Latest studies have estimated that the global recruitment market is worth over $200 billion. Apart from that, it has also been reported that over 80% of new businesses across the world die without making even one year in business. If these two estimations are anything to go by then it’s quite clear than many companies and more specifically the global recruitment market is making much less than it is possible to track....
Employers are lurking on your social media ahead of interviews — raising ethical concerns Screening applicants We examined social media users’ attitudes towards employers using social media to screen job applicants,a process known as cyber vetting. We conductedan online survey of 454 participants, primarily from the United States and India, with afollowup study surveying 482 young adults in Canada. In these studies, we compared people’s comfort level with cyber vetting in relation to different types of information that could be gathered from publicly accessible social media platforms....
Employment portalBaythas just released a few new services for job seekers, improving its search feature, adding a wide variety of tools to improve your CV, and giving you better insight into the Middle Eastern job market. When looking for a job, Bayt users now have several newsearch methodsat their disposal. In addition to doing a traditional search, Bayt can now recommend jobs based on your user profile, and if you connect your Bayt and Facebook accounts, you can also find out which of your friends can give you a recommendation for job openings....
The Echo Nestis a ‘music intelligence’ company that offers products to help developers and media companies integrate rich music data across their products. Back in June, we covered The Echo Nest’spartnershipwith 7digital and MusicBrainz which saw the launch ofEchoprint, which essentially is an open source version of Shazam. And today, the company has announced another new partnership, this time witheMusic, a digital music service for independent music collectors. The partnership will combine The Echo Nest’s music data platform and eMusic’s editorial to roll out a series of music discovery applications....
The words “if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another” were originally published in 1814 in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. At the time, the words were printed using revolutionary steam-powered printers that could roll through over a thousand sheets of paper an hour. Since the early 2000s, it’s been possible to read all ofJane Austen’s worksonline, including Mansfield Park. But as of this year, the list of places her words are published has had a bizarre addition....
