080610 Daily Links (June 10, 2008)

By admin | Published: June 10, 2008

Thought For The Day: The Job Of Technology is To Increase The Number of Choices
What Magazines Still Don’t Understand About The Web It’s about right now, immediacy. Magazines are winter, the web is summer.
Looks Like a Million To Me: How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceeding Sales Estimates Is Anyone Thinking About eBooks as Sourcing tools? Smart market segmentation, good candidate pool development potential. They are bigger than you think. (6% of Amazon’s book revenues?)
Better Recruiting Through Social Networks? Wubs discusses the Jobvite survey. Hmm. Who did they survey? Note to Wubs..when surveys are self-serving, ask how they corrected for bias.
Concerning Linkedin Endorsements – Authenticity is Key Master Dave on the etiquette of endorsements
The Applicant Experience: Happy Campers? It’s hard to reconcile the Jobvite survey (see Wubs) with this: “I believe that there are those savvy recruiters and lines managers and HR who get the power of social networking tools when it comes to attracting, hiring, and retaining talent, but the majority still doesn’t. In fact I’ve heard from ATS vendors that many companies in manufacturing, retail, hospitality and healthcare don’t know what an ATS is.”

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