A nice (and more than relevant) piece of research by Jobvite commissioned a study of 2,049 adults aged over 18 across the US, asking them for their opinions on using social media when finding a job.

It discovered that though almost all of those surveyed seemed to be socially active, just 16% used social networks solely to find their most recent job – but a massive 54% have used Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn in some way.

Other key findings from the study were that:

45% of those employed were open to a new job
86% of active and passive job seekers have a social profile
40% are ‘super social’ with over 150 contacts

We’re working with one of the most successful, fastest growing and proud award winning agencies that is grounded firmly in creative, digital and social media. They are expanding due to new business wins in the Entertainment, Media and Charity sectors and recruiting at a senior level to bolster their management team. They’re a company based in the heart of London, working with range of leading brands and experienced in engagement, story-telling and making the most of the ever changing digital landscape.

As a Group Account Director you’re part of our Senior Management Team. They lead groups of clients and teams to strategically plan and deliver services across our core service areas: Consultancy, Research and Insight, and Engagement.


So, are you an experienced and entrepreneurial social media Account Director (looking for the next step) or Senior Manager in a very Social and Digital environment with the enthusiasm, seniority and drive to spread the digital word within the team and help expand the offering for the agency. With strong credentials in digital campaigns, you will have a good understanding of the wider marketing mix, the role of digital and PR within this, and the challenges they face.

Some of the key duties will include:
-Lead and develop existing clients by building excellent senior client relationships and exploring the opportunities available with insightful, strategic solutions.
-Demonstrate strategic thinking and forward planning of all the client work within your remit.
-Take overall responsibility for ensuring the delivery of client activity and inter-agency projects.
-Ensure that your teams are delivering excellent client service and account management across your client portfolio.
-Day to day management and mentorship of your AD team.
-Financial management of all of your accounts including accurate forecasting, profitability and resource management.
-Increase revenues in existing client business against key financial targets.
-Handling of new business leads that are assigned to you.
-Proactive contribution to the day to day management and running of the agency.

You will have the responsibility for developing the key and senior client relationships with a view to developing existing business and exploring the opportunities that our clients have to offer. You will need to be demonstrating real ‘thought’ leadership, bringing new business into the agency against key financial targets. We expect you to work with your teams mentoring your Account Directors, working with them to deliver excellent staff development, team structures, forward planning and financial forecasting, whilst achieving profitability and revenue targets.

We’re looking for someone that’s passionate about growing the online presence of a brand and engaging with customers! A talented Online/Digital/Social pro that will maximize the opportunity for the brand to be seen, engaged with and remembered across the market place.

Salary in the region of £60-75k based on experience.

We’re looking for a Technical Director for one of our most exciting clients – Innovative, Award Winning and a new breed of Digital Marketing Agency. They’re a leading ‘Social Media Focussed’ Agency with Global Offices in 6 cities, and a HQ here in Central London, who is responsible for engaging with customers and building online presence and drawing in traffic for the biggest brands in the UK and Worldwide.

We are looking for a Technical Director for their London office. The Technical Director will help expand and enhance the agency’s technical and digital capability for 2012 and beyond, growing the existing team as well as overseeing expansion into new and emerging social media technologies

We’re looking for somebody to manage and grow a tech team, but we see that is essential to understand the platforms we work with, building platforms using like Drupal & WordPress, Apps that fit on Facebook & Twitter and Geo Location on Mobile & Foursqaure!
Technically you’re development background will be in:
- Good level of understanding of the basics of computer programming and web applications.
- Experience in PHP and MySQL required. Experience with self-hosted WordPress a bonus.
- Front end: experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Your experience doesn’t have to be extensive, but you must know your way around them hands on and be familiar with how the tools like in use in the Social Media space. Don’t worry if you’re not too hot on design & creative, this is a development management role!

Goals & responsibilities:
– Oversee planning, management and execution of social media technical solutions for a range of clients.
– Develop and expand the current technical team to become a full-sized team by the end of 2012.
– Expand and diversify the in-house technical team’s capabilities, especially with respect to emerging technologies.
– Co-ordinate with other development teams worldwide on international projects.
– Manage technical relationship with 3rd party development houses (if used).
– Manage and nurture technical relationships with key platforms (Facebook, Twitter) & key partners (Wildfire, Offerpop, Syncapse etc).
– Improve technical capability of the agency as a whole across every department.
– Contribute to the agency’s long-term strategy for world domination.

Experience:
– Managing backend development of web applications in PHP & MySQL on a LAMP stack, in particular WordPress.
– Managing frontend development of web applications in HTML, CSS, JavaScript; work with HTML5/CSS3 a bonus.
– Managing development of Facebook apps and with social APIs such as Facebook’s Open Graph and the Twitter API.
– Familiarity with the unique requirements for social applications and the challenges they bring.
– Liaising with accounts teams and clients to produce product briefs and specifications.
– Mapping information architecture, planning user journeys and site wireframes.
– Project management and leading a team of developers on successful digital projects for clients.
– Knowledge of different software engineering management models (e.g. agile, scrum, waterfall).

Salary in the region of £50-55,000

We’re looking for a talented Account Director for one of London’s fastest growing and most successful Social Media Marketing agencies. They’re a leading Word of Mouth Agency, tasked with engaging with customers, building online presence, drawing in traffic and ultimately generating conversation online and offline for the biggest brands in the UK and Worldwide. This Account Director will work on one of the leading brands in the sporting industry & a retail superstore.

The set-up of the business is such that their Account Directors take on a 360 degree role in the business from creative strategy to implementation and taking charge of some of the operational aspects of the office too – a real hands on senior AD will flourish in this atmosphere! You’ll become part of our Senior Management Team, leading client groups and teams to successfully plan and deliver services in one or more of our core service areas: Consultancy, Research and Insight, and Engagement.

As an Account Director we look to you to proactively lead and manage both your internal teams and your clients, delivering the best solutions that we offer. You will have the responsibility, together with the wider Management Team, for developing and driving forward existing business, building and developing your client relationships, demonstrating real ‘thought’ leadership and helping bring new business into the agency. We expect you to work with us on staff development, team structures, forward planning and financial forecasting, whilst achieving profitability and revenue targets.

Some of the key duties will include:
-Strategic thinking and forward planning of client work.
-Management of day to day client activity and inter-agency projects.
-Ensuring that all activity follows sign off processes.
-Status and other reporting internally and externally.
-Regular monitoring of the client and their reputation in on and off line media.
-Regular monitoring of competitor brands in on and off line media.
-Day to day management of your team.
-Overall development of your team.
-Financial management of all of your accounts.
-Endeavour to increase revenues in existing client business.
-Handling of new business leads that are assigned to you.
-Proactive contribution to the day to day management and running of the office.

We’re looking for someone who has experience managing big digital accounts, who maybe works for a top 100 digital agency and loves the social media market… product and industry knowledge is key, as is being all round awesome!

