How Skype is using Social Media for Recruitment
During a recent meeting I had with Skype's Gavin Russell I asked about how they use Social Media for recruitment
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LinkedIn buys Slideshare
An Interesting Acquisition. In the world of B2B social media, two of the most important technology players have been LinkedIn and Slideshare – both vitally important components of success for the majority of companies who understand how to approach B2B social media professionally and effectively. Well, as announced today,...
How to use Skype for Recruitment
General / Social Media and Recruitment / Social Media Case Studies / Social Media for Recruitment / Social Media Tools
Skype has to increase headcount by 40% in the next 6 months. eSocialMedia's Managing Director Colm Hannon asks Gavin Russell, Global Program Manager at Skype about how they use Skype for recruitment. If you would like to share how you are applying social media in your business get...
How to get tickets to a rugby international using social media!
I was at work one Thursday afternoon and my business partner Tim suggested I take a couple of days off so I decided to go to the France v Ireland 6 Nations game in Paris that Sunday. I immediately contacted all of the usual suspects for tickets and all...
Social Media Return on Investment – it makes me MAD!
General / Social Media and Recruitment / Social Media for Recruitment / Social Media for Recruitment Consultants / Social Media Recruitment / Social Media Strategy
Have you seen many articles on social media and the measurement of the ROI it brings? Have you noticed that most of them either skirt around the issue or say that “it’s a grey area” or “it can’t be measured like other things”? Or even worse, they are patronizing...
eSocialMedia continues to expand with the addition of Gareth Mason to the team
Gareth has joined eSocialMedia after 6 years in corporate finance, where he specialised in the sale of non-listed UK companies. Prior to this, Gareth was a professional rugby player for 9 years. An unashamed science geek, with a degree in chemistry, Gareth has been brought on board to develop the...
Amy-Jane Cahalane Joins eSocialMedia!
Amy-Jane joins eSocialMedia after 6 years of working in Local Government. Her most recent role was Economic Development Officer at Bedford Borough Council, where she led several large scale projects and ran events across Bedfordshire. Amy-Jane is a self-confessed ‘Social Media Junkie’ (with no future plans to visit rehab!). She...
Why every business needs a corporate story
Some months ago I was waiting heart-in-mouth to run a corporate story session for eight alpha-males preparing to sell their extremely lucrative software business. They had convened at 8.30 for a high-level strategy meeting before starting my session at 9.00. Would I be able to convince these men they...
