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After almost 10 years of advising on, integrating with and criticising recruitment technologies I have come back into the game myself. In 2002 I sold my ATS business. It was a complete disaster but I learnt a lot; hell of a lot! So I'm back but this time it's even more serious. I'm now putting my money in front of my mouth but will be just as critical about my own product as anyone else ever will be.

TRU London 2012: Should the online job application be mobile?

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I didn't attend the first TRU London but have attended them ever since and this year will be my third. TRU events have been memorable for me and I am hoping this year will be even better again; two years on there has been a lot of change! I also intend to turn up this time to run my track on the second day! So if you have some views on mobile job applications be there on Thursday 23rd February 2012. In usual TRU style no one knows what time the track will be!

Why I'm not drinking the mobile recruiting kool aid.....

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I am very mobile, so much so that I use my phone probably more than my laptop - to go online, send e-mail, find information, text my kids, do the Tesco shopping and more. I occasionally make phone calls as well. So although I use my mobile for pretty much everything I'm not yet buying into just mobile like some other people are. Although I am in other ways. Confused? Please read on.....

Smartphone Apps for job seekers; are you being serious?

Mobile is hot hot hot for everything these days and I can see why. But as far as job hunting is concerned can the employer really beat the job board in the job Apps arena?

Will a job seeker download multiple Apps from lots of employers rather than a single App from a job board?

Can an employer justify the cost of a job App just for a very small number of potential hires?

Will an HTML5/mobile career site be a better option for employers rather than pay for Apps for at least three different platforms?

Will your mobile career site actually end up getting more traffic than you "other" career site?

Or is mobile yet another fad like social recruiting i.e. it's just another channel to think about?

The future of recruitment is literally in your hands.....

It has been predicted for a few years now how mobile will transform many aspects of business but with 15m people in the UK now with smartphones (and growing) the mobile in your hand will transform how we recruit. Add to this the iPads and Tablets and the future is literally in our hands. I think recruitment 2012 will a lot more mobile/portable that we think!