Almost two-fifths of recruiters admit to rejecting a professional because of their tattoos
Having surveyed both 500 recruitment professionals and 2,000 job seekers and professionals, LinkedIn, the employment network, revealed being inked could seriously hamper candidates' chances. Of the recruiters, 75% believe a candidate's image plays a crucial role in the hiring process and 88% … Read More
Time is money, make it count
It's a harsh truth, but in a sea of competing candidates you've got only five to 10 seconds to stand out from the crowd and impress a potential employer. That's why it pays to stay current with the trending buzzwords being scanned for by recruiters. LinkedIn, the world's largest professional …
Duolingo launches Klingon courses for those with absolutely nothing better to do
Do you like the idea of Duolingo's app-based way of learning a foreign language on the go, but object to absorbing something that might actually prove useful one day? Well, good news: the app has announced that its 200 million users can now learn Klingon, should their CV be lacking …
LinkedIn Takes Data Scraping Fight to Ninth Circuit
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Weighing privacy rights against access to public data, a Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday wrestled with whether a 1984 law permits LinkedIn to keep its website off limits to a company that mines its data to tell employers which workers are “flight risks.” In August last …
LinkedIn Tells 9th Circ. Startup’s Bots Hurt Competition
Law360, San Francisco (March 15, 2018, 10:51 PM EDT) — LinkedIn asked a Ninth Circuit panel to nix a judge's order allowing a startup company to keep using bots to scrape data from public profiles on its website, saying at oral arguments Thursday that the decision undermined the “very values …
How to quickly make your LinkedIn profile stand out from the masses
Your LinkedIn is your brand. That's it. Whether you are job hunting (or people are hunting you), or are showing off your business, insight, acumen, or simply networking; your profile on LinkedIn needs to stay appealing and not drive potential headhunters, bosses, clients, or networking groups bananas. Read More
‘Fat Leonard’ admiral keeps high-level security clearance
His LinkedIn profile notes he is “transitioning after 34 years of Navy Service.” … A recent screen shot of Rear Adm. Adrian Jansen's LinkedIn page notes his "Top Secret SCI security clearance" the Pentagon says he still holds, even after being found guilty for Fat Leonard-related crimes last year. Read …
The 5 Podcasts That Are Getting It Right
Masters of Scale: Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock, knows a thing or two about creating scalable companies (is there anyone left who doesn't have a LinkedIn profile?). In Masters of Scale, he turns the microphone on a guest list that reads as Who's Who of Silicon …
Global Online Recruitment Market Size 2018- (Recruit, Zhilian, Monster, SEEK and LinkedIn)
The research report on Global Online Recruitment Market 2018 keenly identifies important facets of the industry. The analysis covers Online Recruitment market size, current trends, drivers, challenges, opportunities, as well as key Online Recruitment market segments. It is based on historical data and … Read More
Student job and internship search enhanced
Elizabethtown College's Career Services department introduced Handshake this school year, replacing Jobs for Jays as an online database for students to find jobs and internships locally, statewide and nationally. Though professional networking website LinkedIn shares a lot of similarities with … Read More