Comments for CMF - Executive Careers Blog http://executivecareersblog.com The Definitive Blog for Executive Management Careers & Jobs Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on Executive Recruitment and Social Media by Editor http://executivecareersblog.com/82/executive-recruitment-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Editor Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:02:49 +0000 http://carmichaelfisher.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-29 Linked in is a great tool to utilise in a job search. It does seem to me that social media is almost being hailed as the only way to find a job. Whilst it does improve visibility I believe that candidates looking for work ultimately need to meet prospective employers. Many clients have complained that critical skillsets such as problem solving are sadly lacking in many of their current workforce. Could it be that the process of Job Searching (as with many of lifes challenges) has now become so automated that we lose the ability to think logically about problems and lose the art of communicating with people face to face. http://careersassistant.com/53/job-search-how-to-access-the-best-executive-networks/ Linked in is a great tool to utilise in a job search. It does seem to me that social media is almost being hailed as the only way to find a job. Whilst it does improve visibility I believe that candidates looking for work ultimately need to meet prospective employers. Many clients have complained that critical skillsets such as problem solving are sadly lacking in many of their current workforce. Could it be that the process of Job Searching (as with many of lifes challenges) has now become so automated that we lose the ability to think logically about problems and lose the art of communicating with people face to face. http://careersassistant.com/53/job-search-how-to-access-the-best-executive-networks/

]]> Comment on Executive Recruitment and Social Media by Adam Seabrook http://executivecareersblog.com/82/executive-recruitment-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Adam Seabrook Thu, 27 May 2010 02:56:09 +0000 http://carmichaelfisher.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-3 I agree with your view on Twitter. I struggle to see how you can really use it as a recruitment consultant to get a tangible return. Not having a LinkedIn profile is a bit lazy in my opinion. It costs nothing to set up and is a very easy way for people to vet you before making contact. Especially if you have a pile of good references. I find when I am doing cold approaches that clients will click on my LinkedIn profile more often than my own website and usually do this first. We had lots of trouble trying to map our recruitment database to the profiles on Twitter. There is no standard naming convention such as the one LinkedIn has so you cannot easily search for people. What we did notice is that people who were active on Twitter almost always had the Twitter profile on their LinkedIn profile. I expect there are plenty more recruiters out there with profiles on Twitter but it is certainly not a key sourcing technique for anyone I know at this stage. I agree with your view on Twitter. I struggle to see how you can really use it as a recruitment consultant to get a tangible return. Not having a LinkedIn profile is a bit lazy in my opinion. It costs nothing to set up and is a very easy way for people to vet you before making contact. Especially if you have a pile of good references. I find when I am doing cold approaches that clients will click on my LinkedIn profile more often than my own website and usually do this first.

We had lots of trouble trying to map our recruitment database to the profiles on Twitter. There is no standard naming convention such as the one LinkedIn has so you cannot easily search for people. What we did notice is that people who were active on Twitter almost always had the Twitter profile on their LinkedIn profile. I expect there are plenty more recruiters out there with profiles on Twitter but it is certainly not a key sourcing technique for anyone I know at this stage.

]]> Comment on Carmichael Fisher supports Special Olympics Australia by Catriona Barry http://executivecareersblog.com/24/carmichael-fisher-supports-special-olympics-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Catriona Barry Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:41:53 +0000 http://carmichaelfisher.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-2 Special Olympics is very grateful to Carmichael Fisher and Malcolm McEwen for great support in some recent senior appointments. We hope to see a team supported by their many clients in our Fundraising Run with Law during its visit to Sydney on 30 March Many thanks Catriona Barry CEO Special Olympics is very grateful to Carmichael Fisher and Malcolm McEwen for great support in some recent senior appointments. We hope to see a team supported by their many clients in our Fundraising Run with Law during its visit to Sydney on 30 March

Many thanks
Catriona Barry
CEO

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