Monthly Archives: April 2012

LinkedIn iPad App. WeszMadz looks into it.

Yes! Oh Yes!! I was waiting for this moment for a while. The LinkedIn iPad App!

The moment has arrived! First of all I love it.

I was looking for the the Groups functionality and couldn’t find one. Then I got excited! It’s under All Updates top left next to the LinkedIn Icon. Click and see the pull down menu.  Welcome screen has three tabs 1. All Updates 2. You 3. Inbox. This is where Groups should feature, I think. Search People is on the top right.

The All updates page is kewl! and it comes with a calendar if you activate the option on settings. When reading your inbox messages you can see the full profile of the person who sent the message including activity

Enjoy the slide show to view the app’s screen shots

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Thank you LinkedIn!

Express SA has gone Mobile!

Express Employment Professionals SA has gone mobile!

They now have a mSite. With the amount of smartphones roaming the streets, a huge percentage of one’s current web traffic is as a result of access via mobile. The question to ask yourself. Do you have a mobi site? or Are your visitors landing on your desktop page which looks squashed on their mobile.

Express Employment Professionals SA has gone for a simple yet informative mSite. Cant wait to hear what Dave Martin will say about this one. But I will share with him the phase two. So don’t show him this post!

The mSite has five pages viz Home, About Us, Candidates, Employers and Contact. The presence of Social Media links on each page is what I love most on this site.  The home page has a short intro and links to the Employer and Candidates section respectively. The bottom of each page has links to Feedback, Full Site and Disclaimer.

Tweets from SocialMediaInRecruitment Conference 2012

Mike Taylor of Social Media In Recruitment hosted the Social Media In Recruitment Conference, 19th April 2012 at the Congress Centre in London. The fourth one of its kind.

Below is a random selection of some of the Tweets that came from the event under the hashtag #SMIR

@99GR81 “most organisations are vomiting jobs” < most candidates are vomiting applications right back #SMIR
@James_Mayes @raymckeating “social” has no geography. Social media does. #SMIR
@TheSourceress I’m reminded of my blog post – It’s Called Social Media For A Reasonhttp://ht.ly/alG5a #smir
@_k_johnson Its not just about content. who’s gonna do the “social” & building of relationships – conversations etc – the long game #SMIR
Ben Phillips ‏ @TRecKnowledgy A linkedin status of “I’m recruiting for a blah blah blah” is not#socialrecruiting. We’ve been doing this on job boards since mid 90s#SMIR
#SMIR 75% of jobseekers look to the career website for info. Still key portal, but should link to & from other channels
@CasualFilms Social networks increasing in use, career websites decreasing over last 3 years as a way of finding out about employers #SMIR
 @DavidJohnston1 Show the conversations on your career site. Give insight and activity, but don’t vomit jobs…#SMIR
@RayMackeating Interesting…64% job seekers expect to find employers presence on on Facebook #SMIR 
@ToriAtHead Interesting stats- of recent graduates in the UK only 26% are on Twittter & 24% are on LinkedIn, but 93% are on Facebook #SMIR
 @James_Mayes: #smir Def challenging the stats here. 34% of students expect an employer to be on G+? No, I think not.
@JackkBarton LinkedIn isn’t Social Media #SMIR 
@AmarSanghera People who just want a “job” want a quick application process. People who want a “CAREER” appreciate & understand a longer process#SMIR 
 @JackkBarton LinkedIn isn’t Social Media #SMIR <if you just advertise & search. That’s a job board
@Socialmediarec Content rich twitter profile four times more popular than jobs Twitter profile for successsappts #smir
@socialjulia “It’s not about stats, it’s about reality.” Favourite quote of the day so far from #smir
@James_Mayes @mobile_dave At #smir @successappts are showing off what they’ve done with mobile. Might be a review candidate for you.
@irishrecruiter: LinkedIN Groups surely work better than LinkedIN Jobs! 🙂 #smir
@ehsantweets Recruitment & attracting talents based on principles of advertising is not the best approach. Social recruitment = exact type of job. #SMIR 
@garelaos Well done to @successappts for getting stuck into SM and embracing failure too. The industry could learn a lot from them. #smir
 

Social Media In Recruitment Conference -19th April 2012, Congress Centre, London

@hhudda_newfront It’s all about engagement! Do it, and do it well. #SMIR
@UKSourcers “You’ve just got to go for it, there’s risk involved with everything you do in business.” Steven Selby @successappts #smir 
@garelaos if you aren’t creating value in some way as an org, then you dont exist #community #smir
@TRecKnowledgy The key is to attract (& connect) in #LinkedInGroups, & take candidates to your ‘platform’ like a blog #SMIR
@JackkBarton @TheSourceress I think there has to be a distinction between business media and social media that is then used for business.#SMIR 
@Ehsantweets Couple of years ago some brands said Social Media is about experiment. It is not an experiment anymore; just the time to get it right. #SMIR 
@Socialmediarec Blogged: How job seekers use Social Media When Job Hunting And What They Expect To See From Employers http://bit.ly/JNiRCJ #smir
@RayMckeating Social media helps bring down the cost associated with recruiting#SMIR 
@MrPeterReagan Consider a thousand bad comments about your business on social media as free research. Monitor, Listen and take immediate action.#SMIR 
@MrPeterReagan Stop being afraid of people accessing social media in work time. Let them do it and the 2-3 week spike in activity will soon subside. #SMIR
@MrPeterReagan Agencies raise your game. If customers are better at using social media to recruit than we are, then market share is under threat!#SMIR
@CasualFilms “Video is THE best way to give people an insight into your business”@katrinacollier @winningimpress #SMIR
 
 
 

Download The Proposed Amendment Labour Bills 2012

The Department of Labour has now uploaded the LRA and BCEA amendment bills together with the Memorandum of Objects. Click the links below to get yourself a copy

Memorandum of Objects: Labour Relations Act Amendment Bill, 2012

Labour Relations Act Amendment Bill, 2012

Basic Conditions of Employment Act Amendment Bill, 2012

Memorandum of Objects: Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill, 2012

Credit to Jeroen van Oostrom, the digital artist who created this image.

