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Social Recruiting Results: Job Seekers Perspectives

Posted by Vic Okezie on March 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Today, I wrote about Twitter Hiring Success Stories and when we can start seeing/hearing more cases and scenarios from Hiring Managers and Employers, who are getting actual results from Social Media.

I didn’t realize that Mashabe was analyzing the seeming exact opposite related to Job Seekers via the postHow Job Seekers are Using Social Media to Get Real Results. I like that title and equally enjoyed the post. The rather amazing part was the comments made within the post; real experiences of Job Seekers who found jobs via Social Media, of course bringing into focus the companies they were interviewed, or are now working for.

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Categories: Facebook Social Jobs Site Social Recruiting

KODA: Social Job Site for Gen Y Gets More Funding

Posted by Vic Okezie on February 24th, 2010 | No Comments

A few days ago, I tried to imagine a social media platform that is designed for social recruiting. Alas, one has been there since May 2009 and its name is Koda. KODA.us is a social recruitment service for employers to recruit young professionals.

KODA wants to bring social networking and job recruiting together into one unified service, claiming that it is “more professional than Facebook but more personal than LinkedIn”.

Today, Koda annouced it has raised more funding, an additional $1.5 million injection of private angel funding.

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Categories: Social Jobs Site Social Recruiting Social Recruiting Community