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Legal sector gets social with BraveNewTalent

Our very own Jimmy Kyriacou, who works in business development with our clients, explains how the legal sector has been using BraveNewTalent to get social and find the best talent. During the last 18 months, I have been fortunate enough to have met with over 60% of the UK’s leading law firms and to have [...]

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Shine: It’s easier than you think…

I was recently on a Focus Roundtable chat about Talent Communities. Now usually, we get a lot of questions from hiring managers, HR pros and recruiters about just how, why, when and where to set up a talent community (let that be a lesson to you jobseekers, many of them are as new at this [...]

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New features! Turn your social circle into a professional network

We are very excited to roll out to all new and current users some important new features which means you can kick your career up a gear in two minutes! Essentially, everything is now a lot cleverer and more streamlined. Now you can: Use Facebook to complete your profile in one click Connect with your [...]

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Man Up!

Hey all, just back from the Illinois State SHRM conference in Chicago, IL. It was an amazing conference with too many great speakers to list. At last count, over 800 HR pros assembled to learn more about social recruiting, employer branding, culture and engagement and of course, compliance. BraveNewTalent was proud to sponsor this amazing [...]

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Community update – changes to user profiles on BraveNewTalent

Today we made some changes to the way the user profiles look on BraveNewTalent. In case you were wondering what is different, I’ve done some Blue-Peter-style before and after shots of what my old and new profiles look like. We’ve made the changes to three main areas – highlighted below. In the red circle is [...]

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Brick and Mortar: Recruiting in Retail

This week, BraveNewTalent focuses on the specifics of recruiting for retail. Retail specific recruiting and sourcing can be difficult on the one hand because potential candidates are overwhelming and have a multitude of skills. On the flip side, the opportunities with which to interact with your soon-to-be employees can be deeply integrated with marketing and [...]

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A Whole New World

We’ve been busy little bees over here at BraveNewTalent, trying to incorporate new features, update campaigns, onboard new clients and spread our community tentacles to the farthest edge of the globe. Meanwhile, back on the ranch, in the States I’ve been trying to build up education around Talent Communities. And it’s not easy. For many, [...]

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Marenated Mondays: GASP!

Gasp! I almost forgot about Marenated Mondays. For some of you that’s a relief, a sign that there is someone out there as disorganized, overwhelmed and completely immersed in her NON social tasks as you are perhaps? For others, it might be a little scary. I mean, if you can’t depend on Marenated Mondays, what, [...]

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So…what are you DOING?

As the new kid on the block here at BraveNewTalent, I get asked this question a lot. Especially since I’ve clocked four conferences in the last three weeks of my first official month at my new job. Enough with all the abstract stuff. Here’s what I’m really doing: Learning how to demo the product. Usually [...]

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Robert Peake, CTO of Brave New Talent

Clicking In to the Revolution

By Robert Peake When my wife and I decided for personal reasons to relocate to London from California, I was determined to find a good job, and the next stage in my career. In evaluating early-stage startup opportunities, I used many of the same criteria as an investor, looking foremost for a great idea, a [...]

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