"1Job.co.uk, the UK’s first, and leading Job Search Engine has now developed the first FREE and comprehensive application for the iPhone, which enables job seekers to search for vacancies wherever they are, and at any time.  Entitled UK Jobs, this simple and effective tool allows a fully functional search of the 1Job database of advertised vacancies across the whole of the UK and Ireland.  Vacancies are updated on a daily basis, so candidates can have direct access to the hottest jobs as soon as they become available.  Whilst OS 3.0 makes applying via the iPhone easier than ever, UK Jobs also enables candidates to email their selected vacancies directly to their home PC, for applying discreetly, avoiding using their office computers.  Searching and applying for jobs is a very private activity, and having an iPhone in your pocket, equipped with UK Jobs means that everyone has access to the latest advertised jobs, wherever they are."

It's free to download and simple to use (we gave it a mini test drive in the office).

If you do have trouble getting to grips with it Stephen at 1Job has created a short video on youtube.

As the press release says this is the first free application of this sort.  I will keep my ear to the ground on uptake and to see if other job search engines, or job boards, offer something similar.

However, I'm not sure that this statement bears any scrutiny. Yes, online recruitment can reduce the cost to hire, but it has been doing that, in a fairly across-the-hiring-world type way for about five years.  Right now, in the main, job boards and CV databases are suffering due to lack of actual vacancies and are certainly not being helped by the number of applicants applying for a gazillion vacancies in one go.

The online recruitment industry is certainly still developing and becoming more complex/sophisticated but it's pretty established as a means to attract and engage jobseekers.  I'm not suggesting every hiring manager/recruiter in the UK uses job boards or CV databases, but they would be getting there with or without a recession.  The popularity and interest in social media sites as recruiting tools was already ramping up before the recession hit so I think that growth in this area is just a continuation of a trend. 

Recruiters may well benefit from the tools provided by online recruitment when things do start to pick up.  However, I doubt that suddenly we'll see a huge new interest in online recruitment. It was already there, people who were recruiting could see why it worked, people who need to recruit in the future will give it a go and see why it works. 

I know there are loads of other issues in here (redundancies within many online recruitment channels, impact of general decline of print advertising vs online, ongoing role of ad agencies, issues around high costs of integrating with multiple posting tools) but this is a quick reaction to what I think was one of those things that people, often who are deemed as experts, say and other's just accept.  In this instance I thought the author was wrong.

Bill Boorman has today launched his new internet radio talk show.  

It's a weekly show (12 noon for UK audiences and then again at 6pm for the US/International audience) where Bill will be chatting with experts about the recruitment market worldwide.  Today's (which you can hear via the website) focussed on how to make the most of the upturn. His guest was the lovely Alan Whitford and he took calls from a number of other recruitment suppliers (Kunal from PanEight Consulting, Shane from Intelligence Software and Mike from Web Based Training) plus a really switched on recruiter (Greg Savage from Australia). 

The basic crux of the conversations were around how important it is to build relationships in the current market (with candidates AND clients) and how to use technology appropriately.  Bill did a great job of keeping it moving along although I found it a little difficult to keep track of who was speaking (even with the mix of quite different accents).
 
I think that this is a nice move by Bill.  There is certainly an audience for all things technology and as Animal has shown in the US a recruiting radio show can be superbly received.
 
I understand the first show had 50 live listeners which I think is a good start.  I wonder how many were actual recruiters (lots of fellow Twitter "suppliers" seemed to be listening) and how he will increase that figure.  I personally think that it would be difficult for your average recruiter to stop work for an hour (even once a week) to listen to a radio show.  However, as I say it seems to work in the US. 
 
The International show at 6pm today has guests of Bill Vick and Doug Bugie.  Both nice high profile in the US (and Internationally).

At this event we introduced speed networking - which seemed to go down really well.  If post-event feedback is as good as it was on the night we plan to run speed networking sessions at future events.

If you want to see the photos they are available here.

Our next networking event is on the 5th November (in conjunction with the NORAs awards), however, might wait until a little closer to the time to start promoting it!

Finally, one last mention of our sponsors (VAT PAY, 1Job.co.uk, Intelligence Software and HB RIDA) whose involvement  ensured the first drink of the night was free.