Mobile Recruiting

If you're not familiar with Chris Hoyt, check out his blog The Recruiter Guy.

And, if you doubt the power of mobile recruiting, check out this less than a minute reality check about what is important to us these days.

Do you use mobile in your recruiting campaign?

Hip Hip Hooray for Cheezhead

Big news happened right after I got back from vacation. Usually it happens during my vacation, so I was pleased to be in the know just as it was announced once I got home. Joel Cheesman, of Cheezhead.com, the HR and Recruiting commentator and thought leader, has officially sold his company and taken the position of Senior Vice President at Jobing.com.

On a personal note, I'm really excited for Joel, since I consider him to be a friend. On a selfish note, I'm happy that the Cheez, and his lovely wife, Laura, will be in the same time zone as me for half of the year. On a business note, well, that has yet to be figured out. CoolWorks.com used mJob, a Cheezhead affiliated company, to create Cool Works Mobile, a website that is optimized for use on mobile devices starting in April of this year. I hope that this relationship won't change, but I'm sure more details will be known in the coming months.

Listen to the man himself in his interview with Jason Davis of RecruitingBlogs.com at the recent ERE conference down in Florida.

Find more videos like this on RecruitingBlogs.com

Anyhow, to Joel, this angel is proud of you. I look forward to hearing more about your new adventures in the desert. Since we didn't quite make it out to Cleveland, perhaps we can meet up at Grand Canyon National Park? Congratulations!

Introducing CoolWorks.com Mobile

Change has come to CoolWorks.com and we're pretty excited about it. We've been fans of the recruiting news website Cheezhead for some time, and when the chance to better serve both our employer clients and job seekers through mobile was offered, we jumped at the opportunity. With iPhones taking the world by (Blackberry) storm, we didn't want to fall behind. According to the mJob website, a Cheezhead affiliated company, "With more than 4 billion handsets in the world, mobile is rapidly becoming the media of choice for savvy recruiters across the globe." We definitely wanted to make sure that CoolWorks.com is a part of this mobile revolution.

What does this mean for our job seekers? Job seekers can now check out the open job opportunities via their cell phones anytime, anywhere by visiting the following link.

http://m.coolworks.com

They can then email leads to themselves to follow up on later.

We're hoping that this becomes a simple way for them to keep up with the latest and greatest on CoolWorks.com in addition to the current job notification emails and RSS feeds we already provide.

What does this mean for our employers?

It's just another way for job postings on CoolWorks.com to reach even more people. As access to mobile continues to grow exponentially, the number of job seekers who utilize m.CoolWorks.com to find their summer jobs will only increase. It means better odds for employers to find the qualified job candidates needed to fill their seasonal job opportunities.

It's a win-win situation for everyone.

So, a BIG thanks to Joel and his team at mJob.com for taking us into the next realm of recruiting possibilities. Be sure to check out http://m.coolworks.com and let us know what you think.

Marc Andreesen on the Media and Why You Should Care

Marc Andreesen, co-founder of Netscape, in conversation with Charlie Rose, acclaimed interviewer and broadcaster, talking about the eventual fall of newspapers, the rise of social networks and the use of mobile. It is about an hour, but well worth your time to take a peek at our collective future on the Internet.



You can view the whole transcript here on TechCrunch.

Cool Works' tie to Marc Andreesen is a result of his co-founding, Ning, with Gina Bianchini. Our social network, My CoolWorks, exists because of their platform. You can learn more about them and their reason for creating Ning here.

Thank goodness for the innovators!