Over the past week or so Google has released a slew of updates to its search operation. Some of these are somewhat controversial (personalized search) and some are just aesthetic changes (minimalist homepage) but Google seems to have ramped up their refinement process for the coming festive season. Here are some of the new updates you’ll be sure to encounter:
Twenga, the most comprehensive shoppingsearch engine, has asked internet users what they would do with Christmas gifts they don’t want. The results show that only 49% of British consumers would keep such presents. This compares with 78% of the French, 68% of the Spanish and 63% of the Italians.
Importantly, 25% of British and German users are willing to use auction and marketplace sites to sell on gifts they don’t like. This is in contrast with southern Europe, where 13% of the French and a mere 7% of the Spanish do the same thing. Do the British act out of thriftiness? Certainly not, as shown by the fact that they are also the most likely in Europe to give such gifts to charity.
A new way to search for data held on your company computers when you are on the road has been launched by UK specialist search company, Simplexo. The solution – Simplexo Mobile – has been developed to enable anyone working out of the office to access vital corporate documentation and databases via their mobile devices in a safe and secure way.
Searching more than one information source can be time-consuming, especially when you’re on the road. Results have to be manually collected, compared, and de-duplicated before full and accurate findings are available. Now, Simplexo Mobile does the work for you.
Jobvite, the recruitment technology innovator, launched Jobvite Source, the first Web application to help employers find the right candidates in social networks and on the Web. The application helps employees find referral prospects in their social networks and contacts and helps recruiters target prospective candidates on the Web. Any company can use Jobvite Source on its own or along with other recruiting technologies.
The Web and social networks have huge potential to help companies find employees, but it takes special skills and often hours to identify a prospect. Case in point, a Google search for a product manager in San Francisco turns up more than 50,000 results, few of which actually suggest a person who’s appropriate for the job.
How to find a dream job? Additional information on the best places online to find a tech job. There are so many tech job boards in Internet, it is sometimes difficult to find which are worthy of your time. Here is a list of 15 top IT/Tech job boards and search engine for careers in technology to help you find a job online.
Dice.com : Job search for technology professionals. If you are a technology expert in areas such as Information Technology (IT), software, high tech, security, biotech, aerospace or engineering, Dice will assist you with finding your next great career opportunity. Cost – Post one or more jobs for 30 days starting at $459
December 23rd, 2009 by Guest Authors
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