Credit to Jeroen van Oostrom, the digital artist who created this image.

South African Staffing & Recruitment Industry – London is Calling

CIETT World Employment Conference 2012

The theme is Transforming our Global Brand.

REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) is hosting the CIETT (The International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies) World Conference. This 3-day event will be held 23 – 25 May 2012 at Landmark London. It will explore market trends and developments, and will also focus on how we deal with the challenges facing our global industry.  There will be plenary presentations, along with masterclasses, and much more.

Top reasons to attend:

  • The conference programme will provide a balance between the strategic trends of the global staffing industry, whilst offering practical advice
  • You will hear from business leaders who are experts in their chosen fields
  • Insight, knowledge and thought-provoking viewpoints will be discussed and debated by our high profile speakers during main stage plenary and bespoke breakout sessions
  • Network with over 400 recruitment professionals from around the world, and share a wealth of experience and ideas
  • Meet suppliers in exhibitions. Discuss your issues, and let them showcase their latest technologies and problem solving solutions.
  • WeszMadz highly recommends you attend the CIETT2012 World Conference

So, can you afford to miss this once in a lifetime chance to visit one of the world’s great cities and learn from the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners?

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WeszMadz Loves the New Google+

I am loving the new Google+.

It’s welcoming. It’s making me smile. It’s user friendly. It’s friendly.

The left Menu shortcuts to Profile, Explore, Hangouts, Photos, Circles, Games and More

Trending on Google+, People You May Know, You May Like, GoogleChat, The wall and the tab at the top with categories of your mates are all on the home page nicely laid out.

For now we test drive. We will see how this baby performs on the road. It’s a beauty on the floor for sure.

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Rules intended to protect temps are having the opposite effect

As South Africa is pushing the Labour Bills into Parliament, in UK’s new Agency Worker Regulations, one of the hot issues “same pay and benefits as permanent workers” is resulting in an opposite effect. 

Extracts from The Telegraph article

Under the changes, which stem from European law, temps are entitled to the same pay and benefits as permanent workers after just 12 weeks in a job. Previously, they had to wait one year to clock up employment rights. ( SA has proposed 6months. We should be doing one year)

A Government analysis said the new rules would cost firms £1.8bn (over R10bn!) a year to implement, raising fears that cash-strapped businesses would stop hiring temps as it no longer made commercial sense. A typical small business would have to pay an extra £2,493 a year, increasing to £73,188 for larger companies. (Experts in SA have always been saying more people, if not more households will suffer as a result)

The new 12-week rule also damages temps’ flexibility to cover peaks and troughs in demand, experts said.

Scores of employers have revisited how they will use temps following the new rules, and are either recruiting fewer agency staff or urging them to waive their rights under a legal loophole. (This is one of my fears for the SA market)

Tom Hadley, policy director at the REC, said the decline in temp hiring “may in part be linked to employer uncertainty over the agency worker regulations”. (Unfortunately this has already commenced in SA without even the bills finalised)

The number of people placed in short-term jobs fell in March at the fastest rate for two-and-a-half years, research from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG revealed. (The Namibia case comes to mind. SA should bear this in mind)

SOURCE: THE TELEGRAPH

Credit to worradmu for the image

Credit to worradmu for the image

The Fan Club! Banks on Twitter

For You Nobu. Following the previous post on The Fan Club! Banks on Facebook, comes Banks on Twitter. (all stats correct at time of going to print)

1. FNB –@Rbjacobs

This is the official Twitter Account for FNB. The account currently has 7 581 followers, following 2155 and has 32 637 tweets.

Their Twitter Bio – The official FNB Guy. In South Africa, Love our customers & FNB, How can I help you?

The background image has the words. “The More Give Bank”” I’m the official Internet Guy for FNB(First National Bank) Be My Friend! If you have any queries regarding FNB, I’m the guy to speak to! I’m just a tweet away!”

Interesting to note that Michael Jordaan  the Chief Executive Officer of First National Bank and also as an Executive Committee Member of the FirstRand Banking Group is also on twitter (@MichaelJordaan) and has 12 098 followers, following 97 and has 2 932 tweets. (You can do better Michael on the following)

2. ABSA – No Twitter Account

I did not find an official Twitter Account for ABSA and neither do they mention it on their website.

(ABSA Do something about your official presence on Twitter)

3. Standard Bank – @StandardBankGrp

This is the official Twitter account for Standard Bank South Africa. The account currently has 7 302 followers, following 5 584 and has 12 063 tweets.

Their Twitter Bio -Welcome to the official Standard Bank Group on Twitter. South Africa

The background image has the words ” When we connect The World we move you forward” (this should be their Twitter Bio)

4. Nedbank – @Nedbank

This the official Twitter account for Nedbank. The account currently has 1 922 followers, following 1 160 and has 2 728 tweets.

Their Twitter Bio – Welcome to the official Nedbank Twitter account. South Africa (You can do better Nedbank, give us a more catchy bio)

5. Capitec – @CapitecBankSA

This is the official Twitter account for Capitec Bank. The account has 2 707 followers, following 293 and has 1 615 tweets. (follow your followers Capitec)

Their Twitter Bio – An innovative banking facility offering transactions, savings and credit which are accessed via a paperless, card-driven process in realtime. Tel: 0860 10 20 43