Salary in the region of £45-55k

Do you want to work for one of London most exciting and well backed start-ups? We’re recruiting several roles, including this Web Developer role for business that is changing the way we travel, using the latest technology, our handheld devices… Backed by and built by people with backgrounds in businesses like Skype, Google, and Spotify, this fun and truly innovative business is looking to expand its group of top engineers, seasoned entrepreneurs, for the adventure of a lifetime… Come and join them…

You’re a sharp web developer with a passion for front end, design, and UI, with a portfolio of amazing sites you’ve built. PHP is your back-end language of choice. Exposure to WordPress a must, stretching the blogging platforms, exploiting the API etc etc

Requirements
-A portfolio of generally awesome web sites.
-A real self-starter, able to pick up new concepts quickly and work independently with little supervision.
-Demonstrated expertise in the following technologies:
-JavaScript / HTML 5 / CSS
-PHP 5
-Wordpress-Passion and enthusiasm to change the world.

If you’re interested in working for a business that is award winning in it’s easy days, with global plans and prospects then this is for you, with stock options available and huge prospects, this could be a career defining move…

Salary in the region of £40-50k + stock options.

Do you want to work for one of London most exciting and well backed start-ups? We’re recruiting several roles, including this Java Engineer role for business that is changing the way we travel, using the latest technology, our handheld devices… Backed by and built by people with backgrounds in businesses like Skype, Google, and Spotify, this fun and truly innovative business is looking to expand its group of top engineers, seasoned entrepreneurs, for the adventure of a lifetime… Come and join them…

You’re a talented Java Developer, a programmer’s programmer then we want to hear from you! Demanding, mission-critical, high-transactional environments are your specialty. You know how to build a infrastructures that scale, and you’ve got the scars to prove it. You’re a top communicator, and have earned the respect of your colleagues through exceptional technical expertise, hard-won experience building scalable systems, and a ‘can do’ attitude.

This is a ‘roll up your sleeves’ engineering position with the chance to help shape the foundations of a global infrastructure.

Requirements:
-University degree in Computer Science or related field.
-Expert Java development experience and talent (minimum 5 years senior development experience).
-Extensive commercial experience in Java Server (J2EE) applications with a focus on high performance, multi-threading, message based, and mission-critical applications.
-Experience working with RabbitMQ in a demanding environment prized.
-Experience with GIS (Data and Routing Engines), payments, and real-time optimisation problems highly desired.
-Experience with agile techniques, short development cycles, and test driven development.
-Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
-Ability to research, understand, and apply new tools and technologies quickly.
-Experience with “C” and/or android development a plus, but not required
-Technologies: Java 1.6, MYSQL 5.0, Tomcat / Jetty, Web services, RabbitMQ, Spring 3.0, Hibernate, AWS.
-Passion and enthusiasm to change the world.

If you’re interested in working for a business that is award winning in it’s easy days, with global plans and prospects then this is for you, with stock options available and huge prospects, this could be a career defining move…

Salary in the region of £55-70k + stock options.

Do you want to work for one of London most exciting and well backed start-ups? We’re recruiting several roles, including this PHP Architect role for business that is changing the way we travel, using the latest technology, our handheld devices… Backed by and built by people with backgrounds in businesses like Skype, Google, and Spotify, this fun and truly innovative business is looking to expand its group of top engineers, seasoned entrepreneurs, for the adventure of a lifetime… Come and join them…

We’re looking for an exceptionally talented PHP / Python architect to help build out our mobile API and web presence. You’ll have intimate knowledge of constructing highly available / scalable mobile infrastructures (especially interacting with mobile devices) either through direct programming experience in a mobile language or a demonstrated portfolio of working in teams building mobile systems.

Key areas of focus include location-based services, GIS, social networking, and real-time communication.

Requirements
-University degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
-A portfolio of generally awesome web sites you’ve designed and built.
-A real self-starter, able to pick up new concepts quickly and work independently with little supervision.
-Demonstrated expertise in the following technologies:
-PHP 5, MySQL 5
-Key-value stores (e.g. Redis)
-Web Services
-JavaScript / HTML5 / CSS
-Passion for maintainable, extensible, and reusable code as well as fast iteration
-Solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, data structures and algorithms
-Passion and enthusiasm to change the world

If you’re interested in working for a business that is award winning in it’s easy days, with global plans and prospects then this is for you, with stock options available and huge prospects, this could be a career defining move…

Salary in the region of £55-70k + stock options.

Do you want to work for one of London most exciting and well backed start-ups? We’re recruiting several roles, including this Senior Android Developer for business that is changing the way we travel, using the latest technology, our handheld devices… Backed by and built by people with backgrounds in businesses like Skype, Google, and Spotify, this fun and truly innovative business is looking to expand its group of top engineers, seasoned entrepreneurs, for the adventure of a lifetime… Come and join them…

We’re looking for a talented Mobile Developer, You live and breathe mobile – and lately Android has taken your fancy. You know the platform inside and out. You code because you love to, and you build stuff that just works… You share our belief that the smartphone revolution represents a tectonic shift in computing which will both improve everyday life and create opportunities for value creation on an unimaginable scale. We’re looking for you!

Requirements:
-Solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, data structures and algorithms.
-Expert knowledge of the Android platform – especially the core frameworks – messaging, UI.
-Portfolio of awesome Android apps you’ve built.
-Experience developing applications leveraging JSON / Protobuf.
-Interface design expertise – no need to be a designer, but you need experience integrating pixel-perfects from our design team.
-Passion for maintainable, extensible, and reusable code as well as fast iteration.
-University degree in Computer Science.
-Very attractive salary including stock options if you tick these boxes.

If you’re interested in working for a business that is award winning in it’s easy days, with global plans and prospects then this is for you, with stock options available and huge prospects, this could be a career defining move…

Salary in the region of £55-70k + stock options.

We’re working with an exciting technology based start up launching mid-2012, backed by $45m of US investment and a successful track record state-side. The business provides a blend of community, technology and ecommerce and proves to be a leading name in the markets of gourmet foods and fine wines for an eclectic and wealthy consumer base.

They’re hiring for a Creative Director will drive the overall design language of the brand and products across its applications and campaigns. Together with product managers, developers, marketers, and editors you will use your talents to communicate our mission and value to consumers and help redefine the way people experience wine and epicurean products. You will also be responsible for building and leading a team of designers based out of our London office.

