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Links for December 10, 2009

CEO's: Don't Expect Hiring in next six months
"Chief executive officers surveyed in the latest Business Roundtable report say they expect companies to increase capital spending in the first six months of 2010, but they don’t expect employment to improve significantly."

The Most Important Question Is, “Why?”
"Too many times, especially when it comes to social media and technology, businesses flock to the hot new trend or the shiny new object with delusions of grandeur."

Milwaukee Jobamp
Date: Feb 25, 2010Time: 9:00 am CT - 5:00 am CTWhere: Potawatomi Conference Center1721 W. Canal Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233 Organized by: Milwaukee JobCamp Planning Committee http://www.milwaukeejobcamp.com

Milwaukee-area hiring outlook 'unsteady'
"Of the more than 28,000 employers surveyed in the U.S., 12 percent expect to increase their staff levels during the January-March period, while 12 percent expect to reduce their payrolls. Seventy-three percent expect no change in hiring, and 3 percent are undecided about their hiring plans."

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel lays off 39
"The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel laid off 39 non-newsroom employees Monday, citing the continuing economic recession."

The Placement Dance by Wayne Kerr from the Recruitment Juice Series

Recruitment after the Social Media Apocalypse: What happens when everyone can find anyone - RecruitingBlogs.com

A great article appears on Recruiting Blogs about what next generation recruiting will look like due to the advent of the Social Web:

Recruitment after the Social Media Apocalypse: What happens when everyone can find anyone - RecruitingBlogs.com

Inc. 500 CEOs Use Social Media for Business

What surprised me most about this report on large private businesses using social media was that LinkedIn wasn't the big winner here--it was Twitter:

To account for the rise in popularity of newer types of social media, this year's study also asked respondents about their interaction with sites like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and MySpace. Not surprisingly, the study found that many of the companies have already embraced these sites for running their business, with Twitter being the most widely used of them at 52 percent of the total respondents.

I can only guess that it is the immediacy of Twitter's usefulness that has allowed it to be so broadly used by businesses. Breaking news and the ability to interact with peers in (more or less) real time is not something that I get from LinkedIn.

Also, although the research touches upon how businesses are more broadly adopting and using social media for things like communicating with vendors and suppliers, I'm still not seeing much emphasis upon its value as an employment branding tool. It's so easy to think about using social media to buy products or services or even to think about its implications for the supply chain. Why is it so easy to forget about one of its most valuable abilities to connect people with opportunities at companies?

Inc. 500 CEOs Use Social Media for Business

Unemployment Statistics and Links

Here's a story from Forbes that was a good discussion of unemployment statistics stating that unemployment is likely still headed for 12 or 13%.

And here's a local story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by Joel Dresang about unemployment in Wisconsin holding steady at 8.4%. Angela Harris and I were quoted at the end of the story about our continuation of the Milwaukee JobCamp as a viable way for people still being affected by the economic downturn to stay focused and get good information to think about and search for their next work option.

Recruitalicious? Delicious!

The fine folks at Pinstripe have created a playful music video for the Social Recruiting Summit that was just held in New York. It was a hoot to see some familiar Wisconsin faces in the video and many kudos to the Pinstripe crew for putting themselves out there and trying to put some fun, original content out on the web.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, the music video.



I'm sure it was a big hit at the event. I wonder what they did as an encore?