Category : Blogs

One Simple Message: Don’t Charge the Unemployed to Work…

In the last week or so, many of the recruitment industry have been stunned by the article in The Recruiter about Etsio – a company who charge unemployed graduates for internship opportunities. I have read some people suggest this is smart business opportunism – high unemployed rate of graduates, cost concerns amongst businesses – perfect solution. Call [...]

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Beware of False Influencers – Its who’s Influenced that matters

A few words on a subject that was discussed in Gabrielle Laine-Peters’ Lunch chat at the recent Like Minds Conference – that old chestnut, Influence – and the talk about whether Klout, PeerIndex or merely personal influence are the key factors in genuinely recognising genuine an `influencer`. Well here’s the thing in the point I [...]

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Step Up! – Partner with CloudNine & Feed a Child for Year.

JJ and I were hugely inspired by a presentation at the Like Minds Conference last week, about the work of the Global Angels charity, by their CEO; Molly Bedingfield; so much that we were compelled to do something about it. You know that thing; it’s easy to admire the work of a charity – but [...]

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#LikeMinds – People Power & the Rise of Social Recruiting

I’m immensely proud to be speaking on a panel at the Like Minds Conference in Exeter next week, with some other fantastic people – and just wanted to jot down some notes on the subject I will be discussing in the session. The content piece has developed from a `Future of Recruitment` remit to one [...]

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What does it take to get a job at Google…?

Well sadly, CloudNine can’t help – not a client. But when a company has 1000s & 1000s of applications – how do they set out a plan to recruit? – clearly Google has one. Interesting – given current topic trends in recruiting – they don’t mention the rejection process… Enjoy… by NowSourcing via

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