Responsibilities:
-Experience being the primary driver and owner of the visual aspects of website and email product
-Strong command over all elements of design, layout, typography and UX
-Ability to design visually attractive and highly usable interfaces
-Ability to contribute to product and marketing direction with original and creative concepts
-Build a team of designers, managing and mentoring them
-Maintain individual brand guidelines while aligning with the brand image
-Follow style-guides established for product and photography
-Creative preparation, art direction and management of photography

Desired Skills:
-4+ years of experience as a creative director, preferably well versed in ecommerce website and email presentation
-Past experience being a major brand stakeholder
-Strong design background and eye for composition
-Strong time management, communication, interpersonal skills, and ability to multi-task
-In-depth knowledge of photographers and production processes
-Proficient in latest design tools (Adobe Creative Suite)
-BFA or equivalent in Graphic Design, Advertising or related subject
-Some Web Technology skills will be advantageous – HTML, CSS, CMS etc etc

Why you should work here:
-Top of the line computer setup
-10% time to work on projects outside of your daily responsibilities
-Well funded by top tier venture firms
-Many technical and business challenges to solve
-Plenty of wine to drink and a fun office environment

A passion for gourmet foods and fine wines will be a huge benefit also…!

We’re looking for 2 Bi-Lingual Social Media Account Manager’s for one of our most exciting clients. They’re a leading Social Media Agency with Global Offices in 6 cities, and a HQ here in Central London, who is responsible for engaging with customers and building online presence and drawing in traffic for the biggest brands in the UK and Worldwide.

The Account Manager will be responsible for researching & engaging with consumers via a number of new media and social media channels on behalf of a major international brand’s with aspiration to leapfrog their competitors in 2012. You will have experience working in a corporate environment with Social Media including Linkedin, Twitter, Blogging, Facebook and of course have a real passion for the Digital and Social Marketing space.

Skills:
- Developing innovative and creative ideas and solutions for client campaigns.
- Building client relationships; listen to and understand individual client requirements and consistently meeting if not exceeding their expectations; understand their brand(s) and customers.
- Monitoring and understanding your clients’ markets; be aware of market issues and competitive activity.
- Keeping clients informed; ensure reports are on time and are kept in a central location so the rest of the team can locate if necessary.
- Assisting in creating project briefs; brief and work with members of the wider team to develop an idea; presenting and selling that idea to the client.
-You need to be running your accounts with absolute trust from your AD. You need to demonstrate that you can do this on your own.
-Your client management and presentation skills need to be second to none. You need to be working towards the ability to lead and engage with your clients in terms of face to face meetings, instilling trust and confidence in your clients that you are the best person to drive their campaigns.
-You need to have truly understood forward thinking and planning and reflected this into your day to day working.
-You are currently accountable for the day to day activities of your client and we would like you to demonstrate you are able to extend this to being accountable for the long term, future planning and strategic thinking on the account.
- Creating project plans and project specification documents.
- Create online discussion on market issues.
- Online PR / Digital Marketing experience.
- Consumer research.
- Commercial experience of Social Media.
- We have 2 roles, 1x German Speaking, the other for an Italian speaking candidate.

We’re looking for someone that’s passionate about engaging with customers! A talented Social / PR / Marketing guru that will conduct detailed consumer research understand how your blogs, discussions and tweets will impact traffic and the brand of their client and ultimately utilise the tools available to drive conversation about a brand or product.

Salary in the region of £31,000

We’re also looking for a French Speaking Community Manager!

We’re working with a social media management agency providing services in online moderation, social media insight and engagement for major brands in the UK and Globally. We’re recruiting for a Freelance Social Media Insight Analyst, someone that will join a new team and who will be pivotal in directing the efforts of the business to gain maximum visibility and advocacy for our client’s brands.

The key role responsibilities are:
>Implementation of Social Media Monitoring and Insight programmes for our diverse clients.
>Usage of Social Media tools such as Radian6 – almost a MUST have!!
>Requirements gathering and assessment of Insight needs.
>Analysis of multiple data sets including social, brand, media and website data.
>Social media monitoring including key influencer, conversation and sentiment research.
>Management of multiple client Insight initiatives to ensure projects are delivered to time and budget.
>Compilation of client reports including ROI and KPI analysis.
>Presentation of client reviews and facilitation of client workshops.
>New business support and provision of insight to supplement new business pitches.
>Working with Account and Community managers to identify existing client Insight opportunities.
>Client and internal training.
>Knowledge transfer across the company and contribution to the company blog and social media accounts.

Experience:
>2-3 years plus agency experience in a digital strategy or analyst role.
>You will have an excellent, in depth knowledge of all the major social media monitoring tools and software.
>Experience of working with multiple data sources including web analytics, media statistics and social data.
>You will have a focus on actionable insight – driven by an understanding of our clients business needs and social media strategy.
>You will have direct experience of compiling reports and presentations that communicate the salient information in the most digestible and informative way.
>Previous experience with Radian6.
>You will be happy working across a number of diverse client briefs – often across language territories
>As well as excellent written skills, you will be a confident presenter and have had experience of leading client workshops or seminars.
>We need someone with an instinct for social media and the passion to keep up to date with the latest trends
>As well as being an active member of a close knit team, you will be expected to operate under your own initiative and have the ambition to make a significant contribution to the companies Insight offering.

We’re looking for someone that can hit the ground running in a new business unit, help in making critical decisions in an effort to provide social media management and monitoring for many well-known and high-profile brands.

Project for 2-3 months initially

Freelance rate in the region of £150-200pd

We’re working with a social media management agency providing services in online moderation, social media insight and engagement for major brands in the UK and Globally. We’re recruiting for a Social Media Insight Analyst, someone that will join a new team and who will be pivotal in directing the efforts of the business to gain maximum visibility and advocacy for our client’s brands.

The key role responsibilities are:
>Implementation of Social Media Monitoring and Insight programmes for our diverse clients.
>Usage of Social Media tools such as Radian6 – almost a MUST have!!
>Requirements gathering and assessment of Insight needs.
>Analysis of multiple data sets including social, brand, media and website data.
>Social media monitoring including key influencer, conversation and sentiment research.
>Management of multiple client Insight initiatives to ensure projects are delivered to time and budget.
>Compilation of client reports including ROI and KPI analysis.
>Presentation of client reviews and facilitation of client workshops.
>New business support and provision of insight to supplement new business pitches.
>Working with Account and Community managers to identify existing client Insight opportunities.
>Client and internal training.
>Knowledge transfer across the company and contribution to the company blog and social media accounts.

Experience:
>2-3 years plus agency experience in a digital strategy or analyst role.
>You will have an excellent, in depth knowledge of all the major social media monitoring tools and software.
>Experience of working with multiple data sources including web analytics, media statistics and social data.
>You will have a focus on actionable insight – driven by an understanding of our clients business needs and social media strategy.
>You will have direct experience of compiling reports and presentations that communicate the salient information in the most digestible and informative way.
>Previous experience with Radian6.
>You will be happy working across a number of diverse client briefs – often across language territories
>As well as excellent written skills, you will be a confident presenter and have had experience of leading client workshops or seminars.
>We need someone with an instinct for social media and the passion to keep up to date with the latest trends
>As well as being an active member of a close knit team, you will be expected to operate under your own initiative and have the ambition to make a significant contribution to the companies Insight offering.

