to host leading Social, Mobile and Recruiting Technology events
• Sadly no surprises; Recruiter’s are asked to discriminate
• My Ten Commandments for LinkedIn Groups by Lisa Jones
• Recruitment and HR events roundup for March 2013
• Do you know your “Interviewer Personality”?

• Job board and advert question, anyone do IT recruitment?
• Different ways to recruit
• Insurance for recruitment business, know anyone?

• Sixty-three per cent used a cloud-based recruitment solution in 2012.
• Respondents who used cloud recruitment solutions had greater company revenue, individual remuneration, and attracted a higher number of candidates than those who did not use cloud solutions.
• Average expected remuneration for VPs, directors, and managers increased, while expected remuneration for their staff (recruitment consultants, account managers, sales consultants) and superiors (owners, C-level executives, MDs, board members) decreased.
• Large firms considered CRM recruitment technology more important than small or mid-sized firms.
• Seventy-five per cent of firms either met or exceeded their 2012 revenue goal, compared to 61 per cent in 2011.
• Ninety-seven per cent used social media for recruitment in 2012.
• Fifty-eight per cent reported that their 2012 remuneration increased over 2011.
• Eighty-five per cent plan to add staff to their business in 2013, versus 91 per cent who planned to do so in 2012.
• Ninety-two percent believe their firm’s revenue will increase in 2013, versus 88 per cent who felt similarly for 2012.
• The healthcare sector had the highest average hit rate in 2012 (44 per cent) and the advertising/marketing/creative sector had the lowest hit rate (eight per cent)