Jobs.ch Recruits On Jobwinner And Monster

Last Friday I saw an intriguing tweet by Yves Maeder (@YvesMaeder), CEO of Jobup AG (they own job boards like jobup.ch and jobwinner.ch). Loosely translated from German, his tweet said: Happy about ads from our competitors on jobwinner.ch – thanks go to the Carmenstrasse #jobwinner.ch Comments: jobs.ch have offices at the Carmenstrasse in Zurich URLs […]

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Prospective Launches New Mobile Ads In Switzerland

A couple of days ago Prospective Media (@ProspectiveAG) announced a new product: newspaper job ads with a QR code linking to real mobile job ad. For the first time in many years I then bought a newspaper (CHF 4.20 for 120 pages of which I was only interested in less than 20) and found one […]

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Many Companies Use Social Media For Recruiting. Really?

More and more companies and recruiters say that they’re using social media for recruiting. But is it “real” social media? And does it actually matter? Not long ago most HR departments couldn’t imagine using social media at all. This seems to change with LinkedIn (or Xing / Viadeo) becoming part of the tools recruiters use […]

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The Early Bird And The Worm (#TruGeneva Tickets)

The early bird catches the worm. And you can still get #TruGeneva tickets at the early bird rate until this Saturday! Tickets for the Recruiting Unconference on 4th May 2012 are available on the #TruGeneva Eventbrite site. On this page you will also find answers to questions like: Why #TruGeneva? What is a Recruiting Unconference? […]

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You Don’t Need A Social Media Policy

This article will be short. I don’t think that you need a social media policy. And maybe you should first ask yourself why you think that you need one or revise your existing personnel policies. Of course we could talk for hours about the necessity of policies. But today I’d rather tell you why I […]

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Show Us Your Home And We Might Hire You

Imagine that you applied for a job and were told that – as part of the standard hiring procedure – you had to invite the recruiter to your home. Or even worse: you had to give them the key to your place, so they could drop by whenever they wanted, whether you’re at home or […]

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