We’re looking for someone that can hit the ground running in a new business unit, help in making critical decisions in an effort to provide social media management and monitoring for many well-known and high-profile brands.

Salary in the region of £24-28k

We’re working with an exciting technology based start up launching mid-2012, backed by $45m of US investment and a successful track record state-side. The business provides a blend of community, technology and ecommerce and proves to be a leading name in the markets of goumet foods and fine wines for an eclectic and wealthy consumer base.

They’re hiring for a Social Media Community Manager who will have a focus on working with their Strategist, campaign implementation and be responsible for researching & engaging with consumers via a number of new media and social media channels. You will have experience working in a corporate environment with Social Media and have a passion for Food and Wine, but not at the same time as tweeting…

Skills:
- To Develop and distribute content on social channels & determine the strategy for programs and promotions.
- Coordinate with vendors (Buddy Media, Twitter, Facebook Ads, etc).
- Monitor, engage and respond in social media channels & analyze/report on social analytics.
- Coordinate with internal parties for social promotions.
- Coordinate with third-party partners (BD and product partners) to create extra momentum around sales or promotions.
- To assist in forming strategy for brand presence within social media.
- To intrigue and excite social media voices & develop appropriate engagement activity.
- To develop creative in-space engagement & contribute creative ideas to further increase brand presence.
- Meticulous attention to detail and passion for writing.
- Regularly communicate with network of participants.
- Experience engaging with customers on behalf of a brand.
- Produce blogs, articles and reviews of products, campaigns, industry events.
- Familiar with market trends, emerging technologies.
- Must speak & write French.

We’re looking for someone that’s passionate about engaging with customers! A talented Digital / Social Marketing type that will understands online conversation, how your blogs, discussions and tweets will impact traffic and the brand of their client and ultimately utilise the tools available to drive conversation about a brand or product.

A passion for gourmet foods and fine wines will be a huge benefit also… Where are all the Social Media Foodie types…?

Salary in the region of £25-35,000

This is a ‘career making’ opportunity for an experienced Social Insights/Analytics/Data modelling professional to join one of Europe’s leading and award winning integrated digital agencies based here in London. The role of ‘Head of Strategic Insights’ is a critical hire for our world-class digital marketing and social media practice, and as such offers unbeatable career prospects.

Reporting directly to the Head of Social Media & Content you will initially be required to enhance and operationalise their already advanced strategic insights capabilities. You will also be responsible for a social media insights analyst and a content analyst.

You will need to work hard to impress but the pay off is worth it. Once you have demonstrated your abilities, there is future opportunity to work with the Head of Social Media & Content to establish a stand-alone business unit that will commercially service internal business units and the brands in our impressive client portfolio.

Experience
• A minimum of 4 years experience in web analytics, social monitoring and/or data modelling.
• Web analytics / Social Analytics.
• Search/Consumer intent modelling.
• Understanding of CRM strategies and practices.

Personal Attributes
• A passion for insights & an attention to detail.
• The need to continually improve the status quo & a lust for learning.
• The desire to be a thought leader in the space.
• A Strong work ethic & flexible approach.
• An early adopter of technology.
• A team player.

Skills
• Social Media Analytics/Listening tools (Sysomos, Radian6, etc.).
• Understanding of the content strategy process.
• Experience building bespoke data dashboards.
• Advanced data modelling.
• Understanding of Social CRM (SCRM).
• Cloud Analytics.

We’re looking for somebody with a background in Consumer Modelling and Analytics to join this group of agencies to grow a new business unit to better their strategic planning as a business, it’s a critical move for the agency and a fantastic opportunity to influence the way this global business operates. You will understand the intricacies Consumer Insights, Social Monitoring and Market Research and be looking for a move that combines this with Digital Strategy.

Salary in the region of £40-55k

We’re working with a social media management agency providing services in online moderation, social media insight and engagement for major brands such as the Orange, BBC, Sony and Virgin. We’re recruiting for a Gaming Community Manager, someone that will join a new team and who will be pivotal in directing the efforts of the business to gain maximum visibility and advocacy for our client’s brands – above all this candidate must know their #GT5 from their #COD or #MW3, and understand how the gaming market has developed socially.

The Agency has a strategic approach that covers:
>Insight: Providing actionable intelligence through human-led monitoring, analysis and reporting.
>Moderation: Protecting brands and users 24/7 in multiple languages across multiple platforms.
>Engagement: Increasing brand loyalty by generating and sustaining compelling content and positive dialogue.

We are looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial community manager with the enthusiasm, seniority and drive to spread the digital word within the team and help expand the offering for the agency. With strong credentials in digital campaigns, you will have a good understanding of the wider marketing mix, the role of digital and PR within this, and the challenges they face.

The community management team play a critical role in the agencies make up, they ensure that each of our client’s communities and social media channels are managed to the highest possible standard.

The key role responsibilities are:
-A passion for social media is essential and candidates will need to show an understanding of online engagement and brand tone of voice.
-Experience of managing and hosting Facebook brand pages as well as brand communication Twitter would be beneficial.
-Experience of producing reports for clients including statistics and insights into online communities will be advantageous, as well as knowledge of gaming and gaming communities.
-Overseeing daily community and moderation activity whilst reporting on key issues that emerge
-Developing and sustaining relationships between the client, management and moderation teams in order to identify and cultivate community interaction
-Identifying opportunities for community enhancement that will optimise community management and client satisfaction
-Providing ‘community synopsis’ of top issues and points of view from management, community moderators and community users
-Engagement with online communities on behalf of clients
-Managing community administration and configuration
-Overseeing daily community and moderation activity whilst reporting on the key issues that emerge.
-Identifying opportunities for community enhancement that will optimise community management and client satisfaction.
-Engagement across social media platforms on behalf of client including Facebook, Twitter and bespoke communities.
-Creation of compelling content and implementation of content plans.
-Regular client reviews and status meetings.
-Preparation and provision of client activity and platform reports.
-Managing community administration and configuration.
-Providing a ‘community synopsis’ of the top issues and points of view from management, community moderators and community users.

We’re looking for someone who has experience managing gaming community accounts, who maybe works for a top 100 digital agency and loves all things gaming and social media… product and industry knowledge is key, so bring your gaming stats to the interview …

Salary in the region of £25-35k

We’re looking for a Social Media Account Manager for one of our most exciting clients. They’re a leading Social Media Agency with Global Offices in 6 cities, and a HQ here in Central London, who is responsible for engaging with customers and building online presence and drawing in traffic for the biggest brands in the UK and Worldwide.

Our client looks to deliver exceptionally high quality results within our three core service areas; Consultancy, Research & Insight and Engagement. Your role will be to help your Director lead the Research & Insight team taking responsibility for the Social Media Analysis and the Research Products that are vital to the strategic direction of the our consultancy and engagement plans. In addition, the Research and Insight offering has a revenue stream of its own and this role will help and deliver winning new business pitches.

