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 JobsinPods Introduces Jobcasting
JobsinPods have recently introduced a new way to use Podcasting called Jobcasting, which is yet another innovative way for employers and recruiters to get the message out. The site which is also a blog advertises your jobs through audio podcast interviews which they conduct over phone with HR employees.

During each interview with HR and recruiters they ask Questions like: What’s it like to work there? What kind of perks do you offer? How do you encourage employee growth? The jobs you’re hiring for and how to apply. Each interview is recorded and published on JobsinPods and sent to other podcast sites including iTunes and Podcast Pickle. Employers are also given a feed of their own interviews which they can publish on their web site.

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Finally April fool has set it, but this time it hit the blogosphere a day earlier, this might be one reason i got caught unguarded. Here is a list of 2007´s best April fools jokes, ones that almost made us believe they aren’t one.

fuckedcompany Top 5 April Fool Technology Jokes of 20071. FuckedCompany: In a striking move Techcrunch announced that they have acquired FuckedCompany and the two sites will be merging, thus doubling the TC traffic. If this wasn’t enough they announced that “Entrepreneurs with new ideas will always have a way to reach potential users and customers. They just won’t be able to do it here any more.” I played into it because of the recent hiring of Heather Hardee as TC CEO. It was covered here.

 Top 5 April Fool Technology Jokes of 20072. Apple iReader: Scoble announced that Apple will be launching a new gadget to make it remarkably easy for the Web2.0 geeks to stay in touch with their feeds on the go. The hypothetical device was named as an iReader. Who knows may be they might eventually take the lead from Scoble and decide to build one.

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