Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up? BranchOut vs. Monster’s BeKnown…

Welcome to day two at the SHRM Conference in Vegas. One of the things that happens frequently at conferences are big industry announcements, like SHRM sharing that their interim CEO, Hank Jackson, has been named their president and CEO , and product announcements, like Monster.com's release of BeKnown , a Facebook driven app for job seekers and employers. And as bloggers, we are offered a slew of meetings with vendors so we can learn more about what they are up to. One group who reached out to us was BranchOut, and FOT's Tim Sackett wanted to spend time chatting with them given the dominance of social recruiting these days, and LinkedIn's IPO. They tout themselves as being the largest professional networking app on Facebook… so you can think about it this way – BranchOut has often been compared to a LinkedIn for Facebook as users can network and find jobs through their “social graph”. Timing is a funny thing though. Sackett had planned well in advance to spend time with BranchOut founder, Rick Marini – who by the way is a dead ringer for Patrick Dempsey. (So much so, ask him about the time he was in China and on the Great Wall… what can you do but smile and bow?!) And on the coat tails of meeting with BranchOut, we hear about then begin checking out Monster's BeKnown… and we couldn't help but to say, “Huh. This looks familiar! It feels like… BranchOut!” So we had to get some scoop on BranchOut's reaction to the BeKnown product. How could we not? And it's not as if Monster and BranchOut founder, Rick, are complete strangers. Coincidentally, Rick's first company, Tickle.com was acquired by Monster.   So check out the video. I'm not gonna call this BranchOut vs. Monster's BeKnown. But it's worth noting that there are some similarities between the two platforms. And that these two folks aren't strange bedfellows. (Email/RSS subscribers, click through to actually watch. And sorry to all for the sound quality!) BranchOut vs. Monster's BeKnown from fistful of talent on Vimeo . And to learn more generally about BranchOut and what makes them who they are? Check this out… (Email/RSS subscribers, click through to actually watch.)   About BranchOut from fistful of talent on Vimeo . So our friend's at Monster… got a rebuttal? Happy to grab some video if you wanna share some insight here on FOT. Just holler…

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Welcome David Armitage

I am extremely pleased to welcome David Armitage to the JobAdder team.  David joins us in the role of Web Developer and will be working predominantly on recruitment agency web sites and the initiatives we have under way there. A bit about David Professional background in 2 sentences Educated with a computer science degree and been working since in web development. Experienced in html,css,asp,javascritpt, and .Net technologies. Why you joined JobAdder? Because JobAdder seems to be a great place to work. They have a relaxed attitude with a get the job done approach. I figured I would fit in well and at the same time develop my skills by taking in as much as I can from my very experienced team members.   What do you most like about Sydney so far? The main thing I like about Sydney so far is that there is so much to do. Sydney is a nice large city but at the same time easy to get around and close to the beaches. Sydney is a place where you could never get bored. What do you most look forward to doing in the next 3 months? I look forward to settling back down to a new life in Australia and getting my feet under the table. What are your top 3 outside-of-work activities? Love the gym and anything related to sports. I am also a big book and movie fan and like everyone else I do enjoy nights out with the friends on a weekend. Any special hobbies? (stamp collecting etc)? I would say my main hobby is travelling as I do like my holidays overseas. Best book you have read recently? The best book I have read recently is called ‘First they killed my Father’. This was a true about the Cambodian killing fields.  A young girls very touching story about her survival over this period of time.

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Recruiters – please find me a .Net Developer

JobAdder is growing and we need staff.

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We are hiring

JobAdder is hiring.

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JobAdder RMS Launch party, Brisbane November 5

Brisbane recruiters and HR people, join us for the launch of the new JobAdder Recruitment Management System (RMS) on Thursday November 5.

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Changes are afoot at JobAdder

Every 12 months we re-write our products from the ground up.

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JobAdder awarded SEEK Ad Loader Accreditation

We are proud to announce that JobAdder has been certified as an Accredited Ad Loader in SEEK’s new accreditation program.

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2 new job board partners in Asia. Classified Post and Jobstreet.

We are pleased to announce 2 new job board partners in Asia.

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Free whitepaper : How to post job ads to Twitter

Twitter is this week’s hot new thing.

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New job board partner : Six Figures

We are pleased to announce that SixFigures.com.au is integrated and available for posting through JobAdder. Six Figures is a job site catering exclusively for jobs and contracts over $100,000 p/a. Read more about Six Figures here .

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Download your free Australian Job Board Report

Philip Tusing at Destination Talent Blog has spent many months compiling the first edition of the Australian Job Board report.

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