As a Senior Analyst, we are looking to you to work closely with the Research and Insight Director to manage both your teams and your clients (internal and external) to deliver the best solutions that we can offer. Your role is not only focused upon day to day delivery – you will continue to manage the day to day demands of your role and it remains your responsibility to ensure that your tasks are completed within given timelines, to budgets and to the exceptionally high standard expected from our clients. You will also need to look to the future too and work to help plan the research and insight needs for up and coming clients and new business.

Some of your key duties will include:
-Maintenance and delivery of all monitoring reports
-Research and insight to for all new business pitches
-New business pitching for Research and Insight specific clients
-Operational day to day team management
-Ensure that the team delivers against set deadlines
-Proof reading of all team reports
-Final approval of all team work prior to client delivery
-Client Management as required
-Design and delivery of new reports in line with client requirements
-Set up of new and bespoke monitoring systems as required
-Regular status to meet client and internal requirements

We’re looking for a skilled candidate who has either held a Social Media Monitoring / Insights role with a similar role or be in an Account Manager role where you’re closely working with monitoring tools and making recommendations and drawing Insights for your clients. If you know Radian6, Synthesio, BrandWatch or BuzzMetrics inside out then this role is for you!

Salary in the region of £35-38k (possible more depending on experience)

We stumbled across come research by Blackburn College today providing information on the National Average wage for various types of employment and methods of achieving these goals, it was nice to see marketing up there in rankings, we thought we should share as we’re shortly going to continue with the job seeker advice blogging that we found worked so well earlier in the year.

“The top Blackburn College career path is becoming a doctor, which the guide explains could see successful students earning between £33k and £44k as a junior – rising to anything up to £150,000 in the longer term. It is noted that solicitors too could expect to earn as much as this at the height of their career, however, with a starting salary of between £17k and £19k. Other top flight roles listed include marketing managers, who have an average salary of between £25k and £55k, and accountants – who can start at around £23k and work their way up to £55k.”

This infographic has been provided by Blackburn College to raise awareness around further education.

T’was the Week before Christmas, And all here at Fresh,
Were joyful and festive (as I’m sure you can guess!)
The tree was a-dressed and the CV-s a-sent
and with suits dorned with holly, to the pub they all went.

Presents exchanged, and unwrapped with glee,
With chants of excitement; “Oh! this one’s for me!”
Executive pens, and great gifts galore,
Jokes, Jenga and Jelly, who could really want more?

With the drinks flowing nicely, and the night going well…
But, do my ears deceive me? The faint jingle of bell?

The bells drew in closer, and with a thud on the roof,
Came a bellowy laugh and a stomping of hoof,
The chimney breast rumbled, then a Man dressed in red,
Looking dusty and sooty (and rather well fed!),
He straightened his beard, and and took his bag off his back,
Now what could Dear Santa have had in his sack?

Out came a list, as long as the Nile,
With name after name; he gave a big smile.
“Fresh Resources, I need you, with these good girls and boys
But they need something else, they have enough toys.

They’re all looking for jobs, need your expertise,
Even companies need you – with your super low fees!
Off you must go – go on, borrow my sleigh!
Take the list and your mobiles, be on your away!”

In a flash, he was gone, with instructions galore,
“Name Reindeer in order and the sleigh will be yours”

So off went the Consultants (mince pies in tow!)
Wrapped up warm, list in hand, to battle the snow.
They settled in nicely, (plugged the seatbelts in first!)
And called out the names with a jolly big burst:

“Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer, and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”

The sleigh pulled away at speed and precision
With the people on board with one duty and vision.
“Help as many as possible, as well as we can,
Work our way through the list – every woman and man!”

And the rest? Well its history, a story been told.
Of the people at Fresh and their service of gold.
Only one thing to say, (and it only seems right!)

“Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a Good night!”

A huge christmassy thank you to the wonderful Sarah Mitchell for taking the time to pen this yule time rhyme for us – If all goes well and we’re luck enough, you might just hear a bit more from Sarah wearing a ‘Fresh’ new hat of some kind very soon

We’re working with a leading brand in the music industry who run a number of genre specific communities, providing information, training, merchandise and work with record labels for outreach of new artists. They’re hiring for a freelance Community Manager who will have a focus on working with their Strategist, campaign implementation and be responsible for researching & engaging with consumers via a number of new media and social media channels. You will have experience working in a corporate environment with Social Media and have a passion for Music, maybe even have played the guitar at some point.

Skills:
- To assist in forming strategy for brand presence within social media.
- To intrigue and excite social media voices.
- To assist in creating Social Media stimulation.
- To develop appropriate engagement activity.
- To develop creative in-space engagement.
- To create content for online platforms.
- To contribute creative ideas to further increase brand presence.
- To continuously develop knowledge of social media.
- Meticulous attention to detail and passion for writing.
- Regularly communicate with network of participants.
- Experience engaging with customers on behalf of a brand.
- Create online discussion on market issues / new products.
- Produce blogs, articles and reviews of products, campaigns, industry events.
- Online PR / Digital Marketing experience.
- Familiar with market trends, emerging technologies.
- Commercial experience of Social Media.

We’re looking for someone that’s passionate about engaging with customers! A talented PR / Social Marketing type that will understands online conversation, how your blogs, discussions and tweets will impact traffic and the brand of their client and ultimately utilise the tools available to drive conversation about a brand or product.

Rate in the region of £100-150pd (neg – talk to us!)

Freelance writers required by Digital/Social tech agency on a weekly basis! We have a client looking to create an industry platform/newsletter/blog specifically about developments on the Facebook Platform.

The idea is we want to create a weekly/fortnightly newsletter (possibly blog) that covers the ever changing FB developer platform/API/open graph and technical intricacies around Facebook and its usage in Social Marketing.

The core audience for the writing will be advertising agencies that need to develop Facebook apps/pages for their client’s campaigns, namely Tech Directors, Production Directors and Digital Producers.

The newsletter should be a sort of round up of ‘this week on the Facebook developer platform’ in plain English…. In essence it should be https://developers.facebook.com/blog/ written in a way that a ad agency producer can understand and something them that inspires them with ideas for their client campaign.

This could be an excellent opportunity to build a portfolio of writing in this space, and extend ones knowledge in the space with added research and writing.

Pens at the ready… Who’s interested? Or does anyone have opinion advise on this area? Email barry@freshresources.co.uk to apply or comment below for advice pls folks

We’re looking for a Social Media Account Manager for one of our most exciting clients. They’re a leading Social Media Agency with Global Offices in 6 cities, and a HQ here in Central London, who is responsible for engaging with customers and building online presence and drawing in traffic for the biggest brands in the UK and Worldwide.

