Another great video from TED Talks. This one by Cynthia Breazeal, wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn — and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new kids’ game.

[For a some true science fiction on the darker flip side of Robots watch this short called 'Blinky': http://vimeo.com/21216091 ]

We just came across this great interview by Social Media Website www.socialmediaexaminer.com with Alex Kinsella, product manager for Blackberry App World.  Alex talks about Blackberry’s new development platform which now makes it easier than ever to build applications for Blackberry.

If you are looking for a Blackberry developer contract staff for your project get in touch with the Provide Project Team.

Miller Heiman’s Stephen Newman came in to our Milton Keynes office to interview Dan Brazier and find out some more about how we use social media to help with headhunting candidates, and what our ISO 9001 status means to our customers.

Social Recruitment is at the heart of what our Global Delivery Core do for you when sourcing the best people for positions within your company. We take our search and networking activity beyond the office and the phones and apply the skills of our team across online and offline social networks.

Social Recruitment isn’t a quick fix solution, the GDC have developed mature networks and gained credibility across the globe as IT industry experts and use this powerful status to connect with the most skilled, talented and reliable candidates for your business.

Our simple Social Recruitment mantra is: IDENTIFY, CONTRIBUTE, NETWORK, HARVEST.

We have visualised this process in the form of our Social Recruitment Compass; an infographic showing some of the social networks and media (including our own internal database) that we use and in what order we approach them.

Download a PDF of our Social Recruitment Compass Infographic

This great film from the RSA is an animation based on a talk by Dan Pink called ‘Drive’. This entertaining and informative talk reveals some interesting truths about what it is the drives and motivates at the workplace and at home.

It may sound simple but making sure you LinkedIn profile is ‘complete’ is an essential activity for securing the job that you want. Here is a short video on how to do it from LinkedIn.

Chris Anderson, the curator of TED describes his view on the future of online video. His concept of Crowd Accelerated Innovation is quite inspirational and well worth the 19 mins of time.

When looking for a new job just browsing through job websites and the vacancy pages in your local newspaper is never going to be enough.

With social recruitment fast becoming the preferred method for seeking new staff, companies and agencies are now actively looking for you, so it is of prime importance that you make it easy it for them to find you. Polishing your LinkedIn profile, updating your blog and Twitter feed are all great ways to market yourself and let the world know you are available for work.

One individual has taken Marketing himself a step further. Kyle Clarke is a driven graduate (based in Dorset) who has gone the extra mile and launched a website and social media campaign to promote himself to the world. employkyle.com aims to get as many companies as possible bidding for Kyle, thus making the perfect job find him.

A great example of how work seekers can set themselves apart form the rest!

Check out www.employkyle.com

Starbucks from Michael A. Stelzner on Vimeo.