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. Kevin looks at five areas for the bill to cover:

• Honesty & Authenticity
• Accuracy
• Complete Information
• Process
• Status
• Confidentiality

Basically he is calling for Recruiters, and Employers to respect the candidate’s time and position through open and honest communications.

The level of frustration is growing. The longer the recession continues, the deeper this will become. Candidates are not asking for a lot — just basic guidelines and an understanding of how we make interview and hiring decisions. They are seeking some understanding of what the process and timelines are for a position and how your organization goes about its hiring. This is not a lot to ask, but I have not seen a single corporation that spells this out at any level.

By Michael Specht, Consultant to 2Vouch on Social Media and Recruiting

Watch Riges Younan, CEO of 2Vouch, talk about SocialRecruiting.com. In this short 3 minute video Riges covers the idea behind the site, why people should contribute and what will happen with the results.

By Michael 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.

We’ve compiled a list of 12 companies that demonstrate the spirit of innovation that exists among Australia’s internet entrepreneurs, and which may go on to become the “next big thing” online.

The full list:

• 2Vouch
• Change2
• Elastic Digital
• ExitReality
• HiiveSystems
• OurPatch
• Portable Content
• RedBubble
• RetailMeNot
• SellMyCastle
• WhoCanDo
• WhatsOnSale

An honor to be included with so many fantastic organisations.

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.

With online bookmarking, no matter where you are you can bookmark the site to come back to at a later date. While most browsers have the ability to bookmark pages, these sites have several advantages. First adding content no matter where you are or what computer you are using. Second they allow you to tag the links with key words so you can find them again. Finally they are social you can share links with friends.

These three advantages make tools like Delicious so powerful.

2Vouch has a Delicious account where we collect interesting links that relate to social recruiting, employee referrals and general career advice. You can explore our links and if you have an RSS reader you can subscribe to all our links, or subscribe just a specific tag such as SocialRecruiting. If you are a Delicious user you can add 2Vouch to your network and we share relevant links. You can see our links on the sidebar of the blog as well.

Delicious also allows you to see who else has bookmarked the same links and explore their bookmarks. Given you have both bookmarked the same item you probably have the same interests.

A final comment. Delicious also has private links, this allows you to privately share links between your friends within Delicious. As an employer or recruiter you could use this feature to tag potential candidates.

By Michael Specht, Consultant to 2Vouch on Social Media and Recruiting