The Account Manager will be responsible for researching & engaging with consumers via a number of new media and social media channels on behalf of a major sporting brand with aspiration to dominate their market ahead of the Olympics in 2012. You will have experience working in a corporate environment with Social Media including Linkedin, Twitter, Blogging, Xing, Plaxo and of course have a real passion for competitive sports! (inc Football, Rugby, Cricket and Athletics)

Skills:
- Developing innovative and creative ideas and solutions for client campaigns.
- Building client relationships; listen to and understand individual client requirements and consistently meeting if not exceeding their expectations; understand their brand(s) and customers.
- Monitoring and understanding your clients’ markets; be aware of market issues and competitive activity.
- Keeping clients informed; ensure reports are on time and are kept in a central location so the rest of the team can locate if necessary.
- Assisting in creating project briefs; brief and work with members of the wider team to develop an idea; presenting and selling that idea to the client.
-You need to be running your accounts with absolute trust from your AD. You need to demonstrate that you can do this on your own.
-Your client management and presentation skills need to be second to none. You need to be working towards the ability to lead and engage with your clients in terms of face to face meetings, instilling trust and confidence in your clients that you are the best person to drive their campaigns.
-You need to have truly understood forward thinking and planning and reflected this into your day to day working.
-You are currently accountable for the day to day activities of your client and we would like you to demonstrate you are able to extend this to being accountable for the long term, future planning and strategic thinking on the account.
- Creating project plans and project specification documents.
- Create online discussion on market issues.
- Online PR / Digital Marketing experience.
- Consumer research.
- Commercial experience of Social Media.
- Have real and genuine passion for Social Media and the Sports scene!

We’re looking for someone that’s passionate about engaging with customers! A talented Social / PR / Marketing guru that will conduct detailed consumer research understand how your blogs, discussions and tweets will impact traffic and the brand of their client and ultimately utilise the tools available to drive conversation about a brand or product.

Salary in the region of £31,000

We’re working with one of the most successful, fastest growing and proud award winning agencies that is grounded firmly in creative, digital and social media. They are expanding due to new business wins in the Entertainment, Media and Charity sectors and recruiting to bolster their account management team. They’re a company based in the heart of London, working with range of leading brands and experienced in engagement, story-telling and making the most of the ever changing digital landscape.

We are looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial social media account manager with the enthusiasm, seniority and drive to spread the digital word within the team and help expand the offering for the agency. With strong credentials in digital campaigns, you will have a good understanding of the wider marketing mix, the role of Digital Marketing and PR within this, and the challenges they face.

Key Role Objectives:
* Work with Account Directors to identify digital opportunities and sell in strategic counseling, campaigns and projects.
* Form close relationships with digital stakeholders within key clients.
* Provide digital consultancy for new business pitches.
* Monitor trends and developments across the digital sector.
* To be instrumental in educating and changing the focus of the account teams across the agency.
* Develop comprehensive digital training program in conjunction with HR.
* Develop and market new products/services in the digital arena.
* Network externally and raise our profile as a leader in the digital space via engagement in industry events, speaker opportunities and initiatives.
* Ensure marketing and promotion of our digital work and new business wins.
* Contribute to digital marketing strategy i.e. blog, facebook, twitter etc.

Essential Attributes:
* Enthusiasm for and experience in integrating digital disciplines fully in to the agency.
* The ability to apply digital skills to PR.
* Adaptability and flexibility.
* An excellent team worker.
* Expertise in helping others develop ideas.
* Self-starter with the ability to “sell” your proposals to the agency and clients.
* In-depth knowledge of online channels.
* The ability to engage with the creative process.

We’re looking for a candidate who knows Social Media, Marketing and PR, that has a creative approach to strategy, is passionate about all things ‘Social’ and how to use it to create buzz around brands and campaigns both online and offline.

Salary in the region of £25-30k (negotiable on experience)

We’re working with a ‘Top10 Full-service Digital Agency’ that work globally with the world’s leading brands, bringing creative strategy that blends technology, design and leading edge marketing together. We’re recruiting for a Freelance Social Media Analyst, someone that will join a tight knit and dynamic “always on” team, pivotal in directing the efforts of the team to gain maximum visibility and advocacy for our client’s brand.

Consumer and community insight sit at the heart of what we do and we feel that these insights should define a brand’s communications through every touch point. The role exists to lead the social insights offering, using a range of technologies (including social monitoring, community tracking and Social CRM tools) to deliver actionable insights that will inform brand and social strategies for our clients.

It’s somewhat of a hybrid role in that it involves some getting your hands dirty, whilst also developing and evolving the direction of the Social Insights team. To ensure integration with the wider data offering, you will work closely with a range of departments including Planning, Search and the Account teams to ensure that we understand the consumer needs for all clients, that these are consistently present within our briefs and we are responding directly to them within our Social strategy and creative.

Key Accountabilities
• Constantly monitoring and analysing online consumer conversations using a listening platform to understand topics, volume and sentiment.
• Managing and owning a range of social technologies and tools to deliver actionable insights to the Social Media team.
• Delivering consumer understanding, trends and insight that will inform creative and strategic thinking.
• Preparation of weekly, monthly or quarterly reports (insights and results) , both for Global and Local clients.
• Identifying influential brand advocates for the Community Management team to build relationships with.
• Analysing search engine ranking positions against competition, bid price data and site traffic data to optimise team’s activities.
• Ownership and development of the social insights approach at our agency.
• Minimum 3 years experience in marketing or business analytics setting, statistical analysis, predictive modelling or segmentation.

Skill Set: Technical: 30%, Business: 30%, Managerial: 20%, Interpersonal: 20%
• Ideally experience of Omniture, Hitbox (Incl Visual Sciences), Hitwise, Webtrends, Coremetrics, Google Analytics, Sophus
• Knowledge of Radian 6, Brandwatch, Synthesio, Onalytica or other buzz monitoring/”listening” tools
• Experience in CRM 1:1 marketing, digital display, social networking, microblogging, large/small web builds
• Experience building and developing and insights offering is beneficial
• ROI models, reporting and effectiveness case studies
• Good oral communication, presentation and client facing skills

We want to find people who come into projects with their eyes wide open, who can really hit the ground running when they’re given a brief and who can lead from the front, whatever level they’re at. As part of the social media team, you need to be an evangelist for our work across the agency and within our client base and take pride in the work we deliver.

Freelance Rates Neg.

I was recently asked to contribute a short article to the Guardian on cleaning up your online profile for a collection of articles aimed at Graduates looking for work – here is my adice for jobseekers (not just grads)…

“How do I clean up my online profile and make it work for me?

You should be very conscious of your digital footprint and remember that nothing can ever really be deleted – someone will have recorded it somewhere. This includes social media profiles such as Facebook and Twitter as well as forums and websites.

The best advice to clean up your online image comes in three areas:

1. Privacy settings on Facebook and Twitter allow you to share your footprint only with those you allow as friends and followers – make sure you control who you accept into this loop. Of course, the most foolproof solution is to behave well and respect these networks.

