Conchango: 15 minute site review
January 2, 2008
Word on the web is that Conchango is to become listed on AIM from 15 January … I thought I’d have a quick look at their site, to see how it’s going.
Conchango and AIM Rule 26
There are a few key elements missing on the site at the moment, that will be necessary to comply with AIM Rule 26 requirements.
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Are you looking in the right place for recruits?
December 7, 2007
David Wilson at Social Media Optimisation points to a very interesting article in the India Times. In this article, HCL Technologies estimate that over the next two years, two thirds of their recruits will come from social media.
We all know that these days recruiters are quite likely to Google recruits … and that this could come up with their dodgy Facebook profile, or the inappropriate comments that they made on a forum. A few companies set up areas in Second Life to help with recruiting; others establish forums and live chat on their own sites.
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5 stages of development of corporate RSS Feeds
November 30, 2007
Not all companies have yet ‘got’ the value in providing RSS feeds, and don’t provide any at all; at the other extreme, some companies provide multiple RSS feeds, including feeds of podcasts, speeches and other tailored streams of information.
There is definitely a trend towards providing more RSS feeds, and providing feeds tailored to a particular audience.
people delete feeds that aren’t tailored to their needs
I’ve noticed that major companies tend to fall into one of five different groups, depending on where they are on the RSS curve:
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7 types of recruit you need to serve online
November 13, 2007
There are 7 different kinds of recruit you need to identify and serve online, as part of your recruitment strategy.
No, I don’t mean 7 different skill-sets: obviously there are many more than that … I mean that there are 7 different life-stages that your potential recruit may be at.
Some of these won’t be relevant to your industry - perhaps you only recruit graduates and experienced professionals. However, you shouldn’t forget that any visitors to your site may become a potential recruit in the future (or customer, supplier or contractor), so you don’t want to give them a negative impression about the company or how you treat people. Read more
Blog review: Dell’s IR blog
November 9, 2007
As I’m sure you know by now, Dell launched the first Investor Relations blog just over a week ago, to quite a bit of comment around the patch, and they’ve got a couple of posts up now.
This blog is a really very interesting addition to the IR site, and Dell are typically brave to be the first (though I suppose someone has to!). I’m sure it won’t be long before other companies join them … Read more