Comments on: Recruiting, with a little help from your friends!

By: » Employed via Twitter. Fact not fiction. Web Strategy & Development including Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Social Media use & Optimisation from Brisbane Australia Blog Darryl King’s blog ireckon

Mon, 18 May 2009 11:16:21 +0000

[...] as an employer I try to read scenarios that are playing out in interviews, and as noted in ‘Recruiting with a little help from your friends‘ , research what I can about the person [...]

By: Andrew McMillen

Andrew McMillen — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:26:10 +0000

Great article Darryl. I really dig that you’re so transparent about the company’s hiring and recruitment process. Too many companies (in Brisbane at least) are all smoke ‘n’ mirrors, and hush-hush about what goes on.

Thanks for the refreshing, honest take!

By: » What made me smile today? A Cover letter! Web Strategy & Development including Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Social Media use & Optimisation from Brisbane Australia Blog Darryl King’s blog ireckon

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:29:23 +0000

[...] I wrote in “recruiting with a little help from your friends” I try to look for teh people part when sometimes the documents have little life of their [...]

By: darryl

darryl — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:09:09 +0000

Peter that’s exactly right.

There is no limit to the types of sites you can find information on. But given one question I ask interviewees is “what is their favourite game?”, I have an opportunity to dig even deeper.

Social Networking isn’t about 2-3 sites, there are many but with a little digging you find out a lot!

By: Peter Willcox

Peter Willcox — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:52:42 +0000

Interesting insight, however I would add that there is more to twitter and facebook for cyber connecting. Many people, gamers especially, will not post their real names yet are very active in forums, on gaming sites, clans, use xfire, ventrilo etc for their interaction. They use alternative mediums that aren’t as transparent as some of the social networking sites but nonetheless may provide a ‘different’ insight from mainstream bloggers etc that could be a valuable addition. The hidden web may in fact tell you something completely different about a prospective employee than is apparent for ‘normal’ social networking sites – both good and bad.