2. You might not be able to fully delete some things from showing on search engines such as Google, but you can make the most of what shows up first. Use public professional networking sites such as LinkedIn, Plaxo, Viadeo and Xing – fill out your profile, skills, interests and qualifications and you will start to build a much more professional digital footprint.

3. Finally, getting mentioned for extra-curricular activity can be gold dust – comment on blogs and articles, provide quotes for journalists and guest blog on things you’re interested in or know a lot about – everyone is a marketer after all.

Barry Furby, digital recruitment specialist and director, fresh resources”

Closing thoughts:
- What other steps would you take?
- What’s the best advice you could offer a fellow job seeker?
- Do you think employers should check Social Networks of potential employees?

We’re proud to finally be in a position that we can offer Freelance recruitment services to our clients across the Digital industry. In changing financial times we can support your business by finding and pay-rolling your freelance staff whether it be a Social Media consultant for one pitch here and there or a team of Community Managers for a 12 month project.

Fresh Resources freelance arm can offer:

- An up to date talent pool of Account Manager, Account Directors, Digital Consultants and Community Manager – any Social/Digital Marketer!
- Reliable Weekly Payments to staff and Monthly Invoicing to you.
- Fully documented and contracted service, just agree Rates and Dates – we do the rest…!

Our industry relies on resources being fluid, for projects to be crunched out and for additional skill sets to be on tap for your clients – so within Fresh’s freelance arm we supply you with this resource.

Here are some cracking stats around Social Recruitment in the US that we’re sure will translate (or soon will) in the UK. 89% of US companies will be using Social Networks to hire, 64% have been sucessful and 55% will continue to up their efforts next year. That’s quite a vote of confidence for jobs on LinkedIn and Twitter right?

Follow us to join the Social Recruiting revolution on Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter…!

I always like to go out of my way to help people find great jobs, and source the smartest people for our latest vacancies. I also strongly believe that we should reward those people that act as advocates for our work and help spread the word about our vacancies, So… We’ve updated our referral scheme in quite a dramatic way – we want to buy you an iPad 2…

How do you help us? We’re looking for people working at Top Agencies for these roles:

Digital Account Manager

Social Media Account Director

Digital Project Manager

and many more…

Then get them in touch or do an introduction

Full details on our refferal scheme are here.

Any help is greatly appreciated…

One cannot help being drawn to look at shiny new things online, the next Social Media platform, voucher reward system or Social Q&A Site. They’re all credible in their own way, and maybe offer us functionality that helps us in our day, some entertainment or new connections – happy days!

For the last year or so, something has been floating around the Social Media, Recruitment and HR industry that slightly touches a raw nerve for me, and that is the use of automation in the candidate selction process, namely the use of Klout to screen candidate applications and suitability to do a job…

For those that don’t know about Klout:

‘Klout isn’t about figuring out who is on the “A-list.” We believe that every person who creates content has influence. Our mission is to help every individual understand and leverage their influence.’

Now, I’m not knocking the platform, (others have…) but let’s look at what THEY set out to do ‘understand and leverage their influence’, in context we should add ‘on-line’ to this sentence.

Now we’re in the business of finding digital talent and I’ve not seen a job spec that says the client wants an Account Manager that has an outstanding online influence as priority number 1… Neither have I spoke to a client that wants an individual who comes with more of a stature or ‘influence in the industry’ than actual ability to manage and account and come up with engaging, creative and effective marketing strategy.

Effective candidate selection is a fine crafted art for any business, the staff you hire shape your business, are the face of your business and each one of them is responsible for how successful you are as a business – that’s not new, but it’s worth reminding ourselves.

I think any business even considering using something like Klout for assessing a candidates credentials should scrap the idea and talk to the person in an interview about their ability to fulfil a job specification instead. If the idea still crops up again, then at least look at the job spec in detail and decide if online influence is even relevant in the job spec. If you’re hiring a developer, accountant or any ‘inside the business’ type then look back at what Klout is designer for… then ask yourself the question again…

…person who creates content… & …understand and leverage their influence…

So, Does your CV have Klout? Essentially, I don’t care!

But I do want to know about is you, your skills, your passion for your work and your suitability to fulfil my job criteria. Please can we take a step back; this is about people’s lives, not algorithms, automation or robots!

In contrast, and just to balance this post a bit…

If you can present a case that one’s influence online is a compulsory credential on a job spec, then maybe, just maybe, we might allow one to glance at a Klout score, but bear in mind that its not ful-proof, open to interpretation and manipulation… So honestly, lets not get into the scenario of dismissing job applications based on Klout scores and writing this crap into job specs!

Credit to Nikki Pilkington for the inspiration to write the post

We thought we should empart so knowledge to help the modern day job seeker because there there’s a rapidly expanding list of resources available to the job seeker to find work. But where do you look with dedicated sites such as Chinwag, Only Marketing Jobs and techMAP Jobs for the Digital Marketing sector. Is looking for a job enough? No – The best thing is to be found!

These sites all utilise tools such as Twitter and LinkedIn to build communities and broadcast their latest jobs (join and follow them…), but what about using Social Media to paint YOUR public profile to SELL your skills and help you get FOUND. I think if you’re going to spend some time doing this, then LinkedIn and Twitter are the place to do it. They’re the key tools that I use on the other side of the fence to find job seekers and broadcast my jobs. (My LinkedIn | My Twitter) )

LinkedIn:
Anyone can sign up for LinkedIn, throw a basic profile together and do nothing with it… That’s not going to get you anywhere. LinkedIn is an excellent opportunity to paint a skilled, professional profile of yourself. It should contain all your recent relevant experience, job titles, descriptions, companies, url’s and provide a synopsis of what you can do best.

Sell yourself… If you’re conducting your own job search then why not give hiring managers and recruiters the chance to find you, remember the people search shows search results in relevance order so write about what you do using keywords and that perfect job might just find you. In a punchy way it should contain as much info as your CV!

Use Groups… Search for groups that are relevant to your skill sets and job area, some of the groups have 200,000+ members, so take part in discussions and again, get your name in front of people, build your network and increase that chance of being found.

Connect… If people have been happy to engage in conversation and discussion in the groups then invite them to connect, you never know what relationships might bring. This could be B2B contacts, future clients, people to learn from, people who’re hiring?

Discuss… If you’re in a position where you can, share the fact that you’re looking for work via your status update, if you have been taking part in groups, connecting with people then you have a greater chance of getting referred or recommended for new roles.

Twitter:
Again, anyone can sign up and send 10 random tweets, but you will not get anything from Twitter without investing a little bit of time in actually engaging with people in the communities that you live/work/breath, do not under estimate what can be achieved with twitter, I know several people that have found some really priceless relationships and I have found several of my own.

Personalise it… People buy from and hire People, so a bit of personality is a good thing. Twitter gives you 140 characters to describe yourself in your profile settings. Also, I recommend using the url field to link to your LinkedIn profile, add a profile pic, and the 140 character description of you and what you do.

