PharmiMike

Interesting! have LinkedIn got it right?

http://gigaom.com/collaboration/linkedins-digital-resume-and-the-world-of-work/

There are some pretty good tips here

http://fins.com/Finance/Articles/SB129234010957366425/Buzz-Words-to-Avoid-in-Your-span-class-searchkeywordbg-LinkedIn-span-Profile-and-on-Your-Resume?link=FINS_mostpop_CS_careerpage&Type=4

I’m interested to know if job boards such as PharmiWeb.com should allow candidates to select Agency or Direct jobs, or should they simply be mixed up together?

One argument says that a job is a job, and it doesnt matter when searching if the job is direct or not. The other argument is that some job hunters think they stand a better chance of getting a job if they can “bypass” the agency.

However, as a Job Board, we also need to consider that if we promote Direct Jobs differently are we going to upset our agency clients? After all, most of the jobs on PharmiWeb.com are from agencies.

Here’s to a prosperous New Year for everyone!
Mike

Monster announced last week that it has completed its acquisition of Yahoo! HotJobs, a leading online recruitment website, from Yahoo! for $225 million in cash. Concurrent with the closing of the acquisition, Monster and Yahoo! have also entered into a three year commercial traffic agreement whereby Monster will become Yahoo!’s exclusive provider of career and job content on the Yahoo! homepage in the United States and Canada.

The acquisition of Yahoo! HotJobs further strengthens Monster’s position as the market leader in online job opportunities and global recruitment resources. Monster’s expanded customer base will have access to even more talent, with the brand reaching roughly 62 percent of the US internet population (130 million unique visitors.) Monster will also expand its newspaper partnerships from 400 to 1000 with the addition of 600 HotJobs daily and weekly newspapers providing local reach in all 50 states.

At the same time, job seekers will have access to more opportunities, since Monster is now the foremost source of job postings for employers in 19 of the top 20 industries and in 45 out of the top 50 cities as compared to any leading online career site.1

“We are delivering on our strategy with the acquisition of HotJobs and the clear winners are our customers, job seekers and shareholders,” said Sal Iannuzzi, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Monster Worldwide. “We now have a powerful one-two punch of scale and precision – the largest pool of seekers and jobs, coupled with our 6Sense semantic search technology(TM) that allows unrivaled ability to match talent and opportunities.”

“The completion of the acquisition of HotJobs by Monster is great news for users, customers, employees and partners,” said Jeff Kinder SVP, Media Products and Solutions at Yahoo!. “The combination of Monster and HotJobs offers a stronger service for all parties, with more employers, job seekers and opportunities. The traffic agreement also enables Yahoo! to continue to provide users with valued online career and recruiting services.”

Effective today, Monster enters a transition period while the company builds an integrated site and product offering that will deliver the industry’s most complete recruitment and career seeking solutions – and the tools to derive the most relevant results from the most possibilities.

Full Press release.  http://about-monster.com/content/monster-completes-acquisition-hotjobs-and-enters-multi-year-traffic-agreement-yahoo

A nice article on how to avoid a social media disaster by creating  good company policies

http://mashable.com/2010/08/09/prevent-social-media-disaster/

Plus there’s a useful link to a number of corporate policies here:

http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php

and Roche’s Social Media policy here:

http://www.roche.com/socialmedia

as well as Pfizer’s social media activities here:

http://www.pfizer.com/news/social_media/social_media.jsp

This looks interesting:

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It looks like Google are starting a “Smart TV service”.  This is probably a smart move and a natural extension for the company that seems to be taking over the world.  As the average American spends 5 hours a day watching TV, you can see why Google wants a share of the potential Ad revenue.

The “smart TV” service allows people to search both live channels as well as content from websites such as YouTube. Special TV sets – or normal TVs connected to a Google box – will also allow people to access the web and download applications. The first TV sets will be produced by Sony and should be available in the Autumn.

The service is built around an onscreen search box,  that allows people to search for content on live channels or the web.

See more here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10132877.stm