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Craig Fisher talks with Whole Foods recruiting leader Andres Traslavina about Whole Foods recruiting practices and conscious leadership.  Read more

At the 2013 #truCollegeRecruiter events in NYC and Dallas there was much discussion about how to best connect with college students and new grads.  Naturally Facebook was one of the major platforms cited as a go-to marketing and recruiting platform.  But is Facebook becoming less of a destination for Millennials and beyond? In a great postRead more

Want to intern at Twitter?  Check out how on this fun Cool Tools Show podcast as Lars and I talked with the Twitter recruiting team.     Guests on this podcast include:  Anitra Collins – Twitter Recruitment Operations Lead Meghan Lorig – Twitter University Programs Lead We discussed: 1. Does twitter have an internship program? If so, can youRead more

Have you ever wondered what time of day you take the most photos with your iPhone? No? Me either. But I have wondered if there is an easy way to make Infographics on my iPhone. I’ve found a few cool tools that are useful for visualizing bits of data without ever leaving your idevice. PhotoRead more

A few weeks back I appeared on the Career Hangout (or CHO Show) as the guest of Lars Schmidt, Laurie Ruettimann, and Lance Haun, to talk about how to optimize your Linkedin profile.  CHO is (was) a weekly Google Hangout designed to assist job seekers.   They did a wonderful job of promoting my appearance.Read more

Join Craig Fisher and Crystal Miller as we broadcast live from the Dice Bloggers Lounge Tuesday, 6/26, directly following DriveThruHR at 1:30PM ET.  Our guests will be Dwane Lay, Trish McFarlane, Elizabeth Reese, and John Sumser.  We will get their impressions and the latest updates from the big show. Listen in to #TalentNet Radio TuesdayRead more

When I see Alison Doyle posting on About.com how to use a certain platform for job search, I generally know its time to take that platform seriously for recruiting.  I’ve been advising recruiters and employers on how to use Pinterest for recruiting for a few months now and have been highlighting it at TalentNet LiveRead more

“Dude, your on Mashable!” was the message that popped up from a friend in my chat window in March of 2009.  “What??”  It tuned out  Sarah Evans had just written an article for Mashable, HOW TO:  Find a Job on Twitter.  In it, she listed a few recruiters to follow, including me, Christa Foley fromRead more

If you have never been in Austin, Texas during SXSouthwest Interactive, you are in for a real treat.  And if you are interested in Social Media as it pertains to recruiting, HR, employer branding, or job search, you have a special reason to be there.  TalentNet Live is throwing an "unofficial" mini-conference on March 11thRead more

There are several Blog Talk Radio shows about Recruiting and HR these days.  How many is too many?  Or do we need more?  Do you have a favorite?  What makes a good show tick?  Chime in tonight on the #TNL (TalentNet Live) recruiting forum on Twitter.  Join host Craig Fisher (@fishdogs) and special guests, BlogRead more

Talent professionals in social media love labels.  Thus, those of us who use social channels for recruiting and networking together have brilliantly entitled our scene "Social Recruiting".  We’ve been doing this "social recruiting" thing for years with LinkedIn and recruiting networks like RecruitingBlogs.com.  But with the explosion of  Twitter, Facebook, and personal blogs, et al,Read more

The way social media can effect recruiting and retention was a hot topic at the recent ERE Social Recruiting Summit held this week at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA.  Jenny DeVaughn attended and wrote a nice synopsis of her experience that can be viewed on the ERE Community site.  I watched many of theRead more

 It’s time for another star studded recruiter get-together on Twitter!  That’s right recruitwiterati, #TalentNet, the hashtag event that burned up the Twittersphere last month, (trending right at the top with American Idol) is back for another go-round this Wednesday night, May 27th, from 8pm to 10pm Central time (and the last Wednesday of each month,Read more

Here a network, there a network, everywhere a social network.  Perhaps it’s overkill, but we are all now a part of so many social communities online that sometimes it feels as if we are no longer growing closer together, but farther apart.  This is especially true in the staffing and recruiting community.  We recruiters, byRead more