Download Tweetdeck… For me Twitter doesn’t quite make sense without it, start here…! Create columns for your mentions and DM’s to keep track of conversation, and then more for relevant hashtag searches.

Engage… Status updates that talk to 100,000,000 people but say nothing don’t add value, but finding content that will interest others will, so read NMA, Revolution Mag, Mashable or whatever you trade read and tweet interesting things, You can set up searches and RT (retweet) other peoples links, reply and comment on peoples posts and you will gain followers and build a network of listeners.

Use Hashtags… Many users have a column in their twitter app to find interesting tweets, I have a search ‘#socialmedia’ and ‘#digital’, but also #ukjobs #jobs #web #techMAP #web might be worth a look. If you then tweet and use a hash tag, people that aren’t yet following you will find your tweets and hopefully pick up on your interesting content.

Conclusion: Spend some time, ENGAGE and be part of it, Build YOUR personal brand,and reap the REWARDS.

5 connections and 10 followers on any platform probably isn’t going to get you very far, but it might? Ultimately we’re talking about a numbers game and how to maximise the chance of being found, but I’m confident that a few weeks into your campaign you will have found job leads and found communities that share opportunities and referrals. Social Media is all about transparency and sharing, so why not share things you find and help others too.

I hope this help, of course check out our latest jobs here too!

We’re always looking for great ways to attract talent for our clients, and so with the launch of a fantastic new referral scheme we thought we’d highlight 5 of our latest jobs for you to browse and share with any friends or colleagues. Who knows, next month your friend might have a fantastic new Social Media Job and Fresh might treat you to the Driving Experience of your dream in 150mph Race Prepared Touring Cars!

Unless you have telescopic eyesight, its best veiwed in fullscreen, or downloaded and opened as .pdf.

Social Media Jobs – Jan ’11

If you’ve spent more than 10 minutes online recently you’ve only got to type your name into Google and all of a sudden you realise that you have a Digital footprint, what most people don’t realize is that your Digital footprint might tells us more than your CV.

As much as it may be under debate, digital savvy potential employers DO check you out before they hire you so as a job seeker you must make every effort to mange what people can see about you and more importantly we must make an effort to manage what they see – this is now know as Online Personal Branding and it’s a must for any job seeker in the modern age.

So, What can you do to manage what comes up top in Google?

1) Google yourself….

Before we go any further lets see what we’re dealing with. Drunk photos on Facebook with open access, public Dating profiles, posts Grow your own Weed forums – You might have one two or all three of the previous, but the main thing is to find them and do you best to remove/edit it or adjust settings so they’re less findable. You should know that once these details have been recorded by Google they’ll never be gone and they’re stored ‘somewhere’, but we can edit these sources and more importantly we can manage better sources and give you a more attractive and more visible professional personal brand.

2) Join Professional Networking Sites:

Sites such as Linkedin, Plaxo, Viadeo and Xing are leading professional social networks for individuals who want to connect with peers, keep track / start business relationship and learn from others around them. Often the discussion groups are invaluable spaces for finding resources unique to your industry. The result of joining them for your personal brand and Google ranking are invaluable, create and fill out an in depth profile and make sure your name is labeled in full and more often or not this will be very highly ranked if anyone searches for you.

3) PR yourself at any opportunity:

There are websites & blogs across every industry that are constantly looking for new content – this includes writing blogs, written interviews and news reports on activity in the industry. More often than not theses sites will take a story for you and the regular mention of your name on their site will be indexed by Google. From a branding perspective to have been interviewed or be seen as a thought leader in your industry is fantastic news, and any potential employer that see’s you getting your name out there will be proud that you’ll be doing the same as a valued employee of their business.

4) buy ‘yourname.com’ & blog:

Having your own domain enables you to manage a space that depicts ‘you’ exactly as you want to be seen. More importantly it’ll probably be what comes up 1st in Google and draw the attention of anyone checking you out. A blog doesn’t have to be anything more than a profile and a few thoughts here and there, but people are increasing finding it a great way to attract readership and grow a fantastic personal brand.

The above might not be rocket science but how you are seen online can be make or break when looking for a new job, and actually the basics of getting found in the modern day are invaluable.

Originally written as a guest post for The Connected Recruiter

Incorrect hires must cost the economy £millions every year when you combine job advertising, wages and recruitment fees, and with the rise of Social Recruitment I believe we can start to reduce this wasted spend.

As a follow on from a previous post ‘How to get found in Social Media’, I thought it would be a good idea to put down some ideas around Social Recruitment for the brand employing staff (or the recruitment business sourcing them). It might sound obvious but the days of just posting jobs are gone and I believe that if we raise the bar in the recruitment profession we can greatly reduce unnecessary spend, bring the quality of service in the recruitment industry up and therefore reduce the number of cowboy recruiters spraying biz cards and cold calls around your office!

Before you can dive into Social Recruitment, you must understand what the recruitment process is and then do it well… Specification, Sourcing and Hiring are all equally important.

1) First you must know what you’re looking for [Specification]

The biggest frustration for job seekers, recruiters and others involved with hiring is the whole process stalling because the business doesn’t know what they’re looking for. Ironically isn’t this going to be the same reason that you hire the wrong person, pay them too much and pay a fee for someone you later let go or leaves?

There are ways to get this right, spend time actually writing a job spec and person spec, spend time talking to you recruiter about specific requirements and take their advice – a good recruitment consultant spends 50% or more of his time talking to candidates in the industry – they should be able to provide you 2 invaluable services… Consultation & Recruitment…

2) Recruitment is NOT just posting jobs (and it’s not a HR function) [Sourcing]

If we’ve done a good job of step 1), not just anyone is going to be right for your job. Your specification will determine that you need certain skills and a certain person profile to fit well into the culture of you business. So it makes sense that just posting your job on your site or Monster probably isn’t going to find you Mr/Mrs right… HR processes and policies also won’t find you staff – actively giving your job a presence in the market place and talking to people about it will…! Social Recruitment, like Social Media Marketing is about participation and engagement. Lee Smallwood would say you can measure you ROI as Return on Involvement.

I’ll write a follow up post about the channels, methods of using them and how to capitalize of Social Recruiting tools very soon – Today I wanted to explore the mindset of Recruiting more than the method.

3) Talented staff DONT grow on trees [Hiring]

If we’ve done a good job of step 1), and step 2) and you find that right person – grab them while you can! One of the factors we count into wasted money on recruitment is the time its taken to manage the process!

I’ve worked with 2 clients who believed so strongly in their process of specifying requirements, psychologically profiling and detailed interviews that they have made decisions on the spot and offered jobs in 1st interviews or that evening. they know what they wanted, saw it and hired! You should do the same if you’ve got 1) right!

Closing Thoughts…

> Treat recruitment like a marketing campaign – active and accurately planned.
> Take time to understand what you need… get this right now and save time and money later.
> Participate in the space where your audience is, static job ads will fail.