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Today it becomes even easier to tell a friend about a great employment opportunity: you can refer a job through Facebook. Hopefully the process speaks for itself, but here it is in more detail. When viewing a job page such as this one, click on “Refer On” to refer the job to a friend...

Now that the supply and demand equation has definitely tilted in favour of the employer for most jobs and recruiters are faced with the problem of digital information overload...

By Riges Younan You can listen to the interview I did with @keithkeller and @annemariecross here A plug for Career Communique below - they are nice people...

2Vouch has a new feature: widgets. A widget is a simple piece of code that you can copy paste into your website, so that it shows 2Vouch jobs. Bloggers and Web Publishers The widget has been designed to give you an opportunity to monetize your site and provide valuable content to your audience...

The 2Vouch system now allows you to post jobs in a wide range of countries, including the US, UK, Canada, Argentina and a range of others. The pricing will also be in local currency for the major currencies such as Pounds and US Dollars...

During the last week there has been interesting times at 2Vouch HQ. First up last Thursday 2Vouch HQ moved from St Kilda Rd to Toorak Rd South Yarra, right near South Yarra station...

Kevin Wheeler posted over on ERE.Net that he felt it is time for a candidate’s bill of rights. Something that 2Vouch agrees with, in fact a recruiter’s manifesto is being worked on in the back room of the 2Vouch corporate headquarters...

Watch Riges Younan, CEO of 2Vouch, talk about SocialRecruiting.com.In this short 3 minute video Riges coversthe idea behind the site, why people should contribute and what will happen with the results. ByMichael Specht, Consultant to 2Vouch on Social Media and Recruiting

Today 2Vouch was listed in Smart Company as one of twelve innovative online organisations in Australia...

Today there is a lot of good information freely available on the Internet. The trouble is not only how to find it but remembering where it is after you have found it. Google helps solve the first part, but the second is not so easy. Enter online bookmarking...

Last week Riges Younan (2Vouch CEO) posted about the presentation he is preparing for ATC in Auckland on social recruiting and employee referral programs. He asked for help to prepare the presentation, interesting the post has not had any comments but did generate some discussions...

By Riges Younan. There is something that makes 2Vouch different from existing job boards and career sites you may have used before… The difference is that we try to expose your jobs to the top performers that are still currently employed...

By Riges Younan We have had some good success with 2Vouch in Australia over the last 4 months. One of our plans for 2Vouch was to allow the JobGenie referral platform to support multiple countries. I would like to say that we areclose to this becoming a reality...

By Riges Younan I’m preparing my presentation on Social Recruiting for the Australiasian Talent Conference in Auckland and I would like to know what questions you have about social recruiting. What do you think about this definition...

You would had to have been living under a rock to miss the fact that the global economic situation is currently rather poor. The Australian Treasury released a report indicating that the average Australian family has lost thousands of dollars in wealth in the last few months...

By Riges Younan. As you know, even in an economic downturn great talent is hard to find and attract. Why? because most of these people are still working. So the job ad you place is largely about marketing your business as a great place to work...

Job hunting can be a very difficult time for candidates. Looking the the right job, dealing with recruiters, getting the interview, and finaly receiving a suitable offer. Most jobs end up having only a few candidates make the shortlist for the interview stage...

Sometimes you come across things that are really great ideas and then you find out that the people behind them are also really nice and good to work with… That’s what happened to us recently when we started talking to “Work At Home Mums” (www.workathomemums.com.au)...

Good quality referrals benefit everyone. The employer gets a quality candidate, referee is a better match for the role and the referrer has a greater chance of getting the referral bonus, building their social capital and protecting their reputation. A three way win...

A lot of the focus at 2Vouch has been on referring jobs, while that is the main focus of the JobGenie Referral Engine, you can also apply directly for a job. If you apply directly for a job through 2Vouch and you are successfully hired, the referral bonus is yours. Think of it as a sign on bonus...

Over the last five to ten years the process of finding a job has changed dramatically! Now not only do you have to have a resume, you have to know how the internet works, visit job boards, be on LinkedIn and other such tools, search online social networks. It can be very confusing...

With 2Vouch still being in beta, only 3 months old, there are still lots of changes going on with the site. Fixing bugs, modifying processes and taking on user feedback. While the development team has a weekly release schedule over the last 2 weeks there have been some major changes on the site...

With the year coming to an end, if you have been in the stock market in the last few weeks you could have thought the world was ending, it is a good time to sit back and review your recruitment strategy and look to reduce your costs for 2009...

By Riges Younan It has been 3 short months since we went into beta and what a lot has happened since then! Lots of good media coverage, both “new” and traditional. Engagement with several recruitment agencies around Australia...

Dr. John Sullivan is widely known as THE thought leader when it comes to using referral programs as part of your recruitment strategy. Which is why his a webinar on updating your employee referral program had over 900 people attended with 70 odd questions submitted...