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Recruitment Consultants: as Dead as the Dodo?

Countdown by Stéfan

Hiring companies are moving away from jobs boards and recruitment companies and moving towards social media as their dominant recruiting tool.

Between current economic conditions, the evolution of the internet and dwindling HR budgets, the traditional approach of finding a candidate is becoming increasingly redundant. Are we counting down the days to the demise of the recruitment consultant?

A recent online survey, the Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey 2010 asked 600 participants between May and June if they plan to use social media. 92% of those answered that they were planning on using social media to find future candidates.

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1 October 2010 by Suzanne Morrow

UX People - the non-profit, one-day user experience conference in the heart of London

Zebra People is proud to host its second event on 26 November. Speakers from AKQA, Lab49, Nokia, Web Technology Group, and the only UK-accredited Axure trainer will be sharing their expertise. This non-profit event is an unmissable date on the calendar so book your tickets before 22 October for limited Early Bird prices.

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Date: 26 November 2010
Location: Kings Place, UK

Facebook Like Button: The Stats So Far

LIKE Fusion 2010 by Retinafunk

They're pretty much ubiquitous already, but do you remember way back when, to April, when Facebook Like buttons were launched? When Zuck hit London in June, the company announced 350,000 sites were using the buttons, with over 1bn impressions served daily.

So the volumes are enormous, but what's the impact for publishers? Facebook's Director of Media Partnerships Justin Osofsky recently released a presentation that shared some juicy tidbits from major publishers (see below for full presentation).

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30 September 2010 by Sam Michel

All of a Flutter as Twitter Passes MySpace

three dog tug by boltron-

Twitter has been hitting the marketing trail over the last couple of weeks as the work to entrance the media buying world was kicked off with stints as ad:tech London and the IAB MIXX in New York and the news that promoted tweets are well on the way.

And it looks like there's plenty to crow about as newcomer(ish) Twitter.com has overtaken MySpace.com. According to comScore (and reported by the WSJ), Twitter had nearly 96 million users last month (August), up 76% from last year, whilst MySpace.com dropped 17% to a mere 95 million uniques.

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29 September 2010 by Sam Michel

TWTRCON 2010

Real-time tools are transforming business, government and non-profits. At TWTRCON SF 10 you’ll see case studies and learn best practices from leading organizations that are using the real-time web to deliver bottom-line results.

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Date: 18 November 2010
Location: Hotel Nikko San Francisco, US

Facebook Developer Garage London - FOWA Edition

Join the Facebook team and European developers to learn more about our European initiatives and Facebook technologies including the Graph, Places, and Insights APIs.

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Date: 3 October 2010
Location: The Brewery, UK

Discover the future that Twitter holds for PR & Marketing

Join your fellow communications professionals at a dedicated Twitter conference for the PR industry. The will address the opportunities and challenges presented by the fast rise of this powerful new medium.

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Date: 30 September 2010
Location: BSG House, UK

The Facebook Film - London

The geekiest film of the decade is coming to London on Friday October 15th, "The Social Network" about Mark Zuckerberg and his creation of Facebook. Join us at a London screening of the film, just us and 200 of our closest FB friends.

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Date: 15 October 2010
Location: Odeon Covent Garden, UK

Three Reasons to Apply for Digital Mission to New York 2010

Digital Mission to New York

Over the last five Digital Mission trips, it's been a privilege to work with some of the UK's leading digital companies. Getting the chance to spend a week away with people who are taking the scary, but exciting, journey of expanding their business into the US is a great way to really understand what makes entrepreneurs tick.

So, it was rather humbling last week, when we announced the third Digital Mission to New York (deadline's Fri, by the way), to see these tweets from Digital Mission alumni @kierondonoghue, @mr_mcd and @stuartbruce...

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27 September 2010 by Sam Michel

GameHorizon 2011

The GameHorizon conference is Europe's leading event for international game executives. A two-day conference featuring the most creative, entertaining and inspirational speakers from the games and entertainment industry.

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Date: 28 June 2011
Location: The Sage Gateshead, UK

Monitoring Social Media (London)

Monitoring Social Media (London) will bring together leading brands, PR and marketing experts to discuss the latest ideas, trends and techniques in social media monitoring and measurement.

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Date: 22 November 2010
Location: Cavendish Conference Centre, UK

Digital East 2010

At Digital East 2010, hear from dozens of industry thought leaders and innovators on topics such as Social Media, Cloud Computing, Web Analytics, Online Marketing, Ecommerce, Email, and Search among others.

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Date: 18 October 2010
Location: Hilton Mclean, US

Pubcon

PubCon 2010: Search, Social Media, Internet Marketing and Website Operation. Five keynote speakers on one superstar panel will make PubCon Las Vegas 2010 the center of the search and social media universe, as Clark, Solis, Brogan, Stratten and Evans push the boundaries of social media success.

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Date: 8 November 2010
Location: Las Vegas Convention Centre, US

MiniBar: Drupal 101 workshops

Our popular Drupal workshops are returning for a triumphant second round in October. The course is aimed at: people who want to become Drupal developers, graphic designers who want to start building websites, and developers who use frameworks such WordPress.

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Date: 5 October 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

Cross-Platform: Generating New Projects & Markets

One-day workshop covering the business-side of planning, creating and pitching multiplatform content. Great for crossover projects between tv, web, mobile and app. Practical session, great insider insights, case studies, hands-on pitch at end with advice. Eligible for up to 80 per cent saving through Skillset Multiplatform bursary.

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Date: 14 October 2010
Location: Indie Training Fund at Lux, UK