This Week in Talent (19 April)

This week we find out how LinkedIn is becoming *gasp* Tinder (??), the steps you can take to improve relationships between your recruitment team, a TEDTalk on “behaviour modification empires”, and more.
Enjoy these musings!

Linkedin has a new feature to help you connect with people who are nearby

LinkedIn is upping it’s social game with the introduction of this new feature that allows you to connect with people that are nearby but have not necessarily interacted with. Creepy much?

Cultivating positive relationships in recruiting

Principal sourcer for Bing International Kay Kelison shares some steps you can take to improve how recruitment teams can work better together. Check it out.

9 ways to get real employer brand content from your employees

Employees can be your best brand advocate but how can you create a conducive environment that encourages them to contribute content? Bryan Chaney has some good ideas.

How to give feedback that actually works, without hurting anyone more than you have to

Are you afraid to give feedback to your candidates? Or for that matter, to your very own team? Well, you are not alone and here are some very useful ideas on how you can overcome that.

40 questions to ask a mentor

Yes there are 40 – every question you can ask your mentor to keep things interesting and valuable for you and your mentor.

Watch: The TED Talk that people at TED were talking about

A very timely talk on the evolution of social networks to “behaviour modification empires”, as it was given on the same day Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by the US Congress. Not exactly related to TA but definitely food for thought for all of us who are so ingrained into our use of social media today.

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